Collaborative networks and thematic trends of research on the application of complementary and alternative medicine in cancer patients: A bibliometric analysis

Yang, Weimei; Hao, Xinying; Lin, Kai; Wang, Lan; Zhang, Meng; Jiang, Yun; Liu, Yu

doi:10.1016/j.ctcp.2019.08.008

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“…This suggests a substantial increase overtime in documenting the efficacy of common interventions, and reflecting the rise of this profession around the world. Similar trends of accelerated development of scientific production followed by stabilization of rates of output are observed in the scientific productions for other complementary and integrative fields of medical practice [ 17 , 18 , 21 ]. Possible explanations for the increase in osteopathic scientific publication could be the growing number of osteopaths pursuing graduate studies in research, the need for a more evidence-based practice, as well as the development of initiatives to better structure, support, and stimulate osteopathic research capacity and international collaborations [ 24 – 27 ].…”

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“…It specifically aims to provide quantitative data on all research of a given field and offer a comprehensive perspective of trends, activity, achievement and influence of those research [ 15 ]. Previous bibliometric reports on overall CAM scientific productivity [ 16 , 17 ], traditional Chinese medicine [ 18 ], yoga [ 19 ], and integrative and complementary and alternative medicine in oncology [ 20 , 21 ] have help to establish future research priorities to support evidence-based practice. A bibliometric overview could help to inform researchers, practitioners, other healthcare professionals, policy makers and patients, and to clarify perceptions of scientific productivity.…”

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Osteopathic empirical research: a bibliometric analysis from 1966 to 2018

Morin

Gaboury

2021

BMC Complement Med Ther

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Background Despite the increasing use of osteopathy, a manipulative complementary and alternative medicine therapy, in the general population, its efficacy continues to be debated. In this era of evidence-based practice, no studies have previously reviewed the scientific literature in the field to identify published knowledge, trends and gaps in empirical research. The aims of this bibliometric analysis are to describe characteristics of articles published on the efficacy of osteopathic interventions and to provide an overall portrait of their impacts in the scientific literature. Methods A bibliometric analysis approach was used. Articles were identified with searches using a combination of relevant MeSH terms and indexing keywords about osteopathy and research designs in MEDLINE and CINAHL databases. The following indicators were extracted: country of primary author, year of publication, journals, impact factor of the journal, number of citations, research design, participants’ age group, system/body part addressed, primary outcome, indexing keywords and types of techniques. Results A total of 389 articles met the inclusion criteria. The number of empirical studies doubled every 5 years, with the United States, Italy, Spain, and United Kingdom being the most productive countries. Twenty-three articles were cited over 100 times. Articles were published in 103 different indexed journals, but more than half (53.7%) of articles were published in one of three osteopathy-focused readership journals. Randomized control trials (n = 145; 37.3%) and case reports (n = 142; 36.5%) were the most common research designs. A total of 187 (48.1%) studies examined the effects of osteopathic interventions using a combination of techniques that belonged to two or all of the classic fields of osteopathic interventions (musculoskeletal, cranial, and visceral). Conclusion The number of osteopathy empirical studies increased significantly from 1980 to 2014. The productivity appears to be very much in sync with practice development and innovations; however, the articles were mainly published in osteopathic journals targeting a limited, disciplinary-focused readership.

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Osteopathic empirical research: a bibliometric analysis from 1966 to 2018

Morin

Gaboury

2021

BMC Complement Med Ther

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“…Keywords reveal the primary contents of existing research and depict the themes concerned within a certain field. Consequently, the keyword co‐word analysis is frequently used to explore research focus, and monitor the trends in research themes (Jin et al, 2019; Yang et al., 2019). The keywords in the title and abstract of retrieved articles were extracted, and the terms with occurrences of 10 or more were analysed.…”

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“…Bibliometric analysis is a powerful statistical analysis tool, contributing to conduct a scientific and objective analysis of the articles quantitatively (Capilla et al, 2020; Yang et al., 2019), through which we can gain an in‐depth understanding of a research domain, the topical hotspots and emerging trends comprehensively and systematically. Also, it has been widely used in many areas, such as nursing (Dong et al., 2020; Kantek & Yesilbas, 2020; Nicoll et al., 2020; Zhu et al., 2020), biology (Zhai et al., 2018) and medicine (Zhao et al, 2018).…”

