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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Modulation of Thalamocingulate Nociceptive Transmission and Glutamate Secretion by Targeting P2×7 Receptor	155
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	148
Table of Contents	82
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	81
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Table of Contents	79
Language errors in pain medicine: An umbrella review	60
Racial Disparities in Opioid Use and Lumbar Spine Surgery for Chronic Pain and in Pain and Function Over 3 Years: A Retrospective Cohort Study	60
Facilitators and Barriers to Implementation of a Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Intervention in a Pragmatic Clinical Trial	56
RNA Sequencing Reveals Transcriptional Changes in Muscle Tissue in Response to Muscle Pain in Exercised and Sedentary Mice	53
Social Media Recruitment of Survivors Who Have Lost Someone to Suicide with Pain Following a Prescription Opioid Change	47
Inadequate Analgesia in African Americans with Cancer Pain	47
Daily Fluctuations In Feelings Of State Shame Are Associated With Greater Daily Pain Severity And Interference	46
Using Machine Learning To Identify Biopsychosocial Factors And Predict Treatment Outcomes In A Randomized Controlled Trial For Youth With Chronic Pain	43
Differences In G Protein-Coupled Receptor Signaling Between Human And Mouse Sensory Neuron Models	41
Gut Microbiota And Metabolites Drive Persistent Pain In Sickle Cell Disease	40
The Adrb3 Selective Agonist Mirabegron Elicits Multi-Site Mechanical Hypersensitivity And Grimace In Mice	39
High Fat/High Sucrose Diet Consumption Worsens Comorbid Metabolic Outcomes In An Early Life Stress Model Of Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain In Mice	39
Central Mechanisms Of Mobility-Evoked Pain: An Interim Exploratory Analysis Of Neurophysiological Measures In Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis And Matched Pain-Free Controls	37
Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis Does Not Alter Periaqueductal Gray Connectivity In Aged Rats	37
Morphine-Induced Suppression Of Anti-Tumor Immunity Via Peripheral OPRM1 In Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma	36
The Role of Amygdala Calcitonin Gene-related Peptide (CGRP) Receptors in the Development of Persistent Bladder Pain	34
Sex Specific Role of RNA-binding Protein, AUF1, in the Evolution of Acute to Chronic Pain after Repetitive Ischemia with Reperfusion Injury	33
Depression, Cognition, and Pain: Exploring Individual, Cultural and Country-Level Effects Across Europe	32
Chronic Activation of The Innate Immune Receptor Toll-Like Receptor 4 Drives Peripheral Nerve Fiber Loss but Not Pain-Like Behavior	30

Veterans in a Residential Functional Restoration Program for Chronic Pain Demonstrate Improvements in Sleep Symptoms with and Without Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia	30
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Chronic Low Back Pain in Adulthood: Role of Emotion Regulation	30
Investigating The Role of The Parabrachial Nucleus to Central Amygdala Pathway in The Transition from Acute to Chronic Pain in a Mouse Model of Neuropathic Pain	30
Optimal Screening for Prediction of Referral and Outcome (OSPRO) for Musculoskeletal Pain Conditions in the Emergency Department	30
The Role of Nitric Oxide In 7α,25-Dihydroxycholesterol-Induced Peripheral Sensitization	30