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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,423
Country Rank
25
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9871.png)
![Brazil](/flags/br.png)
![Diego Augusto Santos Silva](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/fa/1101625.jpg)
Physical Activity
Sports Science
Epidemiology
Body Composition
Public Heatlh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,405
123,111
0.841
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,004
Country Rank
200
Institution Rank : 29
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5838.jpg)
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
![Ilana Ackerman](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ab/114517.jpg)
Arthritis
Epidemiology
Health Services Research
Patient-reported outcome assessment
Physiotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,202
53,636
0.713
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,345
Country Rank
441
Institution Rank : 29
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/4926.png)
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![Brendon Stubbs](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/66/1460468.jpg)
Physiotherapy
Physical activity
schizophrenia
exercise
evidence based mental health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,241
60,901
0.843
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
7,934
Country Rank
3,797
Institution Rank : 35
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11008.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Scott K Powers](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a7/1611050.jpg)
Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,470
19,673
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,031
Country Rank
4,339
Institution Rank : 11
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10933.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Linda S Pescatello](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/7f/1776311.jpg)
Exercise
Blood Pressure
Hypertension
Genomics
Exercise Prescription
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,195
21,193
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,116
Country Rank
350
Institution Rank : 43
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10873.jpg)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![Karim M Khan](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/39/641224.jpg)
sports medicine
tendinopathies
physical activity for health
physiotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,901
22,366
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,370
Country Rank
4,505
Institution Rank : 13
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10933.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Richard W Bohannon](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c5/1776312.jpg)
physical therapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,924
19,601
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,485
Country Rank
4,554
Institution Rank : 10
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10808.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Robert Motl](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/98/1702235.jpg)
Multiple sclerosis
Exercise
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,594
24,201
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
10,692
Country Rank
414
Institution Rank : 63
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11508.jpg)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![Kelly K O Brien](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/93/646353.jpg)
HIV
disability
rehabilitation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,840
40,643
0.868
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
11,398
Country Rank
459
Institution Rank : 45
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11312.png)
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
![Gwendolen Jull](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a1/1072.jpg)
neck pain
whiplash
headache
manual therapy
exercise
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,978
12,925
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
12,495
Country Rank
95
Institution Rank : 27
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1252.png)
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Rik Gosselink](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Physiotherapy
respiratory disease
critical illness
rehabilitation
muscle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,520
17,034
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
13,476
Country Rank
6,426
Institution Rank : 38
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6779.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Mark Latash](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/1b/886917.jpg)
motor control
biomechanics
movement disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,592
11,268
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
17,748
Country Rank
727
Institution Rank : 68
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5603.jpg)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![Michelle Kho](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/65/644197.jpg)
Rehabilitation
critical illness
clinical trials
methodology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,130
23,583
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
18,471
Country Rank
8,684
Institution Rank : 11
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/4250.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Greg Welk](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f3/1394897.jpg)
Physical Activity
Health Promotion
Assessment
Youth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,221
11,065
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
18,777
Country Rank
767
Institution Rank : 70
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5603.jpg)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![Dina Brooks](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/87/641569.jpg)
Rehabilitation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,835
13,918
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
19,235
Country Rank
5
Institution Rank : 5
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9392.jpg)
![Puerto Rico](/flags/pr.png)
![Walter Frontera](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/63/806551.jpg)
Aging
muscle
exercise physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,341
10,238
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
20,038
Country Rank
9,356
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2106.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Joseph A Houmard](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Exercise
skeletal muscle
obesity
diabetes
insulin action
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,536
8,037
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
20,989
Country Rank
130
Institution Rank : 16
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/4847.png)
![Iran](/flags/ir.png)
![Mohammadbagher Shamsi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/04/523883.jpg)
Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy
Mechanical Low Back Pain
Sport Injuries
Kinesiologic Electeromyography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,626
29,546
0.965
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
22,926
Country Rank
987
Institution Rank : 83
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11312.png)
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
![Michelle D Smith](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c6/1102.jpg)
Musucloskeletal and sports injuries
health
pain
injury prevention
physiotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,965
14,596
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
23,047
Country Rank
137
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/549.jpg)
![Israel](/flags/il.png)
![Jay R Hoffman](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/7a/353976.jpg)
exercise physiology
sport science
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,883
11,650
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
24,478
Country Rank
1,068
Institution Rank : 17
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5139.jpg)
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
![Nicholas Taylor](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/dc/1262.jpg)
Rehabilitation
Physiotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,773
14,543
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
24,647
Country Rank
11,391
Institution Rank : 16
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2073.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Robert Palisano](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
