ReviewMedicine2026
Research hotspots and trends on bee venom therapy: A bibliometric and visualization analysis from 2004 to 2024.
Review in Medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
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
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- From Toxin to Therapy: Biomedical Applications of Bee Venom in Cancer, Diabetes, and Neurodegenerative Disorders.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors.
Funding
Abstract
background and purposeBee venom therapy (BVT) is widely used to treat various diseases. This study aimed to analyze the current status, research hotspots, and trends to guide future investigations.
methodsLiterature related to BVT from 2004 to 2024 was retrieved from the Web of Science core collection database. By using CiteSpace 6.2.R7 and VOSviewer 1.6.20, bibliometric and visual analyses were carried out for different categories, such as countries/regions, institutions, authors, references, and keywords.
resultsA total of 493 studies were included. This field is mainly led by Asian countries, South Korea, Kyung Hee University, and Roh Dae-Hyun, who were the most prolific country, institution, and author, respectively. "Therapeutic application of anti-arthritis, pain-releasing, and anticancer effects of bee venom and its constituent compounds" is the most co-cited reference. The analgesic mechanism of BVT, and its application in arthritis and pain management are the current research hotspots. The treatment of Parkinson disease and cancer with bee venom will become the focus of future research.
conclusionThrough bibliometric research, we investigated the overall situation in BVT over the past 2 decades, clarifying the current status, hotspots, and frontier trends in this field. To promote the advancement of BVT and overcome future bottlenecks, it is important for international institutions and research teams to strengthen collaborative exchanges and carry out high-quality, large-sample, multi-center clinical research to further explore standardized treatment protocols and mechanisms of action in BVT, driving its multidimensional development.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.