Chen Yan-Jiao, Shimizu Bassi Gabriel, Wang Yu, Yang Yong-Qing
Shanghai Research Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
J Allergy Clin Immunol Glob. 2022 Sep 2;1(4):185-197. doi: 10.1016/j.jacig.2022.07.004. eCollection 2022 Nov.
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been successfully used to treat asthmatic conditions for centuries. Nevertheless, the current hotspots and research frontiers on TCM for asthma have not been systematically investigated on the basis of bibliometric analysis. In this study, a scientometric analysis (1991-2021) was carried out on 3081 journal articles obtained from the Web of Science Core Collection database to explore the basic characteristics, research hotspots, and frontiers of TCM in asthma research. The results revealed the following: (1) Research on TCM in asthma has received widespread attention since the beginning of the 21st century; perhaps 2009 was an important turning point. TCM in asthma research shows a trend of interdisciplinary development. (2) Well-known universities/institutions in China, the United States, and South Korea have conducted the main body of current TCM research in asthma. JingCheng Dong (Fudan University, China) and XiuMin Li (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA) are the top 2 leading authors in this field. However, there is still a lack of international cooperation in the field of TCM in asthma research, and the influence of researchers in China and South Korea still needs improvement. (3) ranks first in the research field on the influence of TCM in asthma. (4) Hotspots and frontiers of TCM in asthma are provided according to the timeline analyses of the research. In the former, complementary medicine, alternative treatment, allergic rhinitis, airway remodeling, Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension diet, and eosinophilic esophagitis are in the exploratory stage. In the latter, pharmacology, essential oil, gut microbiota, and oxidative stress were investigated from 2006 until late 2021 as period B, which contradicts period A (1991-2005). Moreover, limitations of this bibliometric analysis and the study of TCM research in asthma still exist, which are sufficiently important to warrant further investigations. Finally, we propose the significant importance of the real quintessence and characteristics of TCM in clinical and future research.
几个世纪以来，传统中医（TCM）已成功用于治疗哮喘病症。然而，基于文献计量分析，尚未对当前中医治疗哮喘的热点和研究前沿进行系统研究。在本研究中，对从Web of Science核心合集数据库中获取的3081篇期刊文章进行了科学计量分析（1991 - 2021年），以探索中医在哮喘研究中的基本特征、研究热点和前沿。结果显示如下：（1）自21世纪初以来，中医在哮喘研究方面受到了广泛关注；2009年可能是一个重要转折点。中医在哮喘研究中呈现出跨学科发展的趋势。（2）中国、美国和韩国的知名大学/机构开展了当前中医在哮喘研究的主要工作。董竞成（中国复旦大学）和李秀敏（美国西奈山医学院）是该领域排名前两位的主要作者。然而，中医在哮喘研究领域仍缺乏国际合作，中国和韩国研究人员的影响力仍有待提高。（3） 在中医对哮喘影响的研究领域排名第一。（4）根据研究的时间线分析，提供了中医在哮喘研究中的热点和前沿。在前者中，补充医学、替代疗法、过敏性鼻炎、气道重塑、高血压饮食预防饮食法和嗜酸性食管炎处于探索阶段。在后者中，2006年至2021年末将药理学、精油、肠道微生物群和氧化应激作为B期进行了研究，这与A期（1991 - 2005年）相矛盾。此外，本文献计量分析以及中医在哮喘研究方面仍存在局限性，这些局限性非常重要，值得进一步研究。最后，我们提出了中医的真正精髓和特点在临床及未来研究中的重要意义。
