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Plant chemical constituents analysis

Plant chemical constituents analysis is a research topic within Plant Science. Science Explorer counts 7k 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 focuses on the occurrence, bioactivity, and analysis of bioactive polyacetylenes and allied natural products found in food plants of the Apiaceae family. It covers a wide range of topics including biosynthesis, pharmacological properties, antioxidant activity, and phytochemistry of polyacetylenes and related compounds.

  • Polyacetylenes
  • Apiaceae Family
  • Bioactivity
  • Coumarins
  • Pharmacology
  • Antioxidant Activity
  • Phytochemistry
  • Natural Products
  • Chemistry
  • Medicinal Plants
Research works
7k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
703
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+14%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
43% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Plant chemical constituents analysis

Which countries lead Plant chemical constituents analysis research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (400 and 151 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 400 works
  2. 2 India 151 works
  3. 3 Iran 82 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 62 works
  5. 5 United States 54 works
  6. 6 South Korea 47 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 39 works
  8. 8 Italy 37 works
  9. 9 Russia 32 works
  10. 10 Egypt 31 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: 42.7%India: 16.2%Iran: 8.7%Türkiye: 6.6%6 others listed: 25.7%43%largest
China400 · 42.7%India151 · 16.2%Iran82 · 8.7%Türkiye62 · 6.6%6 others listed241 · 25.7%

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

Which institutions lead Plant chemical constituents analysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Plant chemical constituents analysis research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Sichuan University.

Who are the leading researchers in Plant chemical constituents analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Plant chemical constituents analysis include Heng Li, Amirhossein Sahebkar and Pamela S. Soltis.

  1. 1 Heng Li United States 270k citations
  2. 2 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations
  3. 3 Pamela S. Soltis United States 165k citations
  4. 4 Frank J. Gonzalez United States 153k 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 Plant chemical constituents analysis?

The most cited paper in Plant chemical constituents analysis is "Isolation and Synthesis of Biologically Active Carbazole Alkaloids" (Hans‐Joachim Knölker, Kethiri R. Reddy, 2002), with 1,404 citations. Next come "Prostaglandin synthase 2" (1,205) and "Review on Natural Coumarin Lead Compounds for Their Pharmacological Activity" (959).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Isolation and Synthesis of Biologically Active Carbazole Alkaloids Hans‐Joachim Knölker, Kethiri R. Reddy · Chemical Reviews Review Nov 2002 1,404
2 Prostaglandin synthase 2 Harvey R. Herschman · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism 1996 1,205
3 Review on Natural Coumarin Lead Compounds for Their Pharmacological Activity Katharigatta Narayanaswamy Venugopala, V Rashmi, B. Odhav · BioMed Research International Open access 2013 959
4 Pharmacological and biochemical actions of simple coumarins: Natural products with therapeutic potential J.R.S. Hoult, Miguel Payá · General Pharmacology The Vascular System Jun 1996 959
5 Antimicrobial activity and chemical composition of Thymus vulgaris, Thymus zygis and Thymus hyemalis essential oils María Carmen Rota, Antonio Herrera, Rosa Mar Dominguez‐Martinez et al. · Food Control 21 Jul 2007 725
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Where is Plant chemical constituents analysis research done?

The largest centres of Plant chemical constituents analysis research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Chengdu (China), Tehran (Iran) and Guangzhou (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 58 works
  2. 2 ChengduChina 28 works
  3. 3 TehranIran 20 works
  4. 4 GuangzhouChina 20 works
  5. 5 KunmingChina 15 works
  6. 6 TashkentUzbekistan 13 works
  7. 7 ChongqingChina 13 works
  8. 8 LanzhouChina 13 works
  9. 9 MoscowRussia 12 works
  10. 10 SeoulSouth Korea 12 works
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Where is the best place to study Plant chemical constituents analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Mosul, Sichuan University and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College 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 17.58%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of MosulSichuan UniversityChinese Academy of M…University of Palermo
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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
1University of MosulIraq 62.639.8%18.1×8 +600.0%
2Sichuan UniversityChina 58.326.0%3.8×11 +3.9%
3Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 43.913.2%7.1×9 +15.1%
4University of PalermoItaly 34.05.1%19.0×8 +316.8%
5Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 13.63.8%4.2×9 -34.1%

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 Plant chemical constituents analysis, country by country

Is Plant chemical constituents analysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Plant chemical constituents analysis.

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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 Plant chemical constituents analysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0044% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Plant chemical constituents analysis0.0066% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Plant chemical constituents analysis 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%Plant chemical constituents analysis9.8% 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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