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Trends in global amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research from 2000 to 2022: A bibliometric analysis

BACKGROUND: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a relentlessly progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting the motor neurons. Although much research has been conducted in this field, few bibliometric studies have been conducted. This study aimed to provide an overview of publishing characteri...

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Autores principales: Shi, Guanzhong, Zhou, Jinxia, Huang, Kun, Bi, Fang-Fang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9399758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36033620
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.965230
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author Shi, Guanzhong
Zhou, Jinxia
Huang, Kun
Bi, Fang-Fang
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Huang, Kun
Bi, Fang-Fang
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description BACKGROUND: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a relentlessly progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting the motor neurons. Although much research has been conducted in this field, few bibliometric studies have been conducted. This study aimed to provide an overview of publishing characteristics and trends in ALS research since 2000 using a bibliometric analysis. METHODS: We conducted a comprehensive literature search in the Web of Science (WOS) Core Collection database for scientific output related to ALS from 2000 to 2022. The retrieved dataset was refined using Google OpenRefine and analyzed using bibliometrix. RESULTS: A total of 29,391 articles published since 2000 were retrieved, with an average annual growth rate of 6.35%. Ninety-six countries and regions contributed to ALS research, among which the United States had the dominant position with the highest number of publications (n = 8,202) and citations (n = 558,561). An association analysis was performed to form networks of country collaboration and keyword co-occurrence. The evolution of topic trends was demonstrated in terms of both frequency and proportion. CONCLUSION: The output of ALS research has increased steadily over the years, and the United States and Western Europe are leaders in this field. There is an upgradation in the pathomechanism and clinical research on ALS.
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spelling pubmed-93997582022-08-25 Trends in global amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research from 2000 to 2022: A bibliometric analysis Shi, Guanzhong Zhou, Jinxia Huang, Kun Bi, Fang-Fang Front Neurosci Neuroscience BACKGROUND: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a relentlessly progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting the motor neurons. Although much research has been conducted in this field, few bibliometric studies have been conducted. This study aimed to provide an overview of publishing characteristics and trends in ALS research since 2000 using a bibliometric analysis. METHODS: We conducted a comprehensive literature search in the Web of Science (WOS) Core Collection database for scientific output related to ALS from 2000 to 2022. The retrieved dataset was refined using Google OpenRefine and analyzed using bibliometrix. RESULTS: A total of 29,391 articles published since 2000 were retrieved, with an average annual growth rate of 6.35%. Ninety-six countries and regions contributed to ALS research, among which the United States had the dominant position with the highest number of publications (n = 8,202) and citations (n = 558,561). An association analysis was performed to form networks of country collaboration and keyword co-occurrence. The evolution of topic trends was demonstrated in terms of both frequency and proportion. CONCLUSION: The output of ALS research has increased steadily over the years, and the United States and Western Europe are leaders in this field. There is an upgradation in the pathomechanism and clinical research on ALS. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9399758/ /pubmed/36033620 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.965230 Text en Copyright © 2022 Shi, Zhou, Huang and Bi. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Huang, Kun
Bi, Fang-Fang
Trends in global amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research from 2000 to 2022: A bibliometric analysis
title Trends in global amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research from 2000 to 2022: A bibliometric analysis
title_full Trends in global amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research from 2000 to 2022: A bibliometric analysis
title_fullStr Trends in global amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research from 2000 to 2022: A bibliometric analysis
title_full_unstemmed Trends in global amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research from 2000 to 2022: A bibliometric analysis
title_short Trends in global amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research from 2000 to 2022: A bibliometric analysis
title_sort trends in global amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research from 2000 to 2022: a bibliometric analysis
topic Neuroscience
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9399758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36033620
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.965230
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