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Table 3 General Characteristics of Publications in TCAIM Journals

From: Insight into the characteristics of research published in traditional, complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine journals: a bibliometric analysis

Publication Volume

Number of Total Publications

n = 172466

100.0%

Number of Open Access Publications

n = 42331

24.5%

Document Type (# of publications)

Article

n = 139540

80.9%

Review

n = 13418

7.8%

Note

n = 5873

3.4%

Editorial

n = 4643

2.7%

Letter

n = 3096

1.8%

Conference Paper

n = 2706

1.6%

Short Survey

n = 1774

1.0%

Erratum

n = 1293

0.7%

Retracted

n = 23

0.0%

Conference Review

n = 5

0.0%

Undefined

n = 95

0.1%

Number of Unique Authors

n = 219680

Source Titles (Journals) Across All Publications

n = 144

Subject Area of Publication (10 Highest)

(# of publications)

Medicine

n = 172456

100.0%

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics

n = 86902

50.4%

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

n = 40262

23.3%

Chemistry

n = 31845

18.5%

Agricultural and Biological Sciences

n = 12124

7.0%

Health Professions

n = 11487

6.7%

Nursing

n = 7428

4.3%

Social Sciences

n = 1949

1.1%

Mathematics

n = 1461

0.8%

Arts and Humanities

n = 1249

0.7%

Language of Publication (10 Highest)

(# of publications)

English

n = 135718

78.7%

Chinese

n = 24614

14.3%

German

n = 8611

5.0%

Spanish

n = 1741

1.0%

French

n = 1645

1.0%

Portuguese

n = 1065

0.6%

Persian

n = 691

0.4%

Polish

n = 200

0.1%

Italian

n = 162

0.1%

Arabic

n = 120

0.1%

Country of Publication (20 Highest)

(# of publications)

China

n = 45860

26.6%

United States

n = 29523

17.1%

Germany

n = 10120

5.9%

India

n = 9116

5.3%

Japan

n = 6774

3.9%

South Korea

n = 6120

3.5%

United Kingdom

n = 6057

3.5%

Brazil

n = 4915

2.8%

Australia

n = 3844

2.2%

Taiwan

n = 3660

2.1%

Iran

n = 3558

2.1%

Italy

n = 3341

1.9%

France

n = 3325

1.9%

Canada

n = 2607

1.5%

Spain

n = 2449

1.4%

Switzerland

n = 2238

1.3%

Austria

n = 1835

1.1%

Nigeria

n = 1814

1.1%

Malaysia

n = 1798

1.0%

Turkey

n = 1754

1.0%

Institutional Affiliation (20 Highest)

(# of publications)

China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

n = 3560

2.1%

Beijing University of Chinese Medicine

n = 2896

1.7%

Chinese Academy of Sciences

n = 2896

1.7%

Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College

n = 2613

1.5%

Ministry of Education China

n = 2595

1.5%

Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

n = 1949

1.1%

Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

n = 1868

1.1%

China Pharmaceutical University

n = 1403

0.8%

Kyung Hee University

n = 1302

0.8%

Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

n = 1171

0.7%

China Medical University Taichung

n = 1165

0.7%

Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

n = 1153

0.7%

Shenyang Pharmaceutical University

n = 1147

0.7%

Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine

n = 1078

0.6%

Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College

n = 1069

0.6%

Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College

n = 1035

0.6%

Peking University

n = 963

0.6%

Kunming Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences

n = 941

0.5%

Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

n = 853

0.5%

Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine

n = 785

0.5%

Funding Sponsor (20 Highest)

(# of publications)

National Natural Science Foundation of China

n = 5711

3.3%

National Institutes of Health

n = 4055

2.4%

US Department of Health and Human Services

n = 4032

2.3%

National Cancer Institute

n = 1477

0.9%

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

n = 1057

0.6%

Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China

n = 979

0.6%

National Research Foundation of Korea

n = 944

0.5%

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

n = 932

0.5%

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

n = 903

0.5%

Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China

n = 749

0.4%

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

n = 694

0.4%

Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovações

n = 574

0.3%

Coordenação de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior

n = 527

0.3%

National Institute of General Medical Sciences

n = 442

0.3%

National Center for Research Resources

n = 427

0.3%

National Key Research and Development Program of China

n = 397

0.2%

Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning

n = 353

0.2%

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

n = 323

0.2%

European Commission

n = 309

0.2%

Chinese Academy of Sciences

n = 293

0.2%