OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Pain is 29. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
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	133
Modulation of Thalamocingulate Nociceptive Transmission and Glutamate Secretion by Targeting P2×7 Receptor	133
Are You Listening? Facilitation of the Auditory Blink Response in People with Fibromyalgia	80
High Blood Glucose and Excess Body fat Enhance Pain Sensitivity and Weaken Pain Inhibition in Healthy Adults: A Single-blind Cross-over Randomized Controlled Trial	79
Table of Contents	78
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Changes in Resting-State Brain Activity After Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain: A Magnetoencephalography Study	75
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	59
Table of Contents	56
Language errors in pain medicine: An umbrella review	53
Local Administration of the Phytochemical, Quercetin, Attenuates the Hyperexcitability of Rat Nociceptive Primary Sensory Neurons Following Inflammation Comparable to lidocaine	51
Racial Disparities in Opioid Use and Lumbar Spine Surgery for Chronic Pain and in Pain and Function Over 3 Years: A Retrospective Cohort Study	46
Facilitators and Barriers to Implementation of a Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Intervention in a Pragmatic Clinical Trial	42
Serotonin Plays a Key Role in the Development of Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia in Mice	42
RNA Sequencing Reveals Transcriptional Changes in Muscle Tissue in Response to Muscle Pain in Exercised and Sedentary Mice	38
Examining the Effects of Pessimism and Optimism on Depressive Symptoms and Pain Characteristics in Chronic Low Back Pain	38
Inadequate Analgesia in African Americans with Cancer Pain	38
Social Media Recruitment of Survivors Who Have Lost Someone to Suicide with Pain Following a Prescription Opioid Change	36
Daily Fluctuations In Feelings Of State Shame Are Associated With Greater Daily Pain Severity And Interference	36
Using Machine Learning To Identify Biopsychosocial Factors And Predict Treatment Outcomes In A Randomized Controlled Trial For Youth With Chronic Pain	34
Differences In G Protein-Coupled Receptor Signaling Between Human And Mouse Sensory Neuron Models	33
Gut Microbiota And Metabolites Drive Persistent Pain In Sickle Cell Disease	32
High Fat/High Sucrose Diet Consumption Worsens Comorbid Metabolic Outcomes In An Early Life Stress Model Of Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain In Mice	32
Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis Does Not Alter Periaqueductal Gray Connectivity In Aged Rats	31
The Adrb3 Selective Agonist Mirabegron Elicits Multi-Site Mechanical Hypersensitivity And Grimace In Mice	31

Sex Specific Role of RNA-binding Protein, AUF1, in the Evolution of Acute to Chronic Pain after Repetitive Ischemia with Reperfusion Injury	29
Central Mechanisms Of Mobility-Evoked Pain: An Interim Exploratory Analysis Of Neurophysiological Measures In Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis And Matched Pain-Free Controls	29
The Role of Amygdala Calcitonin Gene-related Peptide (CGRP) Receptors in the Development of Persistent Bladder Pain	29
Morphine-Induced Suppression Of Anti-Tumor Immunity Via Peripheral OPRM1 In Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma	29