Plant-based Medicinal Research
Plant-based Medicinal Research is a research topic within Pharmacology. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1950. 10.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
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- Aconitum Alkaloids
- Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Toxicity
- Pharmacokinetics
- Diterpenoid Alkaloids
- Herbal Poisoning
- Phytochemistry
- Cardiotoxicity
- Anticancer Effects
- Metabolism
- Research works
- 23k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -10% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Plant-based Medicinal Research research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (1k and 370 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1k works
- 2 India 370 works
- 3 United States 232 works
- 4 Japan 89 works
- 5 Russia 70 works
- 6 South Korea 51 works
- 7 Iran 48 works
- 8 Türkiye 39 works
- 9 United Kingdom 37 works
- 10 France 34 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Plant-based Medicinal Research research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine publishes the most Plant-based Medicinal Research research, followed by Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College and Beijing University of Chinese Medicine.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 40 works
- 2 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 38 works
- 3 Beijing University of Chinese MedicineChina 28 works
- 4 Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier Ayurveda CollegeIndia 21 works
- 5 National Institute of AyurvedaIndia 20 works
- 6 Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineChina 19 works
- 7 Desh Bhagat Ayurvedic College and HospitalIndia 18 works
- 8 Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 17 works
- 9 Guangzhou University of Chinese MedicineChina 16 works
- 10 Shaanxi University of Chinese MedicineChina 15 works
Who are the leading researchers in Plant-based Medicinal Research?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Plant-based Medicinal Research include Dan M. Roden.
- 1 Dan M. Roden United States 2.6k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Plant-based Medicinal Research research done?
The largest centres of Plant-based Medicinal Research research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Chengdu (China), Shanghai (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Malappuram and Jaipur.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- MalappuramIN · 22.0 works67×
- JaipurIN · 22.6 works10×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Plant-based Medicinal Research than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Plant-based Medicinal Research?
Among universities, judged by research, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College and Beijing 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina | 77.1 | 35.0% | 75.7× | 40 | -59.0% |
| 2 | Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina | 62.0 | 12.2% | 16.3× | 38 | -36.8% |
| 3 | Beijing University of Chinese MedicineChina | 58.7 | 16.7% | 67.6× | 28 | -36.2% |
| 4 | China Pharmaceutical UniversityChina | 58.3 | 31.6% | 18.8× | 10 | -67.8% |
| 5 | Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineChina | 56.1 | 20.4% | 32.5× | 19 | -51.7% |
| 6 | Guangzhou University of Chinese MedicineChina | 54.6 | 20.0% | 35.2× | 16 | -61.5% |
| 7 | Zhejiang Chinese Medical UniversityChina | 54.4 | 24.5% | 21.5× | 13 | -62.5% |
| 8 | Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina | 53.2 | 19.4% | 70.6× | 17 | -47.2% |
| 9 | National Institute of AyurvedaIndia | 53.0 | 2.0% | 148.6× | 20 | +279.6% |
| 10 | Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina | 51.4 | 19.9% | 28.7× | 13 | -68.5% |
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 Plant-based Medicinal Research research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 10% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2012.
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.