Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery is a research topic within Rehabilitation. Science Explorer counts 63k research works in it since 1950. 14.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on principles and interventions in stroke rehabilitation, including topics such as neural plasticity, motor recovery, constraint-induced therapy, robot-assisted therapy, post-stroke depression, virtual reality rehabilitation, gait performance, functional recovery, upper limb function, and various rehabilitation techniques.
- Neural Plasticity
- Motor Recovery
- Constraint-Induced Therapy
- Robot-Assisted Therapy
- Post-Stroke Depression
- Virtual Reality Rehabilitation
- Gait Performance
- Functional Recovery
- Upper Limb Function
- Rehabilitation Techniques
- Research works
- 63k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 9.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 14.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +31% 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 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (3.4k and 2.4k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 3.4k works
- 2 China 2.4k works
- 3 Japan 811 works
- 4 India 736 works
- 5 United Kingdom 711 works
- 6 Italy 604 works
- 7 Canada 580 works
- 8 South Korea 557 works
- 9 Brazil 531 works
- 10 Australia 490 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Hong Kong Polytechnic University publishes the most Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery research, followed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and University of Toronto.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 53 works
- 2 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 45 works
- 3 University of TorontoCanada 42 works
- 4 University of MichiganUnited States 39 works
- 5 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong 38 works
- 6 University of British ColumbiaCanada 34 works
- 7 Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea 34 works
- 8 Cairo UniversityEgypt 33 works
- 9 University of UtahUnited States 32 works
- 10 Northwestern UniversityUnited States 31 works
Who are the leading researchers in Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery include Valery L. Feigin, Graeme J. Hankey and Mayowa Owolabi.
- 1 Valery L. Feigin New Zealand 7.9k citations
- 2 Graeme J. Hankey Australia 7.2k citations
- 3 Mayowa Owolabi Nigeria 6.5k citations
- 4 Atte Meretoja Finland 6.1k citations
- 5 Charles Wolfe United Kingdom 6k citations
- 6 Suzanne Barker‐Collo New Zealand 5.5k citations
- 7 Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian Singapore 5.4k citations
- 8 Luigi Ferrucci United States 5.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery research done?
The largest centres of Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Seoul (South Korea) and Tokyo (Japan).
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where is the best place to study Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery?
Among universities, judged by research, Shanghai University of Sport, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Riphah International 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shanghai University of SportChina | 73.1 | 33.9% | 13.8× | 13 | +315.1% |
| 2 | Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong | 56.2 | 21.6% | 3.8× | 53 | -8.5% |
| 3 | Riphah International UniversityPakistan | 55.9 | 9.9% | 11.7× | 26 | — |
| 4 | Fujian University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina | 55.5 | 26.0% | 12.3× | 11 | +57.1% |
| 5 | Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong | 55.0 | 14.3% | 3.4× | 38 | +148.4% |
| 6 | Università Campus Bio-MedicoItaly | 55.0 | 32.7% | 8.4× | 10 | +11.6% |
| 7 | Scuola Superiore Sant'AnnaItaly | 53.5 | 21.8% | 9.3× | 14 | +14.2% |
| 8 | Medical University of South CarolinaUnited States | 51.7 | 9.6% | 7.5× | 28 | +138.7% |
| 9 | University of Hong KongHong Kong | 49.1 | 21.1% | 1.2× | 16 | +248.5% |
| 10 | National University of SingaporeSingapore | 48.9 | 23.2% | 1.4× | 23 | +120.7% |
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 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 31% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery.
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.