Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy

Top Research Topics at Revista Brasileira De Fisioterapia?

Revista Brasileira De Fisioterapia covers a variety of subjects, including Physical therapy, Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Rehabilitation, Internal medicine and Randomized controlled trial. It dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Internal medicine and Cardiology.

• Physical therapy (11.12%)
• Physical medicine and rehabilitation (4.41%)
• Rehabilitation (3.59%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Estudos de revisão sistemática: um guia para síntese criteriosa da evidência científica (430 citations)
• Revisão sobre posturografia baseada em plataforma de força para avaliação do equilíbrio (415 citations)
• The Consensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) and how to select an outcome measurement instrument (241 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Revista Brasileira De Fisioterapia:

The journal publications are mainly concerned with subjects like Physical therapy, Rehabilitation, Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Randomized controlled trial and Reliability (statistics). The most cited articles explore topics in Physical therapy which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Test (assessment) and Intraclass correlation. The journal publications address concerns in the field of Reliability (statistics) by exploring it in line with topics in Orthodontics which intersect with Goniometer subjects.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

• Internal medicine
• Surgery
• Physical therapy

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of Revista Brasileira De Fisioterapia is to expand the discussion of research in Physical therapy, Rehabilitation, Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Low back pain and Intraclass correlation. Chronic pain research are fields of study within Physical therapy but they also intertwine with concepts in In patient. Topics in Rehabilitation explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Osteoarthritis, Correlation, Telerehabilitation and Gerontology.

The research on Physical medicine and rehabilitation tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Isometric exercise. The work on Low back pain tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Cross-sectional study and Systematic review. While Revista Brasileira De Fisioterapia focused on Intraclass correlation, it was also able to explore topics like Concurrent validity and Convergent validity.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Beliefs about the body and pain: the critical role in musculoskeletal pain management. (10 citations)
• Attitudes and beliefs on low back pain in physical therapy education: A cross-sectional study (4 citations)
• Inter-rater reliability of the Johns Hopkins Highest Level of Mobility Scale (JH-HLM) in the intensive care unit. (4 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Revista Brasileira De Fisioterapia (based on the number of publications) are:

• Fabio Pitta (119 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
• Verônica Franco Parreira (89 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
• Raquel Rodrigues Britto (86 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Vanessa S. Probst (81 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Antonio F. Brunetto (81 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Revista Brasileira De Fisioterapia (based on the number of publications) are:

• Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (225 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
• Federal University of São Carlos (217 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• University of São Paulo (190 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• American Physical Therapy Association (82 papers) published 23 papers at the last edition, 11 more than at the previous edition,
• State University of Campinas (80 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 0.99% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 60.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.00% of all publications and 13.00% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

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