Mapping a Scientific Map of Researchers in the Field of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Publications

MS is an inflammatory disease in which the myelin sheaths of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged. Analysis of scientific publications of MS can show the scientific performance of the world in this important field. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze and evaluate the prevalence of this disease in the world in order to extract the pattern of scientific outputs

In this study, bibliometric and illustration methods from Web of Science database were used. We first selected the MS-related keywords from the mesh (medical subject headings). Then, by searching the database, global scientific publications related to MS were extracted in CSV format and data were analyzed and illustrated using citation analysis techniques with the help of Excel and VOSviewer software.

A total of 1902670 documents were indexed by world researchers about MS in this database. The average citation per document was 2.60 and the average h-index of retrieved publications was 15. Most of the published articles were original and in English, and most of the articles by researchers were published in MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL. Lipro University was the most prolific institution in Europe and Kim MS was the most prolific author with 14503 degrees. Most collaborations were with researchers in the United States. The subject of neuroscience had the largest number of published documents

Finding showed that worldwide various research institutes with the main participation in the dissemination of information sources have conducted acceptable research in the field of MS.