Bibliometric Analysis of Salvia Miltiorrhiza Research Based on CNKI Chinese Academic Journal Database

Abstract

Objectives: Salvia miltiorrhiza research is one of the hotspots of modern Chinese medicine study in China. Analysing the salvia miltiorrhiza literatures in the database of China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) will show the research status of slavia miltiorrhiza and provide the researchers a good reference. Methods: In CNKI “Chinese Academic Journal” database, the keyword “salvia miltiorrhiza” is used to do subject searching, and the time range cover all the literatures of CNKI. Python's pandas data analysis package is used to analyze the search results. The analysis of publishing annual trends, institution of research, authors, journals and keywords are going to be done. Results: A total of 41,683 articles were retrieved. The number of published literatures has undergone three stages: slow growth, rapid growth, and steady growth. Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has accomplished the most paper in all the institutions. The authors who published more than three articles are the core of salvia miltiorrhiza researchers. The journal of “Shaanxi Chinese Medicine” have published the most literatures in all the publishers. The research hotpots is mainly on Salvia miltiorrhiza injection, compound salvia miltiorrhiza dripping pills, tanshinone and the treatment of coronary heart disease and angina pectoris using salvia miltiorrhiza. Conclusions: In China, the universities of TCM are the main force of salvia miltiorrhiza research. The related research of Salvia miltiorrhiza has been in a stable development stage in recent years. Besides Salvia miltiorrhiza injection[1], compound salvia miltiorrhiza dripping pills[2] and tanshinone[3], salvianolate[4] and salvia miltiorrhiza & ligustrazine Injection[5] has also gradually become the focus of researches.