Mapping the field of physical therapy and identification of the leading active producers. A bibliometric analysis of the period 2000- 2018.

Autor: Carballo-Costa L; Department of Physical Therapy, Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Physiotherapy, Universidade da Coruña, Grupo de Investigación en Intervención Psicosocial y Rehabilitación Funcional, Campus de Oza, A Coruña, Spain., Quintela-Del-Río A; Universidade da Coruña, Departamento de Matemáticas, Faculty of Physiotherapy, Campus de Oza, A Coruña, Spain., Vivas-Costa J; Department of Physical Therapy, Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Physiotherapy, Universidade da Coruña, Grupo de Investigación en Intervención Psicosocial y Rehabilitación Funcional, Campus de Oza, A Coruña, Spain., Costas R; Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands.; Centre of Excellence in Scientometrics and Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Stellenbosch University DST-NRF, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Physiotherapy theory and practice [Physiother Theory Pract] 2023 Nov 02; Vol. 39 (11), pp. 2407-2419. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 May 19.
DOI: 10.1080/09593985.2022.2073927
Abstrakt: 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.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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