pediatric rehabilitation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,637
10,428
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
25,611
Country Rank
324
Institution Rank : 14
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5269.png)
![Sweden](/flags/se.png)
![Martin Hägglund](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/36/1417174.jpg)
Sports medicine
physiotherapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,915
15,369
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
25,625
Country Rank
1,036
Institution Rank : 85
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5603.jpg)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![Pasqualina Lina Santaguida](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/45/643280.jpg)
Epidemiological Methods
Evidence Syntheses
Guidelines
Consensus Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,907
18,561
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
28,157
Country Rank
1,146
Institution Rank : 78
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10815.jpg)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![John C Spence Fcahs](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/09/642239.jpg)
physical activity
ecological models
exercise
policy
active transportation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,271
12,684
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
1,423
Country Ranking
25
Institution Ranking
1
Diego Augusto Santos Silva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,405
123,111
0.841
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9871.png)
Physical Activity
Sports Science
Epidemiology
Body Composition
Public Heatlh
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,004
Country Ranking
200
Institution Ranking
29
Ilana Ackerman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,202
53,636
0.713
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5838.jpg)
Arthritis
Epidemiology
Health Services Research
Patient-reported outcome assessment
Physiotherapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,345
Country Ranking
441
Institution Ranking
29
Brendon Stubbs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,241
60,901
0.843
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/4926.png)
Physiotherapy
Physical activity
schizophrenia
exercise
evidence based mental health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
7,934
Country Ranking
3,797
Institution Ranking
35
Scott K Powers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,470
19,673
0.348
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11008.jpg)
Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
9,031
Country Ranking
4,339
Institution Ranking
11
Linda S Pescatello
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,195
21,193
0.406
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10933.jpg)
Exercise
Blood Pressure
Hypertension
Genomics
Exercise Prescription
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
9,116
Country Ranking
350
Institution Ranking
43
Karim M Khan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,901
22,366
0.431
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10873.jpg)
sports medicine
tendinopathies
physical activity for health
physiotherapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
9,370
Country Ranking
4,505
Institution Ranking
13
Richard W Bohannon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,924
19,601
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
9,485
Country Ranking
4,554
Institution Ranking
10
Robert Motl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,594
24,201
0.478
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10808.png)
Multiple sclerosis
Exercise
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
10,692
Country Ranking
414
Institution Ranking
63
Kelly K O Brien
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,840
40,643
0.868
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11508.jpg)
HIV
disability
rehabilitation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
11,398
Country Ranking
459
Institution Ranking
45
Gwendolen Jull
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,978
12,925
0.287
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11312.png)
neck pain
whiplash
headache
manual therapy
exercise
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
12,495
Country Ranking
95
Institution Ranking
27
Rik Gosselink
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,520
17,034
0.401
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1252.png)
Physiotherapy
respiratory disease
critical illness
rehabilitation
muscle
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
13,476
Country Ranking
6,426
Institution Ranking
38
Mark Latash
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,592
11,268
0.278
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6779.jpg)
motor control
biomechanics
movement disorders
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
17,748
Country Ranking
727
Institution Ranking
68
Michelle Kho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,130
23,583
0.691
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5603.jpg)
Rehabilitation
critical illness
clinical trials
methodology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
18,471
Country Ranking
8,684
Institution Ranking
11
Greg Welk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,221
11,065
0.333
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/4250.jpg)
Physical Activity
Health Promotion
Assessment
Youth
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
18,777
Country Ranking
767
Institution Ranking
70
Dina Brooks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,835
13,918
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
19,235
Country Ranking
5
Institution Ranking
5
Walter Frontera
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,341
10,238
0.317
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9392.jpg)
Aging
muscle
exercise physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
20,038
Country Ranking
9,356
Institution Ranking
2
Joseph A Houmard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,536
8,037
0.255
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2106.png)
Exercise
skeletal muscle
obesity
diabetes
insulin action
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
20,989
Country Ranking
130
Institution Ranking
16
Mohammadbagher Shamsi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,626
29,546
0.965
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/4847.png)
Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy
Mechanical Low Back Pain
Sport Injuries
Kinesiologic Electeromyography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
22,926
Country Ranking
987
Institution Ranking
83
Michelle D Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,965
14,596
0.504
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11312.png)
Musucloskeletal and sports injuries
health
pain
injury prevention
physiotherapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
23,047
Country Ranking
137
Institution Ranking
1
Jay R Hoffman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,883
11,650
0.403
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/549.jpg)
exercise physiology
sport science
Molecular Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
24,478
Country Ranking
1,068
Institution Ranking
17
Nicholas Taylor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,773
14,543
0.524
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5139.jpg)
Rehabilitation
Physiotherapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
24,647
Country Ranking
11,391
Institution Ranking
16
Robert Palisano
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,637
10,428
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
25,611
Country Ranking
324
Institution Ranking
14
Martin Hägglund
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,915
15,369
0.571
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5269.png)
Sports medicine
physiotherapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
25,625
Country Ranking
1,036
Institution Ranking
85
Pasqualina Lina Santaguida
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,907
18,561
0.690
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5603.jpg)
Epidemiological Methods
Evidence Syntheses
Guidelines
Consensus Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
28,157
Country Ranking
1,146
Institution Ranking
78
John C Spence Fcahs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,271
12,684
0.502
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10815.jpg)
physical activity
ecological models
exercise
policy
active transportation