Motor Control and Adaptation
Motor Control and Adaptation is a research topic within Cognitive Neuroscience. Science Explorer counts 28k research works in it since 1950. 19.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the computational principles, neural basis, and learning mechanisms underlying motor control, sensorimotor learning, feedback control, and the role of structures such as the cerebellum in motor skill acquisition. It delves into topics like muscle synergies, visuomotor integration, implicit learning, and neuroplasticity in the context of motor control.
- Motor Control
- Sensorimotor Learning
- Feedback Control
- Neural Basis
- Motor Skill
- Cerebellum
- Muscle Synergies
- Visuomotor Integration
- Implicit Learning
- Neuroplasticity
- Research works
- 28k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5.5k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 19.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -9% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Motor Control and Adaptation research?
By volume, the United States and Japan publish the most (737 and 381 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 737 works
- 2 Japan 381 works
- 3 China 297 works
- 4 Germany 289 works
- 5 Canada 218 works
- 6 Italy 211 works
- 7 France 190 works
- 8 United Kingdom 183 works
- 9 Australia 86 works
- 10 Netherlands 84 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 Motor Control and Adaptation research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Motor Control and Adaptation research, followed by The University of Tokyo and Imperial College London.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 21 works
- 2 The University of TokyoJapan 18 works
- 3 Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom 17 works
- 4 Western UniversityCanada 17 works
- 5 Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands 16 works
- 6 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 16 works
- 7 University of British ColumbiaCanada 15 works
- 8 Technical University of MunichGermany 14 works
- 9 York UniversityCanada 13 works
- 10 Waseda UniversityJapan 13 works
Who are the leading researchers in Motor Control and Adaptation?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Motor Control and Adaptation include Stephen Grossberg.
- 1 Stephen Grossberg United States 2.9k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Motor Control and Adaptation research done?
The largest centres of Motor Control and Adaptation research in 2022–2025 are Tokyo (Japan), Beijing (China), Paris (France) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Genoa.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- GenoaIT · 25.5 works13×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Motor Control and Adaptation than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Motor Control and Adaptation?
Among universities, judged by research, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Radboud University Nijmegen and Shanghai University of Sport 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 | Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands | 70.1 | 26.0% | 12.2× | 16 | -24.7% |
| 2 | Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands | 60.5 | 31.2% | 7.9× | 11 | -28.8% |
| 3 | Shanghai University of SportChina | 60.3 | 36.8% | 41.3× | 8 | -10.7% |
| 4 | Justus-Liebig-Universität GießenGermany | 58.4 | 22.6% | 12.2× | 9 | +45.2% |
| 5 | UCLouvainBelgium | 56.2 | 14.3% | 12.3× | 11 | +23.3% |
| 6 | Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom | 54.7 | 18.2% | 5.5× | 17 | -8.1% |
| 7 | Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States | 54.3 | 35.5% | 4.8× | 16 | -55.0% |
| 8 | Western UniversityCanada | 54.1 | 14.8% | 8.9× | 16 | -35.1% |
| 9 | German Sport University CologneGermany | 54.0 | 20.9% | 57.8× | 12 | -14.2% |
| 10 | University of DelawareUnited States | 52.9 | 22.1% | 10.7× | 11 | -13.2% |
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 Motor Control and Adaptation research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 9% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Motor Control and Adaptation.
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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.