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Spinal Cord Injury Research

Spinal Cord Injury Research is a research topic within Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Science Explorer counts 25k research works in it since 1950. 18.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the pathophysiology, epidemiology, and treatment strategies for spinal cord injury. It covers topics such as neurological classification, recovery priorities, epidemiological trends, inflammation, neuroprotection, physical activity participation, and clinical trial guidelines. The papers also explore neuromodulation, functional recovery, and the role of various therapeutic interventions in improving outcomes for individuals with spinal cord injury.

  • Spinal Cord Injury
  • Neurological Classification
  • Epidemiology
  • Recovery
  • Inflammation
  • Neuroprotection
  • Physical Activity
  • Clinical Trials
  • Neuromodulation
  • Functional Recovery
Research works
25k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+22%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Spinal Cord Injury Research research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.2k and 979 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.2k works
  2. 2 China 979 works
  3. 3 Canada 300 works
  4. 4 Japan 189 works
  5. 5 India 179 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 164 works
  7. 7 South Korea 148 works
  8. 8 Australia 141 works
  9. 9 Brazil 124 works
  10. 10 Italy 118 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: 33.7%China: 27.7%Canada: 8.5%Japan: 5.3%6 others listed: 24.8%34%largest
United States1,188 · 33.7%China979 · 27.7%Canada300 · 8.5%Japan189 · 5.3%6 others listed875 · 24.8%

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

Which institutions lead Spinal Cord Injury Research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Toronto publishes the most Spinal Cord Injury Research research, followed by Neurological Surgery and University of British Columbia.

Who are the leading researchers in Spinal Cord Injury Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Spinal Cord Injury Research include Vafa Rahimi‐Movaghar.

  1. 1 Vafa Rahimi‐Movaghar Iran 4.4k citations

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

Where is Spinal Cord Injury Research research done?

The largest centres of Spinal Cord Injury Research research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Toronto (Canada), Shanghai (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nottwil and Rockville Centre.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 124 works
  2. 2 Toronto Canada 87 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 82 works
  4. 4 Guangzhou China 67 works
  5. 5 Seoul South Korea 64 works
  6. 6 Vancouver Canada 62 works
  7. 7 Tehran Iran 55 works
  8. 8 Philadelphia United States 44 works
  9. 9 London United Kingdom 43 works
  10. 10 New York United States 43 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NottwilCH · 29.7 works456×
  2. Rockville CentreUS · 25.5 works37×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Spinal Cord Injury Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Spinal Cord Injury Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Wenzhou Medical University, Capital Medical University and University of Lucerne 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%20%40%mean 26.17%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Wenzhou Medical University: 10, 43.8%Capital Medical University: 22, 22.0%University of Lucerne: 16, 9.8%Nantong University: 14, 37.2%Drexel University: 12, 26.6%University of Toronto: 31, 20.8%University of Louisville: 17, 17.6%University of Miami: 16, 33.0%Jinzhou Medical University: 10, 29.5%University of British Columbia: 22, 21.4%Wenzhou Medical Univ…Nantong UniversityCapital Medical Univ…University of Lucerne
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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 Wenzhou Medical UniversityChina 62.043.8%6.5×10 +175.6%
2 Capital Medical UniversityChina 58.622.0%8.2×22 +91.3%
3 University of LucerneSwitzerland 57.39.8%53.6×16 +166.5%
4 Nantong UniversityChina 56.437.2%8.6×14 +1.2%
5 Drexel UniversityUnited States 54.126.6%11.8×12 +19.6%
6 University of TorontoCanada 53.020.8%4.6×31 +28.3%
7 University of LouisvilleUnited States 52.417.6%14.2×17 +27.8%
8 University of MiamiUnited States 51.433.0%7.1×16 -28.7%
9 Jinzhou Medical UniversityChina 50.229.5%32.6×10 +8.5%
10 University of British ColumbiaCanada 49.821.4%4.8×22 +28.8%

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 Spinal Cord Injury Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Spinal Cord Injury 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.

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.