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Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

In research, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,836 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,625 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,470
of 28,054 · #11,597 all time
Rank in United States
#1,412
of 4,192
Research works
1.4k
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
40k
29.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital 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 #2,836 of 10,443 16.7%202 #2846
Health SciencesDomain #3,625 of 11,982 16.7%220 #2968

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital 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).

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: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.11× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.27× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.57× its world share, 202 worksMedicineNursing: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.32× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Joseph T. Giacino, Adam S. Tenforde and Richard Goldstein lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital.

  1. 1 Joseph T. Giacino United States · #76,172 worldwide 334 citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Adam S. Tenforde United States · #88,672 worldwide 164 citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Richard Goldstein United States · #110,413 worldwide 245 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Ross Zafonte United States · #133,140 worldwide 318 citations · 103 works
  5. 5 David N. Levine United States · #302,853 worldwide 247 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Kevin Pacheco‐Barrios United States · #324,393 worldwide 103 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Yelena G. Bodien United States · #552,771 worldwide 69 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Joanne Borg‐Stein United States · #562,396 worldwide 34 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 David M. Robinson United States · #1,094,365 worldwide 38 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Felipe Fregni United States · #1,104,954 worldwide 18 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Recovery, Risk Factors, Rehabilitation, Neuropathology, Encephalopathy, Concussion and Neurological.

▲ 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. Epidemiology82▲ 7.0×43 topics
  2. Recovery26▲ 86×2 topics
  3. Risk Factors26▲ 7.9×21 topics
  4. Rehabilitation24▲ 21×12 topics
  5. Neuropathology22▲ 57×2 topics
  6. Encephalopathy21▲ 107×2 topics
  7. Concussion21▲ 167×1 topic
  8. Neurological21▲ 167×1 topic
  9. Pathophysiology18▲ 21×7 topics
  10. Clinical Trials18▲ 9.1×11 topics
  11. Functional Recovery17▲ 38×4 topics
  12. Inflammation17▲ 2.8×36 topics
  13. Neuroprotection16▲ 16×11 topics
  14. Neural Plasticity16▲ 30×3 topics
  15. Resuscitation14▲ 37×4 topics
  16. Neuroinflammation14▲ 16×6 topics
  17. Biomechanics14▲ 15×8 topics
  18. Chronic Pain12▲ 19×4 topics
  19. Psychological Factors12▲ 20×5 topics
  20. Injury Prevention12▲ 34×4 topics
  21. Prevention12▲ 9.7×8 topics
  22. Management11▲ 4.7×9 topics
  23. Psychological Impact10▲ 11×3 topics
  24. Prognosis10▲ 11×6 topics
  25. Constraint-Induced Therapy10▲ 43×1 topic
  26. Global Burden10▲ 6.3×6 topics
  27. Motor Recovery10▲ 43×1 topic
  28. Muscle Injuries10▲ 50×1 topic
  29. Neuropathic Pain10▲ 49×3 topics
  30. Sports Injury10▲ 50×1 topic
  31. Central Sensitization9▲ 50×2 topics
  32. Physical Activity9▲ 6.3×8 topics
  33. Traumatic Brain Injury9▲ 36×4 topics
  34. Burn Injury9▲ 187×1 topic
  35. Burn Wound Infections9▲ 187×1 topic
  36. Sepsis9▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Gait Analysis9▲ 31×2 topics
  38. Cerebral Blood Flow9▲ 40×2 topics
  39. Intracranial Pressure8▲ 41×2 topics
  40. Microdialysis8▲ 57×1 topic

Which research topics does Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Traumatic Brain Injury Research, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Sports injuries and prevention and Burn Injury Management and Outcomes.

Traumatic Brain Injury R…21Traumatic Brain Injury Research: 21 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 10 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…10Sports injuries and prevention: 10 fractional worksBurn Injury Management a…9Burn Injury Management and Outcomes: 9 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances: 8 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 6 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomecha…6Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 6 fractional worksSpinal Cord Injury Research: 6 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 5 fractional worksTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies: 5 fractional works
EpidemiologyRehabilitationOrthopedics and Sports MedicineNeurology4 others

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

  1. 1 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 21 works
  2. 2 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 10 works
  3. 3 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 10 works
  4. 4 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Epidemiology 9 works
  5. 5 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Neurology 8 works
  6. 6 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 6 works
  7. 7 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  8. 8 Spinal Cord Injury Research Pathology and Forensic Medicine 6 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 5 works
  10. 10 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies Neurology 5 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 available35.0%not open65.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.0%domestic only75.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% higher than in 2013–2017.

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