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Physiotherapy New Zealand

In research, Physiotherapy New Zealand stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,102 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#5,164 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Professions (#1,800 of 1,895 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is 29.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,866
of 22,385 · #15,386 all time
Rank in New Zealand
#21
of 61
Research works
2k
▲ 50% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.65×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
48%
world 18%
Physiotherapy New Zealand

What is Physiotherapy New Zealand 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 #5,102 of 9,902 2.0%406 #6677
MedicineField #5,164 of 8,541 1.9%340 #6863
Health ProfessionsField #1,800 of 1,895 2.6%64 #2496
Social SciencesDomain #9,198 of 9,585 3.8%61 #13741

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Health Sciences#6,677 #5,102
  2. Medicine#6,863 #5,164
  3. Health Professions#2,496 #1,800
  4. Social Sciences#13,741 #9,198
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Physiotherapy New Zealand work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Physiotherapy New Zealand is in Health Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (65%), Health Professions (12%), Psychology (8%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 553 fractional works · 77.5% of its workMedicine: 465 fractional works · 65.1% of its workSurgery: 71 fractional works · 10.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 53 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPharmacology: 49 fractional works · 6.9% of its workRehabilitation: 39 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 27 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 25 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRheumatology: 18 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 18 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNeurology: 17 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysiology: 17 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 16 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 15 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 15 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 15 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 85 fractional works · 11.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 34 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 16 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 16 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 76 fractional works · 10.7% of its workPsychology: 54 fractional works · 7.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 23 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 17 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 47 fractional works · 6.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 25 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCell Biology: 17 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 17 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 37 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEngineering: 28 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 25 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPhysiotherapy NewZealand713fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences78%Social Sciences11%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine46565.1%
    2. Health Professions8511.9%
    3. Nursing30.4%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Psychology547.6%
    2. Social Sciences131.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting30.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities30.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology253.5%
    2. Neuroscience172.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Engineering283.9%
    2. Computer Science40.6%
    3. Mathematics10.2%
    4. Environmental Science10.2%
    5. Materials Science10.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    7. Chemistry00.0%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Physiotherapy New Zealand specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine takes 29.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 53.0 works29×
  2. RehabilitationSubfield · 39.4 works27×
  3. Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationSubfield · 34.4 works26×
  4. PharmacologySubfield · 49.4 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, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.50× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 28 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.52× its world share, 85 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.39× its world share, 465 worksMedicineNursing: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.51× its world share, 54 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.52×85 works
  2. Medicine3.39×465 works
  3. Psychology2.51×54 works
  4. Neuroscience1.50×17 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.82×2 works
  6. Nursing0.75×3 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.66×25 works
  8. Veterinary0.28×0 works
  9. Engineering0.26×28 works
  10. Dentistry0.18×1 works
  11. Mathematics0.17×1 works
  12. Social Sciences0.15×13 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.13×3 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.13×1 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×2 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.12×3 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×3 works
  18. Computer Science0.08×4 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.05×1 works
  21. Environmental Science0.04×1 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Physiotherapy New Zealand?

Ranked on the quality score, R. Srinivasan, Rajni Malik and Jill Whitehouse lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Physiotherapy New Zealand.

  1. 1 R. Srinivasan New Zealand · #3,762,056 worldwide 474 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Rajni Malik New Zealand · #3,972,902 worldwide 25 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Jill Whitehouse New Zealand · #4,304,388 worldwide 176 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Mil De Kooning New Zealand · #4,403,343 worldwide 18 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Ann Hulbert New Zealand · #5,298,454 worldwide 19 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Lisa J. Broom New Zealand · #5,341,932 worldwide 47 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Eva Horneij New Zealand · #5,369,137 worldwide 315 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Michèle Harms New Zealand · #5,374,901 worldwide 229 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Y T RODRIGUES New Zealand · #5,375,067 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Larissa Kempenaar New Zealand · #5,551,251 worldwide 185 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Physiotherapy New Zealand

What are the most cited papers from Physiotherapy New Zealand?

