Table 1.
Hormesis-relevant publications in China’s domestic journals. For each keyword, all manuscript aspects were searched (e.g. theme, keyword, title, or abstract). The last search was done on April 6, 2022. The survey was done by two independent reviewers and cross-checked. CNKI: China National Knowledge Infrastructure (https://www.cnki.net/). CSTTPB: (VIP) Chinese Science and Technology Periodical Database (http://lib.cqvip.com/). WFD: Wanfang Data (https://wanfangdata.com.cn/index.html). 低剂量兴奋效应 (dī jìliàng xīngfèn xiàoyìng): low-dose stimulation. 毒物兴奋效应 (dúwù xīngfèn xiàoyìng): hormesis (literally: toxic substances make the receptor excited). n/a: non-available. Note that in the title of some studies, while the text is in Chinese, ‘hormesis’ is written directly in English, even in 1990; in a study titled ‘"Hormesis"现象与低水平电离辐射-范正平’. 3
| Keyword | Database | Number of records | Year of earliest record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hormesis | CNKI | 673 | 1985 4 |
| CSTTPB | 194 | 1990 3 | |
| WFD | 323 | 1985 5 | |
| Hormetic | CNKI | 104 | 1995 6 |
| CSTTPB | 27 | 1997 7 | |
| WFD | 31 | 1989 8 | |
| Hormetin | CNKI | 0 | n/a |
| CSTTPB | 0 | n/a | |
| WFD | 0 | n/a | |
| 低剂量兴奋效应 | CNKI | 131 | 1991 9 |
| CSTTPB | 129 | 1990 10 | |
| WFD | 34 | 1991 11 | |
| 毒物兴奋效应 | CNKI | 178 | 1991 9 |
| CSTTPB | 81 | 1997 12 | |
| WFD | 148 | 1998 13 |