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A total of 761 scientific manuscripts, published between January 2009 and March 2025 and available in the Web of Science (WoS) database, were included in this analysis. A total of 197 out of 761 articles were analyzed using CiteSpace to determine the number and centrality of publications, countries, institutions, journals, authors, cited references, and keywords related to MRI and SCA. Overall, the number of publications that use MRI to study SCA has gradually increased over the years. The United States, China, Italy, Germany, and Brazil are at the forefront in this research field; a total of 420 authors from 317 research institutions in these nations have published articles in neuroscience-related journals. Among the most cited publications are an article by Rezende et al. on brain structural damage in SCA3 patients and an review by Klockgether et al. on spinocerebellar ataxia. The keyword \u201cspinocerebellar ataxia\u201d has the highest frequency of occurrence. 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