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ReviewMedical acupuncture2025

Visualization Analysis of Acupuncture for the Treatment of Insomnia: A Scoping Literature Review Based on an International Database.

Sheng-Nan Wang, Guan-Hu Yang, Hao Chi, Ang Li, Xu-Chen Sun, Dan-Na Cao, Nuo Li, Li Chen, Jie-Yi Zhu, Jin-Huan Yue and 2 more

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Review in Medical acupuncture, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis 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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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Sheng-Nan WangBinjiang Chinese Medicine Clinic of Hangzhou FanghuiChuntang, Hangzhou, China.
Guan-Hu YangDepartment of Specialty Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA.
Hao ChiClinical Medical College, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.
Ang LiServier (Beijing) Pharmaceutical Research & Development CO. Ltd., Beijing, China.
Xu-Chen SunDepartment of Radiology, The 962 Hospital Cadre Ward of the Joint Service Support Unit of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Harbin, China.
Dan-Na CaoDivision of CT and MRI, First Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China.
Nuo LiDepartment of Acupuncture, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Shenzhen Hospital (Longgang), Shenzhen, China.
Li ChenConfucius Institute for TCM, London South Bank University, London, UK.
Jie-Yi ZhuDepartment of Endocrinology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China.
Jin-Huan YueShenzhen Frontiers in Chinese Medicine Research Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China.
Xiao-Ling LiDivision of CT and MRI, First Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China.
Qin-Hong ZhangShenzhen Frontier in Chinese Medicine Research Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: This study analyzed the research status, hotspots, and trends of acupuncture treatment for insomnia using bibliometrics and scientific knowledge mapping methods. Methods: We searched for records associated with studies focusing on acupuncture treatment for insomnia collected from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC), from the establishment of the database to December 31, 2022, was retrieved. Visualization analysis was conducted using Excel 2021, CiteSpace 6.2.R5, and VOSviewer 1.6.19 software. Results: A total of 873 articles were obtained from the WoSCC database. The annual publications showed an overall upward trend, especially from 2018 to 2022, with a rapid increase in publications. Literature output was concentrated in China and the United States, accounting for 43.41% and 22.4% of the total research output, respectively. The highest-yield journal was Conclusion: This study comprehensively investigated the current status, hotspots, and frontier trends of acupuncture for insomnia. Its research hotspots included acupuncture for poststroke insomnia, and research trends were the mechanism of acupuncture treatment for insomnia through establishing rat models.

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acupuncturefrontierhotspotsinsomniapostoperative insomnia

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PMID40547390
PMCPMC12179383

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