ReviewJournal of pain research2022
The Application of Acupuncture Therapy for Postoperative Pain Over the Past 20 Years: A Bibliometric Analysis.
Review in Journal of pain research, 2022. 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.
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Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Global trends of acupuncture clinical research on analgesia from 2010 to 2023: a bibliometric and visualization analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Pooled it
- Buccal Acupuncture Reduces the Dose of Sufentanil Needed in Laparoscopic Gynecological Surgery.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025Trial
- Effects of acupuncture on pain and function in patients with subacromial impingement syndrome: A randomized sham-controlled trial.Integrative medicine research · 2024Article
- Current Status and Global Trend of Rebound Pain After Regional Anesthesia: A Bibliometric Analysis.Local and regional anesthesia · 2024Article
- Effectiveness and safety of auricular acupuncture on adjuvant analgesia in patients with total knee arthroplasty: a randomized sham-controlled trial.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Research trends from 1992 to 2022 of acupuncture anesthesia: a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- Research Status and Prospects of Acupuncture in Perioperative Medicine Over the Past Decade: A Bibliometric Analysis.Journal of pain research · 2023Review
- Application of Acupuncture for Shoulder Pain Over the Past 22 Years: A Bibliometric Analysis.Journal of pain research · 2023Article
- Thirty-year survey of bibliometrics used in the research literature of pain: Analysis, evolution, and pitfalls.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Bibliometric Analysis of Acupuncture Therapy for Cancer Pain Over the Past 10 Years.Journal of pain research · 2023Review
- Research Trends of the Research and Development of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Therapy on Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Bibliometric Analysis.Journal of pain research · 2023Review
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Authors and funding
7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze and visualize the research trends on acupuncture therapy for postoperative pain over the past 20 years to identify hotspots and frontiers, and provide new research ideas. Methods: A search of the Web of Science database, with a time frame of 2001-01-01 to 2022-02-28, was conducted to collect literatures related to acupuncture therapy for postoperative pain. A bibliometric analysis and visualization of results was performed using CiteSpace software for the volume of annual publications, journals, countries, institutions, authors, keywords, and references. Results: A total of 840 literatures were eventually included in the analysis. The number of publications has fluctuated upwards each year over the past 20 years and reached a peak in the latest three years. Conclusion: The field of acupuncture therapy for postoperative pain is currently in a period of high growth. China and the USA have made the largest contribution to the volume of publications. The most influential institutions and authors are mainly from China and South Korea. The overall collaborative network needs to be strengthened. Electroacupuncture and auricular acupuncture (therapeutic techniques), low back surgery (types of surgery), and "postoperative pain, nausea and vomiting" are research hotspots in this field. Improvement of postoperative life quality, proof of clinical efficacy and evidence-based evaluation are the current research trends and frontiers.
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