Table 1 Top 10 converging subject terms in the global pharmaceutical industry (China vs. the United States)
Ranking | Subject term (China) | Record count | Subject term (U.S.) | Record count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | traditional Chinese medicinal composition | 673 | pharmaceutical composition | 1049 |
2 | traditional Chinese medicine | 589 | treating cancer | 590 |
3 | pharmaceutical composition | 440 | breast cancer | 287 |
4 | radix astragali | 245 | biological sample | 286 |
5 | preparing medicine | 233 | rheumatoid arthritis | 280 |
6 | orange peel | 212 | alzheimers disease | 266 |
7 | radix codonopsitis | 186 | nucleic acid | 238 |
8 | rhizomeligusticiwallichii | 172 | multiple sclerosis | 205 |
9 | rhizomecoptidis | 159 | treating disease | 194 |
10 | treating cancer | 156 | lung cancer | 187 |