Pain

Papers
(The H4-Index of Pain is 35. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
Neuronal–immune axis alters pain and sensory afferent damage during dental pulp injury457
Transcranial direct current stimulation of 3 cortical targets is no more effective than placebo as treatment for fibromyalgia: a double-blind sham-controlled clinical trial263
Impact of spinal cord stimulation on sick leave and disability pension in patients with chronic neuropathic pain: a real-world evidence study in Sweden123
Randomized controlled trial of intrathecal oxytocin on speed of recovery after hip arthroplasty121
Mediators of the association between childhood trauma and pain sensitivity in adulthood: a Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain Research Network analysis113
Associations between patient-reported functional disability and measures of physical ability in juvenile fibromyalgia102
Trigeminal neuralgia and its comorbidities: a nationwide disease trajectory study92
Nerve pathology and neuropathic pain after whiplash injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis91
Was it “conditioned” or “suggested” pain? Reply to S. Kang et al.90
Action of mefloquine/amitriptyline THN101 combination on neuropathic mechanical hypersensitivity in mice69
Reply to Venda Nova et al.67
In memoriam: Joel D. Greenspan 1952 to 202162
Vaso-occlusive crisis pain intensity, frequency, and duration: which best correlates with health-related quality of life in adolescents and adults with sickle cell disease?61
Adolescent ethanol exposure promotes mechanical allodynia and alters dopamine transmission in the nucleus accumbens shell56
Perioperative oxidative stress predicts subsequent pain-related outcomes in the 6 months after total knee arthroplasty55
Maddalena Opioid Switching Score in patients with cancer pain55
Information is power: a qualitative study exploring the lived experiences of patients with degenerative cervical radiculopathy55
Association between prescribed opioid dose and risk of motor vehicle crashes50
Orai1 is a crucial downstream partner of group I metabotropic glutamate receptor signaling in dorsal horn neurons50
Visually evoked pain and its extinction using virtual reality in a patient with complex regional pain syndrome type II49
Reply to Gholamrezaei and Ashton-James46
Pain management in older adults: facts to consider44
Improving the art and science of communication in people living with chronic pain44
Beyond social support: in search of psychosocial predictors of chronic postsurgical pain44
Reply to Riddle43
Delphi study to explore a new diagnosis for “ineffective” long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain42
Reply to Blatt42
Reconsidering Fordyce's classic article, “Pain and suffering: what is the unit?” to help make our model of chronic pain truly biopsychosocial42
Nitroxidative stress in pain and opioid-induced adverse effects: therapeutic opportunities41
Cortical function and sensorimotor plasticity are prognostic factors associated with future low back pain after an acute episode: the Understanding persistent Pain Where it ResiDes prospective cohort 41
Protein arginine methyltransferase 7 modulates neuronal excitability by interacting with NaV1.941
Regression to the mean, heteroscedasticity, and prognostic imbalance in randomized controlled trials: a call for graphical methods40
Reply to Currie et al.38
Encoding of inflammatory hyperalgesia in mouse spinal cord38
Comparative differences in musculoskeletal pain consultation and analgesic prescription for people with dementia: a UK-wide matched cohort study37
Mismatched opioid prescription in patients discharged after neurological surgeries: a retrospective cohort study35
Discrimination as one of the social plights facing people with pain35
Brain-predicted age difference estimated using DeepBrainNet is significantly associated with pain and function—a multi-institutional and multiscanner study35
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