Abstract
Ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury is one of the most common phenomena in ischemic disease or processes that causes progressive disability or even death. It has a major impact on global public health. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has a long history of application in ischemic diseases and has significant clinical effect. Numerous studies have shown that the formulas or single herbs in TCM have specific roles in regulating oxidative stress, anti-inflammatory, inhibiting cell apoptosis, etc., in I/R injury. We used bibliometrics to quantitatively analyze the global output of publications on TCM in the field of I/R injury published in the period 2001–2021 to identify research hotspots and prospects. We included 446 related documents published in the Web of Science during 2001–2021. Visualization analysis revealed that the number of publications related to TCM in the field of I/R injury has increased year by year, reaching a peak in 2020. China is the country with the largest number of publications. Keywords and literature analyses demonstrated that neuroregeneration is likely one of the research hotspots and future directions of research in the field. Taken together, our findings suggest that although the inherent limitations of bibliometrics may affect the accuracy of the literature-based prediction of research hotspots, the results obtained from the included publications can provide a reference for the study of TCM in the field of I/R injury.
Highlights
Ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) refers to a pathological state in which the body organs such as the heart [1,2,3], kidney [4,5,6], and brain are reperfused and reoxygenated after the blood supply is restricted
During the rescue and treatment of ischemic diseases, medical scientists gradually discovered that the main factor that causes damage to tissues is not the ischemia itself but when the blood supply is suddenly restored after a period of ischemia damage [8, 9]
Our work evaluated the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for any kind of I/R injury
Summary
Ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) refers to a pathological state in which the body organs such as the heart [1,2,3], kidney [4,5,6], and brain are reperfused and reoxygenated after the blood supply is restricted. During the rescue and treatment of ischemic diseases, medical scientists gradually discovered that the main factor that causes damage to tissues is not the ischemia itself but when the blood supply (reperfusion) is suddenly restored after a period of ischemia damage [8, 9]. E aim of this bibliometric study was to provide a comprehensive overview and inner structure research of TCM in I/R injury. Our work evaluated the efficacy of TCM for any kind of I/R injury Innovative approaches such as document cocitation network analysis, research clusters identification and analysis, and reference citation bursts detection were performed to offer insights into the research topics and trends evaluation over time from different perspectives. Our analyses will shed new light for investigators, which is helpful for them to plan and manage their scientific work in future research
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