Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
F1000Res. 2023 Oct 18;12:164. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.130326.1. eCollection 2023.
There is a growing body of literature on complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine (CAIM), which offers a holistic approach to health and the maintenance of social and cultural values. Bibliometric analyses are an increasingly commonly used method employing quantitative statistical techniques to understand trends in a particular scientific field. The objective of this scoping review is to investigate the quantity and characteristics of evidence in relation to bibliometric analyses of CAIM literature. The following bibliographic databases will be searched: MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, AMED, CINAHL, Scopus and Web of Science. Studies published in English, conducting any type of bibliometric analysis involving any CAIM therapies, as detailed by an operational definition of CAIM adopted by Cochrane Complementary Medicine, will be included. Conference abstracts and study protocols will be excluded. The following variables will be extracted from included studies: title, author, year, country, study objective, type of CAIM, health condition targeted, databases searched in the bibliometric analysis, the type of bibliometric variables assessed, how bibliometric information was reported, main findings, conclusions, and limitations. Findings will be summarized narratively, as well as in tabular and graphical format. To the best of our knowledge, this scoping review will be the first to investigate the characteristics of evidence in relation to bibliometric analyses on CAIM literature. The findings of this review may be useful to identify variations in the objectives, methods, and results of bibliometric analyses of CAIM research literature.
补充医学、替代医学和整合医学（CAM）领域的文献不断增加，为健康提供了整体方法，并维护了社会和文化价值观。文献计量学分析是一种越来越常用的方法，采用定量统计技术来了解特定科学领域的趋势。本范围综述的目的是调查与 CAM 文献的文献计量学分析相关的证据数量和特征。 将在以下书目数据库中进行搜索：MEDLINE、EMBASE、PsycINFO、AMED、CINAHL、Scopus 和 Web of Science。纳入的研究必须以英文发表，进行任何类型的文献计量学分析，涉及 Cochrane Complementary Medicine 采用的 CAM 操作定义中详述的任何 CAM 疗法。将排除会议摘要和研究方案。将从纳入的研究中提取以下变量：标题、作者、年份、国家、研究目标、CAM 类型、目标健康状况、在文献计量分析中搜索的数据库、评估的文献计量变量类型、如何报告文献计量信息、主要发现、结论和局限性。发现将以叙述性、表格和图形格式进行总结。据我们所知，这是首次针对 CAM 文献的文献计量学分析相关证据特征进行调查的范围综述。本综述的结果可能有助于确定 CAM 研究文献的文献计量分析在目标、方法和结果方面的差异。
