OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Pain is 36. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Impact of spinal cord stimulation on sick leave and disability pension in patients with chronic neuropathic pain: a real-world evidence study in Sweden	508
Randomized controlled trial of intrathecal oxytocin on speed of recovery after hip arthroplasty	298
Mediators of the association between childhood trauma and pain sensitivity in adulthood: a Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain Research Network analysis	144
A within-subject, double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized evaluation of the combined effects of cannabidiol and hydromorphone in a human laboratory pain model	113
Nerve pathology and neuropathic pain after whiplash injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis	97
Validation of the pediatric version of the Graded Chronic Pain Scale Revised in school-aged children and adolescents	83
What is known and what is still unknown within chronic musculoskeletal pain? A systematic evidence and gap map	77
Combination pharmacotherapy for the treatment of neuropathic pain in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis	71
Reply to Venda Nova et al.	65
Autoantibodies in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome	61
Maddalena Opioid Switching Score in patients with cancer pain	58
Perioperative oxidative stress predicts subsequent pain-related outcomes in the 6 months after total knee arthroplasty	58
Association between prescribed opioid dose and risk of motor vehicle crashes	58
Reply to Gholamrezaei and Ashton-James	57
Visually evoked pain and its extinction using virtual reality in a patient with complex regional pain syndrome type II	57
Improving the art and science of communication in people living with chronic pain	56
Reply to Riddle	55
Beyond social support: in search of psychosocial predictors of chronic postsurgical pain	55
Delphi study to explore a new diagnosis for “ineffective” long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain	53
Encoding of inflammatory hyperalgesia in mouse spinal cord	51
Mismatched opioid prescription in patients discharged after neurological surgeries: a retrospective cohort study	49
Reply to Currie et al.	49
External validation and updating of prognostic prediction models for nonrecovery among older adults seeking primary care for back pain	47
UnCRMPing Nav1.7 to treat trigeminal neuropathic pain	47
Placebo analgesia and nocebo hyperalgesia in patients with Alzheimer disease and healthy participants	46

Practical nonpharmacologic pain interventions for hospitalized cancer patients	45
Commentary on: A systematic review of self and observer assessment of pain and related functioning in youth with brain-based developmental disabilities	42
The prevalence of persistent post-traumatic headache in adult civilian traumatic brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis on the past 14 years	42
Neurobiology and long-term impact of bladder-filling pain in humans: a Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Chronic Pelvic Pain (MAPP) research network study	42
The role of evolving concepts and new technologies and approaches in advancing pain research, management, and education since the establishment of the International Association for the Study of Pain	41
Future perspectives: the next fifty years of the International Association for the Study of Pain	39
Patient engagement in designing, conducting, and disseminating clinical pain research: IMMPACT recommended considerations	39
Fifty years of pain research and clinical advances: highlights and key trends	39
Pro-opiomelanocortin neurons in the nucleus of the solitary tract mediate endorphinergic endogenous analgesia in mice	38
Cognitive decline over time in patients with chronic pain and headache: how can different outcomes be explained?	38
Diagnosis of neuropathic pain in polyneuropathy: should screening questionnaires be thrown out?	38
Distinct and sex-specific expression of mu opioid receptors in anterior cingulate and somatosensory S1 cortical areas	36
Autoantibodies from patients with complex regional pain syndrome induce pro-inflammatory effects and functional disturbances on endothelial cells in vitro	36