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Review
. 2023 Jun 27:16:2189-2204.
doi: 10.2147/JPR.S415998. eCollection 2023.

Research Status and Prospects of Acupuncture in Perioperative Medicine Over the Past Decade: A Bibliometric Analysis

Jingwen Zhang #  1 , Liying Liu #  1 , Manjia Zhu  2 , Xiaoyan Zheng  1   3 , Yun Liang  1 , Ying Zhong  3 , Jing Xu  1 , Jie Yang  1   3
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Research Status and Prospects of Acupuncture in Perioperative Medicine Over the Past Decade: A Bibliometric Analysis

Jingwen Zhang et al. J Pain Res. .

Abstract

Background: Over the past decade, acupuncture in the perioperative period has attracted great interest, and a growing number of related literature has been published.

Purpose: To analyze the general information and identify the research hotspots and trends of acupuncture in perioperative medicine in the last 10 years by bibliometric analysis.

Methods: We searched the Web of Science Core Collection for publications on acupuncture in perioperative medicine from 2013 to 2023. The articles and reviews were collected with no language restriction. CiteSpace and VOSviewer software were used for bibliometric and visual analysis of relevant literature.

Results: A total of 814 bibliographic records were retrieved. Overall, the annual number of publications showed an increasing trend. China and its institutions were in a leading position regarding the publication number. With comparatively more scientific collaboration with China, the USA ranked second. Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine was the most prolific institution. Ha, In-Hyuk had the most publications, and Han JS and Lee A were the most cited authors. Medicine was the most popular journal and Journal of Clinical Oncology had the highest impact factor. "Acupuncture", "electroacupuncture" and "postoperative pain" were the top three keywords. The most popular topics were postoperative pain, postoperative ileus, and postoperative nausea and vomiting according to the keywords and references. And the clusters of postoperative cognitive dysfunction, anxiety, and breast cancer attracted relatively more attention recently.

Conclusion: This study summarized the research status, hotspots, and trends of acupuncture in perioperative medicine in the past decade, which may aid researchers in better understanding this field. The research hotspots primarily focused on postoperative pain management and postoperative gastrointestinal function. The research of acupuncture for postoperative cognitive dysfunction, cancer-related surgery, and psychological states were the main frontiers topics and may be the focus in the future.

Keywords: CiteSpace; VOSviewer; acupuncture; mid-operative; perioperative medicine; post-operative.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.

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The annual and cumulative number of publications from 2013 to 2023.
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(A) The countries/regions with more than 20 publications. (B) The annual publication number growth of the countries/regions with more than 20 publications. (C) The distribution map of countries/regions.
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The distribution map of institutions.
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(A) The distribution map of authors. (B) The co-citation map of cited authors.
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(A) The clusters of cited references in this study. (B) Timeline view of the cited references in this study. (C) Top 20 references with the strongest citation burst.
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Figure 6
Dual-map overlay visualization of documents related to acupuncture in the perioperative period.
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(A) Network of keywords about perioperative acupuncture. (B) The clusters of keywords in this study. (C) Timeline view of the keywords in this study. (D) The landscape view of the keywords clusters. (E) The top 20 keywords with the strongest citation bursts.
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