目的:耳穴疗法长期以来被用于治疗各种疾病。我们分析并可视化了鼓风疗法的地理分布,关键贡献者,和过去20年的主题趋势,以提供目前的趋势,并为未来的研究方向提供建议。
方法:我们在2003年1月10日至2022年12月31日之间的WebofScience上搜索了相关研究。使用VOSviewer对年度出版物进行了文献计量分析,期刊,国家,机构,作者,和关键词。
结果:共800项研究纳入分析,在20年的研究中,研究数量稳步增加。2018年,出版物出现了值得注意的增长,几乎是前一年的两倍。综合与补充医学是研究最多的领域,与大多数文章发表在循证补充和替代医学。中国是发表研究最多的国家,最活跃的组织是中国的广州中医药大学,其次是韩国的庆熙大学。最多产的作者是叶美玲,他报告了鼓风疗法对痛经和戒烟的影响。关键词分析揭示了四个集群:疼痛,心理健康,肥胖,和戒烟。
结论:耳穴疗法研究主要集中在与疼痛相关的临床研究,肥胖,戒烟,和抑郁症。未来的研究应更加重视验证特定疾病的鼓风疗法的机制,并且可能需要努力提高临床试验的稳健性。通过可视化分析,我们的研究可以作为基础资源,提供对鼓风疗法研究轨迹的有价值的见解。
OBJECTIVE: Auriculotherapy has long been used to treat various diseases. We analyzed and visualized auriculotherapy\'s geographical distribution, key contributors, and thematic trends over the past 20 years to provide current trends in auriculotherapy field and to offer recommendations for future research directions.
METHODS: We searched for relevant studies in the Web of Science between January 10, 2003, and December 31, 2022. A bibliometric analysis was performed using VOSviewer for annual publications, journals, countries, institutions, authors, and keywords.
RESULTS: A total of 800 studies were included in the analysis, and the number of studies steadily increased over the 20 examined years. In 2018, there was a noteworthy rise in publications, nearly twice as many as the preceding year. Integrative & complementary medicine was the most researched area, with most articles published in Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. China was the country with the most published research, and the most active organization was Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine in China, followed by Kyung Hee University in South Korea. The most prolific author was Yeh Mei-ling, who reported the effects of auriculotherapy on dysmenorrhea and smoking cessation. Keyword analysis revealed four clusters: pain, mental health, obesity, and smoking cessation.
CONCLUSIONS: Auriculotherapy research primarily focused on clinical studies related to pain, obesity, smoking cessation, and depression. Future research should place greater emphasis on verifying the mechanisms of auriculotherapy for specific ailments and may require efforts to enhance the robustness of clinical trials. Through visual analysis, our study may serve as a foundational resource, offering valuable insights into the trajectory of auriculotherapy research.