Table 3.

Top 10 authors and co-cited authors related to the research of acupuncture for stroke.

Rank	Author						Co-cited author
	Name	Articles	Country	Total citation	Average citation	H-index	Name	Citation
1	Tao,Jing	34	China	1012	29.76	33	Longa, Ez	129
2	Chen, Li Dian	28	China	852	30.43	37	Wang, Q	107
3	Liu, Wei Lin	21	China	454	21.62	32	Li, J	65
4	Wang,Qiang	21	China	753	35.86	37	Tao, J	61
5	Huang,Jia	20	China	717	35.85	21	Wu, P	56
6	Xiong, Li Ze	14	China	614	43.86	39	Kim, Jh	52
7	Lin, Ru Hui	12	China	425	35.42	1	Wang, Y	52
8	Yang, Shan Li	11	China	284	25.82	20	Zhou, F	50
9	Choi, Byung Tae	11	South Korea	369	33.55	32	Liu, Y	50
10	Shin, Hwa Kyoung	11	South Korea	369	33.55	34	Zhang, sh	49