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Phytochemical Studies and Bioactivities

Phytochemical Studies and Bioactivities is a research topic within Molecular Biology. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the bioactivity and pharmacological effects of steroidal saponins found in various medicinal plants. The research covers a wide range of topics including anticancer activity, antioxidant properties, cytotoxicity, anti-inflammatory effects, and the traditional medicinal uses of these compounds.

  • Steroidal Saponins
  • Medicinal Plants
  • Anticancer Activity
  • Antioxidant Properties
  • Pharmacological Effects
  • Traditional Medicine
  • Chemical Composition
  • Cytotoxicity
  • Anti-inflammatory Activity
  • Ethnopharmacology
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+17%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
56% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Phytochemical Studies and Bioactivities

Which countries lead Phytochemical Studies and Bioactivities research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (826 and 283 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 826 works
  2. 2 India 283 works
  3. 3 United States 77 works
  4. 4 South Korea 56 works
  5. 5 Japan 44 works
  6. 6 Italy 39 works
  7. 7 Iran 38 works
  8. 8 Egypt 37 works
  9. 9 Vietnam 36 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 35 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: 56.1%India: 19.2%United States: 5.2%South Korea: 3.8%6 others listed: 15.7%56%largest
China826 · 56.1%India283 · 19.2%United States77 · 5.2%South Korea56 · 3.8%6 others listed231 · 15.7%

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

Which institutions lead Phytochemical Studies and Bioactivities research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Phytochemical Studies and Bioactivities research, followed by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 38 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 21 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 20 works
  4. 4 Research Institute on Sustainable Economic GrowthItaly 16 works
  5. 5 Heilongjiang University of Chinese MedicineChina 15 works
  6. 6 Botanical Survey of IndiaIndia 13 works
  7. 7 Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchIndia 13 works
  8. 8 Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 13 works
  9. 9 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 12 works
  10. 10 Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Phytochemical Studies and Bioactivities?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Phytochemical Studies and Bioactivities include Jun Wang, Amirhossein Sahebkar and Trevor William Robbins.

  1. 1 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  2. 2 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations
  3. 3 Trevor William Robbins United Kingdom 199k 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 Studies and Bioactivities?

The most cited paper in Phytochemical Studies and Bioactivities is "NMR Spectroscopy in the structural elucidation of oligosaccharides and glycosides" (Pawan Kumar Agrawal, 1992), with 1,450 citations. Next come "Simultaneous modeling of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics: Application to d‐tubocurarine" (1,146) and "Fatty Acid and Polar Lipid Composition in the Classification of Cellulomonas, Oerskovia and Related Taxa" (942).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 NMR Spectroscopy in the structural elucidation of oligosaccharides and glycosides Pawan Kumar Agrawal · Phytochemistry Oct 1992 1,450
2 Simultaneous modeling of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics: Application to d‐tubocurarine Lewis B. Sheiner, Donald R. Stanski, Samuel Vožeh et al. · Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics Mar 1979 1,146
3 Fatty Acid and Polar Lipid Composition in the Classification of Cellulomonas, Oerskovia and Related Taxa David E. Minnikin, M.D. Collins, Michael Goodfellow · Journal of Applied Bacteriology Aug 1979 942
4 Saponins, classification and occurrence in the plant kingdom Jean‐Paul Vincken, Lynn Heng, C.P.G.M. de Groot et al. · Phytochemistry Open access 5 Dec 2006 799
5 Reduction of Serum Cholesterol with Sitostanol-Ester Margarine in a Mildly Hypercholesterolemic Population Tatu A. Miettinen, Pekka Puska, Helena K. Gylling et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 16 Nov 1995 745
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Where is Phytochemical Studies and Bioactivities research done?

The largest centres of Phytochemical Studies and Bioactivities research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Guangzhou (China), Shanghai (China) and Kunming (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kunming.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 109 works
  2. 2 GuangzhouChina 39 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 38 works
  4. 4 KunmingChina 33 works
  5. 5 ChengduChina 32 works
  6. 6 HangzhouChina 32 works
  7. 7 NanjingChina 31 works
  8. 8 HarbinChina 27 works
  9. 9 JinanChina 27 works
  10. 10 WuhanChina 25 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KunmingCN · 33.4 works8.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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

Among universities, judged by research, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine 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%20%40%mean 18.4875%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Chengdu University o…Shanghai University …Heilongjiang Univers…Chinese Academy of M…
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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
1Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 64.728.6%28.9×13 +87.4%
2Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 43.627.3%21.3×10 +3.2%
3Heilongjiang University of Chinese MedicineChina 41.719.2%99.1×15 +39.7%
4Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 40.010.3%11.2×20 -25.3%
5Zhejiang Chinese Medical UniversityChina 30.520.3%21.9×9 +103.4%
6Anhui University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 21.418.6%53.3×8 +120.7%
7Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineChina 18.811.7%20.9×9 +10.2%
8Beijing University of Chinese MedicineChina 14.211.9%22.5×9 -4.8%

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 Studies and Bioactivities, country by country

Is Phytochemical Studies and Bioactivities research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2006. The fastest-growing topics are Phytochemical Studies and Bioactivities.

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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 Studies and Bioactivities as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0078% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Phytochemical Studies and Bioactivities 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 Studies and Bioactivities10.4% 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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