Current Research Trends in Traditional Chinese Medicine Formula: A Bibliometric Review from 2000 to 2016

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:18.51em"/><col style="width:6.92em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Research interests</td><td class="align_center">Number (%)∗</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Pharmacology</td><td class="align_center">1515 (57.80%)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Pharmaceutical analysis</td><td class="align_center">691 (26.36%)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Clinical research</td><td class="align_center">381 (14.54%)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Mathematical Analysis and System Biology</td><td class="align_center">64 (2.44)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Toxicology</td><td class="align_center">32 (1.22%)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Pharmaceutical preparations</td><td class="align_center">27 (1.03%)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Pathology</td><td class="align_center">4 (0.02%)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>∗Total percentage exceeds 100% due to multidiscipline interaction.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Research interests of articles by reading abstracts or full-texts.</div>

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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Table 3: Current Research Trends in Traditional Chinese Medicine Formula: A Bibliometric Review from 2000 to 2016 