title: [Analysis on acupuncture related articles published in periodicals in science citation index (SCI) in 2008].
abstract: Acupuncture related articles published in periodicals in Science Citation Index (SCI) in 2008 were summarized and analyzed. About 583 articles were collected using "acupuncture" and "in 2008" as keywords in the Web of Science data base by information retrieval. These papers were summarized and analyzed from various aspects of country, language, subject category, literature type, publication sources, impact factor, research method, acupoints, disease category and needling methods by using Excel software combined with manual sorting of the literature, the aim is to provide a reference for domestic acupuncture research.
authors.affiliation: Research Center of Experimental Study of Acupuncture, Tianjin University of TCM, Tianjin 300193, China. wangchaodexinxiang@126.com
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wen-Ju
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015706:Bibliometrics; D055811:Journal Impact Factor; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012586:Science / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*