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Medical Practices and Rehabilitation

Medical Practices and Rehabilitation is a research topic within Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation. Science Explorer counts 19k research works in it since 1950. 6.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the management and quality of rehabilitation medicine, covering topics such as patient care, outcome measurement, psychosocial aspects, medical evaluation, work reintegration, and cost-effectiveness. It emphasizes the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration and the impact of rehabilitation on the overall healthcare system.

  • Rehabilitation
  • Quality
  • Patient Care
  • Healthcare
  • Outcome Measurement
  • Psychosocial Aspects
  • Medical Evaluation
  • Work Reintegration
  • Cost-effectiveness
  • Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Research works
19k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
6.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+7%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Medical Practices and Rehabilitation research?

By volume, Germany and the United States publish the most (1.7k and 91 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Germany 1.7k works
  2. 2 United States 91 works
  3. 3 Switzerland 84 works
  4. 4 Austria 76 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 36 works
  6. 6 China 27 works
  7. 7 Netherlands 22 works
  8. 8 Japan 19 works
  9. 9 Italy 18 works
  10. 10 Estonia 14 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.

Germany: 81.7%United States: 4.3%Switzerland: 4.0%Austria: 3.6%6 others listed: 6.5%82%largest
Germany1,729 · 81.7%United States91 · 4.3%Switzerland84 · 4.0%Austria76 · 3.6%6 others listed137 · 6.5%

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

Which institutions lead Medical Practices and Rehabilitation research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin publishes the most Medical Practices and Rehabilitation research, followed by Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe and KRH Klinikum Nordstadt.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinGermany 66 works
  2. 2 Städtisches Klinikum KarlsruheGermany 57 works
  3. 3 KRH Klinikum NordstadtGermany 38 works
  4. 4 Medizinische Hochschule HannoverGermany 37 works
  5. 5 Goethe University FrankfurtGermany 27 works
  6. 6 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 26 works
  7. 7 München KlinikGermany 25 works
  8. 8 Universitätsklinik für Hals-, Nasen- und OhrenheilkundeGermany 23 works
  9. 9 Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und PsychotherapieGermany 19 works
  10. 10 Hochschule Düsseldorf University of Applied SciencesGermany 17 works

Who are the leading researchers in Medical Practices and Rehabilitation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Medical Practices and Rehabilitation include Thomas Hofmann, Reinhard Busse and Th. Müller.

  1. 1 Thomas Hofmann Germany 3.5k citations
  2. 2 Reinhard Busse Germany 3.1k citations
  3. 3 Th. Müller United States 2.8k citations
  4. 4 Hölger Thiele Germany 2.3k citations
  5. 5 Stefan Zeuzem Germany 2k citations

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

Where is Medical Practices and Rehabilitation research done?

The largest centres of Medical Practices and Rehabilitation research in 2022–2025 are Berlin (Germany), Munich (Germany), Hanover (Germany) and Karlsruhe (Germany). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Leverkusen, Nuremberg and Magdeburg.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Berlin Germany 170 works
  2. 2 Munich Germany 101 works
  3. 3 Hanover Germany 86 works
  4. 4 Karlsruhe Germany 63 works
  5. 5 Hamburg Germany 63 works
  6. 6 Cologne Germany 62 works
  7. 7 Frankfurt am Main Germany 56 works
  8. 8 Düsseldorf Germany 48 works
  9. 9 Heidelberg Germany 39 works
  10. 10 Magdeburg Germany 38 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LeverkusenDE · 23.2 works124×
  2. NurembergDE · 24.1 works95×
  3. MagdeburgDE · 38.2 works60×
  4. HanoverDE · 86.1 works52×
  5. RegensburgDE · 34.1 works45×
  6. DüsseldorfDE · 47.7 works42×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Medical Practices and Rehabilitation than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Medical Practices and Rehabilitation?

Among universities, judged by research, Hochschule Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences, University of Lübeck and Witten/Herdecke University 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 10.5%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Hochschule Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences: 17, 28.1%University of Lübeck: 11, 14.8%Witten/Herdecke University: 12, 15.6%University of Münster: 10, 13.2%Medizinische Hochschule Hannover: 37, 3.2%Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München: 26, 4.4%Goethe University Frankfurt: 26, 3.3%University of Cologne: 13, 10.2%Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität: 9, 7.2%Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf: 14, 5.0%Hochschule Düsseldor…Witten/Herdecke Univ…University of LübeckUniversity of Münster
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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 Hochschule Düsseldorf University of Applied SciencesGermany 68.528.1%183.9×17 +35.5%
2 University of LübeckGermany 58.714.8%36.4×11 +78.6%
3 Witten/Herdecke UniversityGermany 53.715.6%62.4×12 +10.3%
4 University of MünsterGermany 51.613.2%13.8×10 +36.7%
5 Medizinische Hochschule HannoverGermany 51.23.2%81.9×37 +5.3%
6 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 50.94.4%19.5×26 -2.3%
7 Goethe University FrankfurtGermany 49.43.3%31.1×26 +9.6%
8 University of CologneGermany 49.010.2%19.7×13 -14.9%
9 Paracelsus Medizinische PrivatuniversitätGermany 46.77.2%223.0×9 —
10 Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfGermany 45.15.0%23.2×14 +11.9%

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 Medical Practices and Rehabilitation research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2018. The fastest-growing topics are Medical Practices and Rehabilitation.

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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.