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American Occupational Therapy Association

In research, American Occupational Therapy Association stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,753 of 16,688 worldwide), Social Sciences (#7,978 of 14,833 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,441 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,526
of 22,385 · #11,755 all time
Rank in United States
#3,039
of 3,332
Research works
606
▲ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
7k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
American Occupational Therapy Association

What is American Occupational Therapy Association known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #7,753 of 16,688 7.7%316
Social SciencesDomain #7,978 of 14,833 7.5%212
MedicineField #8,441 of 14,558 8.7%133
Health ProfessionsField #2,733 of 3,315 7.1%174

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where American Occupational Therapy Association sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does American Occupational Therapy Association work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research at American Occupational Therapy Association is in Health Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (39%), Health Professions (23%), Social Sciences (11%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 49 fractional works · 62.6% of its workMedicine: 31 fractional works · 38.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 18 fractional works · 23.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 11 fractional works · 13.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 25.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 10.6% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 9.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 9.2% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 7.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 5.9% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAmericanOccupational…79fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences63%Social Sciences25%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3138.7%
    2. Health Professions1823.1%
    3. Nursing10.8%
    1. Social Sciences810.6%
    2. Psychology79.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities33.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Neuroscience67.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.0%
    1. Environmental Science22.0%
    2. Engineering00.6%
    3. Computer Science00.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.36× its world share, 6 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 8.77× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.01× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 1.58× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.15× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.08× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 8.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions8.77×18 works
  2. Neuroscience4.36×6 works
  3. Psychology3.08×7 works
  4. Medicine2.01×30 works
  5. Nursing1.58×1 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.15×3 works
  7. Social Sciences0.84×8 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.67×1 works
  9. Environmental Science0.40×2 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.38×2 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×0 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×0 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.08×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.05×0 works
  15. Engineering0.04×0 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at American Occupational Therapy Association?

Ranked on the quality score, Lynn Kapitan, Scott A. Trudeau and Neil Harvison lead among researchers whose main affiliation is American Occupational Therapy Association.

  1. 1 Lynn Kapitan United States · #2,030,743 worldwide 689 citations · 87 works
  2. 2 Scott A. Trudeau United States · #2,433,774 worldwide 362 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Neil Harvison United States · #2,566,676 worldwide 198 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Hillary Richardson United States · #2,766,017 worldwide 45 citations · 266 works
  5. 5 Deborah Lieberman United States · #3,092,766 worldwide 1.7k citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Frances Fisher Kaplan United States · #3,468,325 worldwide 1.1k citations · 60 works
  7. 7 Robert K. Bing United States · #3,646,357 worldwide 168 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Elin Schold Davis United States · #3,785,248 worldwide 280 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Cathy A. Malchiodi United States · #3,897,313 worldwide 2.1k citations · 109 works
  10. 10 Evelyn Jaffe United States · #3,999,640 worldwide 74 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at American Occupational Therapy Association

What are the most cited papers from American Occupational Therapy Association?

The most cited paper from American Occupational Therapy Association is "The Linear No-Threshold Relationship Is Inconsistent with Radiation Biologic and Experimental Data" (Maurice Tubiana, Ludwig Emil Feinendegen, Chichuan Yang et al., 2009), with 506 citations. Next come "Implementing vehicle routing algorithms" (332) and "Occupation: Purposefulness and Meaningfulness as Therapeutic Mechanisms" (290).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Linear No-Threshold Relationship Is Inconsistent with Radiation Biologic and Experimental Data Maurice Tubiana, Ludwig Emil Feinendegen, Chichuan Yang et al. · Radiology Open access 31 Mar 2009 506
2 Implementing vehicle routing algorithms B. L. Golden, Thomas L. Magnanti, Huy Nguyen · Networks Jun 1977 332
3 Occupation: Purposefulness and Meaningfulness as Therapeutic Mechanisms Catherine Anne Trombly · American Journal of Occupational Therapy Nov 1995 290
4 The Assessment of IADL Motor Skills: An Application of Many-Faceted Rasch Analysis Anne G. Fisher · American Journal of Occupational Therapy Apr 1993 270
5 Fidelity in Sensory Integration Intervention Research Linda Diane Parham, Ellen S. Cohn, Susan L. Spitzer et al. · American Journal of Occupational Therapy Mar 2007 242
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Which keywords describe research at American Occupational Therapy Association?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Evidence-Based Practice, Epidemiology, Well-being, Occupational Science, Therapy Practice, Rehabilitation and Interventions.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Quality of Life15▲ 13×12 topics
  2. Epidemiology13▲ 4.2×19 topics
  3. Evidence-Based Practice10▲ 96×4 topics
  4. Well-being10▲ 32×2 topics
  5. Occupational Science10▲ 634×1 topic
  6. Therapy Practice10▲ 634×1 topic
  7. Rehabilitation4▲ 12×2 topics
  8. Cerebral Palsy4▲ 62×1 topic
  9. ICF Model4▲ 110×1 topic
  10. Interventions4▲ 37×2 topics
  11. Neural Plasticity3▲ 23×2 topics
  12. Public Health3▲ 2.9×13 topics
  13. Autism Spectrum Disorders3▲ 38×2 topics
  14. Constraint-Induced Therapy3▲ 48×1 topic
  15. Motor Recovery3▲ 48×1 topic
  16. Concussion3▲ 83×1 topic
  17. Encephalopathy3▲ 53×1 topic
  18. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 15×4 topics
  19. Mental Health3▲ 2.5×14 topics
  20. Coping Strategies3▲ 14×2 topics
  21. Resilience3▲ 7.1×4 topics
  22. Disability3▲ 31×2 topics
  23. Early Intervention2▲ 36×2 topics
  24. Innovation2▲ 3.1×5 topics
  25. Primary Care2▲ 8.6×8 topics
  26. Global Burden2▲ 5.4×5 topics
  27. Caregiver Well-Being2▲ 52×1 topic
  28. Parenting Stress2▲ 40×1 topic
  29. Executive Functioning2▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Neurodevelopmental Disorders2▲ 18×1 topic
  31. Social Skills Interventions2▲ 38×1 topic
  32. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Chronic Pain2▲ 10×2 topics
  34. Cognitive Decline2▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 7.1×4 topics
  36. Social Impact2▲ 5.9×3 topics
  37. Hearing Loss2▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Psychological Factors2▲ 9.9×2 topics
  39. Quality Improvement2▲ 10×5 topics
  40. Social Isolation2▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does American Occupational Therapy Association publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Occupational Therapy Practice and Research, Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery and Traumatic Brain Injury Research.

Occupational Therapy Pra…10Occupational Therapy Practice and Research: 10 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movem…4Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 4 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation an…3Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 3 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 3 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 2 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder…2Autism Spectrum Disorder Research: 2 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksHearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 1 fractional worksHungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies: 1 fractional works
Occupational TherapyPsychiatry and Mental healthRehabilitationEpidemiology5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Occupational Therapy Practice and Research Occupational Therapy 10 works
  2. 2 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 4 works
  3. 3 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 3 works
  4. 4 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 3 works
  5. 5 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  7. 7 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 2 works
  8. 8 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  9. 9 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies Geography, Planning and Development 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available18.6%not open81.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.0%domestic only88.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has American Occupational Therapy Association's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is American Occupational Therapy Association as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00030% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%American Occupational Therapy Association0.00026% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of American Occupational Therapy Association over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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