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Saffron Plant Research Studies

Saffron Plant Research Studies is a research topic within Oncology. Science Explorer counts 5.8k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the biomedical properties of saffron (Crocus sativus L.) and its potential use in cancer therapy, chemoprevention, neuroprotection, and treatment of depression. The research covers the antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer effects of saffron and its bioactive constituents, such as crocin, safranal, and geniposide.

  • Saffron
  • Crocus sativus L.
  • Crocin
  • Antioxidant
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Cancer
  • Chemoprevention
  • Neuroprotection
  • Depression
  • Pharmacological
Research works
5.8k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
585
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+19%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
29% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Saffron Plant Research Studies

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

Which countries lead Saffron Plant Research Studies research?

By volume, China and Iran publish the most (367 and 263 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 367 works
  2. 2 Iran 263 works
  3. 3 India 228 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 92 works
  5. 5 Egypt 75 works
  6. 6 United States 75 works
  7. 7 Italy 45 works
  8. 8 Iraq 40 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 38 works
  10. 10 Pakistan 37 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: 29.2%Iran: 20.8%India: 18.1%Türkiye: 7.3%6 others listed: 24.6%29%largest
China367 · 29.2%Iran263 · 20.8%India228 · 18.1%Türkiye92 · 7.3%6 others listed309 · 24.6%

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

Which institutions lead Saffron Plant Research Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Islamic Azad University, Tehran publishes the most Saffron Plant Research Studies research, followed by Mashhad University of Medical Sciences and Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 26 works
  2. 2 Mashhad University of Medical SciencesIran 25 works
  3. 3 Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of KashmirIndia 17 works
  4. 4 Tehran University of Medical SciencesIran 13 works
  5. 5 Ferdowsi University of MashhadIran 12 works
  6. 6 Tabriz University of Medical SciencesIran 10 works
  7. 7 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 10 works
  8. 8 Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchIndia 9 works
  9. 9 University of TehranIran 8 works
  10. 10 Tarbiat Modares UniversityIran 8 works

Who are the leading researchers in Saffron Plant Research Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Saffron Plant Research Studies include Amirhossein Sahebkar.

  1. 1 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 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 Saffron Plant Research Studies?

The most cited paper in Saffron Plant Research Studies is "Flavonoids protect neuronal cells from oxidative stress by three distinct mechanisms" (Kumiko Ishige, David A. Schubert, Yutaka Sagara, 2001), with 843 citations. Next come "Carotenoids: biochemistry, pharmacology and treatment" (793) and "Genipin-crosslinked chitosan hydrogels as biomedical and pharmaceutical aids" (725).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Flavonoids protect neuronal cells from oxidative stress by three distinct mechanisms Kumiko Ishige, David A. Schubert, Yutaka Sagara · Free Radical Biology and Medicine Feb 2001 843
2 Carotenoids: biochemistry, pharmacology and treatment Alireza Milani, Marzieh Basirnejad, Sepideh Shahbazi et al. · British Journal of Pharmacology Open access 17 Sep 2016 793
3 Genipin-crosslinked chitosan hydrogels as biomedical and pharmaceutical aids Riccardo A.A. Müzzarelli · Carbohydrate Polymers 30 Jan 2009 725
4 C-Phycocyanin: A Biliprotein with Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory and Neuroprotective Effects Ch. Romay, Ricardo González, Nuris Ledón et al. · Current Protein and Peptide Science Jun 2003 718
5 Effects of Long-Term Selenium Supplementation on the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes Saverio Stranges, James R. Marshall, Raj Natarajan et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine 21 Aug 2007 715
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Saffron Plant Research Studies research done?

The largest centres of Saffron Plant Research Studies research in 2022-now are Tehran (Iran), Beijing (China), Mashhad (Iran) and Srinagar (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Mashhad and Srinagar.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 TehranIran 89 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 47 works
  3. 3 MashhadIran 41 works
  4. 4 SrinagarIndia 26 works
  5. 5 HangzhouChina 26 works
  6. 6 ShanghaiChina 22 works
  7. 7 CairoEgypt 20 works
  8. 8 GizaEgypt 18 works
  9. 9 NanjingChina 15 works
  10. 10 New DelhiIndia 14 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MashhadIR · 41.4 works47×
  2. SrinagarIN · 26.2 works36×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Saffron Plant Research Studies than the world average.

See Saffron Plant Research Studies on the map

Where is the best place to study Saffron Plant Research Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences and Islamic Azad University, Tehran 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%mean 10.1125%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Mashhad University o…Islamic Azad Univers…Tabriz University of…Tehran University of…
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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
1Mashhad University of Medical SciencesIran 81.312.6%75.3×26 -32.9%
2Tabriz University of Medical SciencesIran 64.610.2%24.9×10 +54.2%
3Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 52.712.6%10.8×26 -40.0%
4Tehran University of Medical SciencesIran 50.76.6%14.9×13 -25.5%
5Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of KashmirIndia 46.15.9%141.4×17 +74.3%
6Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 45.619.0%6.2×10 +41.0%
7University of TehranIran 26.47.1%9.8×8 -36.0%
8Ferdowsi University of MashhadIran 25.66.9%39.0×12 -59.8%

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 Saffron Plant Research Studies, country by country

Is Saffron Plant Research Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Saffron Plant Research Studies.

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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 Saffron Plant Research Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0066% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Saffron Plant Research Studies 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%Saffron Plant Research Studies10.5% 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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