Hotspots in Traditional Chinese Medicine for osteoporotic fracture treatment from 2014 to 2024: A bibliometric analysis

IF 1.9 4区医学 Q3 INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE

European Journal of Integrative Medicine Pub Date : 2025-05-18 DOI:10.1016/j.eujim.2025.102492

Zilan Zhong , Jiarui Lin , Wenqiu Wu , Wenhao Feng , Zhaowei Yuan , Zixian Wu , Jizhi Ma , Hongze Wang , Guibo Liang , Weixing Xie , Shaofeng Jian , Bengen Zhou , Xiang Yu

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Abstract

Introduction

The growing global aging population has led to an increase in osteoporotic fractures (OPF), drawing significant attention. Despite the growing body of research, bibliometric evaluations of traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and OPF are scarce. This study used bibliometric and visual analyses to track research trends, identify hotspots, and predict future frontiers at the intersection of OPF and TCM.

Methods

Bibliographic data were obtained from the Web of Science (WOS) and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) databases. The searches covered OPF and TCM publications from September 15, 2014, to September 15, 2024. Visual analyses of publication volume, countries, institutions, authors, journals, and keywords in this domain were conducted using VOSviewer, CiteSpace, and the Bibliometrix R Package.

Results

After screening, 314 WOS and 693 CNKI publications were selected for investigation. China led global OPF and TCM research with the most publications. Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine published the highest number of studies and played a central role in this field. Notable authors included Wei Xu, Jeong Seon-yong, Kim Jeonghyun, and Park Eunkuk. The WOS database had keywords including “osteoporosis (OP),” “fracture,” “bone-mineral density,” “postmenopausal women,” “differentiation,” “risk,” “bone,” and “osteoblast.” CNKI database terms included “OP,” “TCM,” “bone density,” “clinical efficacy,” and “bone metabolism.” Important clustering topics were “active ingredients,” “TCM,” “apoptosis,” “ovariectomized mice,” and “osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.”

Conclusion

This study conducted a bibliometric and visual analysis of the relationship between TCM and OPF, identifying promising research areas for treatment. As research progresses, TCM is attracting increasing attention from researchers studying OPF treatments. The integration of TCM theories has paved the way for their clinical application in science.

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2014 - 2024年骨质疏松性骨折中医治疗热点文献计量分析

全球人口老龄化导致骨质疏松性骨折（OPF）的增加，引起了人们的广泛关注。尽管越来越多的研究，文献计量评价中医（TCM）和OPF是稀缺的。本研究采用文献计量学和可视化分析方法跟踪OPF和中医交叉领域的研究趋势、识别热点并预测未来前沿。方法文献数据来源于Web of Science （WOS）和CNKI数据库。检索涵盖了2014年9月15日至2024年9月15日期间的OPF和TCM出版物。使用VOSviewer、CiteSpace和Bibliometrix R软件包对该领域的出版物数量、国家、机构、作者、期刊和关键词进行可视化分析。结果经筛选，入选WOS文献314篇，CNKI文献693篇。中国是全球OPF和中医药研究的领军者，发表论文最多。广州中医药大学发表的研究最多，在该领域发挥着核心作用。魏旭、郑善镛、金正铉、朴恩国等人都是著名的作家。WOS数据库的关键词包括“骨质疏松症（OP）”、“骨折”、“骨矿物质密度”、“绝经后妇女”、“分化”、“风险”、“骨”和“成骨细胞”。中国知网的数据库术语包括“OP”、“中医”、“骨密度”、“临床疗效”和“骨代谢”。重要的聚类主题是“有效成分”、“中药”、“细胞凋亡”、“去卵巢小鼠”和“骨质疏松性椎体压缩性骨折”。结论本研究对中医与OPF之间的关系进行了文献计量学和视觉分析，确定了有前景的治疗研究领域。随着研究的深入，中医越来越受到OPF治疗研究人员的关注。中医理论的整合为其临床科学应用铺平了道路。

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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.