Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics

Top Research Topics at Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics?

Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics tackles a plethora of topics, such as Physical therapy, Developmental psychology, Cerebral palsy, Physical medicine and rehabilitation and Occupational therapy. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Physical therapy, it also covered topics in Intervention (counseling), Reliability (statistics), Motor skill and Psychological intervention. Many of the studies tackled connect Motor skill with a similar field of study like Psychomotor learning.

The studies on Developmental psychology discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Test (assessment), Audiology, Cognition and Clinical psychology. Cerebral palsy and Randomized controlled trial are closely related fields of research discussed in it. Nursing, Activities of daily living and Medical education are some topics wherein Occupational therapy research discussed in it have an impact.

• Physical therapy (25.44%)
• Developmental psychology (23.50%)
• Cerebral palsy (19.38%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Family-Centred Service (497 citations)
• A conceptual model of the factors affecting the recreation and leisure participation of children with disabilities. (453 citations)
• A Synactive Model of Neonatal Behavioral Organization (352 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics:

The most cited publications explore disciplines such as Developmental psychology, Cerebral palsy, Physical therapy, Occupational therapy and Clinical psychology. The journal publications explore issues in Developmental psychology which can be linked to other research areas like Interpersonal relationship and Social environment. The published articles explore topics in Physical therapy which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Test (assessment), Reliability (statistics), Inter-rater reliability and Physical medicine and rehabilitation.

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

• Internal medicine
• Law
• Cognition

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Cerebral palsy, Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Physical therapy, Occupational therapy and Reliability (statistics). While the journal focused on Cerebral palsy, it was also able to explore topics like Percentile, Prospective cohort study, Recreation and Socioeconomics. Topics in Physical medicine and rehabilitation were tackled in line with various other fields like Virtual reality and Motor learning.

More specifically, the research on Physical therapy in it is related to Rehabilitation. The work on Occupational therapy tackled in Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics brings together disciplines like Perception, Activities of daily living, Agreement and Developmental psychology, Autism. Reliability (statistics) research presented in Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics encompasses a variety of subjects, including Test (assessment) and Muscle architecture.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Pediatric Teleheath: Opportunities Created by the COVID-19 and Suggestions to Sustain Its Use to Support Families of Children with Disabilities (18 citations)
• Longitudinal Trajectories and Reference Percentiles for Participation in Family and Recreational Activities of Children with Cerebral Palsy (4 citations)
• Clinician Perspectives of Chronic Pain Management in Children and Adolescents with Cerebral Palsy and Dyskinesia. (3 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 Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics (based on the number of publications) are:

• Robert J. Palisano (42 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Mary Law (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Gillian King (35 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Annette Majnemer (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Lisa A. Chiarello (20 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous 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 Physical & Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics (based on the number of publications) are:

• McMaster University (78 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Toronto (55 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Washington (55 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Drexel University (44 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (41 papers) absent at the last 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, 3.03% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 29.69% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 9.38% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 23.44% of all publications and 37.50% 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.

Career Opportunities in Pediatric Physical and Occupational Therapy

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