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Pain in Motion

In research, Pain in Motion stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,581 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,976 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,582
of 22,385 · #22,736 all time
Rank in Belgium
#87
of 105
Research works
223
▲ 43% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.8k
25.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.11×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
61%
world 40%
International
57%
world 18%
Pain in Motion

What is Pain in Motion 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 #3,581 of 9,902 20.4%71 #4305
MedicineField #3,976 of 8,541 19.4%66 #4783

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pain in Motion 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 Pain in Motion work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Pain in Motion is in Health Sciences, 9% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (74%), Psychology (6%), Health Professions (6%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 84 fractional works · 80.3% of its workMedicine: 77 fractional works · 73.9% of its workPharmacology: 14 fractional works · 13.3% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 10.0% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 9.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 7.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 9.0% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 5.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 6.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPain in Motion105fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences80%Social Sciences8%

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. Medicine7773.9%
    2. Health Professions66.0%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Neuroscience55.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology43.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Psychology66.2%
    2. Social Sciences11.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Engineering21.9%
    2. Computer Science00.4%
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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.24× its world share, 6 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.28× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.84× its world share, 77 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.03× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.84×77 works
  2. Neuroscience3.24×6 works
  3. Health Professions2.28×6 works
  4. Psychology2.03×6 works
  5. Veterinary1.17×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.69×4 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.36×1 works
  8. Nursing0.21×0 works
  9. Dentistry0.16×0 works
  10. Engineering0.13×2 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.12×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.08×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.05×0 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.04×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.01×0 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Pain in Motion?

Ranked on the quality score, Andrea Polli, Laurence Leysen and Thomas Bilterys lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pain in Motion.

  1. 1 Andrea Polli Belgium · #182,172 worldwide 3.4k citations · 95 works
  2. 2 Laurence Leysen Belgium · #690,372 worldwide 2.4k citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Thomas Bilterys Belgium · #704,747 worldwide 781 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Ömer Elma Belgium · #774,037 worldwide 833 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Anneleen Malfliet Belgium · #795,515 worldwide 4.5k citations · 134 works
  6. 6 Sevilay Tümkaya Yılmaz Belgium · #920,113 worldwide 687 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Iris Coppieters Belgium · #936,249 worldwide 4.3k citations · 130 works
  8. 8 Ward Willaert Belgium · #1,127,595 worldwide 952 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Paul van Wilgen Belgium · #1,913,657 worldwide 1.2k citations · 73 works
  10. 10 Nils Runge Belgium · #1,980,767 worldwide 375 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Pain in Motion

What are the most cited papers from Pain in Motion?

The most cited paper from Pain in Motion is "Chronic nociplastic pain affecting the musculoskeletal system: clinical criteria and grading system" (Eva Kosek, Daniel Joseph Clauw, Jo Nijs et al., 2021), with 550 citations. Next come "Central sensitisation in chronic pain conditions: latest discoveries and their potential for precision medicine" (525) and "Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia in Pain-Free and Chronic Pain Populations: State of the Art and Future Directions" (496).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Chronic nociplastic pain affecting the musculoskeletal system: clinical criteria and grading system Eva Kosek, Daniel Joseph Clauw, Jo Nijs et al. · Pain Open access 11 May 2021 550
2 Central sensitisation in chronic pain conditions: latest discoveries and their potential for precision medicine Jo Nijs, Steven Z. George, Daniel Joseph Clauw et al. · The Lancet Rheumatology Open access 30 Mar 2021 525
3 Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia in Pain-Free and Chronic Pain Populations: State of the Art and Future Directions David Andrew Rice, Jo Nijs, Eva Kosek et al. · Journal of Pain Open access 21 Mar 2019 496
4 Nociplastic Pain Criteria or Recognition of Central Sensitization? Pain Phenotyping in the Past, Present and Future Jo Nijs, Astrid Lahousse, Eleni Kapreli et al. · Journal of Clinical Medicine Open access 21 Jul 2021 415
5 Evidence for central sensitization in patients with osteoarthritis pain: A systematic literature review Enrique Lluch, Rodnell Busigó Torres, Jo Nijs et al. · European Journal of Pain Review 3 Apr 2014 387
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Pain in Motion?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chronic Pain, Psychological Factors, Low Back Pain, Clinical Trials, Global Burden, Musculoskeletal Disorders 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. Epidemiology29▲ 6.9×30 topics
  2. Chronic Pain24▲ 106×4 topics
  3. Psychological Factors20▲ 90×5 topics
  4. Low Back Pain16▲ 93×3 topics
  5. Clinical Trials16▲ 23×7 topics
  6. Global Burden14▲ 24×4 topics
  7. Disability13▲ 119×1 topic
  8. Measurement Properties13▲ 173×1 topic
  9. Musculoskeletal Disorders13▲ 127×2 topics
  10. Central Sensitization13▲ 194×2 topics
  11. Pain Management10▲ 42×8 topics
  12. Quality of Life10▲ 6.5×22 topics
  13. Neuropathic Pain10▲ 134×2 topics
  14. Neuroinflammation7▲ 24×3 topics
  15. Neuronal Plasticity7▲ 121×2 topics
  16. Nociception7▲ 145×1 topic
  17. Pain Modulation7▲ 191×1 topic
  18. Treatment7▲ 5.2×9 topics
  19. Diagnostic Criteria6▲ 26×4 topics
  20. Neurobiology6▲ 23×3 topics
  21. Pain Assessment Tools6▲ 96×2 topics
  22. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome6▲ 199×1 topic
  23. Fibromyalgia6▲ 199×1 topic
  24. Rehabilitation5▲ 12×8 topics
  25. Depression5▲ 5.2×14 topics
  26. Postoperative Pain4▲ 41×2 topics
  27. Elderly Patients4▲ 21×3 topics
  28. Shoulder Function4▲ 41×2 topics
  29. Adolescents4▲ 9.1×5 topics
  30. Anxiety4▲ 7.0×7 topics
  31. Health-related Quality of Life4▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Spinal Fusion3▲ 32×2 topics
  33. Surgical Treatment3▲ 16×4 topics
  34. Psychological Interventions3▲ 22×3 topics
  35. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Degenerative Disc Disease3▲ 30×2 topics
  37. Intervertebral Disc3▲ 43×1 topic
  38. Lumbar Disc Degeneration3▲ 43×1 topic
  39. Pain Measurement3▲ 93×1 topic
  40. Pediatric Pain3▲ 93×1 topic

Which research topics does Pain in Motion publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research and Pediatric Pain Management Techniques.

Musculoskeletal pain and…13Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 13 fractional worksPain Mechanisms and Trea…7Pain Mechanisms and Treatments: 7 fractional worksFibromyalgia and Chronic…6Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research: 6 fractional worksPediatric Pain Management Techniques: 3 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 3 fractional worksPain Management and Opioid Use: 3 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 3 fractional worksPain Management and Treatment: 3 fractional worksMyofascial pain diagnosis and treatment: 2 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 2 fractional works
PharmacologyPhysiologyPsychiatry and Mental healthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 13 works
  2. 2 Pain Mechanisms and Treatments Physiology 7 works
  3. 3 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Psychiatry and Mental health 6 works
  4. 4 Pediatric Pain Management Techniques Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  5. 5 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Pain Management and Opioid Use Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 Pain Management and Treatment Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment Cell Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 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 available61.0%not open39.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.7%domestic only43.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Pain in Motion's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 43% 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 Pain in Motion as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00047% in 2024.

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