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Physiotherapy New Zealand

In research, Physiotherapy New Zealand stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,932 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#7,135 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Professions (#1,539 of 1,928 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation and Rehabilitation — Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is 27.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,214
of 28,054 · #20,398 all time
Rank in New Zealand
#46
of 71
Research works
2k
▲ 48% vs 2013–17
Citations
18k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Physiotherapy New Zealand 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,932 of 11,982 3.6%406 #5276
MedicineField #7,135 of 10,443 3.7%340 #7334
Health ProfessionsField #1,539 of 1,928 3.1%64 #2050
Social SciencesDomain #9,857 of 10,521 7.6%61 #14907

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Physiotherapy New Zealand 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#5,276 #6,932
  2. Medicine#7,334 #7,135
  3. Health Professions#2,050 #1,539
  4. Social Sciences#14,907 #9,857
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Physiotherapy New Zealand specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine takes 27.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 37.1 works27×
  2. Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationSubfield · 26.2 works27×
  3. RehabilitationSubfield · 28.6 works27×
  4. PharmacologySubfield · 37.8 works17×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.43× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.62× its world share, 64 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.35× its world share, 340 worksMedicineNursing: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.68× its world share, 43 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Physiotherapy New Zealand?

Ranked on the composite score, Prue Morgan, Sofia Andersson and Sivaramkumar Shanmugam lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Physiotherapy New Zealand.

  1. 1 Prue Morgan New Zealand · #419,879 worldwide 56 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Sofia Andersson New Zealand · #1,082,133 worldwide 4 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Sivaramkumar Shanmugam New Zealand · #1,573,048 worldwide 6 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Physiotherapy New Zealand

Which keywords describe research at Physiotherapy New Zealand?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Low Back Pain, Rehabilitation, Clinical Trials, Global Burden, Psychological Factors, Chronic Pain and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology118▲ 5.6×53 topics
  2. Low Back Pain47▲ 52×4 topics
  3. Rehabilitation45▲ 22×12 topics
  4. Quality of Life44▲ 5.8×34 topics
  5. Clinical Trials43▲ 12×10 topics
  6. Global Burden41▲ 15×7 topics
  7. Psychological Factors39▲ 35×4 topics
  8. Chronic Pain39▲ 33×5 topics
  9. Musculoskeletal Disorders36▲ 66×3 topics
  10. Disability36▲ 63×2 topics
  11. Health Status Questionnaires35▲ 87×1 topic
  12. Measurement Properties35▲ 87×1 topic
  13. Prevention30▲ 14×9 topics
  14. Risk Factors27▲ 4.7×17 topics
  15. Mental Health27▲ 3.5×16 topics
  16. Functional Recovery25▲ 32×4 topics
  17. Athletic Training24▲ 50×2 topics
  18. Depression23▲ 5.0×12 topics
  19. Injury Prevention23▲ 36×4 topics
  20. Physical Activity23▲ 8.8×9 topics
  21. Neural Plasticity22▲ 23×3 topics
  22. Constraint-Induced Therapy20▲ 48×1 topic
  23. Motor Recovery20▲ 48×1 topic
  24. Shoulder Function20▲ 42×2 topics
  25. Biomechanics19▲ 12×8 topics
  26. Pain Management18▲ 15×8 topics
  27. Muscle Injuries18▲ 53×1 topic
  28. Sports Injury18▲ 53×1 topic
  29. Elderly17▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Self-Efficacy16▲ 11×7 topics
  31. Social Support16▲ 5.3×8 topics
  32. Rotator Cuff Tears15▲ 45×1 topic
  33. Shoulder Pathology15▲ 45×1 topic
  34. Surgical Treatment15▲ 15×5 topics
  35. Interventions14▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Cerebral Palsy14▲ 36×2 topics
  37. Gait Analysis14▲ 27×3 topics
  38. High-Intensity Interval Training14▲ 24×2 topics
  39. Muscle Strength13▲ 24×4 topics
  40. Botulinum Toxin13▲ 40×3 topics

Which research topics does Physiotherapy New Zealand publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Sports injuries and prevention and Shoulder Injury and Treatment.

Musculoskeletal pain and…35Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 35 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 20 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…18Sports injuries and prevention: 18 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…15Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 15 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 12 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 10 fractional worksMyofascial pain diagnosi…10Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment: 10 fractional worksErgonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders: 10 fractional worksSports and Physical Education Research: 10 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 9 fractional works
PharmacologyRehabilitationOrthopedics and Sports MedicineSurgery6 others

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

  1. 1 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 35 works
  2. 2 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 20 works
  3. 3 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 18 works
  4. 4 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 15 works
  5. 5 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 12 works
  6. 6 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 10 works
  7. 7 Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment Cell Biology 10 works
  8. 8 Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders Social Psychology 10 works
  9. 9 Sports and Physical Education Research Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 10 works
  10. 10 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 9 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 available54.4%not open45.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.9%domestic only52.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Physiotherapy New Zealand's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 48% 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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