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Publication activity in complementary and alternative medicine

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  • Jenny-Ann Brodin Danell

    (Umeå University)

  • Rickard Danell

    (Umeå University)

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In this article we analyse how research on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) break through into one established scientific arena, namely academic journals. With help from bibliometric methods we analyse publication of CAM articles, in the Medline database, during the period 1966–2007. We also analyse the general content of the articles and in what journals they get published. We conclude that the publication activity of CAM articles increases rapidly, especially in the late 1990s, and that the changing growth rate is not due to the general expansion of Medline. The character of CAM articles has changed towards more clinical oriented research, especially in subfields such as acupuncture and musculoskeletal manipulations. CAM articles are found both in core clinical journals and in specialized CAM journals. Even though a substantial part of the articles are published in CAM journals, we conclude that the increasing publication activity is not restricted to the expansion of these specialized journals.

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  • Jenny-Ann Brodin Danell & Rickard Danell, 2009. "Publication activity in complementary and alternative medicine," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 80(2), pages 539-551, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:80:y:2009:i:2:d:10.1007_s11192-008-2078-8
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-008-2078-8
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    1. Hess, D.J., 2002. "Complementary or alternative? Stronger vs weaker integration policies," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 92(10), pages 1579-1581.
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    1. Jenny-Ann Brodin Danell, 2014. "Reception of integrative and complementary medicine (ICM) in scientific journals: a citation and co-word analysis," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 98(2), pages 807-821, February.
    2. Jun-Ying Fu & Xu Zhang & Yun-Hua Zhao & Mu-Hsuan Huang & Dar-Zen Chen, 2011. "Bibliometric analysis of complementary and alternative medicine research over three decades," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 88(2), pages 617-626, August.
    3. Jun-Ying Fu & Xu Zhang & Yun-Hua Zhao & He-Feng Tong & Dar-Zen Chen & Mu-Hsuan Huang, 2012. "Scientific production and citation impact: a bibliometric analysis in acupuncture over three decades," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 93(3), pages 1061-1079, December.

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