Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications

Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 13k 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 focuses on the ethnobotanical survey, pharmacological studies, and traditional knowledge related to the use of medicinal and poisonous plants in Brazil. It covers topics such as the Brazilian Pharmacopoeia, toxicological studies, antioxidant activity, and healthcare practices associated with herbal medicines.

Medicinal Plants
Ethnobotany
Pharmacological Studies
Traditional Knowledge
Brazilian Pharmacopoeia
Herbal Medicines
Toxicological Studies
Antioxidant Activity
Cytotoxic Effects
Healthcare Practices

Research works: 13k
In the world top 10%: 1.3k
Top-10% rate: 10.1%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +3%
Largest producer: Brazil

Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications

Which countries lead Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications research?

By volume, Brazil and India publish the most (2.2k and 156 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 Brazil 2.2k works
2 India 156 works
3 United States 154 works
4 Germany 57 works
5 Portugal 56 works
6 China 47 works
7 Spain 43 works
8 Mexico 43 works
9 Georgia 42 works
10 Nigeria 40 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.

Brazil2,222 · 77.7%India156 · 5.4%United States154 · 5.4%Germany57 · 2.0%6 others listed271 · 9.5%

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

Which institutions lead Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco publishes the most Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications research, followed by Universidade Federal da Paraíba and Universidade Federal do Pará.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Universidade Federal de PernambucoBrazil 56 works
2 Universidade Federal da ParaíbaBrazil 50 works
3 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 43 works
4 Ilia State UniversityGeorgia 41 works
5 State Museum of Natural History KarlsruheGermany 41 works
6 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 37 works
7 Universidade Federal do AmazonasBrazil 35 works
8 Universidade Federal do CearáBrazil 33 works
9 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 33 works
10 Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do SulBrazil 31 works

Who are the leading researchers in Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications include Amirhossein Sahebkar and Eduarda G. R. Fernandes.

1 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations
2 Eduarda G. R. Fernandes Portugal 142k 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 Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications?

The most cited paper in Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications is "Plant Products as Antimicrobial Agents" (Marjorie Murphy Cowan, 1999), with 9,046 citations. Next come "Plants as source of drugs" (1,494) and "Propolis: recent advances in chemistry and plant origin" (1,335).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Plant Products as Antimicrobial Agents Marjorie Murphy Cowan · Clinical Microbiology Reviews Open access	Oct 1999	9,046
2	Plants as source of drugs Stela Maris Kuze Rates · Toxicon	May 2001	1,494
3	Propolis: recent advances in chemistry and plant origin Vassya Stefanova Bankova, Solange L. de Castro, María Cristina Marcucci · Apidologie Open access	2000	1,335
4	Efficacy, safety, quality control, marketing and regulatory guidelines for herbal medicines (phytotherapeutic agents) João Β. Calixto · Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research Open access	Feb 2000	1,291
5	Composition and Applications of Aloe vera Leaf Gel Josias Hendrik Hamman · Molecules Open access	8 Aug 2008	1,125

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Where is Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications research done?

The largest centres of Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications research in 2022-now are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Recife (Brazil) and Belém (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Feira de Santana.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 São PauloBrazil 231 works
2 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 136 works
3 RecifeBrazil 112 works
4 BelémBrazil 99 works
5 BrasíliaBrazil 68 works
6 ManausBrazil 67 works
7 FortalezaBrazil 64 works
8 SalvadorBrazil 62 works
9 João PessoaBrazil 57 works
10 CuritibaBrazil 57 works

Where it is the local speciality

Feira de SantanaBR · 29.2 works76×

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Where is the best place to study Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Universidade Federal do Pará and Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 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.

