Objective To analyze the literatures related to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in CNKI database based on CiteSpace V software,explore the research hotspots and frontier trends in this field,and provide reference for subsequent research.Methods Literature data were retrieved,screened and exported to CiteSpace 5.7.R2 software according to the set strategy.The authors,institutions and keywords were statistically analyzed and visualized by co-occurrence,clustering and outburst.Results A total of 1026 articles were included,and 312 authors were included.FAN Dong-sheng had the largest number of artic...