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ReviewJournal of pain research2020

Research Trends of Acupuncture Therapy on Knee Osteoarthritis from 2010 to 2019: A Bibliometric Analysis.

Rongrong Li, Jing Sun, Hantong Hu, Qifei Zhang, Ruohan Sun, Shuning Zhou, Haijuan Zhang, Jianqiao Fang

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Review in Journal of pain research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rongrong Li *The Third Clinical Medical College of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0003-0883-108X
Jing Sun *The Third Clinical Medical College of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China.
Hantong HuThe Third Clinical Medical College of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China.
Qifei ZhangThe Third Clinical Medical College of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China.
Ruohan SunThe Third Clinical Medical College of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China.
Shuning ZhouThe Third Clinical Medical College of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China.
Haijuan ZhangThe Third Clinical Medical College of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-3710-7288
Jianqiao FangThe Third Clinical Medical College of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China.
Zhejiang Chinese Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAcupuncture has been widely applied to relieve knee osteoarthritis (KOA) in many countries. However, the bibliometric analysis of the global use of acupuncture on KOA is largely unknown. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the current status and trends of the global use of acupuncture on KOA in recent 10 years by using CiteSpace (5.6.R3).

methodsPublications regarding acupuncture therapy for treating KOA between 2010 and 2019 were extracted from the Web of Science database. CiteSpace was used to analyze the number of publications, countries, institutions, journals, authors, cited references and keywords by using standard bibliometric indicators.

resultsA total of 343 publications were retrieved from 2010 to 2019. The total number of publications continually increased over the past four years, and the most active journals, countries, institutions and authors in the field of acupuncture therapy on patients with KOA were identified. The Evid Based Complement Alternat Med (28) was the most prolific journal, and the Ann Intern Med (202) was the most cited journal. The most productive country and institution in this field was China (115) and University of York (18), respectively. Hugh Macpherson (18) was the most prolific author and Witt C ranked the first in the cited authors. In the ranking of frequency in cited reference, the first article was published by Scharf HP (54). The keyword of 'randomized controlled trial' ranked first for research developments with the highest citation burst (3.9486). Besides, there were three main frontiers in keywords for KOA research, including 'research method, 'age' and 'measure of intervention'.

conclusionThe findings from this bibliometric study provide current status and trends in clinical research of acupuncture therapy on patients with KOA over the past ten years, which may help researchers identify hot topics and explore new directions for future research in this field.

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acupuncturebibliometric analysisCiteSpaceknee osteoarthritis

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