Clinical Neurology Research Output From Türkiye: A Bibliometric Analysis

Bibliometric analysis is a comprehensive method used to investigate the academic impact and characteristics of publications in a research field. It has been widely used in various fields of medicine. However, bibliometric analysis of publications in the field of clinical neurology from Türkiye has not yet been evaluated. In this study, we aimed to analyze the publications in the field of clinical neurology in the last decade from Türkiye using the bibliometric method and network analysis and to determine research trends and key issues.

We carried out a search of the Web of Science Core Collection database for articles. CiteSpace Advances 6.1. R 1 and VOSviewer (version 1.6.9) were used for bibliometric analyses and visualization.

The research data consisted of 8404 articles in the category of the clinical neurology from Türkiye between 2012 and 2022. The number of publications rose over time, with a mean annual growth rate of 6%. From the document co-citation analysis, chronic migraine and mental health clusters were active current areas. From the keywords analysis, endovascular treatment, depression, oxidative stress, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and ischemic stroke were active clusters. Analysis of the authors showed that the most active authors were Betul Baykan, Cavit Boz, and Erdem Tuzun, and MS was the most active topic in this area and recent trend.

Clinical neurology is a rapidly expanding research area and attracting more and more attention from the authors. Our study can provide researchers who study the clinical neurology with valuable information on the current status and trends in this field and to facilitate for future studies.