Research data · Motor function and endurance
Corner test
From 2021 to 2025, 59 animal research papers mentioned the corner test in their title or abstract, ranking it 66th of the 90 tests we track.
That is 1.8 times the 33 papers of 2011 to 2015. Between the same two periods, all the animal research papers that mention any of the 90 tests we count grew more slowly, to 1.2 times as many.
Papers by year
Animal research papers that mention the corner test, by year, 2001 to 2026
The 2026 bar counts papers added to PubMed by November 8, 2026.
- Papers in a full year
- 2026 so far
Show the counts for each year
| Year | Papers |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 |
| 2004 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2006 | 5 |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 7 |
| 2010 | 5 |
| 2011 | 6 |
| 2012 | 5 |
| 2013 | 10 |
| 2014 | 5 |
| 2015 | 7 |
| 2016 | 5 |
| 2017 | 10 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | 12 |
| 2020 | 12 |
| 2021 | 12 |
| 2022 | 9 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2024 | 12 |
| 2025 | 20 |
| 2026 (part year) | 21 |
Papers that mention the corner test fell from 12 in 2021 to 6 in 2023, then rose to 20 in 2025. Part of this dip may come from PubMed's indexing rather than from fewer studies. When PubMed's indexing names a paper's species, we use it. Otherwise PubTator 3, NCBI's text-mining service, has to find a species in the title or abstract, or the paper is not counted. Papers that PubMed indexed under the subject heading Animals also fell and rose, from 200,221 in 2021 to 156,447 in 2023 and 235,479 in 2025.
Papers that mention the corner test, by species, 2001 to 2025
- Mouse
- Rat
Show the counts for each year and species
| Year | Mouse | Rat |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 4 | 6 |
| 2014 | 4 | 1 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 9 | 3 |
| 2020 | 6 | 5 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 |
| 2025 | 11 | 14 |
Which species the papers used
Each bar is a share of the 59 papers from 2021 to 2025. A paper can use more than one species, so the shares can add to more than 100%.
Species
“Other animals” counts papers that use none of the species this chart names.
Strains and genetic lines
Strain names come from the MeSH terms PubMed adds when it indexes a paper. PubMed has indexed 47 of the 59 papers, so each bar is a share of those 47.
A paper indexed under two of these headings, such as knockout mice and a strain, counts under both.
Disease models in papers that mention the corner test
Each bar is one disease model, with how many of the 59 papers from 2021 to 2025 that mention the corner test use it, and what share that is. The model comes from the paper's MeSH terms, the subject headings the National Library of Medicine adds when it indexes a paper. A paper without MeSH terms gets its model from PubTator 3, NCBI's text-mining service, if PubTator 3 finds the disease in the title or abstract. A paper can count under more than one model.
Papers from 2021 to 2025 by disease model
Tests mentioned alongside the corner test
Each bar is one test, with how many of the 59 papers from 2021 to 2025 that mention the corner test also mention it, and what share that is.
Papers from 2021 to 2025 that mention both tests
To count the papers that mention three or more tests together, start from the corner test in the test battery tool.
The most cited papers from 2021 to 2025
These papers from 2021 to 2025 mention the corner test and have the most citations, as counted by NIH's iCite on November 5, 2026.
Front Cell Neurosci, 2021. 130 citations.
J Neuroinflammation, 2022. 126 citations.
Biochem Pharmacol, 2021. 116 citations.
Front Pharmacol, 2022. 94 citations.
Aging Dis, 2021. 45 citations.
How we counted
A count is the number of animal research papers whose title or abstract mentions one of the test's search terms. It is not a count of experiments, labs or animals.
A paper that mentions the corner test only in its methods is missed, so the count runs low. The count includes 2 reviews. For 12 of the 59 papers, PubMed's indexing gave no species, so the species came from PubTator 3 finding one in the title or abstract.
The test's search terms are in the test list download. The full method, with each source and its terms of use, is on our main page, Behavioral tests in published research.
More motor function and endurance tests
These motor function and endurance tests also have a page, with their papers from 2021 to 2025. Each test with 30 or more papers gets one.
- Treadmill running 2,091 papers
- Rotarod 1,844 papers
- Grip strength 1,354 papers
- Gait analysis 821 papers
- Beam walking 491 papers
- Negative geotaxis and climbing assays 305 papers
- Catalepsy bar test 244 papers
- Wire hang and inverted grid 206 papers
- Cylinder test 163 papers
- Pole test 161 papers
- Grid walking (foot fault) 155 papers
- Rotational behavior (rotometer) 110 papers
- Adhesive removal test 107 papers
- Ladder rung walking 104 papers
- Skilled reaching 95 papers
How to cite
APA
ConductScience. (2026, November 10). Corner test in published research [Data set]. https://conductscience.com/resources/data/behavioral-tests/corner-test
BibTeX
@misc{conductscience_corner_test_2026,
author = {{ConductScience}},
title = {Corner test in published research},
year = {2026},
month = nov,
url = {https://conductscience.com/resources/data/behavioral-tests/corner-test},
note = {Data set, released November 10, 2026},
}