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Phytoestrogen effects and research

Phytoestrogen effects and research is a research topic within Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Science Explorer counts 21k 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 health effects of soy isoflavones and phytoestrogens, focusing on topics such as bioavailability, cancer prevention, cardiovascular health, bone density, metabolism, antioxidant activity, and their interaction with estrogen receptors. The research covers a wide range of aspects related to dietary intake and potential therapeutic benefits.

  • Soy Isoflavones
  • Phytoestrogens
  • Bioavailability
  • Cancer Prevention
  • Cardiovascular Health
  • Bone Density
  • Metabolism
  • Antioxidant Activity
  • Estrogen Receptors
  • Dietary Intake
Research works
21k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+24%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
40% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Phytoestrogen effects and research

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

Which countries lead Phytoestrogen effects and research research?

By volume, China and Indonesia publish the most (1k and 337 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1k works
  2. 2 Indonesia 337 works
  3. 3 United States 313 works
  4. 4 India 312 works
  5. 5 South Korea 182 works
  6. 6 Iran 116 works
  7. 7 Japan 111 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 80 works
  9. 9 Brazil 78 works
  10. 10 Egypt 70 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: 39.6%Indonesia: 12.7%United States: 11.8%India: 11.8%6 others listed: 24.0%40%largest
China1,050 · 39.6%Indonesia337 · 12.7%United States313 · 11.8%India312 · 11.8%6 others listed637 · 24.0%

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

Which institutions lead Phytoestrogen effects and research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences publishes the most Phytoestrogen effects and research research, followed by Indian Council of Agricultural Research and Northeast Agricultural University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 67 works
  2. 2 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 22 works
  3. 3 Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 22 works
  4. 4 Nanchang UniversityChina 20 works
  5. 5 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 17 works
  6. 6 University of BrawijayaIndonesia 16 works
  7. 7 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 16 works
  8. 8 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 16 works
  9. 9 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 15 works
  10. 10 China Agricultural UniversityChina 15 works

Who are the leading researchers in Phytoestrogen effects and research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Phytoestrogen effects and research include George Davey Smith, Walter Churchill Willett and Hermann Brenner.

  1. 1 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
  2. 2 Walter Churchill Willett United States 411k citations
  3. 3 Hermann Brenner Germany 343k citations
  4. 4 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  5. 5 Gregory Y.H. Lip United Kingdom 311k citations
  6. 6 Luigi Ferrucci United States 281k citations
  7. 7 Frank B. Hu United States 281k citations
  8. 8 JoAnn E. Manson United States 263k citations
  9. 9 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations
  10. 10 Carlo La Vecchia Italy 258k 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 Phytoestrogen effects and research?

The most cited paper in Phytoestrogen effects and research is "Polyphenols: food sources and bioavailability" (Claudine Manach, Augustin Scalbert, Christine Morand et al., 2004), with 8,154 citations. Next come "A modification of the Lowry procedure to simplify protein determination in membrane and lipoprotein samples" (6,504) and "The Effects of Plant Flavonoids on Mammalian Cells:Implications for Inflammation, Heart Disease, and Cancer" (4,876).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Polyphenols: food sources and bioavailability Claudine Manach, Augustin Scalbert, Christine Morand et al. · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Open access May 2004 8,154
2 A modification of the Lowry procedure to simplify protein determination in membrane and lipoprotein samples Mary Ann K. Markwell, Suzanne M. Haas, LORAN L. BIEBER et al. · Analytical Biochemistry Jun 1978 6,504
3 The Effects of Plant Flavonoids on Mammalian Cells:Implications for Inflammation, Heart Disease, and Cancer Elliott Middleton, Chithan Kandaswami, Theoharis Constantin Theoharides · Pharmacological Reviews Dec 2000 4,876
4 Plant Polyphenols as Dietary Antioxidants in Human Health and Disease Kanti Bhooshan Pandey, Syed Ibrahim Rizvi · Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity Open access 2009 4,626
5 Bioavailability and bioefficacy of polyphenols in humans. I. Review of 97 bioavailability studies Claudine Manach, Gary Williamson, Christine Morand et al. · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Open access 2005 4,212
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Phytoestrogen effects and research research done?

The largest centres of Phytoestrogen effects and research research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Guangzhou (China) and Harbin (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wuxi.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 143 works
  2. 2 SeoulSouth Korea 54 works
  3. 3 GuangzhouChina 52 works
  4. 4 HarbinChina 41 works
  5. 5 NanjingChina 41 works
  6. 6 HangzhouChina 39 works
  7. 7 WuhanChina 37 works
  8. 8 JakartaIndonesia 36 works
  9. 9 TehranIran 35 works
  10. 10 ShanghaiChina 33 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WuxiCN · 26.2 works7.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Phytoestrogen effects and research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Phytoestrogen effects and research?

Among universities, judged by research, Northeast Agricultural University, Nanchang University and China Agricultural 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%10%20%30%mean 16.78%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Northeast Agricultur…Nanchang UniversityHarvard UniversityChina Agricultural U…
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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
1Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 85.927.3%25.8×22 +164.3%
2Nanchang UniversityChina 82.020.4%8.4×20 +63.4%
3China Agricultural UniversityChina 69.115.5%8.2×15 +59.7%
4Harvard UniversityUnited States 65.918.3%1.0×10 +12.1%
5Jiangnan UniversityChina 61.023.6%5.9×11 +196.0%
6Yangzhou UniversityChina 54.915.3%5.9×10 +258.7%
7Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 52.89.6%10.2×13 +8.0%
8Chiang Mai UniversityThailand 51.214.0%8.4×8 +63.1%
9Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 49.913.9%3.4×12 +12.6%
10Beijing Technology and Business UniversityChina 48.39.9%12.8×9 +133.8%

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 Phytoestrogen effects and research, country by country

Is Phytoestrogen effects and research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Phytoestrogen effects and research.

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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 Phytoestrogen effects and research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.016% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Phytoestrogen effects and research 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%Phytoestrogen effects and research10.4% 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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