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Natural Product Research
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Natural Product Research

1478-6419

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/gnpl20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 326 223 470 23

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 507
Documents by Best Scientists*: 913
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 7
SCIMAGO H-index: 76
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.398
Impact Factor: 1.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Natural Product Research?

The journal explores disciplines such as Stereochemistry, Traditional medicine, Botany, Antioxidant and Biochemistry. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Stereochemistry, it also covered topics in Organic chemistry and Cytotoxicity. The studies on Cytotoxicity discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Cytotoxic T cell and Cell culture.

In addition to Traditional medicine research, Natural Product Research aims to explore topics under Anti-inflammatory, Antibacterial activity, Antimicrobial and Flavonoid. It focuses on Antimicrobial research as part of the broader topic of Microbiology. The main emphasis of it is the subject of Botany, focusing on Essential oil.

Most of the Essential oil studies addressed also intersect with Chemical composition. Chromatography and Food science are some topics wherein Antioxidant research discussed in it have an impact. The work on DPPH presented in it focuses on ABTS in particular.

  • Stereochemistry (24.77%)
  • Traditional medicine (23.63%)
  • Botany (20.77%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Comparison of the sedative and hypnotic effects of flavonoids, saponins, and polysaccharides extracted from Semen Ziziphus jujube. (137 citations)
  • Anti-inflammatory sesquiterpenes from Curcuma zedoaria (132 citations)
  • Flavonoids: chemical properties and analytical methodologies of identification and quantitation in foods and plants (112 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Natural Product Research:

The published articles investigate studies in Botany, Traditional medicine, Stereochemistry, Biochemistry and Antioxidant. The Botany research tackled in the published articles is interrelated with Antibacterial activity which concerns subjects like Microbiology. In addition to Stereochemistry research, the published papers aim to explore topics under Chemical structure and Cytotoxicity.

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

  • Botany
  • Traditional medicine
  • Organic chemistry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The topics of Traditional medicine, Stereochemistry, Antioxidant, Cytotoxicity and Phytochemical are the focal point of discussions in the journal. Traditional medicine research presented in Natural Product Research encompasses a variety of subjects, including Glycoside, Antimicrobial, Anti-inflammatory, Cytotoxic T cell and Essential oil. The journal explores research in Essential oil and the adjacent study of Chemical composition.

Issues in Stereochemistry were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Derivative (chemistry) and Fungus. DPPH is a major topic of Antioxidant research presented in the journal. The journal connects the study in Cytotoxicity with the closely related area of Cell culture.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Dithiodiketopiperazine derivatives from endophytic fungi Trichoderma harzianum and Epicoccum nigrum . (22 citations)
  • Plants adapted to arid areas: specialized metabolites. (13 citations)
  • Phenolic compounds from cultivated Glycyrrhiza uralensis and their PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitory activities. (13 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 Natural Product Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Armandodoriano Bianco (63 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Maurizio Bruno (58 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Alessandro Venditti (50 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Marcello Nicoletti (45 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Filippo Maggi (43 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous 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 Natural Product Research (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (368 papers) published 55 papers at the last edition, 16 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Karachi (199 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Sapienza University of Rome (164 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (146 papers) published 52 papers at the last edition, 13 more than at the previous edition,
  • Shenyang Pharmaceutical University (136 papers) published 22 papers at the last edition, 8 less 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, 2.78% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 19.51% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.59% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.07% of all publications and 57.83% 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

  • Flavonoids: biological activities and therapeutic potential.

    Mércia Marques Jucá;Francisco Mauricio Sales Cysne Filho;Jamily Cunha de Almeida;Dara da Silva Mesquita

    (2020)
    294 Citations
  • Cuminum cyminum fruits as source of luteolin-7-O-glucoside, potent cytotoxic flavonoid against breast cancer cell lines.

    Saied Goodarzi;Mir Javad Tabatabaei;Mir Javad Tabatabaei;Razieh Mohammad Jafari;Farzaneh Shemirani

    (2020)
    55 Citations
  • Natural products in diabetes research: quantitative literature analysis.

    Andy Wai Kan Yeung;Nikolay T Tzvetkov;Alessandra Durazzo;Massimo Lucarini

    (2020)
    54 Citations
  • Meleagrin from marine fungus Emericella dentata Nq45: crystal structure and diverse biological activity studies.

    Abdelaaty Hamed;Abdelaaty Hamed;Ahmed S. Abdel-Razek;Mariam Araby;Mariam Araby;Mohammed Abu-Elghait

    (2021)
    39 Citations
  • Antimicrobial secondary metabolites of an endolichenic Aspergillus niger isolated from lichen thallus of Parmotrema ravum.

    Srichandan Padhi;Marco Masi;Sujogya K Panda;Walter Luyten

    (2020)
    38 Citations
  • Three new ɑ-pyrone derivatives induced by chemical epigenetic manipulation of Penicillium herquei, an endophytic fungus isolated from Cordyceps sinensis.

    Da-Le Guo;Ling Qiu;Dan Feng;Xin He

    (2020)
    36 Citations
  • Abscisic acid identification in Okra, Abelmoschus esculentus L. (Moench): perspective nutraceutical use for the treatment of diabetes

    Patricia Daliu;Giuseppe Annunziata;Gian Carlo Tenore;Antonello Santini

    (2020)
    36 Citations
  • Characterization of the polyphenolic fraction of pomegranate samples by comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry detection

    Marina Russo;Francesco Cacciola;Katia Arena;Domenica Mangraviti

    (2020)
    34 Citations
  • Human health-related properties of chromones: an overview

    Amirhossein Nazhand;Alessandra Durazzo;Massimo Lucarini;Raffaele Romano

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Inula viscosa (L.) Aiton leaves and flower buds: Effect of extraction solvent/technique on their antioxidant ability, antimicrobial properties and phenolic profile.

    H Mohti;M F Taviano;F Cacciola;P Dugo;P Dugo

    (2020)
    30 Citations

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