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Psidium guajava Extracts and Applications

Psidium guajava Extracts and Applications is a research topic within Pharmacology. Science Explorer counts 6.6k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the pharmacological aspects, traditional uses, phytochemistry, and medicinal value of Psidium guajava (guava). It covers a wide range of studies including isolation of bioactive compounds, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities, hypoglycemic and anti-inflammatory effects, and the potential health benefits of guava leaf extracts. The research also explores the antidiabetic, anti-cancer, and anti-inflammatory properties of Psidium guajava.

  • Psidium guajava
  • phytochemistry
  • pharmacology
  • antimicrobial
  • antioxidant
  • hypoglycemic
  • anti-inflammatory
  • bioactive compounds
  • traditional uses
  • medicinal value
Research works
6.6k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
683
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+18%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
34% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Psidium guajava Extracts and Applications

Which countries lead Psidium guajava Extracts and Applications research?

By volume, India and Indonesia publish the most (474 and 261 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 474 works
  2. 2 Indonesia 261 works
  3. 3 Nigeria 143 works
  4. 4 Mexico 140 works
  5. 5 Brazil 107 works
  6. 6 United States 58 works
  7. 7 Egypt 57 works
  8. 8 China 57 works
  9. 9 Pakistan 52 works
  10. 10 Peru 49 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.

India: 33.9%Indonesia: 18.7%Nigeria: 10.3%Mexico: 10.0%6 others listed: 27.2%34%largest
India474 · 33.9%Indonesia261 · 18.7%Nigeria143 · 10.3%Mexico140 · 10.0%6 others listed380 · 27.2%

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

Which institutions lead Psidium guajava Extracts and Applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, Indian Council of Agricultural Research publishes the most Psidium guajava Extracts and Applications research, followed by Universitas Sumatera Utara and Colegio de Postgraduados.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 28 works
  2. 2 Universitas Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 12 works
  3. 3 Colegio de PostgraduadosMexico 12 works
  4. 4 Tecnológico Nacional de MéxicoMexico 11 works
  5. 5 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 9 works
  6. 6 Hindu College of PharmacyIndia 9 works
  7. 7 Sam Higginbottom Institute of AgricultureIndia 8 works
  8. 8 Lovely Professional UniversityIndia 8 works
  9. 9 Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 8 works
  10. 10 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 7 works

Who are the leading researchers in Psidium guajava Extracts and Applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Psidium guajava Extracts and Applications include Amirhossein Sahebkar, Eduarda G. R. Fernandes and Dorairaj Prabhakaran.

  1. 1 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations
  2. 2 Eduarda G. R. Fernandes Portugal 142k citations
  3. 3 Dorairaj Prabhakaran India 132k 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 Psidium guajava Extracts and Applications?

The most cited paper in Psidium guajava Extracts and Applications is "Antihyperlipidemic and Biochemical Activities of Mcy Protein in Streptozotocin Induced Diabetic Rats" (Saritha Marella, Dilip Rajasekhar Maddirela, Kameswara Rao Badri et al., 2015), with 5,950 citations. Next come "Comparison of ABTS, DPPH, FRAP, and ORAC assays for estimating antioxidant activity from guava fruit extracts" (3,649) and "Antimicrobial activity of essential oils and other plant extracts" (2,574).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Antihyperlipidemic and Biochemical Activities of Mcy Protein in Streptozotocin Induced Diabetic Rats Saritha Marella, Dilip Rajasekhar Maddirela, Kameswara Rao Badri et al. · Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry Open access 2015 5,950
2 Comparison of ABTS, DPPH, FRAP, and ORAC assays for estimating antioxidant activity from guava fruit extracts Kriengsak Thaipong, Unaroj Boonprakob, Kevin M. Crosby et al. · Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 3 Jun 2006 3,649
3 Antimicrobial activity of essential oils and other plant extracts Katherine A. Hammer, Christine F Carson, T. V. Riley · Journal of Applied Microbiology Jun 1999 2,574
4 Recent advances in understanding the antibacterial properties of flavonoids T.P. Tim Cushnie, Andrew J. Lamb · International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents Open access 25 Apr 2011 1,352
5 Antimicrobial and phytochemical studies on 45 Indian medicinal plants against multi-drug resistant human pathogens Iqbal Ahmad, Arina Z. Beg · Journal of Ethnopharmacology Feb 2001 1,223
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Where is Psidium guajava Extracts and Applications research done?

The largest centres of Psidium guajava Extracts and Applications research in 2022-now are Mexico City (Mexico), New Delhi (India), Medan (Indonesia) and Jakarta (Indonesia).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 Mexico CityMexico 31 works
  2. 2 New DelhiIndia 26 works
  3. 3 MedanIndonesia 25 works
  4. 4 JakartaIndonesia 23 works
  5. 5 BengaluruIndia 23 works
  6. 6 ChennaiIndia 21 works
  7. 7 SemarangIndonesia 18 works
  8. 8 SurabayaIndonesia 18 works
  9. 9 GizaEgypt 18 works
  10. 10 LahorePakistan 16 works
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Where is the best place to study Psidium guajava Extracts and Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, King Saud University, Hindu College of Pharmacy and Colegio de Postgraduados 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 14.54%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Hindu College of Pha…King Saud UniversityColegio de Postgradu…Universitas Sumatera…
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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
1King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 66.520.7%5.4×9 +129.2%
2Hindu College of PharmacyIndia 64.538.6%50.6×9 -13.6%
3Colegio de PostgraduadosMexico 52.57.3%48.6×12 +13.7%
4Universitas Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 50.00.5%10.1×12 +299.4%
5Lovely Professional UniversityIndia 31.45.6%9.2×8 +63.5%

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 Psidium guajava Extracts and Applications, country by country

Is Psidium guajava Extracts and Applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Psidium guajava Extracts and Applications.

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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 Psidium guajava Extracts and Applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0078% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Psidium guajava Extracts and 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.

still counting5%10%15%Psidium guajava Extracts and Applications11.1% 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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