Hirofumi Ogihara, Norio Yamamoto, Yasuyuki Kurasawa, Tomohiko Kamo, Akikazu Hagiyama, Shota Hayashi, Ryo Momosaki

Characteristics and Methodological Quality of the Top 50 Most Influential Articles on Stroke Rehabilitation: A Bibliometric Analysis

  • Rehabilitation
  • Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
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Abstract This study aimed to conduct a comprehensive review of the top 50 most influential articles on stroke rehabilitation to investigate characteristics such as the number of citations, year of publication, study design, and research topic, as well as to assess the evidence level and methodological quality. Moreover, we performed a supplementary assessment of the top ten articles published within the past 5 years in the same domain, aiming to discern potential shifts in trends and methodological quality. Web of Science was used to search for articles on stroke rehabilitation. The data extracted from the articles included title, journal impact factor, year of publication, total number of citations, article topic, study design and others. The level of evidence and methodological quality were assessed by two reviewers. Non-invasive brain stimulation and robotic rehabilitation were frequently discussed in the top 50 articles. We found that there was no difference in methodology quality between the top 50 articles in all years and the top ten articles in the past 5 years. Furthermore, the number of citations and citation density were not associated with the methodological quality. The findings suggest that the number of citations alone may not be a reliable indicator of research quality.

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