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Consequently, the literature in this field is increasing at a rapid pace.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>This analysis was aimed to identify the top-cited articles on FUS to discern their origin, spread, current trends highlighting future impact of this novel neurosurgical intervention.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We searched the <jats:italic>Web of Science<\/jats:italic> database on 28th May 2021 and identified the top 100 cited articles. These articles were analyzed with various scientometric parameters like the authors, corresponding authors, country of corresponding author, journal of publication, year of publication. Citation based parameters including total citations, mean citations per article and mean citations, citation count, and the citation per year, citations per year and co-authors per document were studied as well in addition to Hirsch h-index, g-index, m-index, Bradford\u2019s Law, Lotka\u2019s law and Collaboration index.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The 100 top-cited articles were published between 1998 and 2019 in 45 different journals. The average citations per document and citations per document per year were 97.78 and 12.47, respectively. The most prolific authors were Hynynen K (Medical Biophysics\u2014Toronto), Elias WJ (Neurosurgery\u2014Virginia), Zadicario (InSightec). The Journal of Neurosurgery published the most top-cited articles (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 11), and most articles originated from the United States, followed by Canada. Among individual institutions, the University of Toronto was the most productive.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>FUS is an emerging treatment of neurological disorders. With its increasing application, the FUS literature is increasing rapidly. 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