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Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders

Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders is a research topic within Psychiatry and Mental health. Science Explorer counts 43k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the classification, epidemiology, interventions, and outcomes related to cerebral palsy. It covers topics such as the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) model, gross motor function, disability assessment, participation, rehabilitation, strength training, and neurological impairment.

  • Cerebral Palsy
  • ICF Model
  • Gross Motor Function
  • Disability Assessment
  • Interventions
  • Epidemiology
  • Participation
  • Rehabilitation
  • Strength Training
  • Neurological Impairment
Research works
43k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+4%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
34% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders

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

Which countries lead Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders research?

By volume, the United States and Canada publish the most (2.1k and 527 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 2.1k works
  2. 2 Canada 527 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 525 works
  4. 4 China 517 works
  5. 5 Brazil 515 works
  6. 6 India 431 works
  7. 7 Australia 429 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 390 works
  9. 9 Japan 359 works
  10. 10 Italy 359 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.

United States: 34.5%Canada: 8.5%United Kingdom: 8.5%China: 8.4%6 others listed: 40.2%34%largest
United States2,131 · 34.5%Canada527 · 8.5%United Kingdom525 · 8.5%China517 · 8.4%6 others listed2,483 · 40.2%

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

Which institutions lead Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Toronto publishes the most Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders research, followed by University of British Columbia and The University of Sydney.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of TorontoCanada 80 works
  2. 2 University of British ColumbiaCanada 50 works
  3. 3 The University of SydneyAustralia 44 works
  4. 4 Harvard UniversityUnited States 44 works
  5. 5 KU LeuvenBelgium 43 works
  6. 6 The University of MelbourneAustralia 42 works
  7. 7 University of MichiganUnited States 41 works
  8. 8 Hacettepe UniversityTürkiye 39 works
  9. 9 Cairo UniversityEgypt 38 works
  10. 10 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 37 works

Who are the leading researchers in Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders include Christopher J L Murray, Simon Iain Hay and Theo Vos.

  1. 1 Christopher J L Murray United States 583k citations
  2. 2 Simon Iain Hay United States 452k citations
  3. 3 Theo Vos United States 439k citations
  4. 4 Ali H. Mokdad United States 429k citations
  5. 5 Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta Pakistan 371k citations
  6. 6 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom 342k citations
  7. 7 Valery L. Feigin New Zealand 341k citations
  8. 8 Graeme J. Hankey Australia 316k citations
  9. 9 Elie A. Akl Canada 313k citations
  10. 10 Lesley A. Stewart United Kingdom 308k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders?

The most cited paper in Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders is "The Effect of Riding as an Alternative Treatment for Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis" (Guoqin Wang, Ruiqin Ma, Guangwei Qiao et al., 2015), with 18,689 citations. Next come "The Timed “Up & Go”: A Test of Basic Functional Mobility for Frail Elderly Persons" (14,583) and "Parkinsonism" (12,181).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Effect of Riding as an Alternative Treatment for Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Guoqin Wang, Ruiqin Ma, Guangwei Qiao et al. · Integrative Medicine International ReviewOpen access 2 Apr 2015 18,689
2 The Timed “Up & Go”: A Test of Basic Functional Mobility for Frail Elderly Persons Diane Podsiadlo, Sandra K. Richardson · Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Feb 1991 14,583
3 Parkinsonism Margaret M. Maier Hoehn, Melvin D. Yahr · Neurology Open access May 1967 12,181
4 Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 Christopher J L Murray et al. · The Lancet Open access362 authors Dec 2012 9,055
5 Development and reliability of a system to classify gross motor function in children with cerebral palsy Robert J. Palisano, Peter Rosenbaum, Stephen D. Walter et al. · Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology Apr 1997 6,826
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Where is Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders research done?

The largest centres of Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders research in 2022-now are Melbourne (Australia), London (United Kingdom), Toronto (Canada) and São Paulo (Brazil).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MelbourneAustralia 130 works
  2. 2 LondonUnited Kingdom 129 works
  3. 3 TorontoCanada 122 works
  4. 4 São PauloBrazil 107 works
  5. 5 SeoulSouth Korea 105 works
  6. 6 IstanbulTürkiye 99 works
  7. 7 TehranIran 84 works
  8. 8 MontrealCanada 84 works
  9. 9 AnkaraTürkiye 81 works
  10. 10 ParisFrance 81 works
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Where is the best place to study Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders?

Among universities, judged by research, Johns Hopkins University, University of British Columbia and The University of Sydney 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%10%20%30%mean 15.66%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →The University of Sy…Johns Hopkins Univer…University of Britis…University of Toronto
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 67.516.2%2.8×37 +50.5%
2University of British ColumbiaCanada 65.115.1%4.8×50 -4.9%
3The University of SydneyAustralia 63.718.1%4.2×44 -2.7%
4University of TorontoCanada 63.510.5%4.6×80 -9.6%
5University of ZurichSwitzerland 62.517.8%3.1×18 +22.1%
6Università Cattolica del Sacro CuoreItaly 61.226.4%2.5×9 +64.6%
7KU LeuvenBelgium 60.813.5%5.2×43 -9.1%
8The University of MelbourneAustralia 60.214.0%4.4×42 -9.8%
9University of MichiganUnited States 58.98.6%3.1×41 +21.0%
10UNSW SydneyAustralia 57.616.4%2.0×16 +13.4%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders, country by country

Is Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Cerebral Palsy and Movement 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.040% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders0.041% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders 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.

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Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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