Analysis of the Most-Cited Systematic Review or Meta-Analysis in Acupuncture Research

Table 5

Distribution by year of publication of the 100 most-cited studies.

Year	Number of study	Total citation	Average citation
1989	1	106	106
1996	1	202	202
1997	1	120	120
1998	3	672	224
1999	5	724	145
2000	2	440	220
2001	5	729	146
2002	2	170	85
2003	4	694	174
2004	2	339	170
2005	8	1,365	171
2006	7	688	103
2007	6	772	129
2008	8	960	120
2009	9	1,221	136
2010	9	968	108
2011	2	182	91
2012	7	1,340	192
2013	8	795	99
2014	2	288	144
2015	4	312	78
2016	2	160	80
2017	1	66	66
2018	1	146	146