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Restless Legs Syndrome Research

Restless Legs Syndrome Research is a research topic within Epidemiology. Science Explorer counts 9.3k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the epidemiology, diagnostic criteria, pathophysiology, and management of Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS). It covers topics such as the prevalence of RLS in different populations, the impact on quality of life, the role of iron and dopamine in its pathophysiology, genetic factors, and the management of RLS with various treatments including dopaminergic therapy. Additionally, it explores the association of RLS with other conditions such as pregnancy and neurological disorders.

  • Restless Legs Syndrome
  • Epidemiology
  • Diagnostic Criteria
  • Iron Metabolism
  • Dopaminergic Therapy
  • Periodic Limb Movements
  • Quality of Life
  • Pregnancy
  • Genetic Factors
  • Neurological Disorders
Research works
9.3k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
944
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+17%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
35% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Restless Legs Syndrome Research

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

Which countries lead Restless Legs Syndrome Research research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (583 and 280 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 583 works
  2. 2 China 280 works
  3. 3 Türkiye 123 works
  4. 4 Germany 116 works
  5. 5 Italy 114 works
  6. 6 France 107 works
  7. 7 India 100 works
  8. 8 Japan 88 works
  9. 9 South Korea 82 works
  10. 10 Brazil 77 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: 34.9%China: 16.8%Türkiye: 7.4%Germany: 7.0%6 others listed: 34.0%35%largest
United States583 · 34.9%China280 · 16.8%Türkiye123 · 7.4%Germany116 · 7.0%6 others listed568 · 34.0%

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

Which institutions lead Restless Legs Syndrome Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Harvard University publishes the most Restless Legs Syndrome Research research, followed by Inserm and Mayo Clinic.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Harvard UniversityUnited States 31 works
  2. 2 InsermFrance 20 works
  3. 3 Mayo ClinicUnited States 17 works
  4. 4 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 16 works
  5. 5 Stanford UniversityUnited States 16 works
  6. 6 Medizinische Hochschule HannoverGermany 15 works
  7. 7 Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinGermany 14 works
  8. 8 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 13 works
  9. 9 Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea 13 works
  10. 10 Capital Medical UniversityChina 12 works

Who are the leading researchers in Restless Legs Syndrome Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Restless Legs Syndrome Research include Kaj Blennow, Isabela M. Benseñor and Paulo A. Lotufo.

  1. 1 Kaj Blennow Sweden 247k citations
  2. 2 Isabela M. Benseñor Brazil 245k citations
  3. 3 Paulo A. Lotufo Brazil 239k 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 Restless Legs Syndrome Research?

The most cited paper in Restless Legs Syndrome Research is "A Rating Scale for Mania: Reliability, Validity and Sensitivity" (Robert C. Young, John T. Biggs, Vincent E. Ziegler et al., 1978), with 8,850 citations. Next come "International Classification of Sleep Disorders-Third Edition" (3,905) and "Restless legs syndrome: diagnostic criteria, special considerations, and epidemiology" (2,916).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Rating Scale for Mania: Reliability, Validity and Sensitivity Robert C. Young, John T. Biggs, Vincent E. Ziegler et al. · The British Journal of Psychiatry Nov 1978 8,850
2 International Classification of Sleep Disorders-Third Edition Michael J. Sateia · CHEST Journal Nov 2014 3,905
3 Restless legs syndrome: diagnostic criteria, special considerations, and epidemiology Richard P. Allen, Daniel L. Picchietti, Wayne A. Hening et al. · Sleep Medicine Open access Mar 2003 2,916
4 Non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease: diagnosis and management К. Ray Chaudhuri, Daniel G. Healy, Anthony H.V. Schapira · The Lancet Neurology 20 Feb 2006 2,810
5 International Classification of Sleep Disorders Michael J. Thorpy Book chapter 2017 2,475
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Where is Restless Legs Syndrome Research research done?

The largest centres of Restless Legs Syndrome Research research in 2022-now are Seoul (South Korea), Beijing (China), Istanbul (Türkiye) and Paris (France).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 SeoulSouth Korea 44 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 43 works
  3. 3 IstanbulTürkiye 42 works
  4. 4 ParisFrance 42 works
  5. 5 LondonUnited Kingdom 31 works
  6. 6 RomeItaly 30 works
  7. 7 TokyoJapan 27 works
  8. 8 ShanghaiChina 26 works
  9. 9 BostonUnited States 25 works
  10. 10 New YorkUnited States 22 works
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Where is the best place to study Restless Legs Syndrome Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, Stanford University and McGill University 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 17.09%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of TorontoStanford UniversityMcGill UniversityHarvard University
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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
1Harvard UniversityUnited States 83.119.1%4.6×31 +0.1%
2Stanford UniversityUnited States 73.723.1%5.0×16 +33.3%
3McGill UniversityCanada 56.422.1%4.7×10 -21.3%
4University of TorontoCanada 52.023.8%2.2×9 -17.4%
5Sorbonne UniversitéFrance 51.310.3%6.2×9 +52.0%
6Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 49.620.4%2.8×9 -41.1%
7Baylor College of MedicineUnited States 48.410.5%8.3×9 +60.6%
8University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 48.011.6%5.5×8 +69.8%
9Medizinische Hochschule HannoverGermany 45.38.4%27.4×15 -
10Sichuan UniversityChina 41.421.6%2.2×11 -9.4%

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 Restless Legs Syndrome Research, country by country

Is Restless Legs Syndrome Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Restless Legs Syndrome 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 Restless Legs Syndrome Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0088% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Restless Legs Syndrome 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.

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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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