Progressive multiple sclerosis: A bibliometric analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic immune-mediated disease with a poorly understood pathophysiology. This bibliometric analysis of the literature aims to gain an overview of the current state of research on progressive MS.

Methods

The Scopus database was searched using the terms "progressive" and "multiple sclerosis" in the title. The search was done till the 7th of January 2023. We analyzed annual trends, countries, institutions, authors, journals, articles, and keywords based primarily on the citation count.

Results

One thousand nine hundred ninety-one studies out of 1993 search results were included. The included studies had 65,788 citations with a mean of 33 citations per study. Most studies were published between the years 2016 and 2020 (

SUBMITTER: Shawawrah M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12431741 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature