Objective To explore the knowledge distribution, knowledge clustering, and the trend in development of wound therapy, by revealing the same keywords with multiple statistical method and social network analysis. Methods We searched the CNKI under the term " wound” , " therapy” , and " wound therapy” in February 2016. After the core keywords had been identified by Bicomb and Endnote X6 software in each stage, the co-occurrence matrix was built. Transformation, dimensionality reduction and clustering of the co-occurrence matrix were finished by SPSS 22.0 software, leading the strategic plot to be built. The visualized network images were drawn using Ucinet 6.0 software. Results The visualized domain knowledge-mapping was successfully built, and it directly reflected the structure of knowledge-mapping of the discipline, as well as key clusters. Boost development had been identified in this research. The subject developed own core research areas and clusters, but there was still lack of fitting characteristics. The newly wound therapeutic techniques had limited correlation with other clusters, while provided limited contributions to forward this subject. However, enriched core keywords had been demonstrated, and formed clear domain parts of this subject. Conclusions The analysis demonstrates that wound therapy has developed well, and hot research points follow the direction of medication treatment. The network of wound therapeutic subject has become mature and completed within a short period. Comprehensive therapy and long term follow-up results according to evidence-based nursing have become the domain field. Moreover, the newly therapeutic techniques should be paid more attention to shift the development of this subject. And the interactive research within this subject and among other regions should be enhanced.
目的 通过关键词共现分析和作者共现分析的方式，研究国内外循证医学教育领域的研究热点、学科分支和发展趋势。 方法 通过检索中国学术期刊数据库（CNKI）和Medline数据库，分别收集相关研究文献，并提取关键词词频、作者发文数、核心期刊和核心研究单位，对核心关键词和核心发文作者建立共现矩阵，使用Ucinet绘制可视化网络图。 结果 成功得到核心关键词和核心作者可视化网络。中文可视化网络包括“循证医学”、“护理”、“教育”、“教学”4个方面，英文可视化网络包括“evidence-based medicine”、“nursing”、“education”、“organization amp; administration”4个方面，国内外该学科发展趋势相似。国内循证医学教育以四川大学为核心，合作网络较大。同时国内核心期刊与国外侧重点不同。 结论 国内循证医学教育研究领域总体发展趋势良好，在医学教育中起着极为重要的作用。Objective To built visualized networks of evidence-based medical education in and out of China by using co-occurrence analysis of key words and authors. Methods We searched the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) database in Chinese and Medline database in English, collecting the related articles, and took out the core key words, core authors and core administrations. Then we built the matrix of key words and authors, and finally finished visualized network by Ucinet. Results We successfully obtained the visualization of this subject. Chinese network contained four parts: “evidence-based medicine”, “nursing”, “education” and “teaching”; while English network also contained four parts: “evidence-based medicine”, “nursing”, “education”, “organization” and “administration”. In China, Sichuan University located in the center of the network of authors, and also leading in the administrations. The network of authors in China showed a larger cooperation than overseas. And the core-periodicals had different emphases. Conclusion The evidence-based medical education develops well in China, and plays an important role in the medical education.
【摘要】 目的 通过关键词共现分析和作者共现分析的方式，研究国内外循证心血管领域的研究热点、学科分支和发展趋势。 方法 通过检索中国生物医学数据库和Medline数据库，分别收集相关研究文献，并提取关键词词频、作者发文数和核心研究单位，对核心关键词和核心发文作者建立共现矩阵，使用Ucinet绘制可视化网络图。 结果 成功得到核心关键词和核心作者可视化网络。中文可视化网络包括循证医学、治疗和护理3个方面，英文可视化网络包括evidence-based medicine、therapy和treatment outcome 3个方面。而在作者合作可视化网络中，国内作者合作关系较为松散，合作团体较小，国外作者合作关系较为紧密，合作团体较大。国内核心研究机构分布于循证研究重点高校，国外则以发达国家为主。 结论 国内循证心血管研究领域总体发展趋势较好，但较国外相比仍存在一些不足，需要进一步加强重点研究，调整研究规划。【Abstract】 Objective To research on the hot issues, branch system and development trend of evidence-based cardiovascular medicine in and out of china by using co-word analysis of keywords and authors. Methods By Searching the CBM database in Chinese and Medline database in English, we collected the related articles and picked out the frequency of keywords, authors and core administrations, and built the matrix of keywords and authors. Finally we completed the visualized network by Ucinet. Results We successfully obtained the visualization of this subject. Chinese network contained three parts: evidence-based medicine, therapy and nursing, while English network also contained three parts: evidence-based medicine, therapy and treatment outcome. In the authors′ visualized network, Chinese authors had less cooperation and looser relationship compared with their counterparts overseas. The core administrations in china located in outstanding universities, and developed countries had the dominated roles in the world. Conclusions The development trend of evidence-based cardiovascular medicine in china is good, but still has some limitations compared with overseas studies. More emphasis should be put on strengthening core-area researching and research plan adjustment.
