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Fitoterapia
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Fitoterapia

0367-326X

Published by: Elsevier

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/fitoterapia

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 452 135 225 17

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 271
Documents by Best Scientists*: 354
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 130
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.537
Impact Factor: 2.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Fitoterapia?

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Traditional medicine, Stereochemistry, Pharmacognosy, Botany and Biochemistry. Traditional medicine research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including Antimicrobial, Antibacterial agent and Phytotherapy. Many of the studies tackled connect Antibacterial agent with a similar field of study like Antibacterial activity.

It explores research in Stereochemistry and the adjacent study of Cytotoxicity. Fitoterapia explores issues in Cytotoxicity which can be linked to other research areas like Cytotoxic T cell and Cell culture. Fitoterapia explores topics in Pharmacognosy which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Flavonoid, Pharmacology and Bark.

The majority of Biochemistry studies presented zero in on Antioxidant.

  • Traditional medicine (33.30%)
  • Stereochemistry (27.46%)
  • Pharmacognosy (24.15%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Antioxidant and prooxidant properties of flavonoids. (829 citations)
  • Propolis, an old remedy used in modern medicine. (520 citations)
  • Grain legume proteins and nutraceutical properties (421 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Fitoterapia:

The journal publications are mainly concerned with subjects like Traditional medicine, Pharmacognosy, Botany, Phytotherapy and Pharmacology. While the journal publications focused on Traditional medicine, they were also able to explore topics like Antimicrobial and Antibacterial agent. The most cited publications facilitate discussions on Pharmacognosy that incorporate concepts from other fields like Ethyl acetate, Stereochemistry and Bark.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Botany
  • Traditional medicine
  • Biochemistry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Stereochemistry, Traditional medicine, Two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Circular dichroism and Cytotoxicity are among the topics commonly tackled in Fitoterapia. The studies on Stereochemistry discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of IC50, Phytochemical and Ic50 values. Phytochemical study tackled is connected to the field of Anti-inflammatory.

While work presented in Fitoterapia provided substantial information on Anti-inflammatory, it also covered topics in Lipopolysaccharide and Nitric oxide. Interdisciplinary research on topics like Circular dichroism and Stereocenter are the foci of the journal. The work on Cytotoxicity tackled in it brings together disciplines like Cytotoxic T cell and Cell culture, Human cancer, MTT assay.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Coumarin-based derivatives with potential anti-HIV activity. (6 citations)
  • Discovery of naturally occurring inhibitors against SARS-CoV-2 3CL pro from Ginkgo biloba leaves via large-scale screening. (5 citations)
  • CBG, CBD, Δ9-THC, CBN, CBGA, CBDA and Δ9-THCA as antioxidant agents and their intervention abilities in antioxidant action. (3 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Fitoterapia (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ling-Yi Kong (43 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • M.R. Khan (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Xin-Sheng Yao (31 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Hao-Fu Dai (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Shao-Jiang Song (26 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Fitoterapia (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (423 papers) published 29 papers at the last edition, 13 less than at the previous edition,
  • Shenyang Pharmaceutical University (175 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Peking Union Medical College (149 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
  • China Pharmaceutical University (132 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Jinan University (96 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 1.49% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 33.84% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.08% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.15% of all publications and 42.93% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Discovery of naturally occurring inhibitors against SARS-CoV-2 3CL pro from Ginkgo biloba leaves via large-scale screening.

    Yuan Xiong;Guang-Hao Zhu;Hao-Nan Wang;Qing Hu

    (2021)
    65 Citations
  • Recent advances in chemical analysis of licorice (Gan-Cao).

    Mengzhen Cheng;Jianqing Zhang;Lin Yang;Shijie Shen

    (2021)
    50 Citations
  • Antidiabetic xanthones with α-glucosidase inhibitory activities from an endophytic Penicillium canescens

    Abd. Malik;Hamidreza Ardalani;Syariful Anam;Laura Mikél McNair

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • Shedding light on curcumin stability.

    Giovanni Appendino;Pietro Allegrini;Eric de Combarieu;Federico Novicelli

    (2022)
    27 Citations
  • Isolation, in vitro evaluation and molecular docking of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors from South African Amaryllidaceae.

    Mary Nokuthula Sibanyoni;Sushil Kumar Chaudhary;Weiyang Chen;Hamid-Reza Adhami

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Cyclonerane sesquiterpenes and an isocoumarin derivative from the marine-alga-endophytic fungus Trichoderma citrinoviride A-WH-20-3

    Xiang-Hong Liu;Xu-Liang Hou;Yin-Ping Song;Bin-Gui Wang

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Anti-tyrosinase activity of South African Aloe species and isolated compounds plicataloside and aloesin.

    Miena Mikayoulou;Fabian Mayr;Veronika Temml;Arjun Pandian

    (2021)
    25 Citations
  • Phytochemical study of Ligularia subspicata and valuation of its anti-inflammatory activity.

    Ishaq Muhammad;Syed Shams ul Hassan;Suet Cheung;Xiaoqing Li

    (2021)
    24 Citations
  • Anti-inflammatory steroidal sapogenins and a conjugated chalcone-stilbene from Dracaena usambarensis Engl

    Vaderament-A Nchiozem-Ngnitedem;Leonidah Kerubo Omosa;Kibrom Gebreheiwot Bedane;Solomon Derese

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • Diverse alkaloids and biological activities of Fumaria (Papaveraceae): An ethnomedicinal group

    Ruifei Zhang;Qiang Guo;Edward J. Kennelly;Edward J. Kennelly;Chunlin Long;Chunlin Long

    (2020)
    22 Citations

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