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Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies

Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies is a research topic within Cancer Research. 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 explores the biological activities of sesquiterpene lactones, particularly their potential in cancer treatment. The research covers apoptosis induction, anti-inflammatory effects, NF-?B inhibition, pharmacological properties, and the chemistry of sesquiterpene lactones derived from various medicinal plants. Additionally, it investigates the potential of compounds like thapsigargin in cancer therapy.

  • Sesquiterpene Lactones
  • Cancer
  • Apoptosis
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • NF-?B
  • Pharmacology
  • Chemistry
  • Antioxidant
  • Medicinal Plants
  • Thapsigargin
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
+12%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
42% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies

Which countries lead Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (477 and 138 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 477 works
  2. 2 India 138 works
  3. 3 Brazil 123 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 102 works
  5. 5 United States 72 works
  6. 6 Germany 49 works
  7. 7 Italy 44 works
  8. 8 Mexico 42 works
  9. 9 Iran 40 works
  10. 10 Russia 39 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: 42.4%India: 12.2%Brazil: 10.9%Türkiye: 9.1%6 others listed: 25.4%42%largest
China477 · 42.4%India138 · 12.2%Brazil123 · 10.9%Türkiye102 · 9.1%6 others listed285 · 25.4%

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

Which institutions lead Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 55 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 20 works
  3. 3 Royal Botanic Gardens, KewUnited Kingdom 11 works
  4. 4 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 11 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 11 works
  6. 6 China Pharmaceutical UniversityChina 11 works
  7. 7 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 10 works
  8. 8 Botanical Survey of IndiaIndia 10 works
  9. 9 Ilia State UniversityGeorgia 10 works
  10. 10 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 9 works

Who are the leading researchers in Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies include Amirhossein Sahebkar, George M. Sheldrick and Pamela S. Soltis.

  1. 1 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations
  2. 2 George M. Sheldrick Germany 220k citations
  3. 3 Pamela S. Soltis United States 165k citations
  4. 4 J. B. Singh India 144k 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 Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies?

The most cited paper in Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies is "Screening methods for natural products with antimicrobial activity: A review of the literature" (José Luis Rı́os, M. Carmen Recio, ANA MARAVER VILLAR, 1988), with 829 citations. Next come "The isoprene rule and the biogenesis of terpenic compounds" (739) and "The sesquiterpene lactone parthenolide induces apoptosis of human acute myelogenous leukemia stem and progenitor cells" (682).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Screening methods for natural products with antimicrobial activity: A review of the literature José Luis Rı́os, M. Carmen Recio, ANA MARAVER VILLAR · Journal of Ethnopharmacology Jul 1988 829
2 The isoprene rule and the biogenesis of terpenic compounds L. Růžička · Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences Oct 1953 739
3 The sesquiterpene lactone parthenolide induces apoptosis of human acute myelogenous leukemia stem and progenitor cells Mónica L. Guzmán, Randall M. Rossi, Lilliana Karnischky et al. · Blood Open access 2 Feb 2005 682
4 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
5 Lippia: traditional uses, chemistry and pharmacology: a review M.E. Pascual, Karla Slowing, Emilia Carretero et al. · Journal of Ethnopharmacology Aug 2001 665
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Where is Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies research done?

The largest centres of Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Guangzhou (China), Kunming (China) and Chengdu (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kunming.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 82 works
  2. 2 GuangzhouChina 32 works
  3. 3 KunmingChina 28 works
  4. 4 ChengduChina 20 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 18 works
  6. 6 NanjingChina 17 works
  7. 7 Mexico CityMexico 16 works
  8. 8 LondonUnited Kingdom 14 works
  9. 9 KolkataIndia 14 works
  10. 10 TehranIran 14 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KunmingCN · 28.0 works7.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, China Pharmaceutical University, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 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 17.76%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →China Pharmaceutical…Shenyang Pharmaceuti…University of Chines…Chinese Academy of M…
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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
1China Pharmaceutical UniversityChina 89.434.4%30.8×11 +94.9%
2Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 61.615.4%6.5×11 -5.9%
3University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 57.617.0%4.0×10 +16.8%
4Shenyang Pharmaceutical UniversityChina 44.622.0%41.6×8 +37.1%
5Ilia State UniversityGeorgia 34.20.0%76.9×10 -15.0%

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 Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies, country by country

Is Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2006. The fastest-growing topics are Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae 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 Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0059% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae 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.

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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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