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Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies

Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies is a research topic within Complementary and alternative medicine. Science Explorer counts 7.8k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the medicinal and therapeutic potential of Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides), focusing on its antioxidant, immunomodulatory, hepatoprotective, and anti-inflammatory properties. The research covers a wide range of topics including the phytochemical composition, biological activities, and health benefits of Sea Buckthorn in various forms such as berries, leaves, seed oil, and extracts.

  • Sea Buckthorn
  • Hippophae rhamnoides
  • Antioxidant
  • Therapeutic
  • Phytochemicals
  • Nutraceuticals
  • Fatty Acids
  • Flavonoids
  • Biological Activities
  • Health Benefits
Research works
7.8k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
790
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+18%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
29% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies

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

Which countries lead Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (364 and 256 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 364 works
  2. 2 India 256 works
  3. 3 Russia 231 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 75 works
  5. 5 Iran 64 works
  6. 6 United States 59 works
  7. 7 Uzbekistan 51 works
  8. 8 Ukraine 50 works
  9. 9 Kazakhstan 50 works
  10. 10 Egypt 50 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.

China: 29.1%India: 20.5%Russia: 18.4%Türkiye: 6.0%6 others listed: 25.9%29%largest
China364 · 29.1%India256 · 20.5%Russia231 · 18.4%Türkiye75 · 6.0%6 others listed324 · 25.9%

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

Which institutions lead Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies research, followed by Voronezh State University and Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 43 works
  2. 2 Voronezh State UniversityRussia 12 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 12 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 12 works
  5. 5 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 12 works
  6. 6 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 10 works
  7. 7 National University of PharmacyUkraine 9 works
  8. 8 Sechenov UniversityRussia 8 works
  9. 9 Academy of Sciences Republic of UzbekistanUzbekistan 8 works
  10. 10 All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic PlantsRussia 8 works

Who are the leading researchers in Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies include Amirhossein Sahebkar and Jin Li.

  1. 1 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations
  2. 2 Jin Li China 132k 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 Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies?

The most cited paper in Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies is "Overviews of biological importance of quercetin: A bioactive flavonoid" (Subramani Parasuraman, AlexanderVictor Anand David, Radhakrishnan Arulmoli, 2016), with 1,629 citations. Next come "The Pharmacological Potential of Rutin" (1,437) and "Antimicrobial properties of phenolic compounds from berries" (1,042).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Overviews of biological importance of quercetin: A bioactive flavonoid Subramani Parasuraman, AlexanderVictor Anand David, Radhakrishnan Arulmoli · Pharmacognosy Reviews/Bioinformatics Trends/Pharmacognosy review Open access 2016 1,629
2 The Pharmacological Potential of Rutin Aditya Ganeshpurkar, Ajay Kumar Saluja · Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal Open access May 2016 1,437
3 Antimicrobial properties of phenolic compounds from berries Riitta Puupponen‐Pimiä, Liisa J. Nohynek, C. Elizabeth Meier et al. · Journal of Applied Microbiology Apr 2001 1,042
4 Bioactive Compounds and Antioxidant Activity in Different Types of Berries Soňa Škrovánková, Daniela Sumczynski, Jiří­ Mlček et al. · International Journal of Molecular Sciences Open access 16 Oct 2015 1,028
5 Biochemical Properties of Hormone-Sensitive Adenylate Cyclase Elliott M. Ross, Alfred G. Gilman · Annual Review of Biochemistry Jun 1980 1,016
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Where is Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies research done?

The largest centres of Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China), Tashkent (Uzbekistan) and Almaty (Kazakhstan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Almaty.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 54 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 50 works
  3. 3 TashkentUzbekistan 27 works
  4. 4 AlmatyKazakhstan 23 works
  5. 5 TehranIran 20 works
  6. 6 ÜrümqiChina 17 works
  7. 7 VoronezhRussia 17 works
  8. 8 HangzhouChina 16 works
  9. 9 SeoulSouth Korea 15 works
  10. 10 KharkivUkraine 13 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AlmatyKZ · 22.7 works13×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Weatherford College, Islamic Azad University, Tehran and Voronezh State University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%5%10%15%mean 4.78%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Islamic Azad Univers…Weatherford CollegeNational University …Voronezh State Unive…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Weatherford CollegeUnited States 80.99.4%5.3×12 +117.5%
2Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 64.713.4%3.8×10 -33.9%
3Voronezh State UniversityRussia 50.00.0%71.7×12 +62.2%
4National University of PharmacyUkraine 35.01.1%283.3×10 -28.8%
5Sechenov UniversityRussia 25.80.0%16.1×8 -18.1%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies, country by country

Is Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0083% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies0.0076% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies 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%Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies11.2% in 2025200020102020

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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