Table 2.

Authors, cited authors, keywords and cited references contributed to publications on acupuncture for cerebral infarction from 1993 to 2023.

No.	Author	Frequency	Citations	Cited Author	Citations	Total link strength	Cited Reference	Frequency	Cited Reference	Centrality	Keyword	Frequency
1	Tao, Jing	21	710	Zhang, SH	75	705	Wu et al. (20)	41	Wang et al. (21)	0.58	Acupuncture	319
2	Chen, Lidian	20	668	Longa, EZ	74	334	Chavez et al. (22)	40	Lin and Hsieh (23)	0.54	Stroke	167
3	Huang, Jia	14	550	Wu, P	73	671	Zhang et al. (24)	36	Lu et al. (25)	0.52	Ischemic Stroke	122
4	Liu, Cun-Zhi	12	375	Wang, Q	69	615	Yang et al. (26)	30	Kim et al. (27)	0.51	Recovery	69
5	Liu, Weilin	12	292	Wang, Y	66	619	Wang et al. (28)	27	Xie et al. (29)	0.50	Rehabilitation	56
6	Meng, Zhihong	9	31	Zhang, Y	54	591	Kong et al. (30)	27	Kim et al. (31)	0.48	Brain	53
7	Wang, Qiang	9	278	Tao, J	51	561	Shen et al. (32)	25	Liu et al. (33)	0.38	Expression	49
8	Yang, Shanli	9	334	Li, J	49	521	Lu et al. (25)	24	Li et al. (19)	0.29	Stimulation	49
9	Zou, Yihuai	9	80	Zhou, F	48	595	Kim et al. (27)	22	Benjamin et al. (34)	0.25	Activation	42
10	Huang, Yong	8	108	Feigin, VL	46	317	Donnan et al. (35)	20	Zhao et al. (36)	0.24	Rats	33

In this table, the other two identical columns represent different rankings. The left column of the table represents the authors who have published acupuncture for cerebral infarction. The frequency of contribution is sorted from high to low.