Journal article
Bibliometric analysis on trends and future direction of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy research
Türk nöroloji dergisi, v 31(3), pp 341-353
01 Sep 2025
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Abstract
Objectives: This study aimed to provide comprehensive overview of the evolution of the field of facioscapulohumeral muscular Materials and methods: The Web of Science database was searched on July 21, 2023, for studies on FSHD published since 1971. Bibliometric analysis of 1,493 articles was conducted to highlight publication trends and their connection with other topics. Descriptive, performance, network, and science mapping analyses were performed using CiteSpace (6.3.R1) to identify influential Results: Bibliometric analysis revealed that the FSHD literature expanded significantly over the past half century, particularly after 4,000 citations in 2015. There was growing interest in FSHD within its own field and other fields, including sports medicine, ophthalmology, molecular biology, and genetics. The most prominent topic was hearing loss in previous years, then focus shifted to myogenic differentiation and prevalence. The largest keyword cluster was gene location, while the most active study cluster was DUX4 expression. The most cited article was: "A unifying genetic model for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy." Clusters neuromuscular morphogenesis and inheritable neuromuscular disorder were found crucial for linking progression of disease with Conclusion: This study included a large number of studies published since 1971 and provided broad perspective of the FSHD field. The results suggest that new research may emerge and progress on different grounds, contributing to treatment development.
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- Title
- Bibliometric analysis on trends and future direction of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy research
- Creators
- Fatma Yardibi - Akdeniz UniversityCeren Hangul - Akdeniz UniversityChen Chaomei - Drexel University, Information Science
- Publication Details
- Türk nöroloji dergisi, v 31(3), pp 341-353
- Publisher
- Turkish Neurological Society
- Number of pages
- 13
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001580754100008
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-105017036461
- Other Identifier
- 991022197316504721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Clinical Neurology