Mapping the Field of Physical Therapy and Identification of the Leading Active Producers: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Period 2000- 2018
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Mapping the Field of Physical Therapy and Identification of the Leading Active Producers: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Period 2000- 2018Data
2022-05-19Cita bibliográfica
Carballo-Costa L, Quintela-del-Río A, Vivas-Costa J, Costas R. Mapping the field of physical therapy and identification of the leading active producers: a bibliometric analysis of the period 2000- 2018. Physiother Theory Pract. 2022. Epub 2022 May 19
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[Abstract] Objectives: The objectives of the study were: 1) Describe the thematic structure and evolution of the field of physical therapy; 2) identify the main research producers (i.e. countries and institutions); and 3) compare their research output and citation impact.
Methods: Papers related to physical therapy indexed in Web of Science (2000-2018) were identified to delineate the field, using keywords, journals, and citation networks. VOSviewer software, advanced bibliometric text mining, and visualization techniques were used to evaluate the thematic structure. We collected data about the country and institutional affiliation of all the authors and calculated production and citation impact indicators.
Results: 85,697 papers were analyzed. Eleven thematic clusters were identified: 1) "health care and education"; 2) "biomechanics"; 3) "psychosocial, chronic pain and quality of life outcomes"; 4) "evidence-based physical therapy research methods"; 5) "traumatology and orthopedics"; 6) "neurological rehabilitation"; 7) "psychometrics and cross-cultural adaptation"; 8) "gait-balance analysis and Parkinson's disease"; 9) "exercise"; 10) "respiratory physical therapy"; and 11) "back pain." The United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia were the most productive countries. Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden had the highest citation impact.
Conclusions: Our bibliometric visualization approach makes it possible to comprehensively study the thematic structure of physical therapy. The ranking of producers has evolved and now includes China and Brazil. High research production does not imply a high citation impact.
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Bibliometrics
Physical therapy
Scientific impact
Scientific production
Thematic structure
Physical therapy
Scientific impact
Scientific production
Thematic structure
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Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacional This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in Taylor & Francis Online. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
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