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Winter Sports Injuries and Performance

Winter Sports Injuries and Performance is a research topic within Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 7.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the analysis of injuries, risk factors, and safety measures in alpine skiing and snowboarding. It covers topics such as head injuries, helmet use, biomechanics, and risk factors associated with skiing and snowboarding. The research aims to understand the mechanisms of injuries and to develop effective preventive measures to enhance safety in winter sports.

  • Skiing
  • Snowboarding
  • Injuries
  • Head Injuries
  • Helmet Use
  • Alpine Skiing
  • Risk Factors
  • Biomechanics
  • Trauma
  • Safety Measures
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
7.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-9%
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 Winter Sports Injuries and Performance research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (792 and 437 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 792 works
  2. 2 United States 437 works
  3. 3 Japan 214 works
  4. 4 Germany 133 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 132 works
  6. 6 Russia 112 works
  7. 7 France 110 works
  8. 8 Canada 89 works
  9. 9 India 74 works
  10. 10 Switzerland 66 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.

China: 36.7%United States: 20.2%Japan: 9.9%Germany: 6.2%6 others listed: 27.0%37%largest
China792 · 36.7%United States437 · 20.2%Japan214 · 9.9%Germany133 · 6.2%6 others listed582 · 27.0%

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

Which institutions lead Winter Sports Injuries and Performance research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universität Innsbruck publishes the most Winter Sports Injuries and Performance research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Beijing Institute of Technology.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universität InnsbruckAustria 21 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 15 works
  3. 3 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 12 works
  4. 4 Tongji UniversityChina 12 works
  5. 5 Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway 11 works
  6. 6 Beijing Sport UniversityChina 11 works
  7. 7 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 9 works
  8. 8 Harbin UniversityChina 9 works
  9. 9 Jilin UniversityChina 8 works
  10. 10 Northumbria UniversityUnited Kingdom 8 works

Where is Winter Sports Injuries and Performance research done?

The largest centres of Winter Sports Injuries and Performance research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), Shanghai (China) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Innsbruck.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 161 works
  2. 2 Tokyo Japan 71 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 54 works
  4. 4 Moscow Russia 46 works
  5. 5 Wuhan China 42 works
  6. 6 Harbin China 37 works
  7. 7 Xi'an China 29 works
  8. 8 Innsbruck Austria 27 works
  9. 9 Guangzhou China 27 works
  10. 10 Chengdu China 26 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. InnsbruckAT · 27.5 works21×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Winter Sports Injuries and Performance than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Winter Sports Injuries and Performance?

Among universities, judged by research, Northumbria University, Universität Innsbruck and Beijing Sport 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 11.5444%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Northumbria University: 8, 39.4%Universität Innsbruck: 21, 6.7%Beijing Sport University: 11, 11.9%Norwegian University of Science and Technology: 11, 6.9%Lomonosov Moscow State University: 9, 5.4%Harbin University: 9, 9.1%Tongji University: 12, 12.9%Beijing Institute of Technology: 12, 8.8%Jilin University: 8, 2.8%Northumbria UniversityBeijing Sport Univer…Norwegian University…Universität Innsbruck
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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 Northumbria UniversityUnited Kingdom 70.839.4%12.3×8 +29.3%
2 Universität InnsbruckAustria 61.06.7%25.6×21 +11.2%
3 Beijing Sport UniversityChina 41.511.9%56.9×11 -88.1%
4 Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway 41.36.9%7.1×11 +14.3%
5 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 34.25.4%3.6×9 +154.5%
6 Harbin UniversityChina 31.79.1%52.8×9 -87.3%
7 Tongji UniversityChina 25.112.9%3.3×12 -39.7%
8 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 22.38.8%3.6×12 -28.6%
9 Jilin UniversityChina 5.62.8%3.0×8 -56.1%

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 Winter Sports Injuries and Performance research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011.

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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.