Bibliometrics analysis on international scientific and technological cooperation of traditional Chinese medicine based on SCI-E

Abstract

Objective To analyze the characteristics of SCI papers published in international cooperation of Chinese medicine and to understand the current research situation in this field. Methods Using the scientific citation index extension (SCI-E) database in Web of Science was used as the data source, and this paper retrieves retrieved related papers and highly cited papers on the international cooperation of traditional Chinese medicine during the year 1990-2017, and analyses from the years, cooperative countries and regions, periodicals, fund support, authors' institutions and research content by using the method of Bibliometrics and co co-word clustering. Results The total number of the articles for analyzing was 10 984, and the number of highly cited article was 114, which showed the number of article increased gradually. There are were 145 countries and regions in cooperation. The first three countries are were the United States, Japan and the United Kingdom. A total of 25 core periodicals are were determined. The fund funding rate wais 74.5%. The fund financed institutions with the largest number of cooperative contributions are were both the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the National Institutes of health in the United States. The hot top-subject of cooperative research haswas pharmacology and pharmacology. The breast cancer, ovarian cancer, colorectal cancer and inflammation, such as acupuncture treatment for pain, polycystic ovary syndrome, and depression. Conclusions The international cooperation of traditional Chinese medicine has gone through the embryonic stage, and now it is at the stage of development. Key words: International cooperation; Research institutes (TCMP); Scientific research; Bibliometrics