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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies is a research topic within Neurology. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the effects of various non-invasive brain stimulation techniques, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation and transcranial direct current stimulation, on the motor cortex. It delves into topics such as cortical plasticity, neurorehabilitation after stroke, modulation of cortical excitability, and the role of functional connectivity in motor recovery.

  • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
  • Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
  • Motor Cortex
  • Plasticity
  • Neurorehabilitation
  • Cortical Excitability
  • Stroke Recovery
  • Neural Plasticity
  • Functional Connectivity
  • Neurophysiological Effects
Research works
27k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+23%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
32% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies

Which countries lead Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.7k and 1.3k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 1.7k works
  2. 2 China 1.3k works
  3. 3 Germany 438 works
  4. 4 Italy 349 works
  5. 5 Canada 321 works
  6. 6 Japan 314 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 272 works
  8. 8 Brazil 200 works
  9. 9 France 199 works
  10. 10 Australia 191 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: 32.0%China: 25.2%Germany: 8.2%Italy: 6.5%6 others listed: 28.1%32%largest
United States1,709 · 32.0%China1,343 · 25.2%Germany438 · 8.2%Italy349 · 6.5%6 others listed1,497 · 28.1%

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

Which institutions lead Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Harvard University publishes the most Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies research, followed by University of Toronto and Capital Medical University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Harvard UniversityUnited States 116 works
  2. 2 University of TorontoCanada 85 works
  3. 3 Capital Medical UniversityChina 68 works
  4. 4 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 45 works
  5. 5 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 43 works
  6. 6 Stanford UniversityUnited States 36 works
  7. 7 Zhejiang UniversityChina 34 works
  8. 8 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina 34 works
  9. 9 InsermFrance 33 works
  10. 10 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 33 works

Who are the leading researchers in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies include John P. A. Ioannidis, Graeme J. Hankey and Karl John Friston.

  1. 1 John P. A. Ioannidis United States 317k citations
  2. 2 Graeme J. Hankey Australia 316k citations
  3. 3 Karl John Friston United Kingdom 310k citations
  4. 4 Dan J. Stein South Africa 306k citations
  5. 5 John Q. Trojanowski United States 286k citations
  6. 6 Luigi Ferrucci United States 281k citations
  7. 7 Kaj Blennow Sweden 247k citations
  8. 8 Isabela M. Benseñor Brazil 245k citations
  9. 9 Paulo A. Lotufo Brazil 239k citations
  10. 10 Kai You Wang China 224k 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 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies?

The most cited paper in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies is "Excitability changes induced in the human motor cortex by weak transcranial direct current stimulation" (Michael Andreas Nitsche, Walter Paulus, 2000), with 5,776 citations. Next come "Safety, ethical considerations, and application guidelines for the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation in clinical practice and research" (5,541) and "Theta Burst Stimulation of the Human Motor Cortex" (4,260).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Excitability changes induced in the human motor cortex by weak transcranial direct current stimulation Michael Andreas Nitsche, Walter Paulus · The Journal of Physiology Open access Sep 2000 5,776
2 Safety, ethical considerations, and application guidelines for the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation in clinical practice and research Símone Rossi, Mark Hallett, Paolo Maria Rossini et al. · Clinical Neurophysiology Open access 15 Oct 2009 5,541
3 Theta Burst Stimulation of the Human Motor Cortex Ying‐Zu Huang, Mark John Edwards, Elisabeth Rounis et al. · Neuron Open access 2005 4,260
4 Deep Brain Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Depression Helen S. Mayberg, Andrés M. Lozano, Valerie Voon et al. · Neuron Open access Mar 2005 4,134
5 Interplay between Cortical Spreading Depolarization and Seizures Daniel R. Kramer, Tatsuhiro Fujii, Ifije E. Ohiorhenuan et al. · Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 2017 3,708
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies research done?

The largest centres of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Toronto (Canada) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Charleston.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 221 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 157 works
  3. 3 TorontoCanada 113 works
  4. 4 TokyoJapan 99 works
  5. 5 LondonUnited Kingdom 96 works
  6. 6 BostonUnited States 87 works
  7. 7 New YorkUnited States 78 works
  8. 8 RomeItaly 77 works
  9. 9 GuangzhouChina 75 works
  10. 10 TehranIran 74 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CharlestonUS · 30.8 works14×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, University of Toronto and Shanghai University of Sport 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 17.13%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Sichuan UniversityShanghai University …Harvard UniversityUniversity of Toronto
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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 81.314.0%5.9×116 +5.4%
2University of TorontoCanada 70.212.7%6.8×85 -5.4%
3Shanghai University of SportChina 66.217.2%54.8×19 +240.2%
4Sichuan UniversityChina 65.717.9%2.3×31 +280.3%
5McGill UniversityCanada 65.417.4%3.1×19 +32.2%
6Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 64.815.4%4.0×21 +32.7%
7Medical University of ViennaAustria 63.923.6%5.5×11 +32.1%
8University of ZurichSwitzerland 63.417.5%2.8×12 +22.3%
9University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 62.320.2%2.5×17 +44.8%
10University of TübingenGermany 61.915.4%9.4×25 -15.3%

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 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies, country by country

Is Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies.

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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 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.026% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies 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.

still counting5%10%15%Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies9.8% in 2025200020102020

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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