Objective To use visualization methods to illustrate and compare major subjects, domains, and developments in evidence-based medicine (EBM) in recent years. Methods We analyzed MeSH terms and keywords in EBM articles in the MEDLINE and CNKI databases, and developed subject charts, research field relationship charts, and strategy coordination charts using word co-occurrence, PFNET algorithms, and visualization methods. Results Rapid developments and growth are taking place in EBM in China and around the world. Studies on humans comprised 94.4% of the EBM studies that we identified, while animal studies accounted for 2.6% (three quarters of these animal studies were on primates). The six countries with the largest number of EBM articles and the eight host nations for the 108 journals with the most EBM publications were from high-income countries. In China, 31 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions have published EBM articles, although most of these publications come from the more highly-developed areas of the country. The investigation of word co-occurrence showed that EBM articles outside of China involve seven main fields: “Therapy”, “Methods”, “Standards”, “Research”, “Education”, ”Nursing” and “Organization and Administration”. Five of these fields (“Therapy”, “Nursing”, “Research”, “Education” and “Management”) were common to China but the top seven fields for this country included “Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)” and “Information resources”; and did not include “Methods” and “Standards”. Furthermore, studies on “Nursing” and “Research” were not as advanced in China as in other countries. Conclusion There are similarities between China and the rest of the world in several areas in the EBM literature but also some important differences. Throughout the world, the most resource-rich regions or organizations tend to have the most well-developed EBM. These regions and organizations are producing more evidence and conducting more methodology research than the less resourced regions and organizations. There is an urgent need for these regions and organizations to strengthen their use of evidence, to learn more about the philosophy that underpins EBM, and to improve accessibility to, and use of, evidence in choices about health care.
Objective To investigate the output of evidence-based medicine (EBM) researchers in China and elsewhere by examining the EBM domains they work within and the networks that exist among them; using visualization methods to analyze these relationships. This maps the current situation and helps with the identification of areas for future growth. Method We used co-citation matrixes with Pathfinder networks and hierarchical clustering algorithms, and constructed a co-author matrix which were analyzed with a whole network approach. The analyzed matrixes were visualized with the UCINET program. Result Much of the development of EBM has been centered around three authors, David Sackett, Gordon Guyatt and L Manchikanti, within three different clusters. The main authors of EBM articles in China were divided into nine academic domains. The relations among core authors of articles indexed by the Science Citation Index (SCI) was loose. There was a ber co-authorship network among core authors in the Chinese literature, with three groups and 21 cliques. Nine distinct academic communities appeared to have formed around Li Youping, Liu Ming and Zhang Mingming. Conclusion The EBM literature contains several key clusters, with universities in high-income countries being the source of the majority of articles. Outside China, McMaster University in Canada, the original home of EBM, is the dominant producer of EBM publications. In China, Sichuan University is the main source of EBM publications. The EBM cooperation network in China is comprised of three major groups, the largest and most productive in this sample is led by Li Youping with Liu Ming, Zhang Mingming, Li Jing, Wang Li, Wu Taixiang, and Liu Guanjian as central members.
Objective To identify patterns in information sharing between a series of Chinese evidence based medicine (EBM) journals and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, to determine key evidence dissemination areas for EBM and to provide a scientific basis for improving the dissemination of EBM research. Method Data were collected on citing and cited from the Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine (CJEBM), Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine (JEBMc), Chinese Journal of Evidence Based Pediatrics (CJEBP), and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR). Relationships between citations were visualized. High-frequency key words from these sources were identified, to build a word co-occurrence matrix and to map research subjects. Result CDSR contains a large collection of information of relevance to EBM and its contents are widely cited across many journals, suggesting a well-developed citation environment. The content and citation of the Chinese journals have been increasing in recent years. However, their citation environments are much less developed, and there is a wide variation in the breadth and strength of their knowledge communication, with the ranking from highest to lowest being CJEBM, JEBMc and CJEBP. The content of CDSR is almost exclusively Cochrane intervention reviews examining the effects of healthcare interventions, so it’s contribution to EBM is mostly in disease control and treatment. On the other hand, the Chinese journals on evidence-based medicine and practice focused more on areas such as education and research, design and quality of clinical trials, evidence based policymaking, evidence based clinical practice, tumor treatment, and pediatrics. Conclusion Knowledge and findings of EBM are widely communicated and disseminated. However, citation environments and range of knowledge communication differ greatly between the journals examined in this study. This finds that Chinese EBM has focused mainly on clinical medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, pediatrics, tumor treatment, nursing, health economic and management, and medical education. Internationally, EBM research topics have begun to shift, from drug treatment to surgery or other non-pharmacological treatments; from therapy to diagnosis, rehabilitation, and prevention; from evidence based clinical practice to evidence based management and policymaking. The philosophy and method of EBM, evidence production and translation are also shifting from well resourced settings to low- and middle-income countries, especially those in which English is not a major language.