Abstract: In this paper, 6 kinds of SCI-indexed international rehabilitation journals and all the articles published in 3 kinds of China Rehabilitation Source Journals in recent 1 year were counted. This article compared the difference of research methods and topics of the direction between our country and foreign countries were compared, analyzed the basic principles of rehabilitation medicine and influencing factors about the topics, and the future trends in rehabilitation research.

Key words: scientific research methods, research topics, impact factor