Global trends and performances of acupuncture research

被引:158
作者
Han, Ji-Sheng [2 ,3 ]
Ho, Yuh-Shan [1 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Asia Univ, Trend Res Ctr, Taichung 41354, Taiwan
[2] Peking Univ, Neurosci Res Inst, Beijing 100191, Peoples R China
[3] Minist Educ, Key Lab Neurosci, Beijing, Peoples R China
[4] China Med Univ, Dept Publ Hlth, Taichung 40402, Taiwan
关键词
Acupoint; Acupuncture; Bibliometric; Electroacupuncture; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; fMRI; Opioid peptides; Pain; BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID; MANUAL ACUPUNCTURE; FUNCTIONAL MRI; FMRI; PAIN; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; STIMULATION; ANALGESIA;
D O I
10.1016/j.neubiorev.2010.08.006
中图分类号
B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
This study was designed to evaluate the global scientific output of acupuncture research in the Science Citation Index-Expanded and to assess the tendencies and research performances of leading countries/territories and institutes. Articles referring to acupuncture were assessed by distribution of document types, languages, journals, subject categories, source countries, and source institutes. Results showed that 15 languages were represented in articles from 65 countries/territories. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine published the most articles, followed by American Journal of Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics Research which were listed in category of integrative & complementary medicine. In the study period of 1991-2009, USA was the top producing country, followed by China (mainland) with a sharply growth trend. In 2009, publication of China (mainland) ranked top one in the world. In addition, an acupuncture research trend was found in two phases in terms of the increase of number of SCI-expanded journals' articles. Among the acupuncture research, pain control has been the most prevalent direction of study, and brain imaging is attracting the most recent attention. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:680 / 687
页数:8
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