Stephen Birch

2.6k total citations
86 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Stephen Birch is a scholar working on Complementary and alternative medicine, Cognitive Neuroscience and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Birch has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine, 29 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 19 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Stephen Birch's work include Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies (64 papers), Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (48 papers) and Pain Management and Placebo Effect (29 papers). Stephen Birch is often cited by papers focused on Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies (64 papers), Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (48 papers) and Pain Management and Placebo Effect (29 papers). Stephen Birch collaborates with scholars based in Norway, South Korea and United States. Stephen Birch's co-authors include Terje Alræk, Myeong Soo Lee, Tae‐Hun Kim, Robert N. Jamison, Brian Berman, Lixing Lao, Nicola Robinson, Victoria Hadhazy, Jeanette Ezzo and Gary Kaplan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Applied Physiology and Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Birch

83 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stephen Birch Norway 23 1.4k 556 413 227 167 86 1.8k
Richard C. Niemtzow United States 18 1.2k 0.9× 498 0.9× 280 0.7× 99 0.4× 227 1.4× 81 1.6k
WU Tai-xiang China 7 1.3k 1.0× 409 0.7× 338 0.8× 164 0.7× 205 1.2× 18 1.7k
Jeanette Ezzo United States 19 1.0k 0.7× 426 0.8× 526 1.3× 280 1.2× 328 2.0× 31 2.0k
Zhishun Liu China 22 666 0.5× 133 0.2× 265 0.6× 53 0.2× 154 0.9× 101 1.2k
Kun Hyung Kim South Korea 21 576 0.4× 109 0.2× 333 0.8× 91 0.4× 98 0.6× 88 1.2k
Lingjun Kong China 16 180 0.1× 95 0.2× 252 0.6× 71 0.3× 88 0.5× 76 785
Stewart A. Bergman United States 13 303 0.2× 247 0.4× 90 0.2× 26 0.1× 55 0.3× 29 663
Anthony Campbell United Kingdom 13 283 0.2× 165 0.3× 79 0.2× 47 0.2× 61 0.4× 53 695
G. Dobos Germany 15 232 0.2× 84 0.2× 87 0.2× 25 0.1× 115 0.7× 60 1.0k
James C. Baldi New Zealand 27 612 0.4× 29 0.1× 69 0.2× 112 0.5× 213 1.3× 58 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen Birch

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Birch

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All Works

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Choi, Tae‐Young, Lin Ang, Ji Hee Jun, et al.. (2022). Acupuncture for Managing Cancer-Related Fatigue in Breast Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Cancers. 14(18). 4419–4419. 22 indexed citations
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Birch, Stephen, et al.. (2020). Acupuncture as a Treatment Within Integrative Health for Palliative Care: A Brief Narrative Review of Evidence and Recommendations. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 26(9). 786–793. 15 indexed citations
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Birch, Stephen, Myeong Soo Lee, Terje Alræk, & Tae‐Hun Kim. (2018). Overview of Treatment Guidelines and Clinical Practical Guidelines That Recommend the Use of Acupuncture: A Bibliometric Analysis. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 24(8). 752–769. 62 indexed citations
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Birch, Stephen, Myeong Soo Lee, Nicola Robinson, & Terje Alræk. (2017). The U.K. NICE 2014 Guidelines for Osteoarthritis of the Knee: Lessons Learned in a Narrative Review Addressing Inadvertent Limitations and Bias. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 23(4). 242–246. 22 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Hugh, et al.. (2017). Lifestyle Advice and Self-Care Integral to Acupuncture Treatment for Patients with Chronic Neck Pain: Secondary Analysis of Outcomes Within a Randomized Controlled Trial. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 23(3). 180–187. 16 indexed citations
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Birch, Stephen. (2014). Historical and Clinical Perspectives on De Qi : Exposing Limitations in the Scientific Study of De Qi. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 21(1). 1–7. 13 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Kylie, et al.. (2013). Traditional East Asian Medical Pulse Diagnosis: A Preliminary Physiologic Investigation. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 19(10). 793–798. 11 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Kylie, et al.. (2009). Investigating the Reliability of Japanese Toyohari Meridian Therapy Diagnosis. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 15(10). 1099–1105. 13 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Kylie & Stephen Birch. (2009). A Review of the Reliability of Traditional East Asian Medicine Diagnoses. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 15(4). 353–366. 55 indexed citations
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Birch, Stephen. (2008). Trigger Points Should Not Be Confused with Acupoints. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 14(10). 1184–1185. 1 indexed citations
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Birch, Stephen. (2006). A Review and Analysis of Placebo Treatments, Placebo Effects, and Placebo Controls in Trials of Medical Procedures When Sham Is Not Inert. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 12(3). 303–310. 121 indexed citations
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Birch, Stephen, et al.. (2004). Clinical Research on Acupuncture: Part 1. What Have Reviews of the Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture Told Us So Far?. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 10(3). 468–480. 101 indexed citations
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Birch, Stephen. (2004). Clinical Research on Acupuncture: Part 2. Controlled Clinical Trials, an Overview of Their Methods. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 10(3). 481–498. 50 indexed citations
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Birch, Stephen. (2003). Trigger Point–Acupuncture Point Correlations Revisited. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 9(1). 91–103. 59 indexed citations
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Birch, Stephen. (2002). Acupuncture and Bronchial Asthma: A Long-Term Randomized Study. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 8(6). 751–754. 5 indexed citations
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Birch, Stephen & Karen J. Sherman. (1999). Zhong Yi Acupuncture and Low-Back Pain: Traditional Chinese Medical Acupuncture Differential Diagnoses and Treatments for Chronic Lumbar Pain. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 5(5). 415–425. 30 indexed citations
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Friedman, Mark J., Stephen Birch, & William A. Tiller. (1997). Mathematical Modeling as a Tool for Basic Research in Acupuncture. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 3(supplement 1). s–89. 3 indexed citations
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Birch, Stephen, Richard Hammerschlag, & Brian Berman. (1996). Acupuncture in the Treatment of Pain. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 2(1). 101–124. 25 indexed citations
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Birch, Stephen. (1995). To The Editor. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 1(3). 221–222. 2 indexed citations

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