Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation
Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 28k research works in it since 1950. 11.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the surgical management, nerve transfers, muscle strength assessment, and outcomes of brachial plexus injuries, particularly related to obstetric and neonatal palsy. It covers topics such as shoulder function restoration, peripheral nerve surgery, and the impact on quality of life.
- Brachial Plexus
- Nerve Transfer
- Muscle Strength
- Obstetric Palsy
- Shoulder Function
- Nerve Injury
- Reconstruction
- Neonatal Palsy
- Peripheral Nerve Surgery
- Quality of Life
- Research works
- 28k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 11.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +18% 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 Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation research?
By volume, the United States and India publish the most (1.4k and 356 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.4k works
- 2 India 356 works
- 3 China 352 works
- 4 Japan 186 works
- 5 France 181 works
- 6 United Kingdom 178 works
- 7 Germany 161 works
- 8 Türkiye 158 works
- 9 Brazil 156 works
- 10 Italy 149 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Washington University in St. Louis publishes the most Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation research, followed by Mayo Clinic in Arizona and Mayo Clinic.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States 28 works
- 2 Mayo Clinic in ArizonaUnited States 24 works
- 3 Mayo ClinicUnited States 21 works
- 4 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 19 works
- 5 Cairo UniversityEgypt 19 works
- 6 Hospital for Special SurgeryUnited States 17 works
- 7 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States 16 works
- 8 University of UtahUnited States 15 works
- 9 Emory UniversityUnited States 14 works
- 10 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 14 works
Who are the leading researchers in Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation include Laura Weeks.
- 1 Laura Weeks Canada 4.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation research done?
The largest centres of Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation research in 2022–2025 are New York (United States), Seoul (South Korea), Philadelphia (United States) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Rochester and Scottsdale.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- RochesterUS · 22.0 works11×
- ScottsdaleUS · 25.0 works11×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation?
Among universities, judged by research, Baekseok University, Washington University in St. Louis and University of Utah 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 | Baekseok UniversitySouth Korea | 64.3 | 36.9% | 244.1× | 9 | — |
| 2 | Washington University in St. LouisUnited States | 60.5 | 16.8% | 8.3× | 28 | +23.7% |
| 3 | University of UtahUnited States | 59.6 | 25.9% | 5.1× | 15 | +202.4% |
| 4 | Brown UniversityUnited States | 55.2 | 34.4% | 4.4× | 8 | +334.4% |
| 5 | University of Missouri–Kansas CityUnited States | 44.6 | 4.3% | 13.2× | 9 | +172.7% |
| 6 | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States | 43.7 | 19.2% | 4.5× | 10 | +149.2% |
| 7 | Cairo UniversityEgypt | 41.6 | 4.4% | 5.2× | 19 | +95.8% |
| 8 | All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia | 38.9 | 2.0% | 6.7× | 19 | +58.8% |
| 9 | Emory UniversityUnited States | 34.9 | 8.4% | 4.4× | 14 | +70.1% |
| 10 | Duke UniversityUnited States | 34.9 | 27.3% | 3.0× | 10 | -24.5% |
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 Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation.
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.