Abstract
BackgroundTraditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been widely accepted and applied worldwide, and many publications related to Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels (AS, Chinese name is “Danggui”) have been published. However, to date, there has not been a scientometric study to systematically analyze the intellectual landscape and emerging research trends regarding AS. Therefore, we performed a scientometric study to address this gap.MethodsPublications related to AS published from 2009 to 2018 were identified and selected from the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection on May 30, 2019 using relevant keywords. HistCite, CiteSpace, and Excel 2016 software tools were used to conduct this scientometric study.ResultsSeven hundred and sixty-seven articles (including 717 primary articles and 60 review articles) and their cited references were included and analyzed. The majority of publications (N = 565, 73.7%) were published in mainland China, with Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine contributing the most publications (N = 42, 5.5%). The first core journal was Journal of Ethnopharmacology (N = 58, 7.6%; impact factor = 3.414). The identification and assessment of active components (like ferulic acid) of AS and their pharmacological actions (such as immunomodulatory effects) are the current research foci for AS research.ConclusionThe present scientometric study provides an overview of the development of AS research over the previous decade using quantitative and qualitative methods, and this overview can provide references for researchers focusing on AS.
Highlights
With the introduction of evidence-based medicine (EBM) and the development of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) research, TCM has gradually gained acceptance throughout the world
HistCite (12.03.07) is a software tool created by Garfield et al (2006) that is used for scientometric analysis and visualization of scientific literature
The slow growth trend may be due to the complexity of TCM (Zhang W. et al, 2019), the limitations of existing experimental methods in TCM (Zhu et al, 2019), the fact that relatively fewer researchers focus on TCM, and the fact that it is difficult to achieve large breakthroughs in TCM
Summary
With the introduction of evidence-based medicine (EBM) and the development of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) research, TCM has gradually gained acceptance throughout the world Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels (AS), which is known as Danggui in Chinese, is mainly cultivated in northwestern China and is one of the most important herbs in TCM (Zou et al, 2019). The other one common formulation, DGBX, consists of two herbs, AS and Huangqi [HQ, Astragalus mongholicus Bunge (Fabaceae)], and is used to treat anemia and menopausal symptoms, among other diseases (Lin et al, 2017; Zhao et al, 2017). Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been widely accepted and applied worldwide, and many publications related to Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels (AS, Chinese name is “Danggui”) have been published.
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