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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. 9.9% 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%
6.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+7%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
37% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation

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 (3k and 989 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 3k works
  2. 2 India 989 works
  3. 3 China 775 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 670 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 494 works
  6. 6 France 478 works
  7. 7 Japan 453 works
  8. 8 Germany 451 works
  9. 9 Italy 352 works
  10. 10 South Korea 343 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: 37.3%India: 12.4%China: 9.7%United Kingdom: 8.4%6 others listed: 32.2%37%largest
United States2,979 · 37.3%India989 · 12.4%China775 · 9.7%United Kingdom670 · 8.4%6 others listed2,572 · 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-now, Mayo Clinic publishes the most Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation research, followed by Harvard University and All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Mayo ClinicUnited States 105 works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 89 works
  3. 3 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 68 works
  4. 4 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 50 works
  5. 5 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterUnited States 50 works
  6. 6 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 42 works
  7. 7 New York UniversityUnited States 41 works
  8. 8 Stanford UniversityUnited States 38 works
  9. 9 University of Missouri–Kansas CityUnited States 36 works
  10. 10 Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia 34 works

Who are the leading researchers in Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation include Cyrus Cooper, Jun Wang and John P. A. Ioannidis.

  1. 1 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom 342k citations
  2. 2 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  3. 3 John P. A. Ioannidis United States 317k citations
  4. 4 Gordon Henry Guyatt Canada 315k citations
  5. 5 Gregory Y.H. Lip United Kingdom 311k citations
  6. 6 Peter Jüni Switzerland 303k citations
  7. 7 Róbert Langer United States 303k citations
  8. 8 Luigi Ferrucci United States 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 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation?

The most cited paper in Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation is "Development of an upper extremity outcome measure: The DASH (disabilities of the arm, shoulder, and head)" (Pamela L. Hudak, Peter C. Amadio, Claire Bombardier et al., 1996), with 5,069 citations. Next come "Rating Systems in the Evaluation of Knee Ligament Injuries" (4,635) and "ISB recommendation on definitions of joint coordinate systems of various joints for the reporting of human joint motion—Part II: shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand" (4,574).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Development of an upper extremity outcome measure: The DASH (disabilities of the arm, shoulder, and head) Pamela L. Hudak, Peter C. Amadio, Claire Bombardier et al. · American Journal of Industrial Medicine Jun 1996 5,069
2 Rating Systems in the Evaluation of Knee Ligament Injuries Yelverton Tegner, Jack Lysholm · Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research Sep 1985 4,635
3 ISB recommendation on definitions of joint coordinate systems of various joints for the reporting of human joint motion—Part II: shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand Ge Wu, Frans C. T. van der Helm, H.E.J. Veeger et al. · Journal of Biomechanics 21 Aug 2004 4,574
4 A Joint Coordinate System for the Clinical Description of Three-Dimensional Motions: Application to the Knee Edward S. Grood, Wilfredo J. Suntay · Journal of Biomechanical Engineering May 1983 3,845
5 ISB recommendation on definitions of joint coordinate system of various joints for the reporting of human joint motion—part I: ankle, hip, and spine Ge Wu, Sorin Siegler, Paul Allard et al. · Journal of Biomechanics Apr 2002 3,266
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Where is Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation research done?

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

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 IstanbulTürkiye 159 works
  2. 2 New YorkUnited States 155 works
  3. 3 SeoulSouth Korea 147 works
  4. 4 LondonUnited Kingdom 135 works
  5. 5 ParisFrance 117 works
  6. 6 PhiladelphiaUnited States 116 works
  7. 7 TokyoJapan 105 works
  8. 8 BeijingChina 96 works
  9. 9 CairoEgypt 91 works
  10. 10 São PauloBrazil 91 works
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Where is the best place to study Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation?

Among universities, judged by research, Erasmus University Rotterdam, University of Gothenburg and Radboud University Nijmegen score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 25.24%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Karolinska InstitutetRadboud University N…Erasmus University R…University of Gothen…
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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.

Citation 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
1Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands 72.230.4%4.8×26 +3.6%
2University of GothenburgSweden 69.327.9%4.5×23 +88.4%
3Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands 64.932.0%2.7×17 +14.1%
4Karolinska InstitutetSweden 61.937.9%1.6×10 +5.9%
5Harvard UniversityUnited States 61.312.0%2.6×89 -16.9%
6Griffith UniversityAustralia 60.023.3%4.3×19 +110.0%
7University of HelsinkiFinland 59.532.9%1.8×13 +26.0%
8Duke UniversityUnited States 57.317.9%2.9×25 +94.2%
9University of TorontoCanada 55.713.4%1.4×30 +26.8%
10Medical University of GrazAustria 54.624.7%9.0×11 +56.7%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, country by country

Is Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% higher than in 2018-2021, 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.055% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation 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%Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation10.0% 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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