Acupuncture-Neuroimaging Research Trends over Past Two Decades: A Bibliometric Analysis.
10.1007/s11655-022-3672-y
- Author:
Ting-Ting ZHAO
1
;
Li-Xia PEI
1
;
Jing GUO
1
;
Yong-Kang LIU
2
;
Yu-Hang WANG
1
;
Ya-Fang SONG
3
;
Jun-Ling ZHOU
1
;
Hao CHEN
3
;
Lu CHEN
4
;
Jian-Hua SUN
5
Author Information
1. Department of Acupuncture Rehabilitation, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210029, China.
2. Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210029, China.
3. Acupuncture and Massage College, Health and Rehabilitation College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210023, China.
4. Acupuncture and Moxibustion Disease Project Group of China Evidence-Based Medicine Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210029, China.
5. Department of Acupuncture Rehabilitation, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, 210029, China. 377201634@qq.com.
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
CiteSpace;
acupuncture therapy;
bibliometric;
network;
neuroimaging
- MeSH:
Humans;
Acupuncture;
Acupuncture Therapy;
Bibliometrics;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Neuroimaging
- From:
Chinese journal of integrative medicine
2023;29(3):258-267
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To identify topics attracting growing research attention as well as frontier trends of acupuncture-neuroimaging research over the past two decades.
METHODS:This paper reviewed data in the published literature on acupuncture neuroimaging from 2000 to 2020, which was retrieved from the Web of Science database. CiteSpace was used to analyze the publication years, countries, institutions, authors, keywords, co-citation of authors, journals, and references.
RESULTS:A total of 981 publications were included in the final review. The number of publications has increased in the recent 20 years accompanied by some fluctuations. Notably, the most productive country was China, while Harvard University ranked first among institutions in this field. The most productive author was Tian J with the highest number of articles (50), whereas the most co-cited author was Hui KKS (325). Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (92) was the most prolific journal, while Neuroimage was the most co-cited journal (538). An article written by Hui KKS (2005) exhibited the highest co-citation number (112). The keywords "acupuncture" (475) and "electroacupuncture" (0.10) had the highest frequency and centrality, respectively. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) ranked first with the highest citation burst (6.76).
CONCLUSION:The most active research topics in the field of acupuncture-neuroimaging over the past two decades included research type, acupoint specificity, neuroimaging methods, brain regions, acupuncture modality, acupoint specificity, diseases and symptoms treated, and research type. Whilst research frontier topics were "nerve regeneration", "functional connectivity", "neural regeneration", "brain network", "fMRI" and "manual acupuncture".