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Research focus and thematic trends in magnet hospital research: A bibliometric analysis of the global publications

Yang

Liu

Zeng

et al. 2021

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Aims The study aims to carry out a bibliometric analysis of the research on magnet hospital from 1988‐2020. Design A statistical and visualization bibliometric analysis was conducted between February‐May 2020. Methods The information was extracted from Web of Science by the topic advanced search strategy. HistCite‐Pro, Excel, GunnMap, BibExcel and VOSviewer were used to extract, integrate and visualize the bibliometric information. Furthermore, the research contents of the core‐authors were explored and summarized by reviewing all the published articles. Results Articles (N = 396) published in 107 journals were retrieved in the Web of Science from 1988‐2020. The USA (N = 319) and University of Pennsylvania (N = 38) were the most productive country and institution respectively. Author co‐citation and bibliographic‐coupling network analysis identified that Aiken, Kramer, Laschinger, Schmalenberg, Lake and Johantgen were the major contributors and leaders in this field. According to the research content of the main contributors and keyword co‐occurrence analysis result, the research focus could be divided into four parts: the mechanism leading to the outcomes differences for magnet hospital, the evidence‐based practice, the outcomes comparison between magnet hospital and non‐magnet hospital and the practice environment. Conclusion This bibliometric study offered a comprehensive overview of current study status of magnet hospital and this area has been drawn increasing attention over the years. However, the research on magnet hospital is still relative limited and needs to be paid more attention, especially in developing countries. Impact This study showed the most contributed countries, journals, institutions, authors and the main themes related to magnet hospital, which would help researchers find potential partners, optimize and deepen future research, such as enhancing the magnet hospital research in developing countries, improving the evidence‐based research and considering the impact caused by different culture. Furthermore, this study can also give suggestions for magnet hospital policy makers.

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“…Bibliometric refers to methods that use the quantitative analysis of published research and statistics to confirm the trends of scientific research. 15 In the past 10 years, bibliometric analyses have been conducted on other cancer research hotspots, such as the application of medicine, 16 cancer rehabilitation, 17,18 immunotherapy, 19 risk of infection, 20 medical literature, 21 and public policy. 22 As we all know, with relatively few quantitative analyses of the comorbidity of cancer and pain, the purpose of this study is to methodically offer overall scientific analysis of published research within the past 10 years.…”

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Bibliometric Analysis of Research on the Comorbidity of Cancer and Pain

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Wang²,

Hu³

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JPR

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Background Pain is the most common symptom in patients with neoplasm. It is a distressing experience that seriously destructs the quality-of-life of patients, with a high prevalence in clinical observations. However, only a few studies have applied bibliometric methods to analyze systematic works on the comorbidity of cancer and pain. Purpose The aim of this work was to conduct a systematic analysis of the scientific studies worldwide on the comorbidity of cancer and pain in 2010–2019. Methods The Web of Science databases were searched for publications related to the comorbidity of cancer and pain from 2010 to 2019. Results A total of 3,423 papers met the inclusion criteria in this research. The increase in the quantity of papers presented a significant growth from 2010 to 2019 ( P <0.001) by linear regression analysis. The research subject categories of the 3,423 papers mainly concentrated on oncology (28.57%), clinical neurology (25.62%), and healthcare science services (15.89%). The US had the highest number of published papers, followed by the People’s Republic of China, and England. According to scientific statistics, breast cancer (20.36%) was by far the most predominant topic in the papers related to the comorbidity of cancer and pain. Conclusion This bibliometric research provided a framework for visual and quantitative research to management scholars in favor of exploring a potential field related to hot issue and research frontiers.

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Collaborative networks and thematic trends of research on the application of complementary and alternative medicine in cancer patients: A bibliometric analysis

Cited by 15 publications

References 53 publications

Osteopathic empirical research: a bibliometric analysis from 1966 to 2018

Osteopathic empirical research: a bibliometric analysis from 1966 to 2018

Research focus and thematic trends in magnet hospital research: A bibliometric analysis of the global publications

Bibliometric Analysis of Research on the Comorbidity of Cancer and Pain

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