Table V.

The top 12 most highly cited articles in TCM in asthma research from 1991 to 2021 (sorted by the cited frequency, alternatively sorted by the year)

Rank	Title	First author	Journal	Year	Cited frequency	DOI
1	Trends in alternative medicine use in the United States, 1990-1997: results of a follow-up national survey	Eisenberg23	JAMA-J Am Med Assoc	1998	39	10.1001/jama.280.18.1569
2	Efficacy and mechanisms of action of traditional Chinese medicines for treating asthma and allergy	Li24	J Allergy Clin Immunol	2009	37	10.1016/j.jaci.2008.12.026
3	Efficacy and tolerability of anti-asthma herbal medicine intervention in adult patients with moderate-severe allergic asthma	Wen25	J Allergy Clin Immunol	2005	35	10.1016/j.jaci.2005.05.029
4	Herbal interventions in asthma and allergy	Bielory26	J Asthma	1999	34	10.3109/02770909909065150
5	Global strategy for asthma management and prevention: GINA executive summary	Bateman27	Eur Respir J	2008	29	10.1183/09031936.00138707
6	Alternative medicine for allergy and asthma	Ziment28	J Allergy Clin Immunol	2000	27	10.1067/mai.2000.109432
7	Alternative therapies among adults with a reported diagnosis of asthma or rhinosinusitis: data from a population-based survey	Blanc29	Chest	2001	26	10.1378/chest.120.5.1461
8	The immunology of asthma	Lambrecht30	Nat Immunol	2015	25	10.1038/ni.3049
9	Unconventional medicine in the United States. Prevalence, costs, and patterns of use	Eisenberg31	N Engl J Med	1993	23	10.1056/NEJM199301283280406
9	Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) 2008 update (in collaboration with the World Health Organization, GA(2)LEN and AllerGen)	Bousquet32	Allergy	2008	23	10.1111/j.1398-9995.2007.01620.x
11	Complementary and alternative medicine use in asthma: who is using what?	Slader33	Respirology	2006	21	10.1111/j.1440-1843.2006.00861.x
11	Xiao-Qing-Long-Tang attenuates allergic airway inflammation and remodeling in repetitive Dermatogoides pteronyssinus challenged chronic asthmatic mice model	Wang34	J Ethnopharmacol	2012	21	10.1016/j.jep.2012.05.033