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Open Access 01-12-2019 | Insomnia | Research article

Research trends of acupuncture therapy on insomnia in two decades (from 1999 to 2018):a bibliometric analysis

Authors: Wenya Pei, Rui Peng, Yuan Gu, Xiaohong Zhou, Jingwen Ruan

Published in: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies | Issue 1/2019

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Abstract

Objectives

We aimed to evaluate the global scientific output of research of acupuncture on insomnia and explore the hotspots and frontiers from 1999 to 2018, by using bibliometric methods.

Methods

Articles about acupuncture therapy on insomnia were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC). We used Citespace V to analyze publication years, journals, countries, institutions, authors and cited authors. We plotted the reference co-citation network and key words to analyze the research hotspots and trends.

Results

Until August 31, 2018 31, 2018, a total of 292 records in acupuncture therapy on insomnia research were identified from 1999 to 2018. The number and rate of the annual publication gradually increased. Respectively, SLEEP and J NEUROPSYCH CLIN N (journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences) ranked the first in the frequency and centality of cited joural. Among countries, China ranked highest in the number of publications and the top 3 institutes were in Hong Kong. Chung KF and Yeung WF were the most productive authors and YEUNG WF ranked the first in the cited authors. In the ranking of frequency and in cited reference, the first was the article published in by CAO HJ and KALAVAPALLI R. ‘Randomized controlled trial’ had a high frequncy and centrality in keyword.

Conclusions

A higher degree of acceptance acupuncture was obtained in the Asian. Recently, systematic reviews and clinic trials most focused on electrocacupuncture and acupressure among the acupuncture therapy.
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Metadata
Title
Research trends of acupuncture therapy on insomnia in two decades (from 1999 to 2018):a bibliometric analysis
Authors
Wenya Pei
Rui Peng
Yuan Gu
Xiaohong Zhou
Jingwen Ruan
Publication date
01-12-2019
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies / Issue 1/2019
Electronic ISSN: 2662-7671
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-019-2606-5

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