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Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities

Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities is a research topic within Biochemistry. Science Explorer counts 66k research works in it since 1950. 23.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the role of antioxidants, free radicals, and polyphenols in human health and disease. It covers topics such as oxidative stress, cancer prevention, bioavailability of dietary supplements, and the significance of phenolic compounds in nutrition. The research explores the potential benefits of antioxidants in combating oxidative stress-related conditions and their impact on human health.

  • Antioxidants
  • Free Radicals
  • Polyphenols
  • Oxidative Stress
  • Flavonoids
  • Cancer Prevention
  • Dietary Supplements
  • Bioavailability
  • Phenolic Compounds
  • Nutritional Significance
Research works
66k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
16k
per year above
Top-10% rate
23.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+45%
the tick is no change

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

Which countries lead Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (3.5k and 1.7k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 3.5k works
  2. 2 India 1.7k works
  3. 3 Türkiye 976 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 686 works
  5. 5 Brazil 658 works
  6. 6 United States 579 works
  7. 7 Italy 565 works
  8. 8 Spain 491 works
  9. 9 Poland 470 works
  10. 10 South Korea 454 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: 34.7%India: 17.2%Türkiye: 9.6%Indonesia: 6.8%6 others listed: 31.7%35%largest
China3,512 · 34.7%India1,741 · 17.2%Türkiye976 · 9.6%Indonesia686 · 6.8%6 others listed3,217 · 31.7%

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

Which institutions lead Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs publishes the most Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities research, followed by King Saud University and Northwest A&F University.

Who are the leading researchers in Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities include Catherine Rice‐Evans, David M. Pereira and Amirhossein Sahebkar.

  1. 1 Catherine Rice‐Evans United Kingdom 6.3k citations
  2. 2 David M. Pereira Portugal 6.1k citations
  3. 3 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 5.6k citations
  4. 4 David Julian McClements United States 4.1k citations
  5. 5 Vernon L. Singleton United States 3.6k citations

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

Where is Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities research done?

The largest centres of Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Hangzhou (China), Guangzhou (China) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wushan, Bragança and Plovdiv.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 494 works
  2. 2 Hangzhou China 175 works
  3. 3 Guangzhou China 171 works
  4. 4 Seoul South Korea 133 works
  5. 5 Nanjing China 130 works
  6. 6 Istanbul Türkiye 115 works
  7. 7 Moscow Russia 113 works
  8. 8 Tehran Iran 110 works
  9. 9 Giza Egypt 106 works
  10. 10 New Delhi India 105 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WushanCN · 22.4 works25×
  2. BragançaPT · 21.6 works16×
  3. PlovdivBG · 30.6 works15×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities?

Among universities, judged by research, Anhui Agricultural University, Beijing Technology and Business University and Fujian Agriculture and Forestry 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%25%50%75%mean 44.39%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Anhui Agricultural University: 44, 62.6%Beijing Technology and Business University: 45, 52.2%Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University: 33, 54.8%Northwest A&F University: 64, 45.2%University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro: 18, 43.5%University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca: 30, 40.3%University of Rzeszów: 27, 26.4%Hunan Agricultural University: 27, 54.6%Sichuan Agricultural University: 37, 45.9%Punjab Agricultural University: 42, 18.4%Anhui Agricultural U…Fujian Agriculture a…Beijing Technology a…Northwest A&F Univer…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Anhui Agricultural UniversityChina 77.462.6%15.5×44 +75.1%
2 Beijing Technology and Business UniversityChina 76.252.2%12.9×45 +129.0%
3 Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityChina 74.354.8%8.6×33 +174.2%
4 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 71.145.2%9.9×64 +31.0%
5 University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto DouroPortugal 70.243.5%10.6×18 +213.9%
6 University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-NapocaRomania 66.040.3%34.5×30 +85.8%
7 University of RzeszówPoland 64.026.4%10.6×27 +361.5%
8 Hunan Agricultural UniversityChina 63.554.6%10.9×27 -21.5%
9 Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina 63.445.9%8.0×37 +83.5%
10 Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia 63.318.4%15.7×42 +195.2%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 45% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities.

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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.

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.