Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
Cardiovascular and exercise physiology is a research topic within Complementary and alternative medicine. Science Explorer counts 53k research works in it since 1950. 20.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the physiological effects of exercise, particularly in relation to cardiovascular health. It covers topics such as exercise capacity, cardiorespiratory fitness, high-intensity interval training, aerobic exercise, heart failure, blood flow restriction, oxygen uptake, skeletal muscle physiology, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing.
- Exercise Capacity
- Cardiorespiratory Fitness
- High-Intensity Interval Training
- Aerobic Exercise
- Heart Failure
- Blood Flow Restriction
- Oxygen Uptake
- Skeletal Muscle Physiology
- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
- Vascular Function
- Research works
- 53k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 11k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 20.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +23% 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 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.8k and 784 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.8k works
- 2 China 784 works
- 3 Brazil 640 works
- 4 United Kingdom 439 works
- 5 Spain 393 works
- 6 Japan 392 works
- 7 Canada 349 works
- 8 Italy 315 works
- 9 Australia 284 works
- 10 Germany 272 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.
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Which institutions lead Cardiovascular and exercise physiology research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Beijing Sport University publishes the most Cardiovascular and exercise physiology research, followed by Universidade de São Paulo and Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Beijing Sport University China 44 works
- 2 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil 38 works
- 3 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) Brazil 25 works
- 4 National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Greece 24 works
- 5 University of Milan Italy 23 works
- 6 German Sport University Cologne Germany 23 works
- 7 University of British Columbia Canada 22 works
- 8 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Brazil 21 works
- 9 Universidad de Granada Spain 21 works
- 10 University of Calgary Canada 20 works
Who are the leading researchers in Cardiovascular and exercise physiology?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Cardiovascular and exercise physiology include Roger Chou, Tommi Vasankari and Luigi Ferrucci.
- 1 Roger Chou 14k citations
- 2 Tommi Vasankari 6.9k citations
- 3 Luigi Ferrucci 5.3k citations
- 4 Maciej Banach 5.2k citations
- 5 Harlan M. Krumholz 4.7k citations
- 6 Robert O. Bonow 4.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Cardiovascular and exercise physiology research done?
The largest centres of Cardiovascular and exercise physiology research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), São Paulo (Brazil), Tokyo (Japan) and Seoul (South Korea).
Where is the best place to study Cardiovascular and exercise physiology?
Among universities, judged by research, Beijing Sport University, Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences and German Sport University Cologne 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beijing Sport University China | 68.2 | 32.5% | 75.7× | 44 | -34.6% |
| 2 | Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences Poland | 65.9 | 24.8% | 87.7× | 15 | +254.5% |
| 3 | German Sport University Cologne Germany | 64.1 | 23.3% | 46.0× | 23 | +105.0% |
| 4 | University of Guelph Canada | 63.0 | 28.1% | 7.1× | 17 | +244.4% |
| 5 | Hasselt University Belgium | 62.7 | 21.1% | 13.3× | 10 | +174.2% |
| 6 | Shanghai University of Sport China | 61.6 | 30.9% | 37.6× | 18 | +31.3% |
| 7 | Universidad de Extremadura Spain | 61.5 | 26.4% | 8.6× | 15 | +180.9% |
| 8 | Universidad Europea de Madrid Spain | 61.1 | 28.1% | 18.0× | 9 | +138.0% |
| 9 | Foro Italico University of Rome Italy | 60.8 | 37.8% | 66.9× | 10 | +23.1% |
| 10 | Edith Cowan University Australia | 60.6 | 40.6% | 7.8× | 9 | +74.5% |
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 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Cardiovascular and exercise physiology.
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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.