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Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties

Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties is a research topic within Molecular Biology. Science Explorer counts 12k 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 toxicity, metabolism, and health implications of pyrrolizidine alkaloids, including their genotoxic effects, association with hepatic sinusoidal obstruction syndrome, potential carcinogenicity, and risk assessment in food and herbal medicines.

  • Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids
  • Toxicity
  • Metabolism
  • Genotoxicity
  • Hepatic Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome
  • Food Safety
  • Carcinogenicity
  • Herbal Medicines
  • Risk Assessment
  • Health Consequences
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-3%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
33% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties

Which countries lead Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties research?

By volume, China and Brazil publish the most (319 and 139 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 319 works
  2. 2 Brazil 139 works
  3. 3 United States 134 works
  4. 4 India 93 works
  5. 5 Germany 83 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 49 works
  7. 7 South Korea 40 works
  8. 8 France 35 works
  9. 9 Italy 32 works
  10. 10 Japan 32 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: 33.4%Brazil: 14.5%United States: 14.0%India: 9.8%6 others listed: 28.4%33%largest
China319 · 33.4%Brazil139 · 14.5%United States134 · 14.0%India93 · 9.8%6 others listed271 · 28.4%

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

Which institutions lead Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties research, followed by Ilia State University and State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe.

Who are the leading researchers in Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties include Roger Chou, Paul M. Ridker and Frank J. Gonzalez.

  1. 1 Roger Chou United States 248k citations
  2. 2 Paul M. Ridker United States 233k citations
  3. 3 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 Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties?

The most cited paper in Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties is "Investigation of chromium, cerium and cobalt as markers in digesta. Rate of passage studies" (Peter C. Uden, Pablo E. Colucci, Peter J. Van Soest, 1980), with 1,418 citations. Next come "Inhibition of sphingolipid biosynthesis by fumonisins. Implications for diseases associated with Fusarium moniliforme" (1,117) and "SYMBIOSES OF GRASSES WITH SEEDBORNE FUNGAL ENDOPHYTES" (904).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Investigation of chromium, cerium and cobalt as markers in digesta. Rate of passage studies Peter C. Uden, Pablo E. Colucci, Peter J. Van Soest · Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture Jul 1980 1,418
2 Inhibition of sphingolipid biosynthesis by fumonisins. Implications for diseases associated with Fusarium moniliforme Elaine Wang, William P. Norred, Charles W. Bacon et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry Open access Aug 1991 1,117
3 SYMBIOSES OF GRASSES WITH SEEDBORNE FUNGAL ENDOPHYTES Christopher Lewis Schardl, Adrian Leuchtmann, Martin J. Spiering · Annual Review of Plant Biology Review 29 Apr 2004 904
4 Oxidative Stress, Antioxidants, and Animal Function J.K. Miller, Ewa Brzezińska-Ślebodzińska, F.C. Madsen · Journal of Dairy Science Open access Sep 1993 771
5 Sesquiterpenoids Lactones: Benefits to Plants and People Martin Chadwick, Harriet Trewin, Frances Gawthrop et al. · International Journal of Molecular Sciences Open access 19 Jun 2013 673
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Where is Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties research done?

The largest centres of Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Karlsruhe (Germany), Guangzhou (China) and Tbilisi (Georgia).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 45 works
  2. 2 KarlsruheGermany 19 works
  3. 3 GuangzhouChina 18 works
  4. 4 TbilisiGeorgia 18 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 17 works
  6. 6 São PauloBrazil 15 works
  7. 7 NanjingChina 15 works
  8. 8 SeoulSouth Korea 12 works
  9. 9 LanzhouChina 12 works
  10. 10 HangzhouChina 11 works
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Where is the best place to study Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties?

Among universities, judged by research, Ilia State University score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

Citation 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
1Ilia State UniversityGeorgia 4.80.0%166.4×18 -0.9%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties, country by country

Is Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2012.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0065% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties 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.

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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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