Schmerz

Top Research Topics at Schmerz?

Schmerz facilitates discussions on Gynecology, Pain medicine, Psychosomatic medicine, Sports medicine and Neurology. While it focused on Pain medicine, it was also able to explore topics like Internal medicine, Physical therapy and Family medicine. The majority of Internal medicine studies are focused on the issues of Rheumatology.

The Physical therapy research dealing mostly with Chronic pain is the focus of the journal. Schmerz connects the study in Psychosomatic medicine with the closely related area of MEDLINE.

• Gynecology (49.46%)
• Pain medicine (27.36%)
• Psychosomatic medicine (23.10%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Behinderungseinschätzung bei chronischen Schmerzpatienten (231 citations)
• Development and evaluation of the multidimensional German pain questionnaire (190 citations)
• Zur Anwendbarkeit des West Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory im deutschen Sprachraum (167 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Schmerz:

The most cited papers focus on Gynecology, Pain medicine, Physical therapy, Psychosomatic medicine and Sports medicine. While Gynecology is the focus of the most cited publications, it also provides insights into the studies of Patient care team, Pain management, Treatment outcome and Pain psychology, Chronic disease. Issues in Pain medicine were discussed in the journal articles, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Internal medicine and Neurology.

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

• Internal medicine
• Surgery
• Disease

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Schmerz mainly tackles studies in Gynecology, Pain medicine, Chronic pain, Psychosomatic medicine and Neurology. Concepts in Palliative care, as well as related topics in Multiple choice, are covered in the Gynecology research presented in the journal. The work on Pain medicine tackled in it brings together disciplines like Physical therapy, Sports medicine and Internal medicine.

The Physical therapy works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Neuropathic pain and Quality of life. The concepts on Sports medicine presented in Schmerz can also apply to other research fields, including Radiofrequency denervation and Family medicine. It addresses concerns in Chronic pain which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Biopsychosocial model, Pain therapy, Depression (differential diagnoses) and Intensive care medicine.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Schmerzmedizinische Versorgung chronisch schmerzkranker Kinder und Jugendlicher in Deutschland (5 citations)
• Diagnostik und Therapie bei Kindern und Jugendlichen mit chronischem Schmerz: Zeitliche Entwicklung potenziell gesundheitsgefährdender Maßnahmen (4 citations)
• [Status of palliative care education in Germany : A survey of medical faculties in 2018]. (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 Schmerz (based on the number of publications) are:

• Winfried Häuser (107 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• Lukas Radbruch (92 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• Marcus Schiltenwolf (68 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Michael Pfingsten (63 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Christoph Maier (62 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 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 Schmerz (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Göttingen (163 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Heidelberg University (117 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
• Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (104 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
• Ruhr University Bochum (96 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Witten/Herdecke University (92 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 42.11% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 45.45% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 22.73% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.18% of all publications and 13.64% 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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