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Occupational Therapy Practice and Research

Occupational Therapy Practice and Research is a research topic within Occupational Therapy. Science Explorer counts 19k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers revolves around the field of Occupational Science and Therapy Practice, focusing on client-centered approaches, goal attainment scaling, well-being, evidence-based practice, occupational justice, lifestyle balance, meaningful activities, and quality of life. The papers explore the relationship between occupation and health, the impact of occupational therapy interventions on various populations, and the challenges and strategies in implementing evidence-based practice in occupational therapy.

  • Occupational Science
  • Therapy Practice
  • Client-Centered Approach
  • Goal Attainment Scaling
  • Well-being
  • Evidence-Based Practice
  • Occupational Justice
  • Lifestyle Balance
  • Meaningful Activities
  • Quality of Life
Research works
19k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+29%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
41% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Occupational Therapy Practice and Research

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

Which countries lead Occupational Therapy Practice and Research research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1.4k and 443 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 1.4k works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 443 works
  3. 3 Australia 349 works
  4. 4 Canada 308 works
  5. 5 Brazil 306 works
  6. 6 Sweden 142 works
  7. 7 Japan 124 works
  8. 8 South Africa 109 works
  9. 9 China 105 works
  10. 10 Spain 99 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: 40.7%United Kingdom: 13.2%Australia: 10.4%Canada: 9.2%6 others listed: 26.4%41%largest
United States1,362 · 40.7%United Kingdom443 · 13.2%Australia349 · 10.4%Canada308 · 9.2%6 others listed884 · 26.4%

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

Which institutions lead Occupational Therapy Practice and Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidade Federal de São Carlos publishes the most Occupational Therapy Practice and Research research, followed by University of Toronto and The University of Queensland.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidade Federal de São CarlosBrazil 57 works
  2. 2 University of TorontoCanada 47 works
  3. 3 The University of QueenslandAustralia 33 works
  4. 4 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 28 works
  5. 5 The University of SydneyAustralia 25 works
  6. 6 University of the WitwatersrandSouth Africa 24 works
  7. 7 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 24 works
  8. 8 Karolinska InstitutetSweden 23 works
  9. 9 University of British ColumbiaCanada 23 works
  10. 10 Monash UniversityAustralia 22 works

Who are the leading researchers in Occupational Therapy Practice and Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Occupational Therapy Practice and Research include David Moher, George Davey Smith and Richard M. Ryan.

  1. 1 David Moher Canada 898k citations
  2. 2 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
  3. 3 Richard M. Ryan United States 395k citations
  4. 4 Ronald C. Kessler United States 360k citations
  5. 5 Valery L. Feigin New Zealand 341k citations
  6. 6 Edward L. Deci United States 325k citations
  7. 7 Jeremy Grimshaw Canada 281k 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 Occupational Therapy Practice and Research?

The most cited paper in Occupational Therapy Practice and Research is "Guidelines for the Process of Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Self-Report Measures" (Dorcas Beaton, Claire Bombardier, Françis Guillemin et al., 2000), with 14,626 citations. Next come "Development of a new resilience scale: The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC)" (11,835) and "Validation of the theoretical domains framework for use in behaviour change and implementation research" (5,203).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Guidelines for the Process of Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Self-Report Measures Dorcas Beaton, Claire Bombardier, Françis Guillemin et al. · Spine Dec 2000 14,626
2 Development of a new resilience scale: The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) Kathryn M. Connor, Jonathan R. T. Davidson · Depression and Anxiety Sep 2003 11,835
3 Validation of the theoretical domains framework for use in behaviour change and implementation research James E. Cane, Denise A O’Connor, Susan G. Michie · Implementation Science Open access 24 Apr 2012 5,203
4 Rigor in Qualitative Research: The Assessment of Trustworthiness Laura Harvey Krefting · American Journal of Occupational Therapy Mar 1991 4,225
5 The Validity and Reproducibility of a Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Instrument Margaret C. Reilly, Arthur S. Zbrozek, Ellen M. Dukes · PharmacoEconomics Nov 1993 3,150
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Where is Occupational Therapy Practice and Research research done?

The largest centres of Occupational Therapy Practice and Research research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Melbourne (Australia), Toronto (Canada) and Brisbane (Australia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in São Carlos.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 92 works
  2. 2 MelbourneAustralia 78 works
  3. 3 TorontoCanada 69 works
  4. 4 BrisbaneAustralia 62 works
  5. 5 São CarlosBrazil 58 works
  6. 6 São PauloBrazil 52 works
  7. 7 New YorkUnited States 49 works
  8. 8 SydneyAustralia 46 works
  9. 9 MontrealCanada 45 works
  10. 10 ChicagoUnited States 38 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. São CarlosBR · 57.7 works31×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Occupational Therapy Practice and Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Occupational Therapy Practice and Research?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Toronto, The University of Queensland and Washington University in St. Louis 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 16.77%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Washington Universit…The University of Sy…The University of Qu…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
1University of TorontoCanada 76.212.1%5.8×47 +28.9%
2The University of QueenslandAustralia 70.815.4%8.7×33 +10.3%
3Washington University in St. LouisUnited States 69.522.1%7.5×22 +11.0%
4The University of SydneyAustralia 68.221.8%5.0×25 +2.2%
5Karolinska InstitutetSweden 67.311.7%10.2×23 +6.7%
6University College LondonUnited Kingdom 65.116.9%2.2×14 +60.7%
7McGill UniversityCanada 64.512.6%4.4×18 +67.7%
8University of NottinghamUnited Kingdom 64.424.2%3.6×11 +12.6%
9Monash UniversityAustralia 62.312.6%5.7×22 +10.7%
10Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands 61.818.3%4.1×10 +24.1%

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 Occupational Therapy Practice and Research, country by country

Is Occupational Therapy Practice and Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Occupational Therapy Practice and Research.

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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 Occupational Therapy Practice and Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.017% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Occupational Therapy Practice and Research 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.

still counting5%10%15%Occupational Therapy Practice and Research10.0% in 2025200020102020

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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