Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS), Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing 100193, China.
College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, Korea.
Molecules. 2017 Sep 11;22(9):1518. doi: 10.3390/molecules22091518.
This article aims to understand the global and longitudinal trends of research on . We used bibliometrics to analyze 3974 papers collected from the Web of Science Core Collection database during 1959-2016. The number of publications showed a steady growth before 2000 and exponentially increased in stage III (2000-2016, about 86% of the papers were published). Research on was conducted in 64 countries, mainly in Asia; in particular, 41% and 28% of the publications were from South Korea and China, respectively. The institutions from South Korea and China had high publication output and close cooperation and provided the majority of financial support. All top 10 authors and four of the top 20 journals in terms of number of publications originated from South Korea. The leading research subjects were pharmacology (39%), plant science (26%), and integrative complementary medicine (19%). The hotspot of research transformed from basic science to application, and multidisciplinary sciences will play a substantial role in the future. This study provides a comprehensive analysis to elucidate the global distribution, collaboration patterns, and research trends in the domain.
本文旨在了解 研究的全球和纵向趋势。我们使用文献计量学方法分析了 1959 年至 2016 年间从 Web of Science 核心集数据库中收集的 3974 篇论文。在 2000 年之前，出版物数量呈稳步增长，而在第三阶段（2000-2016 年）则呈指数增长（约 86%的论文是在这一阶段发表的）。对 的研究涉及 64 个国家，主要在亚洲；特别是，来自韩国和中国的出版物分别占 41%和 28%。来自韩国和中国的机构发表的论文数量较多，合作密切，提供了大部分资金支持。排名前 10 的作者和排名前 20 的期刊中有 4 本都来自韩国。主要的研究主题是药理学（39%）、植物科学（26%）和综合补充医学（19%）。研究的热点从基础科学转向应用，多学科科学将在未来发挥重要作用。本研究提供了全面的分析，阐明了 领域的全球分布、合作模式和研究趋势。
