Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies
Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies is a research topic within Complementary and alternative medicine. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1950. 16.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the mechanisms, clinical applications, and safety of acupuncture, focusing on its effects on pain relief, neurological responses, and fibroblast reactions. It also delves into the outcomes of acupuncture in various clinical trials for conditions such as osteoarthritis, depression, and cancer care.
- Acupuncture
- Pain Relief
- Neurological Effects
- Clinical Trials
- Fibroblast Response
- Brain Imaging
- Adverse Events
- Osteoarthritis
- Depression
- Cancer Care
- Research works
- 23k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.8k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 16.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +11% the tick is no change
This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.
Which countries lead Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.4k and 424 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.4k works
- 2 United States 424 works
- 3 India 372 works
- 4 South Korea 215 works
- 5 Indonesia 124 works
- 6 Türkiye 105 works
- 7 Brazil 103 works
- 8 Germany 90 works
- 9 Iran 84 works
- 10 Japan 82 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine publishes the most Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies research, followed by Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 94 works
- 2 Beijing University of Chinese MedicineChina 91 works
- 3 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 85 works
- 4 Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 76 works
- 5 China Association of Acupuncture-MoxibustionChina 71 works
- 6 Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineChina 58 works
- 7 Guangzhou University of Chinese MedicineChina 56 works
- 8 Shaanxi University of Chinese MedicineChina 45 works
- 9 Shandong University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 42 works
- 10 Zhejiang Chinese Medical UniversityChina 40 works
Where is Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies research done?
The largest centres of Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Chengdu (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Moganshan and Xianyang.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- MoganshanCN · 28.8 works322×
- XianyangCN · 62.6 works61×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies?
Among universities, judged by research, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine and Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina | 71.1 | 29.8% | 96.3× | 94 | -38.8% |
| 2 | Guangzhou University of Chinese MedicineChina | 67.1 | 27.6% | 68.1× | 56 | -21.4% |
| 3 | Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina | 66.3 | 36.4% | 64.9× | 28 | -54.2% |
| 4 | Beijing University of Chinese MedicineChina | 64.6 | 21.2% | 118.5× | 91 | -32.5% |
| 5 | Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina | 64.3 | 22.9% | 89.1× | 76 | -37.5% |
| 6 | Kyung Hee UniversitySouth Korea | 62.6 | 21.3% | 19.1× | 31 | +17.1% |
| 7 | Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina | 62.2 | 14.9% | 20.0× | 85 | -1.7% |
| 8 | Fujian University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina | 62.2 | 29.8% | 88.2× | 22 | +1.9% |
| 9 | Zhejiang Chinese Medical UniversityChina | 61.2 | 23.5% | 35.7× | 40 | -4.3% |
| 10 | Hunan University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina | 60.8 | 31.3% | 61.6× | 20 | -22.4% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.