OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Pain is 30. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Language errors in pain medicine: An umbrella review	173
Table of Contents	92
Table of Contents	88
Patterns of Opioid Prescriptions in the Veterans Health Administration for Patients With Chronic Low-Back Pain After the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis	87
Editorial commitment to trust and integrity in science: Implications for pain and anesthesiology research	84
Latent Profile Analysis of Canadian Military Veterans With Chronic Pain Identifies 5 Meaningful Classes Through Self-Report Measures	67
The use of abstract animations and a graphical body image for assessing pain outcomes among adults with sickle cell disease	62
Racial Disparities in Opioid Use and Lumbar Spine Surgery for Chronic Pain and in Pain and Function Over 3 Years: A Retrospective Cohort Study	59
Microglia Mediated Neuroinflammation Contributes to Hyperalgesia in a Rodent Model of Chronic, Widespread Pain	55
Barriers and Facilitators to Providers’ Use of a Patient Value Identification and Goal-Setting Tool for Chronic Pain Care	53
Comparison of cAMP-Dependent Signaling Pathways in Mouse Sensory Neurons and the HD10.6 Human Sensory Neuron-Derived Cell Line	49
Opioid-Induced Axon Degeneration is Associated with Toll-Like Receptor 4	48
Don’t Judge Me: Relationships Between Fear of Pain and Anxiety with Perceived Exertion and Pain During Isometric Exercise in Youth with Chronic Pain	45
From Opium Wars to Opioid Crisis: Racialized Narratives and Implications for Pain Care Equity	43
Human Molecular Mechanisms of Lumbar disc degeneration: A Scoping Review	43
Socioeconomic Factors Predict Low Back Pain But Not Lumbar Disc Health: Data From The UK Biobank Image Dataset	42
Exploration of Associations Between Expectations and Pain Improvement in Painful Peripheral Neuropathy Clinical Trials	42
Objective and Subjective Sleep of Individuals with and Without Chronic Pain	42
Single-Nuclei Ribonucleic Acid Sequencing Reveals Mechanosensitive and Inflammatory Drivers of Disc-Associated Chronic Low Back Pain	40
Older Adults with Lower Chronic Pain Self-Efficacy Have Worse Function and Quality of Life	38
Changes in Resting-State Brain Activity After Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain: A Magnetoencephalography Study	38
Development of a G-protein Biased Peripherally Restricted Cannabinoid Receptor 1 Agonist	38
Normative Preclinical Algesiometry Data on the von Frey and Radiant Heat Paw-Withdrawal Tests: An Analysis of Data from More Than 8,000 Mice Over 20 Years	37
Promoting Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity in Pain Science	34
The Pace of Biological Aging Predicts Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain Severity	34

The Influence of Pain Hypersensitivity and Psychological Factors on Pain and Disability in the Transition From Acute to Chronic Low Back Pain: A Longitudinal Exploratory Investigation and Cluster Anal	33
Systematic review of autistic representation in the treatment literature for pediatric chronic pain	33
Masthead	31
Masthead	31
How Well Can We Measure Chronic Pain Impact in Existing Longitudinal Cohort Studies? Lessons Learned	31
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Chronic Low Back Pain in Adulthood: Role of Emotion Regulation	30
Creating Placebo Nonresponders in the Lab	30
Inadequate Analgesia in African Americans with Cancer Pain	30
Optimal Screening for Prediction of Referral and Outcome (OSPRO) for Musculoskeletal Pain Conditions in the Emergency Department	30
Contemporary media campaigns for musculoskeletal pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis with social marketing benchmarking	30