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American Physical Therapy Association

In research, American Physical Therapy Association stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,436 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,747 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,814
of 22,385 · #4,986 all time
Rank in United States
#1,800
of 3,332
Research works
1.8k
▼ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
51k
27.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
40%
world 18%
American Physical Therapy Association

What is American Physical Therapy Association known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #3,436 of 9,902 10.1%131 #2423
MedicineField #3,747 of 8,541 9.0%110 #2524

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where American Physical 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 Physical Therapy Association work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at American Physical Therapy Association is in Health Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (63%), Health Professions (11%), Psychology (5%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 139 fractional works · 74.7% of its workMedicine: 117 fractional works · 63.0% of its workSurgery: 17 fractional works · 9.2% of its workPharmacology: 12 fractional works · 6.4% of its workRehabilitation: 10 fractional works · 5.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 10 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 9 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 21 fractional works · 11.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 9.9% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 5.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 9.0% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 4.1% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAmerican PhysicalTherapy…186fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences75%Social Sciences10%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine11763.0%
    2. Health Professions2111.1%
    3. Dentistry10.3%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Psychology105.4%
    2. Social Sciences73.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Neuroscience84.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology84.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Engineering84.3%
    2. Computer Science21.0%
    3. Chemistry10.7%
    4. Mathematics00.2%
    5. Environmental Science00.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.0%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.77× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.53× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.21× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.28× its world share, 117 worksMedicineNursing: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.78× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.21×21 works
  2. Medicine3.28×117 works
  3. Neuroscience2.53×8 works
  4. Psychology1.78×10 works
  5. Veterinary0.99×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.77×8 works
  7. Dentistry0.65×1 works
  8. Chemistry0.41×1 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.36×1 works
  10. Nursing0.35×0 works
  11. Engineering0.29×8 works
  12. Social Sciences0.28×7 works
  13. Mathematics0.19×0 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.18×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.14×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.12×2 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.10×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×1 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.08×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  22. Environmental Science0.02×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at American Physical Therapy Association?

Ranked on the quality score, Marc S. Goldstein, David Lightsey and Dorothy R. Hewitt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is American Physical Therapy Association.

  1. 1 Marc S. Goldstein United States · #2,291,089 worldwide 588 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 David Lightsey United States · #3,330,441 worldwide 29 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Dorothy R. Hewitt United States · #3,362,790 worldwide 26 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Edith Holmes United States · #3,395,437 worldwide 35 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Hilary Baddeley United States · #3,832,763 worldwide 230 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Janice M Perkins United States · #3,915,073 worldwide 172 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Joan Sanger United States · #4,066,660 worldwide 66 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Adi Halili United States · #4,157,504 worldwide 60 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 М. А. Куликов United States · #4,259,463 worldwide 0 citations · 14 works
  10. 10 Malorie Kosht Novak United States · #4,267,198 worldwide 19 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at American Physical Therapy Association

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

The most cited paper from American Physical Therapy Association is "Guidelines for Adult Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery" (Carolee Joyce Winstein, Joel M. Stein, Ross A Arena et al., 2016), with 3,289 citations. Next come "Exercise Standards for Testing and Training" (2,241) and "Brain development in rodents and humans: Identifying benchmarks of maturation and vulnerability to injury across species" (2,191).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Guidelines for Adult Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Carolee Joyce Winstein, Joel M. Stein, Ross A Arena et al. · Stroke 5 May 2016 3,289
2 Exercise Standards for Testing and Training Gerald F. Fletcher, Philip A. Ades, Paul Kligfield et al. · Circulation 23 Jul 2013 2,241
3 Brain development in rodents and humans: Identifying benchmarks of maturation and vulnerability to injury across species Bridgette D. Semple, Klas Blomgren, Kayleen Gimlin et al. · Progress in Neurobiology Open access 16 Apr 2013 2,191
4 Clinician’s Guide to Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Adults GARY J. BALADY, Ross A Arena, Kathy E. Sietsema et al. · Circulation Open access 29 Jun 2010 1,978
5 EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis with synthetic and biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: 2022 update Josef S Smolen et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Open access 10 Nov 2022 1,921
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at American Physical Therapy Association?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Rehabilitation, Chronic Pain, Global Burden, Low Back Pain, Psychological Factors, Clinical Trials and Disability.

▲ 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. Epidemiology34▲ 4.7×39 topics
  2. Rehabilitation16▲ 21×11 topics
  3. Chronic Pain13▲ 32×5 topics
  4. Quality of Life13▲ 4.9×33 topics
  5. Global Burden13▲ 13×8 topics
  6. Low Back Pain13▲ 40×4 topics
  7. Psychological Factors12▲ 32×4 topics
  8. Clinical Trials12▲ 9.8×6 topics
  9. Disability11▲ 56×2 topics
  10. Health Status Questionnaires10▲ 77×1 topic
  11. Measurement Properties10▲ 77×1 topic
  12. Functional Recovery8▲ 30×4 topics
  13. Inflammation8▲ 2.1×23 topics
  14. Neural Plasticity8▲ 24×3 topics
  15. Risk Factors7▲ 3.4×15 topics
  16. Constraint-Induced Therapy7▲ 47×1 topic
  17. Motor Recovery7▲ 47×1 topic
  18. Biomechanics7▲ 12×7 topics
  19. Pain Management7▲ 15×7 topics
  20. Prevention7▲ 8.4×10 topics
  21. Physical Activity6▲ 7.1×9 topics
  22. Elderly6▲ 14×4 topics
  23. Parkinson's Disease6▲ 14×4 topics
  24. Cerebral Palsy6▲ 44×2 topics
  25. Muscle Strength6▲ 28×5 topics
  26. Neurological Disorders6▲ 5.3×11 topics
  27. Interventions6▲ 24×3 topics
  28. Gross Motor Function5▲ 68×1 topic
  29. ICF Model5▲ 68×1 topic
  30. Physical Performance5▲ 28×2 topics
  31. Shoulder Function5▲ 30×2 topics
  32. Gait Analysis5▲ 26×3 topics
  33. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 8.1×6 topics
  34. Osteoarthritis4▲ 18×5 topics
  35. Botulinum Toxin4▲ 38×3 topics
  36. Rotator Cuff Tears4▲ 36×1 topic
  37. Shoulder Pathology4▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Fall Risk4▲ 50×1 topic
  39. Gait Speed4▲ 50×1 topic
  40. Injury Prevention4▲ 19×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders and Shoulder Injury and Treatment.

Musculoskeletal pain and…10Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 10 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 7 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movem…5Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 5 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…4Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 4 fractional worksBalance, Gait, and Falls Prevention: 4 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 4 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomecha…3Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 3 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 3 fractional worksOccupational Therapy Practice and Research: 2 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 2 fractional works
PharmacologyRehabilitationPsychiatry and Mental healthSurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 10 works
  2. 2 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 7 works
  3. 3 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 5 works
  4. 4 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 4 works
  6. 6 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  9. 9 Occupational Therapy Practice and Research Occupational Therapy 2 works
  10. 10 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 2 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 available41.5%not open58.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.2%domestic only59.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% lower than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is American Physical Therapy Association as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00079% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%American Physical Therapy Association0.00041% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%American Physical Therapy Association16.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.0% in 2005.

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