Current Research Trends in Traditional Chinese Medicine Formula: A Bibliometric Review from 2000 to 2016.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Traditional Chinese Medicine Formula (TCMF) study has been recognized widely by medical scientists around the world. However, few researchers have analyzed and summarized the rapid growth of academic articles of TCMF published in English. The primary aim of this work was to assess the outcome of these research outputs in the TCMF field from 2000 to 2016 and to evaluate the situation and tendency.

Methods

Research datasets were acquired from the Web of Science database, which includes all academic articles published from 2000 to 2016; articles were tracked by the keywords "Traditional Chinese Medicine", "Traditional Chinese Medicine Formula", and "Chinese herb formula". Moreover, visualization software CiteSpace V was used to analyze and generate visualization know

SUBMITTER: Chen YB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6420998 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature