OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Pain is 45. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
The revised International Association for the Study of Pain definition of pain: concepts, challenges, and compromises	1769
Managing patients with chronic pain during the COVID-19 outbreak: considerations for the rapid introduction of remotely supported (eHealth) pain management services	341
Prevalence of chronic pain among adults in the United States	280
Considering the potential for an increase in chronic pain after the COVID-19 pandemic	215
Chronic nociplastic pain affecting the musculoskeletal system: clinical criteria and grading system	196
The Lancet Series call to action to reduce low value care for low back pain: an update	120
Quantitative differences in neuronal subpopulations between mouse and human dorsal root ganglia demonstrated with RNAscope in situ hybridization	116
SARS-CoV-2 spike protein co-opts VEGF-A/neuropilin-1 receptor signaling to induce analgesia	101
Cannabinoids, cannabis, and cannabis-based medicine for pain management: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials	100
Low back pain and the social determinants of health: a systematic review and narrative synthesis	99
The social threats of COVID-19 for people with chronic pain	96
Global, regional, and national burden of migraine in 204 countries and territories, 1990 to 2019	94
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of daily cannabidiol for the treatment of canine osteoarthritis pain	93
Cannabinoids, the endocannabinoid system, and pain: a review of preclinical studies	87
Virtual reality approaches to pain: toward a state of the science	85
Time course prevalence of post-COVID pain symptoms of musculoskeletal origin in patients who had survived severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection: a systematic review and meta-analys	82
ACE2 and SCARF expression in human dorsal root ganglion nociceptors: implications for SARS-CoV-2 virus neurological effects	77
Systematic review and meta-analysis of cannabinoids, cannabis-based medicines, and endocannabinoid system modulators tested for antinociceptive effects in animal models of injury-related or pathologic	74
The predictive value of quantitative sensory testing: a systematic review on chronic postoperative pain and the analgesic effect of pharmacological therapies in patients with chronic pain	72
Peripheral pain mechanisms in osteoarthritis	71
The Valencia consensus-based adaptation of the IASP complex regional pain syndrome diagnostic criteria	66
Cross-sectional study of psychosocial and pain-related variables among patients with chronic pain during a time of social distancing imposed by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic	64
Enhanced mindfulness-based stress reduction in episodic migraine: a randomized clinical trial with magnetic resonance imaging outcomes	63
Pharmacological target-focused transcriptomic analysis of native vs cultured human and mouse dorsal root ganglia	62
Interpretation of chronic pain clinical trial outcomes: IMMPACT recommended considerations	62

Short-term impact of combining pain neuroscience education with exercise for chronic musculoskeletal pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis	60
A global study of pain prevalence across 52 countries: examining the role of country-level contextual factors	59
Increasing gender differences in the prevalence and chronification of orofacial pain in the population	58
Psychological and psychosocial predictors of chronic postsurgical pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis	57
Sex differences in neuroimmune and glial mechanisms of pain	56
Pain, nicotine, and tobacco smoking: current state of the science	56
The use and reporting of neonatal pain scales: a systematic review of randomized trials	55
Methods to discriminate between mechanism-based categories of pain experienced in the musculoskeletal system: a systematic review	54
Interleukin-10 resolves pain hypersensitivity induced by cisplatin by reversing sensory neuron hyperexcitability	52
At my own pace, space, and place: a systematic review of qualitative studies of enablers and barriers to telehealth interventions for people with chronic pain	52
Myalgia as a symptom at hospital admission by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection is associated with persistent musculoskeletal pain as long-term post-COVID sequelae: a case-cont	52
A digital health psychological intervention (WebMAP Mobile) for children and adolescents with chronic pain: results of a hybrid effectiveness-implementation stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial	51
Diabetic neuropathy and neuropathic pain: a (con)fusion of pathogenic mechanisms?	50
Treatment of chronic neuropathic pain: purine receptor modulation	49
Prevalence and risk factors of musculoskeletal pain symptoms as long-term post-COVID sequelae in hospitalized COVID-19 survivors: a multicenter study	49
Open-label placebo vs double-blind placebo for irritable bowel syndrome: a randomized clinical trial	49
Placebo 2.0: the impact of expectations on analgesic treatment outcome	48
Spinal cord stimulation in chronic neuropathic pain: mechanisms of action, new locations, new paradigms	47
Does a screening trial for spinal cord stimulation in patients with chronic pain of neuropathic origin have clinical utility and cost-effectiveness (TRIAL-STIM)? A randomised controlled trial	47
Daily pain catastrophizing predicts less physical activity and more sedentary behavior in older adults with osteoarthritis	45
What do patients value learning about pain? A mixed-methods survey on the relevance of target concepts after pain science education	45