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Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements

Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements is a research topic within Complementary and Manual Therapy. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1950. 10.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the therapeutic applications of clay minerals, particularly in the fields of balneotherapy, spa therapy, and geophagy. It investigates the antibacterial properties, medical geology, and the use of clay minerals in treating conditions such as osteoarthritis. The cluster also delves into the compositional and safety specifications of clays for pharmaceutical and cosmetic products.

  • Clay Minerals
  • Balneotherapy
  • Spa Therapy
  • Geophagy
  • Medical Geology
  • Antibacterial Properties
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Cosmetic Industry
  • Pharmaceutical Products
  • Mineralogical Characteristics
Research works
15k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+18%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
20% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements

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

Which countries lead Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (392 and 362 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 392 works
  2. 2 United States 362 works
  3. 3 India 283 works
  4. 4 Russia 153 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 146 works
  6. 6 Brazil 142 works
  7. 7 Germany 122 works
  8. 8 France 118 works
  9. 9 Italy 117 works
  10. 10 Spain 108 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: 20.2%United States: 18.6%India: 14.6%Russia: 7.9%6 others listed: 38.8%20%largest
China392 · 20.2%United States362 · 18.6%India283 · 14.6%Russia153 · 7.9%6 others listed753 · 38.8%

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

Which institutions lead Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Weatherford College.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 23 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 23 works
  3. 3 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 11 works
  4. 4 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 10 works
  5. 5 Justus-Liebig-Universität GießenGermany 10 works
  6. 6 Sechenov UniversityRussia 10 works
  7. 7 Witten/Herdecke UniversityGermany 9 works
  8. 8 Father Muller Homoeopathic Medical CollegeIndia 9 works
  9. 9 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 9 works
  10. 10 University of AveiroPortugal 9 works

Who are the leading researchers in Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements include Walter Churchill Willett, Cyrus Cooper and Gordon Henry Guyatt.

  1. 1 Walter Churchill Willett United States 411k citations
  2. 2 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom 342k citations
  3. 3 Gordon Henry Guyatt Canada 315k citations
  4. 4 Luigi Ferrucci United States 281k citations
  5. 5 JoAnn E. Manson United States 263k citations
  6. 6 Jean‐Louis Vincent Belgium 262k citations
  7. 7 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations
  8. 8 Carlo La Vecchia Italy 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 Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements?

The most cited paper in Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements is "Functional bowel disorders and functional abdominal pain" (Wade Thompson, George F. Longstreth, Douglas A. Drossman et al., 1999), with 2,395 citations. Next come "A review on the adsorption of heavy metals by clay minerals, with special focus on the past decade" (2,112) and "Halloysite clay minerals — a review" (1,414).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Functional bowel disorders and functional abdominal pain Wade Thompson, George F. Longstreth, Douglas A. Drossman et al. · Gut Open access Sep 1999 2,395
2 A review on the adsorption of heavy metals by clay minerals, with special focus on the past decade Mohammad Kashif Uddin · Chemical Engineering Journal 12 Sep 2016 2,112
3 Halloysite clay minerals — a review Emmanuel Joussein, Sabine Petit, G. Jock Churchman et al. · Clay Minerals Dec 2005 1,414
4 AGA technical review on irritable bowel syndrome Douglas A. Drossman, Michael Camilleri, Emeran A. Mayer et al. · Gastroenterology Open access 26 Nov 2002 1,408
5 Magnesium Nils-Erik Leo Saris, Eero M. A. Mervaala, Heikki Karppanen et al. · Clinica Chimica Acta Apr 2000 1,366
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Where is Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements research done?

The largest centres of Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China), Istanbul (Türkiye) and Paris (France).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 60 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 55 works
  3. 3 IstanbulTürkiye 34 works
  4. 4 ParisFrance 31 works
  5. 5 TehranIran 31 works
  6. 6 São PauloBrazil 31 works
  7. 7 ShanghaiChina 29 works
  8. 8 New DelhiIndia 28 works
  9. 9 GuangzhouChina 27 works
  10. 10 LondonUnited Kingdom 26 works
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Where is the best place to study Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements?

Among universities, judged by research, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Weatherford College and Sichuan 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.

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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
1Justus-Liebig-Universität GießenGermany 65.924.9%14.6×10 -3.6%
2Weatherford CollegeUnited States 64.79.3%2.8×11 +58.9%
3Sichuan UniversityChina 54.322.8%1.3×9 +78.5%
4University of AveiroPortugal 44.812.2%9.3×9 -16.9%
5Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 43.73.2%6.0×10 +81.3%
6Cairo UniversityEgypt 37.46.7%3.8×9 +97.9%
7Sechenov UniversityRussia 27.40.1%10.4×10 -9.2%
8Witten/Herdecke UniversityGermany 27.40.9%34.2×9 -
9Father Muller Homoeopathic Medical CollegeIndia 25.50.3%125.6×9 +504.4%

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 Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements, country by country

Is Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements.

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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 Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.014% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements 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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