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Center for Pain and the Brain

In research, Center for Pain and the Brain stands highest in Medicine (#2,511 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,392 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. 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, 2022–2025
#6,191
of 28,054 · #4,841 all time
Rank in United States
#832
of 4,192
Research works
820
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
38k
46.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

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

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #2,511 of 10,443 23.0%111 #1651
Health SciencesDomain #3,392 of 11,982 23.3%118 #2005

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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 · 20.8 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: 1.64× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.51× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 7.11× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.02× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.21× its world share, 111 worksMedicineNursing: 2.26× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.44× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× 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.

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chronic Pain, Neurological Disorders, Pain Management, Epidemiology, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Anesthesia, Sedation and Synaptic Plasticity.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology16▲ 2.2×65 topics
  2. Chronic Pain11▲ 27×4 topics
  3. Inflammation10▲ 2.6×46 topics
  4. Neurological Disorders8▲ 8.2×13 topics
  5. Pain Management8▲ 20×7 topics
  6. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes8▲ 23×5 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress8▲ 2.6×26 topics
  8. Anesthesia6▲ 46×4 topics
  9. Sedation6▲ 39×2 topics
  10. Synaptic Plasticity6▲ 15×5 topics
  11. Cardiac Surgery5▲ 39×2 topics
  12. Mortality5▲ 4.9×8 topics
  13. Guidelines5▲ 6.0×9 topics
  14. Neuroinflammation5▲ 9.7×6 topics
  15. Brain Development5▲ 15×6 topics
  16. Clinical Trials5▲ 4.0×11 topics
  17. Cognitive Impairment5▲ 11×7 topics
  18. Perioperative Care5▲ 23×3 topics
  19. Aging5▲ 4.7×11 topics
  20. Mortality Risk5▲ 11×4 topics
  21. Neurobiology4▲ 9.2×9 topics
  22. Pain Assessment Tools4▲ 43×2 topics
  23. Resuscitation4▲ 18×4 topics
  24. Congenital Heart Disease4▲ 28×3 topics
  25. Low Back Pain4▲ 14×3 topics
  26. Elderly Patients4▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Neuropathic Pain4▲ 33×3 topics
  28. Adult Congenital Heart Disease4▲ 39×1 topic
  29. Critical Care4▲ 9.1×8 topics
  30. Postoperative Pain4▲ 23×3 topics
  31. Pulmonary Valve Replacement4▲ 39×1 topic
  32. Neurotoxicity4▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Pharmacokinetics4▲ 7.5×5 topics
  34. Postoperative Complications4▲ 15×3 topics
  35. Cardiac Risk4▲ 24×1 topic
  36. Perioperative4▲ 24×1 topic
  37. Psychological Interventions4▲ 15×3 topics
  38. Psychological Factors3▲ 9.0×4 topics
  39. Bispectral Index Monitoring3▲ 58×1 topic
  40. Intensive Care Unit3▲ 15×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Anesthesia and Sedative Agents and Pediatric Pain Management Techniques.

Congenital Heart Disease…4Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …4Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional worksAnesthesia and Sedative Agents: 3 fractional worksPediatric Pain Managemen…3Pediatric Pain Management Techniques: 3 fractional worksAnesthesia and Neurotoxi…3Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research: 3 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 3 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 3 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Mana…2Anesthesia and Pain Management: 2 fractional worksPain Mechanisms and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 2 fractional works
EpidemiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineAnesthesiology and Pain MedicinePediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health6 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 4 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Anesthesia and Sedative Agents Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Pediatric Pain Management Techniques Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  5. 5 Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research Developmental Neuroscience 3 works
  6. 6 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 3 works
  7. 7 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Pain Mechanisms and Treatments Physiology 2 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 2 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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