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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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	Universidade Federal de PernambucoBrazil	74.5	10.2%	37.8×	56	+17.7%
2	Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil	68.9	14.7%	36.1×	43	-22.8%
3	Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil	65.2	8.8%	12.6×	28	+16.8%
4	Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil	64.7	15.1%	11.3×	25	-36.6%
5	Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil	64.4	9.9%	13.6×	23	+24.1%
6	Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil	62.3	8.6%	15.0×	37	+8.7%
7	Universidade Federal de São PauloBrazil	60.0	13.1%	11.3×	15	+20.9%
8	Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do SulBrazil	58.5	6.2%	45.6×	31	+67.8%
9	Universidade Federal de LavrasBrazil	57.2	13.7%	32.9×	16	+13.4%
10	Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil	57.0	9.7%	10.0×	20	-19.0%
11	Universidade de São PauloBrazil	56.6	15.7%	5.3×	32	-11.3%
12	Ilia State UniversityGeorgia	55.6	0.2%	179.0×	42	+37.0%
13	Universidade Federal do AmazonasBrazil	55.0	3.7%	53.4×	34	+39.3%
14	Universidade Federal da Grande DouradosBrazil	54.7	17.2%	40.7×	10	-19.4%
15	Universidade Federal do CearáBrazil	53.9	3.3%	25.3×	33	+21.9%
16	Universidade Federal da ParaíbaBrazil	52.7	4.5%	42.1×	50	-25.5%
17	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do NorteBrazil	52.4	9.8%	15.6×	18	-18.1%
18	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil	52.1	14.4%	8.2×	19	-31.0%
19	Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil	51.2	11.3%	9.9×	23	-22.1%
20	Universidade Federal do ParanáBrazil	50.8	7.6%	20.4×	31	-3.2%
21	Universidade Federal de SergipeBrazil	50.8	15.8%	25.1×	18	-35.8%
22	Universidade Federal do Espírito SantoBrazil	50.1	6.5%	23.8×	22	+62.1%
23	Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil	49.7	7.6%	13.4×	19	+26.8%
24	Universidade Federal Rural de PernambucoBrazil	49.7	9.9%	33.2×	16	-42.5%
25	Universidade Estadual de MaringáBrazil	46.9	6.8%	21.9×	16	+9.9%
26	Universidade Regional do CaririBrazil	45.7	6.9%	110.2×	18	-16.0%
27	Universidade Federal de Santa MariaBrazil	43.9	9.6%	17.1×	22	-32.3%
28	Universidade Federal do PiauíBrazil	43.7	5.6%	42.6×	25	-37.0%
29	Universidade Federal da BahiaBrazil	43.5	9.2%	13.7×	12	+7.7%
30	Universidade Federal de Juiz de ForaBrazil	43.1	5.9%	15.8×	13	+67.8%
31	Universidade Estadual de Montes ClarosBrazil	43.0	6.4%	51.7×	14	+182.3%
32	Universidade Federal de ViçosaBrazil	42.9	14.1%	16.1×	12	-46.0%
33	Universidade Federal de Mato GrossoBrazil	42.0	7.2%	38.5×	20	-34.6%
34	Universidade Federal de UberlândiaBrazil	41.3	7.6%	15.7×	13	+13.2%
35	Universidade Estadual do CearáBrazil	41.2	4.3%	37.4×	19	-14.0%
36	Universidade de PernambucoBrazil	41.1	4.2%	31.2×	14	+103.6%
37	Universidade Estadual de Feira de SantanaBrazil	40.0	3.4%	82.0×	29	-28.7%
38	Universidade Estadual da ParaíbaBrazil	39.7	6.1%	57.3×	17	-29.0%
39	Universidade Federal Rural da AmazôniaBrazil	39.0	6.1%	82.9×	12	+80.0%
40	Universidade Federal do MaranhãoBrazil	38.9	3.4%	42.0×	26	-19.2%
41	Universidade Federal do Oeste do ParáBrazil	37.4	8.5%	70.2×	11	-11.8%
42	AVM Faculdade IntegradaBrazil	35.3	4.4%	89.0×	9	+151.2%
43	Universidade Federal de São CarlosBrazil	29.6	8.1%	8.3×	10	-4.7%
44	Universitario Francisco de AsísUruguay	28.3	0.6%	37.3×	8	+104.4%

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 Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications, country by country

Is Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.014% in 2024.

Fractional works of Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant 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.

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

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Which countries lead Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications?

What are the most cited papers in Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications?

Where is Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications?

Is Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

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