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ReviewPharmaceutical biology2025

Overview of current research on traditional Chinese medicine in skin disease treatment: a bibliometric analysis from 2014 to 2024.

Lin Li, Lanfang Zhang, Yuan Li, Yuan Cai, Xue Wen, Chenjie Zheng, Chuyan Wu, Yunlei Bao, Feng Jiang, Nana Sun and 1 more

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Review in Pharmaceutical biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Lin LiDepartment of Dermatology, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China.
Lanfang ZhangDepartment of Dermatology, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China.
Yuan LiDepartment of Dermatology, The Fifth People's Hospital of Hainan Province, Haikou, China.
Yuan CaiDepartment of Dermatology, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China.
Xue WenDepartment of Dermatology, Guizhou Province Cosmetic Plastic Surgery Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China.
Chenjie ZhengDepartment of Dermatology, Guizhou Province Cosmetic Plastic Surgery Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China.
Chuyan WuDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Yunlei BaoDepartment of Neonatology, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Feng JiangDepartment of Neonatology, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Nana SunDepartment of Dermatology, Guizhou Province Cosmetic Plastic Surgery Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China.
Ni ZengDepartment of Dermatology, Guizhou Province Cosmetic Plastic Surgery Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextRecent research has revealed significant advancements in the field of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for skin diseases. However, there is a lack of visualization analysis within this research domain.

objectiveTo analyze the research directions and advancements in TCM research in skin diseases. MATERIALS AND

methodsPublications related to TCM in skin diseases from 2014 to 2024 were searched on the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC), VOSviewer, CiteSpace, and the R package "bibliometrix" were employed to visualize and analyze the retrieved data.

resultsThe study included 527 articles published in 25 countries. The number of publications consistently increased from 2014 to 2024. The Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine was the most noteworthy institution in this field. Among the journals in this domain, the DISCUSSION AND

conclusionThis visualization analysis summarizes the research directions and advancements in TCM research on skin diseases. It presents a comprehensive examination of the latest research frontiers and trends and serves as a valuable reference for scholars engaged in the study of TCM research.

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BibliometricsDrugs, Chinese HerbalMedicine, Chinese TraditionalSkin DiseasesBiomedical ResearchHumansPeriodicals as TopicDrugs, Chinese HerbalbibliometricsChinese herbal medicineChinese material medicalCiteSpacedermatologic diseasedermopathyskin disorderTCMVOSviewer

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PMID39745060
PMCPMC11703412

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.