Bibliometric analysis of the results of Reiki research

IF 1.9 4区医学 Q3 INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE

European Journal of Integrative Medicine Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI:10.1016/j.eujim.2025.102442

Melike Demir Doğan

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Abstract

Introduction

This study analyses bibliometric indicators to assess global research trends on Reiki, including publication patterns and key contributing countries.

Methods

The publications included in Web of Science (WOS) databases between 1970 and 2024 were reviewed. The WOS database was searched using TS= “REIKI” and all WOS indexes were included. This search identified 414 studies. Among them, letters (n = 7), editorial materials (n = 19), book reviews (n = 9), corrections (n = 2), art and poetry (n = 1), news (n = 1), and retracted publications (n = 1) were removed. The remaining 374 articles were included in this bibliometric analysis. The R-package for bibliometric analysis (Bibliometrix) was used.

Results

The bibliometric analysis found that researchers published Reiki-related studies between 1983 and 2024, with a publication growth rate of 4.47 %. On average, articles were 9.5 years old and received 13 citations per document. The total number of keywords identified by the authors was 553, the number of authors in the articles was 1124 authors, the number of single-author articles was 70, the average number of publications per author was 3.5, and international co-authorships were 7.219 %. The USA, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Turkiye were the top five countries that published on Reiki, respectively. The USA, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Turkiye were the top five countries with the most cited articles, respectively. Vitale A. is the most cited author. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine is the most cited journal.

Conclusion

This study is the first of its kind to evaluate the articles written by researchers in the field of Reiki only. Despite the difficulties researchers experienced in the field of Reiki, the studies have increasingly been conducted in this field over the years and have been cited studies more. This study may be helpful for researchers to determine productive countries, journals, authors, and emerging trends in Reiki by providing comprehensive analyses and structured information on this subject.

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灵气研究结果的文献计量学分析

本研究分析文献计量指标，以评估全球灵气研究趋势，包括出版模式和主要贡献国。方法对Web of Science （WOS）数据库1970 ~ 2024年收录的文献进行回顾性分析。使用TS=“REIKI”检索WOS数据库，纳入所有WOS索引。这项研究确定了414项研究。其中,字母(n = 7),编辑材料(n = 19)、书评(n = 9),修正(n = 2),艺术和诗歌(n = 1),新闻(n = 1),收回了出版物(n = 1)被移除。其余374篇文献纳入文献计量学分析。采用R-package进行文献计量分析（Bibliometrix）。结果文献计量分析发现，1983年至2024年间，研究人员发表了与灵气相关的研究，发表率为4.47 %。这些文章的平均年龄为9.5岁，每篇文章被引用13次。作者识别的关键词总数为553个，文章作者数为1124人，单作者文章数为70篇，作者人均发表数为3.5篇，国际合作作者数为7.219 %。美国、巴西、英国、加拿大和土耳其分别是发表灵气文章最多的五个国家。美国、加拿大、英国、澳大利亚和土耳其分别是被引用文章最多的前五名。Vitale A.是被引用次数最多的作者。《替代和补充医学杂志》是被引用最多的杂志。结论本研究首次仅对灵气领域的研究人员撰写的文章进行评价。尽管研究人员在灵气领域遇到了困难，但多年来在这一领域的研究越来越多，并且被引用的研究也越来越多。本研究通过提供有关灵气的综合分析和结构化信息，可能有助于研究人员确定灵气的生产国家、期刊、作者和新兴趋势。

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European Journal of Integrative Medicine INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE-

CiteScore

4.70

自引率

4.00%

发文量

102

审稿时长

33 days

期刊介绍： The European Journal of Integrative Medicine (EuJIM) considers manuscripts from a wide range of complementary and integrative health care disciplines, with a particular focus on whole systems approaches, public health, self management and traditional medical systems. The journal strives to connect conventional medicine and evidence based complementary medicine. We encourage submissions reporting research with relevance for integrative clinical practice and interprofessional education. EuJIM aims to be of interest to both conventional and integrative audiences, including healthcare practitioners, researchers, health care organisations, educationalists, and all those who seek objective and critical information on integrative medicine. To achieve this aim EuJIM provides an innovative international and interdisciplinary platform linking researchers and clinicians. The journal focuses primarily on original research articles including systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials, other clinical studies, qualitative, observational and epidemiological studies. In addition we welcome short reviews, opinion articles and contributions relating to health services and policy, health economics and psychology.