On April 11, the New Era Summit Forum on High-Quality Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine was held at the Internet International Expo Center in Wuzhen, China. The conference revealed “The Top 50 High Impact Research of Traditional Medicine”published in 2021. Among them, 10 results were completed by the institutes of the United States, Germany, Japan and other six countries, and 11 results were completed through international cooperation involving 15 institutes from 10 countries.

This selection activity was organized by the Journal of Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine with the support of the China Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The selection was conducted from five dimensions: journal influence, article influence, author influence, public influence, and academic influence. These researches were selected by indexing in databases, expert recommendations, and self-recommendations. The final selection process included multiple stages such as online public voting, peer expert voting, and expert consensus. By comprehensively evaluating, a total of 50 researches were ultimately selected. The aim of the activity is conducive to promoting international cooperation and exchange, and commercialization of scientific and technological achievements.