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Mapping the dementia research area at the micro-level using co-terms analysis and positioning for traditional herbal medicine

Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine volume 20, pages 706–711 (2014)Cite this article

Abstract

Objective

To identify the position of traditional herbal medicine in dementia research field using mapping technology.

Methods

Keywords for dementia and traditional herbal medicine for treating dementia were used to extract scientific articles from the Web of Science database from January 2000 to July 2010. A co-occurrence matrix was created based on the concurrent set of author’s keywords occurring in each scientific article, and technology network maps were created from similarity index matrices.

Results

Twenty specialized research areas were identified in the dementia field, and the relationship strength was 0.2–0.6. Many research fields were associated with diagnosis and risk factors for dementia. Additionally, the mechanism or cause of dementia is an actively studied field. Traditional herbal medicine for treating dementia was located on a map near the cortical dementia diagnosis and therapy, and frontotemporal dementia research field with a relationship strength of 0.53 and 0.31–0.33 respectively, which demonstrates that traditional herbal medicine for dementia occupies an independent research area with a relationship to existing scientific research fields.

Conclusion

Traditional herbal medicine can provide an alternative and complementary approach for treating dementia as evidenced by a scientific mapping analysis.

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  1. Herbal Medicine Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, 305-811, Republic of Korea

    Bu-Yeo Kim & Won Kyung Jeon

  2. Information Analysis Center, Korea Institute of S&T Information, Seoul, 130-741, Republic of Korea

    Jong Seok Kang

  3. Department of Biological Science, Konkuk University, Seoul, 143-701, Republic of Korea

    Jung-Soo Han

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Supported by a grant from the Inter-Institutional Collaboration Research Program provided by the Korea Research Council of Fundamental Science & Technology, Korea (Kiom-2010-2) and in part by a grant from Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (K11220)

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Kim, BY., Kang, J.S., Han, JS. et al. Mapping the dementia research area at the micro-level using co-terms analysis and positioning for traditional herbal medicine. Chin. J. Integr. Med. 20, 706–711 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-012-1185-9

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Keywords

  • dementia
  • mapping
  • positioning
  • traditional herbal medicine