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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Bibliometric Evaluation of Global Tai Chi Research from 1980-2020.

Yanwei You, Leizi Min, Meihua Tang, Yuquan Chen, Xindong Ma

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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28 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Yanwei YouDivision of Sport Science & Physical Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8367-4980
Leizi MinDivision of Sport Science & Physical Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Meihua TangSchool of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China.
Yuquan ChenInstitute of Medical Information/Library, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100020, China.
Xindong MaDivision of Sport Science & Physical Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While studies on the health benefits of Tai Chi have sprung up over the past four decades, few have engaged in collecting global data, estimating the developing trends, and conducting reviews from the perspective of visualization and bibliometric analysis. This study aimed to provide a summary of the global scientific outputs on Tai Chi research from 1980 to 2020, explore the frontiers, identify cooperation networks, track research trends and highlight emerging hotspots. Relevant publications were downloaded from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) database between 1980 and 2020. Bibliometric visualization and comparative analysis of authors, cited authors, journals, co-cited journals, institutions, countries, references, and keywords were systematically conducted using CiteSpace software. A total of 1078 publications satisfied the search criteria, and the trend of annual related publications was generally in an upward trend, although with some fluctuations. China (503) and Harvard University (74) were the most prolific country and institution, respectively. Most of the related researches were published in the journals with a focus on sport sciences, alternative medicine, geriatrics gerontology, and rehabilitation. Our results indicated that the current concerns and difficulties of Tai Chi research are "Intervention method", "Targeted therapy", "Applicable population", "Risk factors", and "Research quality". The frontiers and promising domains of Tai Chi exercise in the health science field are preventions and rehabilitations of "Fall risk", "Cardiorespiratory related disease", "Stroke", "Parkinson's disease", and "Depression", which should receive more attention in the future.

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Tai JiBibliometricsChinaHumansPublicationsbibliometric analysisexercise and health scienceTai Chivisualization analysis

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PMID34200236
PMCPMC8201343

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