SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article
Front. Neurol.
Sec. Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fneur.2025.1512800
A bibliometric analysis based on web of science of magnetic resonance imaging usage in the spinocerebellar ataxia research
Provisionally accepted
- First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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The objective of this study was to review the history of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) research in spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) over the last 16 years. We conducted a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of relevant scientific literature covering the use of MRI for the study of SCA via CiteSpace. 761 scientific manuscripts published between January 2009 and March 2025 and available in Web of Science (WoS) were used in this project. 197 of those 761 articles were analyzed with CiteSpace to determine the number and centrality of publications, countries, institutions, journals, authors, cited references, and keywords in relationship with MRI and SCA. Overall, the number of publications that use MRI for the study of SCA is gradually increasing every year. The United States, China, Italy, Germany, and Brazil are at the forefront of the world in this research field, 420 authors from 317 research institutions in these areas have published articles in neuroscience related journals. In the ranking of the most frequently cited publications, Rezende et al. 2018 article on brain structural damage in SCA3 patients and Klockgether et al.2019 article on a review of spinocerebellar ataxia ranked first. The keyword "spinocerebellar ataxia" has the highest frequency of occurrence. However, "feature" may be a research hotspot in the coming years based on analysis of the keyword's citation burst. The findings of this bibliometric study provide a summary of the last 16 years of SCA research using MRI technology. More importantly, our work identifies current trends and future research hotspots in the field, helping researchers to identify new and unexplored research areas.
Keywords: spinocerebellar ataxia, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Bibliometrics, Citespace, Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3
Received: 17 Oct 2024; Accepted: 13 Jun 2025.
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* Correspondence: Xin-Yuan Chen, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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