Abstract: Objective To investigate the scholarly condition of China rehabilitation medicine in the world. Methods Based on Journal Citation Reports and Web of Science databases, the literatures of rehabilitation medicine were surveyed by countries and by years, especially those from China published in 2007 to 2011. Results and Conclusion The number and cited times of Chinese rehabilitation medicine literatures increased quickly. Hong Kong was on the top of China. For the universities of inland, Sun Yat-sen University, Capital Medical University and Nanjing Medical University were on the tops. The top fields of research were neurological rehabilitation, sports rehabilitation, rehabilitation therapy, etc.

Key words: rehabilitation medicine, Science Citation Index, bibliometrics