Table 1_Research trends and hotspots of electroacupuncture for depression: a bibliometric

317 studies on electroacupuncture for depression were analyzed from the Web of Science Core Collection and PubMed. The analysis covers publication trends, international collaboration, and thematic shifts from clinical outcomes to neurobiological mechanisms. The dataset was created by Xuyang Feng and last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze publication growth and international collaboration patterns based on the annual publication data from 2005 to 2025.
• Identify key research themes and shifts from clinical to mechanistic studies based on the high-frequency keyword analysis.
• Map the network of major contributing institutions and authors, such as Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Lao Lixing.
• Examine co-citation clusters to understand major mechanism-related research themes like the BDNF/TrkB signaling pathway.

Strengths

• Analysis is based on 317 studies from the Web of Science Core Collection.
• Includes a comparative keyword analysis using PubMed as a supplementary database.
• Covers a 20-year time range from 2005 to 2025.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 30.2 KB DOCX file, suggesting limited scope and likely a summary document rather than raw data.
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred from the report.
• Data may reflect geographic bias, as China is noted as the leading contributor.

Provenance

Source

Web of Science Core Collection and PubMed.

Collection Method

Bibliometric analysis performed using SCImago Graphica, CiteSpace, and VOSviewer.

Time Range

2005 to 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 05:28:03.

Geography

Global, with China noted as the leading contributor.