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Editorial
. 2022 Dec;11(4):100884.
doi: 10.1016/j.imr.2022.100884. Epub 2022 Aug 5.

Increasing trends and impact of integrative medicine research: From 2012 to 2021

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Editorial

Increasing trends and impact of integrative medicine research: From 2012 to 2021

Eunhye Song et al. Integr Med Res. 2022 Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: Citations; Integrative medicine; Publications; Research trend.

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Conflict of interest statement

ES, LA, and MSL are editors of the journal and this article was prepared for the journal's 10th anniversary.

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Number of publications from 2012 to 2021. Data from Web of Science Core Collection (www.webofscience.com). Searched integrative medicine by topic on July 5, 2022.
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Word clouds of keywords published in 2021 among high impact (Q1) journals in integrative and complementary medicine category.

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