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  "abstract": "Background:: Migraine is a leading cause of global disability, with noninvasive brain stimulation (NIBS) emerging as a promising therapeutic alternative. Despite growing research, no bibliometric study has synthesized the field’s evolution, collaboration patterns, thematic trajectories, knowledge gaps and keyword-based research frontiers.\n\nMethods:: We analyzed 411 publications (1992–2024) from the Web of Science Core Collection using performance analysis, science mapping (VOSviewer, CiteSpace), and thematic and keyword co-occurrence analysis using science mapping software tool. Metrics included productivity, citations, collaboration networks, author keyword frequency, co-occurrence clustering, and citation-burst detection.\n\nResults:: Annual publications grew at 11.75%, peaking post-2013 (Food and Drug Administration approval of transcranial magnetic stimulation for migraine). The United States led in output (33.1%), while Denmark had the highest citation impact (93.1 citations/publication). Keyword analysis revealed 6 thematic clusters: pathophysiology (e.g., cortical excitability), clinical subtypes (e.g., chronic migraine), and emerging therapies (e.g., vagus nerve stimulation [VNS]). Citation-burst detection identified cortical excitability (2000–2014) and noninvasive VNS (2018–2024) as key turning points. European institutions were prominent within the collaboration networks, indicating substantial inter-institutional and international research connectivity.\n\nConclusions:: This bibliometric analysis maps the evolution, collaboration patterns, thematic structure, and emerging research priorities of noninvasive brain stimulation research in migraine, highlights transcranial magnetic stimulation and transcranial direct current stimulation as established methods, with noninvasive VNS as an emerging frontier, while identifying geographic and thematic gaps that may inform future research.",
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    "King Salman Center for Disability Research, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia",
    "Directorate of Library Affairs, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia",
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  "published": "2026-10-30",
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  "title": "Noninvasive brain stimulation for migraine : A bibliometric analysis of scientific research with thematic and keyword mapping",
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