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Complementary and Manual Therapy research

Complementary and Manual Therapy is a subfield of Health Professions. Science Explorer counts 41k research works in it since 1950. 14.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: therapeutic practice not currently considered an integral part of conventional allopathic medical practice.

Research works
41k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
2
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+35%
the tick is no change

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Complementary and Manual Therapy research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, China, Italy and the United States rank highest in Complementary and Manual Therapy. By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1k and 840 works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China · #3 all time 21.1% top 10% · 1k works
  2. 2 Italy · #2 all time 26.2% top 10% · 348 works
  3. 3 United States · #1 all time 14.7% top 10% · 840 works
  4. 4 Brazil · #5 all time 7.7% top 10% · 619 works
  5. 5 India · #12 all time 5.5% top 10% · 836 works
  6. 6 Türkiye · #14 all time 10.9% top 10% · 439 works
  7. 7 Spain · #11 all time 16.5% top 10% · 224 works
  8. 8 South Korea · #15 all time 13.5% top 10% · 240 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom · #4 all time 11.7% top 10% · 216 works
  10. 10 Japan · #6 all time 8.7% top 10% · 387 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 13 countries ranked in Complementary and Manual Therapy. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Complementary and Manual Therapy

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1k works
  2. 2 United States 840 works
  3. 3 India 836 works
  4. 4 Brazil 619 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 439 works
  6. 6 Japan 387 works
  7. 7 Italy 348 works
  8. 8 Russia 286 works
  9. 9 South Korea 240 works
  10. 10 Spain 224 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 19.6%United States: 16.0%India: 15.9%Brazil: 11.8%6 others listed: 36.7%20%largest
China1,029 · 19.6%United States840 · 16.0%India836 · 15.9%Brazil619 · 11.8%6 others listed1,925 · 36.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Complementary and Manual Therapy research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Sichuan University publishes the most Complementary and Manual Therapy research, followed by Stomatology Hospital and Universidade de São Paulo.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Sichuan UniversityChina 59 works
  2. 2 Stomatology HospitalChina 54 works
  3. 3 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 47 works
  4. 4 Saveetha UniversityIndia 40 works
  5. 5 Cairo UniversityEgypt 34 works
  6. 6 Shanghai Ninth People's HospitalChina 25 works
  7. 7 Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and ResearchIndia 24 works
  8. 8 Nihon UniversityJapan 24 works
  9. 9 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 23 works
  10. 10 Alexandria UniversityEgypt 23 works

Who are the leading researchers in Complementary and Manual Therapy?

Among the most productive authors in Complementary and Manual Therapy, Walter C. Willett, Peter A. Banks and Meir J. Stampfer rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Walter C. Willett United States · #154 worldwide 6.8k citations · 360 works
  2. 2 Peter A. Banks United States · #1,387 worldwide 1.1k citations · 111 works
  3. 3 Meir J. Stampfer United States · #1,463 worldwide 2.2k citations · 154 works
  4. 4 Henrica C. W. de Vet Netherlands · #2,473 worldwide 1.6k citations · 91 works
  5. 5 Kurt Kroenke United States · #3,232 worldwide 1.3k citations · 75 works
  6. 6 Michael J. Thun United States · #4,105 worldwide 1.1k citations · 73 works
  7. 7 Tom Greene United States · #4,453 worldwide 1.2k citations · 82 works
  8. 8 Michael Stümvoll Germany · #5,122 worldwide 1.6k citations · 156 works
  9. 9 Margaret S. Pearle United States · #5,615 worldwide 757 citations · 91 works
  10. 10 Fredric L. Coe United States · #7,115 worldwide 691 citations · 70 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 2,452 highest-output authors in Complementary and Manual Therapy. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Complementary and Manual Therapy researchers

Where is Complementary and Manual Therapy research done?

The largest centres of Complementary and Manual Therapy research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea) and Moscow (Russia).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 146 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 135 works
  3. 3 Seoul South Korea 121 works
  4. 4 Moscow Russia 118 works
  5. 5 Tokyo Japan 118 works
  6. 6 Chennai India 106 works
  7. 7 Shanghai China 105 works
  8. 8 Istanbul Türkiye 101 works
  9. 9 Xi'an China 90 works
  10. 10 Chengdu China 81 works
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Complementary and Manual Therapy research by country

The best places for Complementary and Manual Therapy research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.

Where is the best place to study Complementary and Manual Therapy?

Among universities, judged by research, Damascus University, Wroclaw Medical University and Medical University of Lublin score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%60%mean 31.9%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Damascus University: 16, 34.6%Wroclaw Medical University: 19, 36.7%Medical University of Lublin: 19, 25.1%Pomeranian Medical University: 13, 34.3%Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy: 17, 23.3%University of Siena: 14, 48.9%Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam: 10, 33.0%Alexandria University: 22, 17.8%Air Force Medical University: 15, 33.2%Malmö University: 8, 32.1%Wroclaw Medical Univ…Damascus UniversityPomeranian Medical U…Medical University o…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Damascus UniversitySyria 70.734.6%23.4×16 +205.0%
2 Wroclaw Medical UniversityPoland 67.336.7%15.2×19 +105.3%
3 Medical University of LublinPoland 65.425.1%14.2×19 +216.8%
4 Pomeranian Medical UniversityPoland 64.234.3%19.6×13 +149.4%
5 Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and PharmacyRomania 63.923.3%20.9×17 +209.7%
6 University of SienaItaly 59.848.9%8.6×14 -44.3%
7 Academic Center for Dentistry AmsterdamNetherlands 55.533.0%56.0×10 -1.9%
8 Alexandria UniversityEgypt 53.017.8%5.7×22 +253.7%
9 Air Force Medical UniversityChina 53.033.2%10.2×15 -39.0%
10 Malmö UniversitySweden 50.632.1%13.0×8 -11.6%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Complementary and Manual Therapy research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements and Temporomandibular Joint Disorders.

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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.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

What does Complementary and Manual Therapy include?