Top 100 most cited papers on medicinal plants research: A bibliometric review

Guptnath Trivedi; Nitesh Kumar Gupta; Vinay Kumar; Thirugnanasambandam Ramanathan; Alok Bharadwaj; Sanjeev Kumar Gupta; Rizki Andita Noviar; Abhishek Kumar

doi:10.53730/ijhs.v6nS1.6106

Authors

Guptnath Trivedi
gupt.bhu@gmail.com
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar-848125
Nitesh Kumar Gupta Gangadhar Meher University Sambalpur, Odisha-768001
Vinay Kumar Centurian University of Technology and Management, Odisha, India- 761211
Thirugnanasambandam Ramanathan Associate Professor, Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu, India
Alok Bharadwaj Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, GLA University, Mathura (U P.)-281406
Sanjeev Kumar Gupta Associate Professor of Botany, GOVT DEGREE COLLEGE BASOHLI, J&k UT
Rizki Andita Noviar Nursing Department, National Brain Center Hospital, Indonesia
Abhishek Kumar Faculty of pharmaceutical sciences, Rama University, Kanpur, U.P, India

Keywords:

Medicinal Plants, Bibliometric, Keyword Co-occurrence, VoSviewer

Abstract

Background: The idea of the paper is to identify trends and examine the characteristics of the top 100 cited papers on medicinal plants research. Methods: Web of Science citation database was queried to identify the citations of the top 100 most cited papers on medicinal plants research. R and Excel statistical software were employed to extract bibliographic data on various parameters such as number of authors, publication year, journal name, country of origin, research collaboration, trend of research etc. The top 100 cited papers were extracted for further statistical and visual analysed on various grounds. Results: 100 top-cited articles were identified where these papers published in 51 journals, led by Journal of Ethnopharmacology (36 papers) and other journals. All most cited papers were published during 1993 to 2020. The common areas of study were categorized as radical scavenging activities of medicinal plants, antioxidant behaviour of medicinal plants, antiviral and anti-bacterial application, use of medicinal plants in diagnosis and treatment of various diseases such diabetes and cancer etc. India and China emerged as leading nations performing medicinal plants research and greater author’s collaboration were witnessed in medicinal plants research with an overall collaboration index of 4.39.

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