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Papaya Research and Applications

Papaya Research and Applications is a research topic within Complementary and alternative medicine. Science Explorer counts 2.6k research works in it since 1950. 10.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the medicinal properties of Carica papaya, focusing on its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and immunomodulatory effects. It covers a wide range of applications including cancer treatment, wound healing, and potential use in managing dengue fever. The papers also investigate the phytochemical composition and nutraceutical potential of Carica papaya.

  • Carica Papaya
  • medicinal properties
  • anti-inflammatory
  • antioxidant
  • immunomodulatory effects
  • phytochemicals
  • cancer
  • wound healing
  • dengue fever
  • nutraceutical
Research works
2.6k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
269
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+46%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
31% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Papaya Research and Applications

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Papaya Research and Applications research?

By volume, India and Indonesia publish the most (214 and 185 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 214 works
  2. 2 Indonesia 185 works
  3. 3 Nigeria 94 works
  4. 4 Brazil 45 works
  5. 5 United States 37 works
  6. 6 China 35 works
  7. 7 Pakistan 29 works
  8. 8 Malaysia 21 works
  9. 9 Egypt 17 works
  10. 10 Mexico 17 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

India: 30.8%Indonesia: 26.6%Nigeria: 13.6%Brazil: 6.5%6 others listed: 22.5%31%largest
India214 · 30.8%Indonesia185 · 26.6%Nigeria94 · 13.6%Brazil45 · 6.5%6 others listed156 · 22.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Papaya Research and Applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, Indian Council of Agricultural Research publishes the most Papaya Research and Applications research, followed by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University and Udayana University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 15 works
  2. 2 Tamil Nadu Agricultural UniversityIndia 8 works
  3. 3 Udayana UniversityIndonesia 7 works
  4. 4 Diponegoro UniversityIndonesia 5 works
  5. 5 Lovely Professional UniversityIndia 5 works
  6. 6 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 5 works
  7. 7 Parul UniversityIndia 5 works
  8. 8 Nnamdi Azikiwe UniversityNigeria 5 works
  9. 9 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 4 works
  10. 10 University of Port HarcourtNigeria 4 works

Who are the leading researchers in Papaya Research and Applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Papaya Research and Applications include Andrew H. Paterson, José Carmelo Adsuar and Lester Packer.

  1. 1 Andrew H. Paterson United States 72k citations
  2. 2 José Carmelo Adsuar Spain 71k citations
  3. 3 Lester Packer United States 71k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Papaya Research and Applications?

The most cited paper in Papaya Research and Applications is "Phytochemical Screening and Antioxidant Activities of Some Selected Medicinal Plants Used for Malaria Therapy in Southwestern Nigeria" (SA Adesegun, Gloria Abiodun Ayoola, HA Coker et al., 2008), with 858 citations. Next come "Antibacterial Activity of Shrimp Chitosan against Escherichia coli" (604) and "CONTROL OF PAPAYA RINGSPOT VIRUS IN PAPAYA: A Case Study" (599).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Phytochemical Screening and Antioxidant Activities of Some Selected Medicinal Plants Used for Malaria Therapy in Southwestern Nigeria SA Adesegun, Gloria Abiodun Ayoola, HA Coker et al. · Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research Open access 11 Sep 2008 858
2 Antibacterial Activity of Shrimp Chitosan against Escherichia coli Guo‐Jane Tsai, Wen-Huey Su · Journal of Food Protection Open access Mar 1999 604
3 CONTROL OF PAPAYA RINGSPOT VIRUS IN PAPAYA: A Case Study Dennis Gonsalves · Annual Review of Phytopathology Review Sep 1998 599
4 Medicinal properties of ‘true’ cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum): a systematic review Priyanga Diloshini Ranasinghe, Shehani Pigera, G.A.S. Premakumara et al. · BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine ReviewOpen access 22 Oct 2013 482
5 Effect of chitosan coatings on the physicochemical characteristics of Eksotika II papaya (Carica papaya L.) fruit during cold storage Asgar Ali, Mahmud Tengku Muda Muhammad, Kamaruzaman Sijam et al. · Food Chemistry 5 Jul 2010 480
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Where is Papaya Research and Applications research done?

The largest centres of Papaya Research and Applications research in 2022-now are Semarang (Indonesia), Bengaluru (India), Jakarta (Indonesia) and Coimbatore (India).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 SemarangIndonesia 15 works
  2. 2 BengaluruIndia 14 works
  3. 3 JakartaIndonesia 13 works
  4. 4 CoimbatoreIndia 12 works
  5. 5 New DelhiIndia 11 works
  6. 6 SurakartaIndonesia 11 works
  7. 7 SurabayaIndonesia 10 works
  8. 8 MedanIndonesia 10 works
  9. 9 MakassarIndonesia 9 works
  10. 10 BandungIndonesia 9 works
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Is Papaya Research and Applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 46% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Papaya Research and Applications.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Papaya Research and Applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0038% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Papaya Research and Applications over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Papaya Research and Applications11.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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