School of Management, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, No.11 North 3rd Ring Road East, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China.
National Institute of Chinese Medicine Development and Strategy (NICMDS), Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, No.11 North 3rd Ring Road East, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China.
BMC Complement Med Ther. 2020 Feb 7;20(1):39. doi: 10.1186/s12906-020-2832-x.
Stroke is a major cause of death and disability worldwide. Over the years, traditional medicines for stroke treatment have undergone tremendous progress, but few bibliometric studies have been performed. This study explored the trends and issues relating to the application of traditional medicine in stroke research.
A bibliometric search was performed in the Web of Science Core Collection database to identify studies that investigated the application of traditional medicine in stroke management. CiteSpace VI and Excel 2016 were used to analyze information from the retrieved studies. Activity index and attractive index were used to explore the worldwide development modes.
A total of 1083 English articles published between 2004 and 2018 were identified. Over the last 15 years, the developments in research occurred in three geographic clusters. The development modes were investigated and classified into 4 categories. In mainland China, the number and impact of research showed an increasing trend over the study period. The United States played a leading role in this topic. Three clusters of institutes and the majority of authors mainly came from South Korea, Taiwan and mainland China. Reperfusion injury and angiogenesis were identified as the potential topics likely to dominate future research in this field.
The progress of studies on traditional medicine for stroke could be explained by the global attention to traditional medicine, the geospatial proximity for research collabration, and the increasing resources invested. Based on a large amount of existing research, researchers engaged in this topic should objectively consider the influential studies to identify and solve the common issues worldwide.
脑卒中是全球范围内主要的致死和致残病因。多年来，脑卒中治疗的传统药物取得了巨大进展，但很少有文献计量学研究对此进行过探讨。本研究旨在探讨传统药物在脑卒中研究中的应用趋势和相关问题。
在 Web of Science 核心合集数据库中进行文献计量学检索，以确定研究传统药物在脑卒中管理中应用的研究。使用 CiteSpace VI 和 Excel 2016 分析检索研究中的信息。活动指数和吸引力指数用于探索全球发展模式。
共确定了 2004 年至 2018 年间发表的 1083 篇英文文章。在过去的 15 年中，研究发展发生在三个地理集群中。对发展模式进行了调查，并分为 4 类。在中国内地，研究数量和影响力在研究期间呈上升趋势。美国在这一主题上发挥了主导作用。三个机构集群和大多数作者主要来自韩国、中国台湾和中国大陆。再灌注损伤和血管生成被确定为该领域未来可能占主导地位的潜在研究课题。
对脑卒中传统药物的研究进展可以通过全球对传统药物的关注、研究合作的地理空间接近性以及投入资源的增加来解释。基于大量现有研究，从事这一课题的研究人员应客观地考虑有影响力的研究，以确定和解决全球范围内的共同问题。
