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Center for Pain and the Brain

In research, Center for Pain and the Brain stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,126 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,037 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neuroscience (Neuroscience is 7.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,280
of 22,385 · #1,985 all time
Rank in United States
#718
of 3,332
Research works
820
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
38k
46.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.17×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
49%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Center for Pain and the Brain

What is Center for Pain and the Brain known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #1,126 of 9,902 15.6%118 #615
MedicineField #1,037 of 8,541 15.3%111 #620

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Center for Pain and the Brain sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Center for Pain and the Brain work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Center for Pain and the Brain is in Health Sciences, 23% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (61%), Neuroscience (12%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 140 fractional works · 65.1% of its workMedicine: 132 fractional works · 61.3% of its workSurgery: 17 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 9 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 8 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 49 fractional works · 22.8% of its workNeuroscience: 25 fractional works · 11.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 4.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 9.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 4.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 5.2% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCenter for Painand the Brain216fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences23%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences65%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine13261.3%
    2. Health Professions62.7%
    3. Nursing20.9%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Neuroscience2511.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology209.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology31.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Psychology104.8%
    2. Social Sciences31.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    5. Decision Sciences10.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    1. Computer Science41.9%
    2. Engineering41.8%
    3. Environmental Science10.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    5. Materials Science00.2%
    6. Mathematics00.2%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Center for Pain and the Brain specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neuroscience takes 7.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeuroscienceField · 24.8 works7.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.73× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.56× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 7.09× its world share, 25 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.02× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.19× its world share, 132 worksMedicineNursing: 1.92× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.57× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience7.09×25 works
  2. Medicine3.19×132 works
  3. Nursing1.92×2 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.73×20 works
  5. Psychology1.57×10 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.56×3 works
  7. Health Professions1.02×6 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.63×0 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.28×1 works
  10. Dentistry0.26×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.25×4 works
  12. Veterinary0.23×0 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.20×1 works
  14. Mathematics0.18×0 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.18×1 works
  16. Engineering0.12×4 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.10×1 works
  18. Social Sciences0.09×2 works
  19. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  20. Environmental Science0.08×1 works
  21. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Center for Pain and the Brain?

Ranked on the quality score, Lisa Jo Stearns, David J. DiBenedetto and Gobi Paramanandam lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Center for Pain and the Brain.

  1. 1 Lisa Jo Stearns United States · #357,195 worldwide 3.3k citations · 43 works
  2. 2 David J. DiBenedetto United States · #862,082 worldwide 3.9k citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Gobi Paramanandam United States · #3,323,703 worldwide 145 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Alen J Salerian United States · #5,695,436 worldwide 307 citations · 70 works
All ranked researchers at Center for Pain and the Brain

What are the most cited papers from Center for Pain and the Brain?

The most cited paper from Center for Pain and the Brain is "The organization of the human cerebellum estimated by intrinsic functional connectivity" (Randy Lee Buckner, Fenna M. Krienen, Angela Castellanos et al., 2011), with 7,952 citations. Next come "Opposing Effects of ERK and JNK-p38 MAP Kinases on Apoptosis" (5,341) and "Stress-Dependent Regulation of FOXO Transcription Factors by the SIRT1 Deacetylase" (3,267).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The organization of the human cerebellum estimated by intrinsic functional connectivity Randy Lee Buckner, Fenna M. Krienen, Angela Castellanos et al. · Journal of Neurophysiology Open access 27 Jul 2011 7,952
2 Opposing Effects of ERK and JNK-p38 MAP Kinases on Apoptosis Zhengui Xia, Martin Dickens, Joël Raingeaud et al. · Science 24 Nov 1995 5,341
3 Stress-Dependent Regulation of FOXO Transcription Factors by the SIRT1 Deacetylase Anne Sophie Brunet, Lora B. Sweeney, James Fitzhugh Sturgill et al. · Science 23 Feb 2004 3,267
4 Widespread transcription at neuronal activity-regulated enhancers Tae-Kyung Kim, Martin Hemberg, Jesse M. Gray et al. · Nature Open access 13 Apr 2010 2,577
5 COVID-19 pathophysiology: A review Koichi Yuki, Miho Fujiogi, Sophia Koutsogiannaki · Clinical Immunology Open access 20 Apr 2020 2,283
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Center for Pain and the Brain?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chronic Pain, Epidemiology, Neurological Disorders, Pain Management, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Synaptic Plasticity, Inflammation and Anesthesia.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology20▲ 2.3×72 topics
  2. Chronic Pain13▲ 28×4 topics
  3. Inflammation12▲ 2.6×51 topics
  4. Neurological Disorders11▲ 8.6×14 topics
  5. Pain Management10▲ 21×7 topics
  6. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes9▲ 21×5 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress8▲ 2.4×27 topics
  8. Synaptic Plasticity7▲ 15×5 topics
  9. Anesthesia7▲ 42×4 topics
  10. Sedation7▲ 35×2 topics
  11. Neuroinflammation6▲ 9.9×6 topics
  12. Mortality6▲ 4.9×9 topics
  13. Brain Development6▲ 15×6 topics
  14. Pain Assessment Tools6▲ 47×2 topics
  15. Perioperative Care6▲ 23×3 topics
  16. Clinical Trials6▲ 3.9×12 topics
  17. Guidelines6▲ 5.5×9 topics
  18. Cardiac Surgery5▲ 34×2 topics
  19. Cognitive Impairment5▲ 9.9×8 topics
  20. Mortality Risk5▲ 11×4 topics
  21. Aging5▲ 4.3×12 topics
  22. Neurobiology5▲ 8.9×9 topics
  23. Neuropathic Pain5▲ 34×3 topics
  24. Adolescents5▲ 6.2×4 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations5▲ 5.2×17 topics
  26. Psychological Interventions5▲ 17×3 topics
  27. Resuscitation5▲ 17×4 topics
  28. Elderly Patients5▲ 13×3 topics
  29. Congenital Heart Disease4▲ 25×3 topics
  30. Low Back Pain4▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Postoperative Pain4▲ 22×3 topics
  32. Critical Care4▲ 8.2×8 topics
  33. Pain Measurement4▲ 66×1 topic
  34. Pediatric Pain4▲ 66×1 topic
  35. Adult Congenital Heart Disease4▲ 35×1 topic
  36. Psychological Factors4▲ 9.1×4 topics
  37. Pulmonary Valve Replacement4▲ 35×1 topic
  38. Neurotoxicity4▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Pharmacokinetics4▲ 7.0×7 topics
  40. Central Sensitization4▲ 28×2 topics

Which research topics does Center for Pain and the Brain publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Pediatric Pain Management Techniques, Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes and Anesthesia and Sedative Agents.

Pediatric Pain Managemen…4Pediatric Pain Management Techniques: 4 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease…4Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional worksAnesthesia and Sedative Agents: 4 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 3 fractional worksAnesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research: 3 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 3 fractional worksPain Mechanisms and Trea…3Pain Mechanisms and Treatments: 3 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 3 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 3 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEpidemiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine6 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Pediatric Pain Management Techniques Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  2. 2 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 4 works
  3. 3 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Anesthesia and Sedative Agents Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 3 works
  6. 6 Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research Developmental Neuroscience 3 works
  7. 7 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Pain Mechanisms and Treatments Physiology 3 works
  9. 9 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 3 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available49.2%not open50.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.7%domestic only76.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Center for Pain and the Brain's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Center for Pain and the Brain as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00075% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Center for Pain and the Brain0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Center for Pain and the Brain over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Center for Pain and the Brain18.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 34.2% in 2012.

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