Trend in research and hotspot on exercise therapy at home for stroke patients: a bibliometric analysis

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The 10 nations that have produced the most research findings regarding at-home exercise therapy for stroke patients_

No.	Country	Articles (%)	Citations	ACI	TLS	Top country institution	Top institution author
1	United States	454 (23.8)	8050	17.73	142	Massachusetts General Hospital	Schwamm, L.H.
2	United Kingdom	181 (9.5)	3237	17.88	128	University of Nottingham	Walker, M.
3	Australia	118 (6.2)	1546	13.10	81	The University of Sydney	Ada, L.
4	Canada	114 (6.0)	1701	14.92	47	University of Toronto	Bayley, M. & Fang, J.
5	Netherlands	87 (4.6)	1541	17.71	68	Universiteit Maastricht	Schols, J.M.G.A., Van Heugten, C.M. Visser-Meily, J.M.A. & van Heugten, C.M.
6	Japan	83 (4.4)	1001	12.06	14	Nagasaki Rehabilitation Hospital	Nishioka, S.
7	China	78 (4.1)	1025	13.14	37	Fudan University	Chen, J.
8	Italy	64 (3.4)	1248	19.50	46	Università degli Studi di Milano	Borghese, N.A.
9	Sweden	60 (3.1)	811	13.52	33	Karolinska Institutet	Ytterberg, C.
10	Spain	44 (2.3)	680	15.45	36	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona	Tormos, J.M.

The top 10 references cited in studies on exercise therapy for stroke patients at home, from 2013 to 2023_

No.	Author	Title	Journal	Citation	FWCI
1	Hammel et al.17	Environmental barriers and supports to everyday participation: A qualitative insider perspective from people with disabilities	Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	213	11.64
2	Cramer et al.18	Efficacy of Home-Based Telerehabilitation vs In-Clinic Therapy for Adults after Stroke: A Randomized Clinical Trial	JAMA Neurology	199	10.95
3	Chiang et al.19	2015 Guidelines of the Taiwan, China Society of Cardiology and the Taiwan, China Hypertension Society for the Management of Hypertension	Journal of the Chinese Medical Association	156	11.48
4	Howell et al.20	Kinetic gait analysis using a low-cost insole	IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering	156	2.65
5	Kumar et al.21	Artificial intelligence in disease diagnosis: a systematic literature review, synthesizing framework, and future research agenda	Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing	154	95.75
6	Dawson et al.22	Vagus nerve stimulation paired with rehabilitation for upper limb motor function after ischemic stroke (VNS-REHAB): a randomized, blinded, pivotal, device trial	The Lancet	154	24.17
7	Yoshimura et al.23	Sarcopenia is associated with worse recovery of physical function and dysphagia and a lower rate of home discharge in Japanese hospitalized adults undergoing convalescent rehabilitation	Nutrition	128	7.99
8	Dodakian et al.16	A Home-Based Telerehabilitation Program for Patients with Stroke	Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair	108	3.77
9	Dobkin24	A Rehabilitation-Internet-of-Things in the Home to Augment Motor Skills and Exercise Training	Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair	101	4.13
10	Lindley et al.25	Family-led rehabilitation after stroke in India (ATTEND): a randomized controlled trial	The Lancet	99	6.3

Top 10 most productive authors, from 2013 to 2023_

No.	Author	Country	Articles (%)	Citation	ACI	TLS	Year of first-last article	Author’s h-index
1	Cramer, S.C.18	US	19 (2.02)	846	44.5	75	2015–2023	84
2	Ytterberg, C.	Sweden	16 (1.7)	208	13	56	2013–2023	26
3	Eng, J.J.	Canada	13 (1.38)	257	19.7	11	2013–2023	77
4	English, C.	Australia	13 (1.38)	135	10.4	43	2018–2023	29
5	Langhorne, P.	UK	13 (1.38)	278	21.4	41	2014–2023	91
6	von Koch, L.	Sweden	12 (1.27)	203	16.9	56	2013–2023	36
7	Reinkensmeyer, D.J.	US	11 (1.17)	300	27.3	29	2013–2023	59
8	Schwamm, L.H.	US	11 (1.17)	370	33.6	35	2013–2021	100
9	Teasell, R.	Canada	11 (1.17)	188	17.1	27	2013–2022	69
10	Elf, M.	Sweden	10 (1.06)	69	6.9	34	2019–2023	21

Top 10 journals publishing stroke patients’ home exercise therapy research, from 2013 to 2023_

No.	Journal	Articles (%)	Cite Score 2022	SJR 2022	SNIP 2022	JCR/Best Quartile	Category
1	Disability and Rehabilitation	73 (6.6)	4.4	0.762	1.635	Q1	Medicine: Rehabilitation
2	Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases	57 (5.2)	4.3	0.713	0.893	Q1	Medicine: Rehabilitation
3	Topics In Stroke Rehabilitation	49 (4.4)	4.5	0.705	1.324	Q1	Nursing: Community and Home Care
4	Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	43 (3.9)	6.2	1.062	1.696	Q1	Health Professions: Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
5	BMJ Open	35 (3.2)	4.4	1.059	1.168	Q1	Medicine: General Medicine
6	Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation	35 (3.2)	8.8	1.134	1.924	Q1	Medicien: Health Informatics
7	Frontiers In Neurology	31 (2.8)	4.8	0.978	1.151	Q2	Neuroscience: Neurology
8	Clinical Rehabilitation	28 (2.5)	5.7	0.874	1.612	Q1	Health Professions: Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
9	Stroke	26 (2.4)	12.9	2.746	2.734	Q1	Nursing: Advanced and Specialized Nursing
10	Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair	23 (2.1)	7.2	1.306	1.573	Q1	Neuroscience: Neurology