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Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation

Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 69k research works in it since 1950. 7.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the treatment and outcomes of hand injuries, including distal radius fractures, flexor tendon repair, scaphoid nonunion, wrist arthroscopy, thumb osteoarthritis, epinephrine use in hand surgery, carpometacarpal joint arthritis, triangular fibrocartilage complex tears, wide awake hand surgery, and rock climbing injuries.

  • Distal Radius Fractures
  • Flexor Tendon Repair
  • Scaphoid Nonunion
  • Wrist Arthroscopy
  • Thumb Osteoarthritis
  • Epinephrine Use in Hand Surgery
  • Carpometacarpal Joint Arthritis
  • Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Tears
  • Wide Awake Hand Surgery
  • Rock Climbing Injuries
Research works
69k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
7.3%
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 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (2.8k and 918 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 2.8k works
  2. 2 India 918 works
  3. 3 China 681 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 622 works
  5. 5 France 456 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 448 works
  7. 7 Germany 415 works
  8. 8 Japan 411 works
  9. 9 Italy 322 works
  10. 10 South Korea 316 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: 37.7%India: 12.5%China: 9.2%United Kingdom: 8.5%6 others listed: 32.2%38%largest
United States2,773 · 37.7%India918 · 12.5%China681 · 9.2%United Kingdom622 · 8.5%6 others listed2,368 · 32.2%

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

Which institutions lead Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Ain Shams University publishes the most Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation research, followed by Hospital for Special Surgery and Mayo Clinic in Arizona.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 48 works
  2. 2 Hospital for Special SurgeryUnited States 47 works
  3. 3 Mayo Clinic in ArizonaUnited States 45 works
  4. 4 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 39 works
  5. 5 University of Missouri–Kansas CityUnited States 36 works
  6. 6 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 32 works
  7. 7 Benha UniversityEgypt 31 works
  8. 8 Zagazig UniversityEgypt 30 works
  9. 9 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 30 works
  10. 10 Mayo ClinicUnited States 29 works

Who are the leading researchers in Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation include Cyrus Cooper and David J. Hunter.

  1. 1 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom 7.2k citations
  2. 2 David J. Hunter Australia 3.3k citations

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

Where is Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation research done?

The largest centres of Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation research in 2022–2025 are Istanbul (Türkiye), New York (United States), Seoul (South Korea) and London (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Istanbul Türkiye 146 works
  2. 2 New York United States 146 works
  3. 3 Seoul South Korea 135 works
  4. 4 London United Kingdom 125 works
  5. 5 Paris France 113 works
  6. 6 Philadelphia United States 106 works
  7. 7 Tokyo Japan 95 works
  8. 8 Cairo Egypt 88 works
  9. 9 São Paulo Brazil 84 works
  10. 10 Beijing China 84 works
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Where is the best place to study Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation?

Among universities, judged by research, Institute of Medical Sciences, Ain Shams University and University of Missouri–Kansas City 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%mean 7.08%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Institute of Medical Sciences: 30, 2.0%Ain Shams University: 48, 0.5%University of Missouri–Kansas City: 36, 0.5%Zagazig University: 30, 0.0%Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine: 11, 15.1%Medical University of Graz: 10, 20.3%Benha University: 31, 0.5%Al-Azhar University: 23, 2.3%Brown University: 21, 7.0%University of Gothenburg: 10, 22.6%Institute of Medical…Ain Shams UniversityUniversity of Missou…Zagazig University
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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 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 55.02.0%8.8×30 +233.4%
2 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 52.40.5%6.2×48 +219.3%
3 University of Missouri–Kansas CityUnited States 51.30.5%23.4×36 +76.4%
4 Zagazig UniversityEgypt 51.20.0%7.4×30 +300.7%
5 Geisinger Commonwealth School of MedicineUnited States 50.415.1%45.7×11
6 Medical University of GrazAustria 48.620.3%7.8×10 -28.4%
7 Benha UniversityEgypt 47.10.5%8.9×31 +61.3%
8 Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt 46.82.3%5.5×23 +376.1%
9 Brown UniversityUnited States 46.87.0%4.9×21 +319.4%
10 University of GothenburgSweden 44.822.6%2.2×10 +127.8%

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 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Orthopedic Surgery 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.