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Tendon Structure and Treatment

Tendon Structure and Treatment is a research topic within Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Science Explorer counts 34k research works in it since 1950. 18.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the adaptation of tendons and skeletal muscles to mechanical loading, with an emphasis on the role of the extracellular matrix, stem cells, growth factors, and platelet-rich plasma in tendon health, injury, and repair. It covers various aspects of tendinopathy, biomechanics, and regeneration of tendon tissues.

  • Tendon
  • Extracellular Matrix
  • Mechanical Loading
  • Stem Cells
  • Growth Factors
  • Tendinopathy
  • Platelet-Rich Plasma
  • Entheses
  • Biomechanics
  • Regeneration
Research works
34k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+23%
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 Tendon Structure and Treatment research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.6k and 915 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.6k works
  2. 2 China 915 works
  3. 3 India 342 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 325 works
  5. 5 Japan 302 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 252 works
  7. 7 Italy 240 works
  8. 8 Germany 225 works
  9. 9 South Korea 225 works
  10. 10 Spain 187 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: 34.0%China: 20.0%India: 7.5%United Kingdom: 7.1%6 others listed: 31.4%34%largest
United States1,551 · 34.0%China915 · 20.0%India342 · 7.5%United Kingdom325 · 7.1%6 others listed1,431 · 31.4%

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

Which institutions lead Tendon Structure and Treatment research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Hospital for Special Surgery publishes the most Tendon Structure and Treatment research, followed by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Cairo University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Hospital for Special SurgeryUnited States 34 works
  2. 2 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 25 works
  3. 3 Cairo UniversityEgypt 23 works
  4. 4 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 21 works
  5. 5 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 20 works
  6. 6 Sichuan UniversityChina 18 works
  7. 7 Shanghai Sixth People's HospitalChina 18 works
  8. 8 Harvard UniversityUnited States 17 works
  9. 9 Peking UniversityChina 16 works
  10. 10 Rush University Medical CenterUnited States 15 works

Who are the leading researchers in Tendon Structure and Treatment?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Tendon Structure and Treatment include Cyrus Cooper, Darwin J. Prockop and Rachelle Buchbinder.

  1. 1 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom 7.2k citations
  2. 2 Darwin J. Prockop United States 3.8k citations
  3. 3 Rachelle Buchbinder Australia 3.5k citations

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

Where is Tendon Structure and Treatment research done?

The largest centres of Tendon Structure and Treatment research in 2022–2025 are Shanghai (China), Beijing (China), New York (United States) and Seoul (South Korea).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Shanghai China 127 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 103 works
  3. 3 New York United States 99 works
  4. 4 Seoul South Korea 94 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 81 works
  6. 6 Istanbul Türkiye 77 works
  7. 7 Tokyo Japan 67 works
  8. 8 Philadelphia United States 63 works
  9. 9 Guangzhou China 55 works
  10. 10 São Paulo Brazil 52 works
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Where is the best place to study Tendon Structure and Treatment?

Among universities, judged by research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Cairo University and Sichuan 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%60%mean 26.94%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Shanghai Jiao Tong University: 25, 51.9%Cairo University: 23, 7.1%Sichuan University: 18, 40.4%Royal Veterinary College: 8, 21.7%Chinese University of Hong Kong: 11, 38.9%University of Delaware: 9, 24.6%University of Pennsylvania: 22, 26.0%University of Lahore: 11, 2.3%University of Minho: 8, 22.9%Peking University: 16, 33.6%Shanghai Jiao Tong U…Sichuan UniversityRoyal Veterinary Col…Cairo University
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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 Jiao Tong UniversityChina 62.951.9%1.8×25 +151.0%
2 Cairo UniversityEgypt 47.97.1%4.5×23 +215.7%
3 Sichuan UniversityChina 44.340.4%1.6×18 +60.9%
4 Royal Veterinary CollegeUnited Kingdom 43.221.7%27.7×8 -29.7%
5 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong 42.338.9%2.3×11 -8.8%
6 University of DelawareUnited States 42.024.6%4.8×9 +158.7%
7 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 41.826.0%3.6×22 -1.5%
8 University of LahorePakistan 41.52.3%9.5×11 —
9 University of MinhoPortugal 41.422.9%3.7×8 +224.0%
10 Peking UniversityChina 41.333.6%1.6×16 +62.1%

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 Tendon Structure and Treatment research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Tendon Structure and Treatment.

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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.