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Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds

Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds is a research topic within Aquatic Science. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1950. 30.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the bioactive compounds found in seaweed, particularly their functional food applications and potential health benefits. It covers a wide range of topics including antioxidant activity, sulfated polysaccharides, fucoidan, and the nutritional value of marine algae.

  • Seaweed
  • Bioactive Compounds
  • Functional Food
  • Antioxidant Activity
  • Sulfated Polysaccharides
  • Fucoidan
  • Marine Algae
  • Nutritional Value
  • Phlorotannins
  • Health Benefits
Research works
18k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
30.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+49%
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Which countries lead Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (1.3k and 477 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.3k works
  2. 2 India 477 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 304 works
  4. 4 South Korea 230 works
  5. 5 United States 150 works
  6. 6 Portugal 120 works
  7. 7 Russia 117 works
  8. 8 Egypt 116 works
  9. 9 Japan 112 works
  10. 10 Spain 111 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: 42.3%India: 15.8%Indonesia: 10.1%South Korea: 7.6%6 others listed: 24.1%42%largest
China1,275 · 42.3%India477 · 15.8%Indonesia304 · 10.1%South Korea230 · 7.6%6 others listed727 · 24.1%

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

Which institutions lead Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Ocean University of China publishes the most Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds research, followed by Dalian Polytechnic University and Saveetha University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Ocean University of ChinaChina 52 works
  2. 2 Dalian Polytechnic UniversityChina 33 works
  3. 3 Saveetha UniversityIndia 31 works
  4. 4 Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityChina 21 works
  5. 5 Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and TechnologyChina 20 works
  6. 6 Hasanuddin UniversityIndonesia 19 works
  7. 7 Pukyong National UniversitySouth Korea 19 works
  8. 8 Jimei UniversityChina 19 works
  9. 9 Guangdong Ocean UniversityChina 19 works
  10. 10 IPB UniversityIndonesia 18 works

Who are the leading researchers in Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds include Rui L. Reis.

  1. 1 Rui L. Reis Portugal 1.9k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds research done?

The largest centres of Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds research in 2022–2025 are Qingdao (China), Beijing (China), Chennai (India) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Vladivostok, Zhanjiang and Ernakulam.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Qingdao China 122 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 114 works
  3. 3 Chennai India 79 works
  4. 4 Guangzhou China 72 works
  5. 5 Seoul South Korea 55 works
  6. 6 Dalian China 55 works
  7. 7 Jakarta Indonesia 52 works
  8. 8 Nanjing China 46 works
  9. 9 Shanghai China 46 works
  10. 10 Xiamen China 41 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. VladivostokRU · 32.9 works22×
  2. ZhanjiangCN · 22.6 works14×
  3. ErnakulamIN · 22.3 works13×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade de Vigo, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University and Dalian Polytechnic University 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%60%mean 46.68%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidade de Vigo: 18, 42.3%Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University: 21, 48.7%Dalian Polytechnic University: 33, 52.6%University of Aveiro: 12, 45.3%Ocean University of China: 52, 37.7%University of Coimbra: 16, 54.1%Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research: 15, 40.1%Guangdong Ocean University: 19, 52.5%Guangdong Pharmaceutical University: 13, 48.0%Tanta University: 12, 45.5%Dalian Polytechnic U…Fujian Agriculture a…University of AveiroUniversidade de Vigo
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Universidade de VigoSpain 74.142.3%18.0×18 +207.5%
2 Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityChina 70.448.7%20.6×21 +97.6%
3 Dalian Polytechnic UniversityChina 68.852.6%42.5×33 -16.9%
4 University of AveiroPortugal 67.345.3%8.4×12 +383.1%
5 Ocean University of ChinaChina 66.337.7%23.2×52 -21.9%
6 University of CoimbraPortugal 65.754.1%8.4×16 —
7 Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchIndia 63.340.1%10.7×15 +140.8%
8 Guangdong Ocean UniversityChina 62.152.5%26.6×19 -35.1%
9 Guangdong Pharmaceutical UniversityChina 61.748.0%28.1×13 +71.1%
10 Tanta UniversityEgypt 61.645.5%8.5×12 +120.7%

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 Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 49% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds.

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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.

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.