Sylvia Mitchell

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Sylvia Mitchell is a scholar working on Plant Science, Pharmacology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sylvia Mitchell has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Plant Science, 8 papers in Pharmacology and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Sylvia Mitchell's work include Psidium guajava Extracts and Applications (7 papers), Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (6 papers) and Plant tissue culture and regeneration (4 papers). Sylvia Mitchell is often cited by papers focused on Psidium guajava Extracts and Applications (7 papers), Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (6 papers) and Plant tissue culture and regeneration (4 papers). Sylvia Mitchell collaborates with scholars based in Jamaica, United States and Guadeloupe. Sylvia Mitchell's co-authors include Rosa Martha Pérez Gutiérrez, Rosario Vargas Solís, David Picking, Rupika Delgoda, Ian Lockhart, S. Kelly, Novie Younger, Isabelle Boulogne, Lawrence A. D. Williams and Ina Vandebroek and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Journal of Ethnopharmacology and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Sylvia Mitchell

24 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Psidium guajava: A review of its traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology

2008 717 citations Rosa Martha Pérez Gutiérrez, Sylvia Mitchell et al. Journal of Ethnopharmacology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sylvia Mitchell Jamaica	11	606	486	472	140	135	24	1.2k
George González Ortega Brazil	22	290 0.5×	267 0.5×	369 0.8×	262 1.9×	257 1.9×	71	1.3k
Craig S Patch Australia	15	212 0.3×	320 0.7×	376 0.8×	127 0.9×	167 1.2×	36	1.5k
Abidemi J. Akindele Nigeria	22	394 0.7×	235 0.5×	599 1.3×	254 1.8×	289 2.1×	83	1.4k
C. O. Okoli Nigeria	18	230 0.4×	195 0.4×	475 1.0×	193 1.4×	210 1.6×	51	922
A.M. Mujumdar India	17	370 0.6×	226 0.5×	309 0.7×	248 1.8×	248 1.8×	34	951
Pergentino José C. Sousa Brazil	18	186 0.3×	292 0.6×	319 0.7×	97 0.7×	155 1.1×	27	864
Anelise Samara Nazari Formagio Brazil	20	195 0.3×	456 0.9×	451 1.0×	147 1.1×	465 3.4×	57	1.2k
I.M.S. Eldeen Malaysia	17	227 0.4×	438 0.9×	589 1.2×	167 1.2×	235 1.7×	28	1.2k
K. Gamaniel Nigeria	25	656 1.1×	540 1.1×	1.1k 2.2×	377 2.7×	363 2.7×	64	1.9k
Harleen Kaur India	7	210 0.3×	389 0.8×	666 1.4×	224 1.6×	176 1.3×	20	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sylvia Mitchell

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mitchell, Sylvia, et al.. (2022). Recipes for Resilience: Engaging Caribbean Youth in Climate Action and Food Heritage through Stories and Song. Sustainability. 14(14). 8717–8717. 7 indexed citations

Mitchell, Sylvia, et al.. (2021). Trace Elements and Chronic Kidney Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study from Jamaica. 79–90. 2 indexed citations

Vandebroek, Ina, et al.. (2018). A Review of Coralilla (Antigonon leptopus): An Invasive and Popular Urban Bush Medicine in Jamaica. Economic Botany. 72(2). 229–245. 9 indexed citations

Mitchell, Sylvia, et al.. (2018). Role of Toxic Elements in Chronic Kidney Disease. Journal of Health and Pollution. 8(20). 181202–181202. 20 indexed citations

Picking, David, et al.. (2015). TRAMIL ethnomedicinal survey in Jamaica. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 169. 314–327. 22 indexed citations

Mitchell, Sylvia. (2013). Plants used in jamaican folk medicine against the common cold, fl u and Diarrhea. Journal of Antivirals & Antiretrovirals. 1 indexed citations

Picking, David, Rupika Delgoda, Isabelle Boulogne, & Sylvia Mitchell. (2013). Hyptis verticillata Jacq: A review of its traditional uses, phytochemistry, pharmacology and toxicology. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 147(1). 16–41. 32 indexed citations

Andel, Tinde van, et al.. (2012). In search of the perfect aphrodisiac: Parallel use of bitter tonics in West Africa and the Caribbean. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 143(3). 840–850. 37 indexed citations

Picking, David, Novie Younger, Sylvia Mitchell, & Rupika Delgoda. (2011). The prevalence of herbal medicine home use and concomitant use with pharmaceutical medicines in Jamaica. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 137(1). 305–311. 82 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Sylvia. (2011). The Jamaican root tonics: a botanical reference. Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies. 16(4). 271–280. 21 indexed citations

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Lockhart, Ian, Sylvia Mitchell, & S. Kelly. (2009). Safety and Tolerability of Donepezil, Rivastigmine and Galantamine for Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease: Systematic Review of the ‘Real-World’ Evidence. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 28(5). 478–492. 77 indexed citations

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Gutiérrez, Rosa Martha Pérez, Sylvia Mitchell, & Rosario Vargas Solís. (2008). Psidium guajava: A review of its traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 117(1). 1–27. 717 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mitchell, Sylvia, et al.. (2008). A journey through the Medicinal Plant Industry of the Caribbean highlighting Mona's Contribution. Caribbean Quarterly. 54(3). 27–51. 3 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Sylvia, et al.. (2008). Biosynthesis of Dibenzyl Trisulfide (DTS) from somatic embryos and rhizogenous/embryogenic callus derived from Guinea hen weed (Petiveria alliacea L.) leaf explants. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant. 44(2). 112–118. 12 indexed citations

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Williams, Lawrence A. D., et al.. (2008). Extraction, Processing, and Storage Effects on Curcuminoids and Oleoresin Yields from Curcuma longa L. Grown in Jamaica. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 56(10). 3664–3670. 38 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Sylvia. (2007). Acquiring basic reading skills. An explorating of phonetics awareness in jamaican primary schools. 29(2). 327–358. 2 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Sylvia, et al.. (2007). MEDICINAL PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH IN JAMAICA - CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES. Acta Horticulturae. 171–182. 3 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Sylvia, et al.. (2006). A review of medicinal plant research at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica, 1948-2001. West Indian Medical Journal. 55(4). 243–69. 93 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Sylvia & M. H. Ahmad. (1999). Morphological changes of Dioscorea trifida cv. Short Neck Yampie and D. cayenensis cv. Round Leaf Yellow Yam linked to the number and size of harvested tubers. The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology. 74(4). 531–539. 4 indexed citations

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Mitchell, Sylvia, Helen N. Asemota, & Mohammad H. Ahmad. (1995). Factors affecting the in‐vitro establishment of Jamaican yams (Dioscorea spp) from nodal pieces. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 67(4). 541–550. 1 indexed citations

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