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We propose a semiparametric framework for the rate function of a recurrent event counting process by modelling its size and shape components with single-index models. With additional monotone constraints on the two link functions for the size and shape components, the proposed model possesses the desired directional interpretability of covariate effects and encompasses many commonly used models as special cases. To tackle the analytical challenges arising from leaving the two link functions unspecified, we develop a two-step rank-based estimation procedure to estimate the regression parameters with or without informative censoring. The proposed estimators are asymptotically normal, with a root-$n$ convergence rate. To guide model selection, we develop hypothesis testing procedures for checking shape and size independence. 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