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ReviewJournal of translational medicine2025

Global research trends in mind body therapies: a bibliometric analysis.

Yunxiao Zhang, Wenwen Li, Sai Xu, Shudi Li, Zhen Hai Sun, Menghe Zhang, Yaoyao Zuo, Shouqiang Chen

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Review in Journal of translational medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Yunxiao ZhangShandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China.
Wenwen LiShandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China.
Sai XuThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China.
Shudi LiShandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China.
Zhen Hai SunShandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China.
Menghe ZhangThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China.
Yaoyao ZuoThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China.
Shouqiang ChenThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China. csq23800@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7958-2370

Funding

Construction of Traditional Chinese Medicine science and technology project of Shandong Province No. Z-2023010Shandong traditional Chinese medicine science and technology project No.: M - 2023144Shandong traditional Chinese medicine science and technology project No.: M - 2023260
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesMind-body therapies are a group of treatments based on the theory of mind-body medicine, which are effective for a wide range of illnesses. However, there are no bibliometric papers that have examined the topic of mind-body therapies. Therefore, it is necessary to review and sort out the current status, hotspots and frontiers of mind-body therapies.

methodsStudies related to mind-body therapies during the period of Web of Science 1999-01/2024-07 were searched, and R language was applied to analyze the data and CiteSpace, Vosviewer software, was used to generate visualization maps.

resultsA total of 29,710 relevant articles were included in the study. The country with the highest number of publications was the United States, followed by China and the United Kingdom, and the prolific author was Wang Yuan. Common keywords were acupuncture, quality of life, depression, and pain. The current study focuses on the promotion and application of mind-body therapies in various diseases, the main applicable diseases and the application in special groups.

conclusionThis study presents the current status and trend of research on mind-body therapies, and inflammatory interventions and higher-level research assessment methods are potential hotspots, which can help researchers to clarify hotspots and explore new directions.

Indexed as

BibliometricsBiomedical ResearchInternationalityMind-Body TherapiesHumansBibliometric analysisCiteSpaceMind-body therapiesVisualizationVOSviewer

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PMID40128872
PMCPMC11934818

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