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Within this approach, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) that uses a transient magnetic field to produce electrical currents over the cortex emerges as a popular method in the literature. Since this is an area in expansion and due to the putative role of TMS, we performed a bibliometric analysis in Scopus with the primary objective of identifying the scientific production related to the use of TMS to manage neuropathic pain. The research had no restrictions, and the analysis focused on the characteristics of the literature retrieved, scientific collaboration and main research topics from inception to 6 July 2023. A total of 474 articles were collected. A biggest co-occurrence between the terms \u201cneuropathic pain\u201d and \u201ctranscranial magnetic stimulation\u201d was obtained. The journal \u201cClinical Neurophysiology\u201d leads the Top 5 most productive sources. The United States is the most productive country, with 50% of US documents being \u201creview articles\u201d, followed by France, with 56% of French documents being \u201coriginal articles\u201d. Lefaucheur, JP and Saitoh, Y are the two most influential authors. The most frequent type of document was \u201coriginal article\u201d. Most of the studies (34%) that identified the neuropathic pain type focused on traumatic neuropathic pain, although a large proportion (38%) did not report the neuropathic pain type. This study allows us to provide a general overview of the field of TMS application for neuropathic pain and is useful for establishing future directions of research in this field.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/healthcare12050555","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,28]],"date-time":"2024-02-28T03:37:57Z","timestamp":1709091477000},"page":"555","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Treat Neuropathic Pain: A Bibliometric Analysis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3434-2247","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bruno Daniel","family":"Carneiro","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Unit of Experimental Biology, Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5696-1239","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Isaura","family":"Tavares","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Unit of Experimental Biology, Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal"},{"name":"Institute for Research and Innovation in Health and IBMC, University of Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"17002","DOI":"10.1038\/nrdp.2017.2","article-title":"Neuropathic pain","volume":"3","author":"Colloca","year":"2017","journal-title":"Nat. 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