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Pain and Rehabilitation Medicine

In research, Pain and Rehabilitation Medicine stands highest in Medicine (#3,910 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,866 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 8.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,064
of 28,054 · #9,127 all time
Rank in United States
#2,274
of 4,192
Research works
1.8k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
50k
27.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Pain and Rehabilitation Medicine known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #3,910 of 10,443 7.1%144 #1722
Health SciencesDomain #4,866 of 11,982 7.6%153 #2115

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pain and Rehabilitation Medicine 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Pain and Rehabilitation Medicine specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 35.9 works8.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.32× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.40× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.13× its world share, 144 worksMedicineNursing: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.45× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Pain and Rehabilitation Medicine?

Ranked on the composite score, Heleen Beckerman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pain and Rehabilitation Medicine.

  1. 1 Heleen Beckerman United States · #182,963 worldwide 159 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Pain and Rehabilitation Medicine

Which keywords describe research at Pain and Rehabilitation Medicine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pain Management, Chronic Pain, Postoperative Pain, Epidemiology, Perioperative Care, Analgesia, Regional Anesthesia and Surgical Outcome.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Pain Management23▲ 55×8 topics
  2. Epidemiology22▲ 3.0×56 topics
  3. Chronic Pain21▲ 54×5 topics
  4. Postoperative Pain17▲ 101×3 topics
  5. Perioperative Care14▲ 64×3 topics
  6. Quality of Life14▲ 5.2×33 topics
  7. Analgesia12▲ 103×2 topics
  8. Regional Anesthesia12▲ 120×1 topic
  9. Surgical Outcome12▲ 120×1 topic
  10. Rehabilitation9▲ 13×12 topics
  11. Low Back Pain9▲ 29×3 topics
  12. Neuropathic Pain9▲ 75×3 topics
  13. Guidelines8▲ 9.6×7 topics
  14. Treatment8▲ 3.4×24 topics
  15. Elderly Patients7▲ 24×4 topics
  16. Mortality7▲ 6.3×10 topics
  17. Pain Assessment Tools6▲ 63×2 topics
  18. Psychological Factors6▲ 16×5 topics
  19. Degenerative Disc Disease6▲ 36×2 topics
  20. Surgical Treatment6▲ 17×5 topics
  21. Clinical Trials6▲ 5.0×9 topics
  22. Neurological Disorders6▲ 5.7×15 topics
  23. Spinal Fusion6▲ 33×2 topics
  24. Clinical Outcomes6▲ 14×4 topics
  25. Shoulder Function6▲ 35×2 topics
  26. Intervertebral Disc5▲ 42×1 topic
  27. Lumbar Disc Degeneration5▲ 42×1 topic
  28. Spinal Surgery5▲ 37×2 topics
  29. Central Sensitization5▲ 44×2 topics
  30. Sedation5▲ 32×2 topics
  31. Critical Care5▲ 12×8 topics
  32. Postoperative Complications5▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome5▲ 134×1 topic
  34. Neuroinflammation5▲ 9.1×5 topics
  35. Spinal Cord Stimulation5▲ 134×1 topic
  36. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 8.1×8 topics
  37. Cancer Pain4▲ 94×1 topic
  38. Opioid Analgesics4▲ 94×1 topic
  39. Cardiac Risk4▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Perioperative4▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does Pain and Rehabilitation Medicine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Anesthesia and Pain Management, Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Pain Management and Treatment and Pain Management and Opioid Use.

Anesthesia and Pain Mana…12Anesthesia and Pain Management: 12 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 5 fractional worksPain Management and Treatment: 5 fractional worksPain Management and Opioid Use: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 4 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…4Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 4 fractional worksPain Mechanisms and Treatments: 3 fractional worksNausea and vomiting management: 3 fractional worksAnesthesia and Sedative Agents: 3 fractional works
SurgeryPathology and Forensic MedicineAnesthesiology and Pain MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 12 works
  2. 2 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Pain Management and Treatment Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Pain Management and Opioid Use Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 4 works
  7. 7 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 4 works
  8. 8 Pain Mechanisms and Treatments Physiology 3 works
  9. 9 Nausea and vomiting management Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Anesthesia and Sedative Agents Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 3 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 available37.0%not open63.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.8%domestic only63.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Pain and Rehabilitation Medicine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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