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ReviewBMC complementary and alternative medicine2019

Research trends of acupuncture therapy on insomnia in two decades (from 1999 to 2018):a bibliometric analysis.

Wenya Pei, Rui Peng, Yuan Gu, Xiaohong Zhou, Jingwen Ruan

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Review in BMC complementary and alternative medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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43citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
8.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Wenya PeiDepartment of acupuncture, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Rui PengCollege of Acupuncture and Orthopedics, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Yuan GuGuangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Xiaohong ZhouCollege of Acupuncture and Orthopedics, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Jingwen RuanDepartment of acupuncture, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. ruanjw@163.com.
Hubei University of Chinese Medicine · CNThe First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University · CNGuangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

Postdoctoral Research Foundation of China (CN) 2019M653236the Science and Technology Project of Guangdong Provincial Finance Department 2014SC105
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesWe aimed to evaluate the global scientific output of research of acupuncture on insomnia and explore the hotspots and frontiers from 1999 to 2018, by using bibliometric methods.

methodsArticles about acupuncture therapy on insomnia were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC). We used Citespace V to analyze publication years, journals, countries, institutions, authors and cited authors. We plotted the reference co-citation network and key words to analyze the research hotspots and trends.

resultsUntil August 31, 2018 31, 2018, a total of 292 records in acupuncture therapy on insomnia research were identified from 1999 to 2018. The number and rate of the annual publication gradually increased. Respectively, SLEEP and J NEUROPSYCH CLIN N (journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences) ranked the first in the frequency and centality of cited joural. Among countries, China ranked highest in the number of publications and the top 3 institutes were in Hong Kong. Chung KF and Yeung WF were the most productive authors and YEUNG WF ranked the first in the cited authors. In the ranking of frequency and in cited reference, the first was the article published in by CAO HJ and KALAVAPALLI R. 'Randomized controlled trial' had a high frequncy and centrality in keyword.

conclusionsA higher degree of acceptance acupuncture was obtained in the Asian. Recently, systematic reviews and clinic trials most focused on electrocacupuncture and acupressure among the acupuncture therapy.

Indexed as

Acupuncture TherapyBibliometricsHumansSleep Initiation and Maintenance DisordersAcupunctureBibliometric analysisInsomnia

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PMID31438914
PMCPMC6704508
OpenAlexW2969839940

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