%0 Journal Article
%T Research Progress on Acupuncture Therapy in Infertility: A Bibliometric Analysis from 2000 to 2021
%A Nuan Wen
%A Bin Qiu
%A Ping Wang
%A Ran Li
%J Chinese Medicine
%P 181-207
%@ 2151-1926
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/cm.2023.143009
%X <span><b><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">Objective: </span></b></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">To investigate the research progress and new trend of acupuncture in the
treatment of infertility from 2000 to 2021. <b>Methods:</b> The</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">literature
review was conducted on acupuncture and moxibustion treatment of infertility
from 2000 to 2021 from the</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">Web of Science core collection and PubMed. CiteSpace and VOSviewer were
used to analyze the annual number of articles, countries, institutions, authors,
journals, references and keywords. Statistical <span>Analysis Toolkit for Informetrics 3.2 (SATI) and IBM SPSS Modeler 18.0
were employed to draw the maps of core acupoints and acupuncture approaches.</span> <b>Results:</b></span></span></span><span><span><b><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span></b></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">A total
of 316 articles were included. From 2000 to 2021 <span>the number of publications has been ever increased with certain
fluctuations. The United Sta</span><span>tes w</span></span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">as</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> the most productive countr</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">y</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">. Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine was
the most active institution. Stener-Victorin E was the highest cited author. Fertility
and Sterility was the most prolific journal. Paulus We, 2002 was the highest
co-citation literature. SP6 (Sanyinjiao) was the most common</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">ly</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> used acupoint. Manual acupuncture was the most common</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">ly</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> used method. <b>Conclusions:</b> The study of
acupuncture in the treatment of infertility is characterized by multinational,
multi-institutional participation and close regional cooperation. Acupuncture
is a potentially effective therapy for infertility. Due to </span></span></span><span><span><span
%K Acupuncture
%K Infertility
%K Bibliometric Analysis
%K CiteSpace
%K VOSviewer
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=127521