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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. 1 United States 3.4k works
  2. 2 China 2.4k works
  3. 3 Japan 811 works
  4. 4 India 736 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 711 works
  6. 6 Italy 604 works
  7. 7 Canada 580 works
  8. 8 South Korea 557 works
  9. 9 Brazil 531 works
  10. 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.

United States: 31.3%China: 21.9%Japan: 7.6%India: 6.9%6 others listed: 32.4%31%largest
United States3,363 · 31.3%China2,352 · 21.9%Japan811 · 7.6%India736 · 6.9%6 others listed3,474 · 32.4%

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. 1 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 53 works
  2. 2 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 45 works
  3. 3 University of TorontoCanada 42 works
  4. 4 University of MichiganUnited States 39 works
  5. 5 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong 38 works
  6. 6 University of British ColumbiaCanada 34 works
  7. 7 Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea 34 works
  8. 8 Cairo UniversityEgypt 33 works
  9. 9 University of UtahUnited States 32 works
  10. 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. 1 Valery L. Feigin New Zealand 7.9k citations
  2. 2 Graeme J. Hankey Australia 7.2k citations
  3. 3 Mayowa Owolabi Nigeria 6.5k citations
  4. 4 Atte Meretoja Finland 6.1k citations
  5. 5 Charles Wolfe United Kingdom 6k citations
  6. 6 Suzanne Barker‐Collo New Zealand 5.5k citations
  7. 7 Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian Singapore 5.4k citations
  8. 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

  1. 1 Beijing China 334 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 230 works
  3. 3 Seoul South Korea 224 works
  4. 4 Tokyo Japan 202 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 168 works
  6. 6 Melbourne Australia 161 works
  7. 7 Toronto Canada 139 works
  8. 8 Rome Italy 128 works
  9. 9 New York United States 125 works
  10. 10 Hong Kong China 123 works
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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.

0%20%40%mean 21.41%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Shanghai University of Sport: 13, 33.9%Hong Kong Polytechnic University: 53, 21.6%Riphah International University: 26, 9.9%Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine: 11, 26.0%Chinese University of Hong Kong: 38, 14.3%Università Campus Bio-Medico: 10, 32.7%Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna: 14, 21.8%Medical University of South Carolina: 28, 9.6%University of Hong Kong: 16, 21.1%National University of Singapore: 23, 23.2%Shanghai University …Fujian University of…Hong Kong Polytechni…Riphah International…
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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 Shanghai University of SportChina 73.133.9%13.8×13 +315.1%
2 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 56.221.6%3.8×53 -8.5%
3 Riphah International UniversityPakistan 55.99.9%11.7×26
4 Fujian University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 55.526.0%12.3×11 +57.1%
5 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong 55.014.3%3.4×38 +148.4%
6 Università Campus Bio-MedicoItaly 55.032.7%8.4×10 +11.6%
7 Scuola Superiore Sant'AnnaItaly 53.521.8%9.3×14 +14.2%
8 Medical University of South CarolinaUnited States 51.79.6%7.5×28 +138.7%
9 University of Hong KongHong Kong 49.121.1%1.2×16 +248.5%
10 National University of SingaporeSingapore 48.923.2%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.

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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.