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ArticleEuropean journal of medical research2023

Global trends and hotspots in research on acupuncture for stroke: a bibliometric and visualization analysis.

Jiale Zhang, Chenyang Ji, Xu Zhai, Shuo Ren, Hongxuan Tong

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Article in European journal of medical research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Jiale ZhangInstitute of Basic Theory for Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
Chenyang JiScience and Technology College of Jiangxi, University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, 330004, China.
Xu ZhaiWangjing Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100102, China. jameszhai34@163.com.
Shuo RenAffiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, 250011, China. renshuo_1982@163.com.
Hongxuan TongInstitute of Basic Theory for Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China. thongxuan1@163.com.
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNAffiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNJiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNWangjing Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences · CN

Funding

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Public Welfare Research Institutes YZ-2021042Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Public Welfare Research Institutes ZZ140518innovation and entrepreneurship training program for college students of Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 202210412587innovation and entrepreneurship training program for college students of Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 202210412588innovation and entrepreneurship training program for college students of Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 202210412593Scientific and technological innovation project of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences CI2021A00307
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acupuncture has been widely used in stroke and post-stroke rehabilitation (PSR), but there is no literature on the bibliometric analysis of acupuncture for stroke. This study aimed to characterize the global publications and analyze the trends of acupuncture for stroke in the past 40 years. We identified 1157 publications from the Web of Science Core Collection. The number of publications grew slowly in the first three decades from 1980 until it started to grow after 2010, with significant growth in 2011-2012 and 2019-2020. China, the USA, and South Korea are the top three countries in this field, and China has formed good internal cooperative relations. Early studies focused on the clinical efficacy of acupuncture for stroke. In the last five years, more emphasis has been placed on the effectiveness of acupuncture in treating sequelae and complications, combined with neuroimaging studies to explore the mechanisms of brain injury repair and neurological recovery. Acupuncture for stroke has a vast research potential, and researchers from different countries/regions and organizations still need to remove academic barriers to enhance communication and collaboration.

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Acupuncture TherapyStrokeBibliometricsBrainChinaHumansAcupunctureBibliometric analysisBrain diseaseGlobal trendsStroke

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PMID37735698
PMCPMC10512511
OpenAlexW4386932916

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