Bibliometric Analysis of TCM Literatures Titled"Meta-analysis"in CJFD / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To investigate the development of related TCM evidence-based researches in China.METHODS:The literatures titled"Meta-analysis"and those with Chinese Library Classification Number of"R2(Chinese Medicine)"were searched from CJFD by computer. The retrieval time limit ranged from database establishment to Dec. 2017. Bibliometrics analysis was performed in respects of year of publication,source journals,publishers,authors,co-authors,funding and research content. RESULTS:A total of 1 540 papers from 321 journals were included,and the first paper was published in 1997;the first author came from 494 institutions which mainly distributed within the mainland institations of China. Guangzhou University of TCM had the largest number of publications. According to Price's law,there were 25 core authors who published 157 literature in total;the co-authoring rate was 95.1% and the collaborating degree was 4.00. 32.3% of the papers were obtained by the fund support, involving 236 literatured founded by National Science Foundation of China. There were 5 types of papers,including 1 512 applied research papers,14 quality evaluation papers,6 methodological studies;there were 17 categories of diseases involved in applied research. CONCLUSIONS:Meta-analysis of TCM research in China has developed rapidly,but related theoretical research is relatively lack. It is necessary to further strengthen the methodology research so as to promote the development of evidence-based research of TCM.