ReviewJournal of pain research2021
Research Trends from 2010 to 2020 for Pain Treatment with Acupuncture: A Bibliometric Analysis.
Review in Journal of pain research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled 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.
The trial behind it
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Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Chinese herbal medicine for chronic pain: a bibliometric analysis based on integrated databases (2011-2024).Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- A Bibliometric Analysis and Visualization of the Current Status and Future Perspectives of Adrenal Cortical Adenoma.Cureus · 2025Review
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- Thirty-year survey of bibliometrics used in the research literature of pain: Analysis, evolution, and pitfalls.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Research Trends of Moxibustion Therapy for Pain Treatment Over the Past Decade: A Bibliometric Analysis.Journal of pain research · 2022Review
- Mapping the Hot Spots and Evolution Main Path of Whole-Body Vibration Training Since the 21st Century: A Bibliometric Analysis.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022Article
- The Application of Acupuncture Therapy for Postoperative Pain Over the Past 20 Years: A Bibliometric Analysis.Journal of pain research · 2022Review
- Visual Analysis of Uterine Adhesion Research Based on CiteSpace: Bibliometric Analysis From 2006 to 2021.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2022Article
- Alternative medicines worth researching? Citation analyses of acupuncture, chiropractic, homeopathy, and osteopathy 1996-2017.Scientometrics · 2021Article
- Knowledge Mapping Analysis of International Research on Acupuncture for Low Back Pain Using Bibliometrics.Journal of pain research · 2021Article
- Contralateral Acupuncture for the Treatment of Phantom Limb Pain and Phantom Limb Sensation in Oncologic Lower Limb Amputee: A Case Report.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundGiven that acupuncture treatment for pain has gradually been accepted by researchers from various countries. However, few bibliometric analyses have been performed on the published articles. The objective of this research was to review its application for pain in recent 10 years and analyze, demonstrate and evaluate the trends, major research hotspots and frontier areas.
methodsThe Web of Science retrieved literature from 2010 to 2020 on acupuncture for pain. The CiteSpace and Excel were used to analyze annual volumes of publications, journals, cited journals, countries, institutions, authors, cited authors, references and keywords and to draw collaborative networks and reference co-citation network maps.
resultsThe search finally included 4227 related studies. Results show that the number of annual publications has been increasing gradually.
conclusionThis study provides a new and in-depth understanding of current acupuncture used for the treatment of pain. We anticipate that this study will stimulate international cooperation among research teams to advance the field.
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