The most cited paper from Physiotherapy New Zealand is "Evidence-based clinical practice update: practice guidelines for anterior cruciate ligament rehabilitation based on a systematic review and multidisciplinary consensus" (Nicky van Melick, Robert E. H. van Cingel, Frans A.M. Brooijmans et al., 2016), with 916 citations. Next come "Systematic Review of Progressive Resistance Strength Training in Older Adults" (546) and "The association between health care professional attitudes and beliefs and the attitudes and beliefs, clinical management, and outcomes of patients with low back pain: A systematic review" (504).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Evidence-based clinical practice update: practice guidelines for anterior cruciate ligament rehabilitation based on a systematic review and multidisciplinary consensus Nicky van Melick, Robert E. H. van Cingel, Frans A.M. Brooijmans et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Review 18 Aug 2016 916
2 Systematic Review of Progressive Resistance Strength Training in Older Adults Nancy K. Latham, Derrick Bennett, Clare Stretton et al. · The Journals of Gerontology Series A Review 2004 546
3 The association between health care professional attitudes and beliefs and the attitudes and beliefs, clinical management, and outcomes of patients with low back pain: A systematic review Ben Darlow, Bróna M. Fullen, Sarah Gerard Dean et al. · European Journal of Pain Review 4 Jul 2011 504
4 Depression and anxiety in chronic heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: prevalence, relevance, clinical implications and management principles Abebaw Mengistu Yohannes, Thomas George Willgoss, R Baldwin et al. · International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry Open access 23 Dec 2009 477
5 Prevalence of Sedentary Behavior in Older Adults: A Systematic Review Juliet Harvey, SEBASTIEN F. M. CHASTIN, Dawn Ann Skelton · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ReviewOpen access 2 Dec 2013 442
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Physiotherapy New Zealand?

By fractional works in 2022-now, 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-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. Epidemiology161▲ 5.7×56 topics
  2. Low Back Pain61▲ 50×4 topics
  3. Rehabilitation60▲ 21×12 topics
  4. Clinical Trials58▲ 12×11 topics
  5. Quality of Life56▲ 5.4×40 topics
  6. Global Burden56▲ 14×7 topics
  7. Psychological Factors52▲ 35×5 topics
  8. Chronic Pain51▲ 33×5 topics
  9. Disability47▲ 62×3 topics
  10. Musculoskeletal Disorders47▲ 65×3 topics
  11. Health Status Questionnaires46▲ 87×1 topic
  12. Measurement Properties46▲ 87×1 topic
  13. Prevention44▲ 15×10 topics
  14. Risk Factors41▲ 5.3×19 topics
  15. Functional Recovery35▲ 32×4 topics
  16. Inflammation35▲ 2.3×33 topics
  17. Athletic Training34▲ 53×3 topics
  18. Injury Prevention33▲ 38×4 topics
  19. Physical Activity32▲ 9.2×11 topics
  20. Mental Health31▲ 3.0×18 topics
  21. Neural Plasticity29▲ 22×3 topics
  22. Depression29▲ 4.6×14 topics
  23. Pain Management28▲ 17×9 topics
  24. Muscle Injuries28▲ 60×1 topic
  25. Sports Injury28▲ 60×1 topic
  26. Constraint-Induced Therapy27▲ 48×1 topic
  27. Motor Recovery27▲ 48×1 topic
  28. Biomechanics24▲ 11×9 topics
  29. Shoulder Function24▲ 40×2 topics
  30. Elderly24▲ 14×5 topics
  31. Botulinum Toxin21▲ 47×3 topics
  32. Muscle Strength21▲ 27×4 topics
  33. High-Intensity Interval Training19▲ 25×2 topics
  34. Rotator Cuff Tears19▲ 43×1 topic
  35. Shoulder Pathology19▲ 43×1 topic
  36. Interventions19▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Cerebral Palsy19▲ 35×2 topics
  38. Surgical Treatment18▲ 13×5 topics
  39. Self-Efficacy18▲ 9.5×8 topics
  40. Parkinson's Disease18▲ 9.9×5 topics

Which research topics does Physiotherapy New Zealand publish most on?

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

Musculoskeletal pain and…46Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 46 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 28 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation an…27Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 27 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…19Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 19 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 17 fractional worksMyofascial pain diagnosis and treatment: 16 fractional worksBalance, Gait, and Falls…14Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention: 14 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 13 fractional worksErgonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders: 13 fractional worksSports and Physical Education Research: 11 fractional works
PharmacologyOrthopedics and Sports MedicineRehabilitationSurgery5 others

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

  1. 1 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 46 works
  2. 2 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 28 works
  3. 3 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 27 works
  4. 4 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 19 works
  5. 5 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 17 works
  6. 6 Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment Cell Biology 16 works
  7. 7 Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 14 works
  8. 8 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 13 works
  9. 9 Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders Social Psychology 13 works
  10. 10 Sports and Physical Education Research Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 11 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Physiotherapy New Zealand's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 50% higher 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 Physiotherapy New Zealand as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0027% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Physiotherapy New Zealand0.0029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Physiotherapy New Zealand 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Physiotherapy New Zealand2.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.8% in 2012.

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