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Danish Pain Research Center

In research, Danish Pain Research Center stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,990 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,614 of 5,988 worldwide) and Education (#1,667 of 1,930 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Social Psychology, Education and Psychology (Social Psychology is 11.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,928
of 22,385 · #3,581 all time
Rank in Denmark
#26
of 93
Research works
1.3k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
20k
15.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Danish Pain Research Center

What is Danish Pain Research Center 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
Social SciencesDomain #4,990 of 9,585 4.1%171 #5553
Social SciencesField #4,614 of 5,988 3.2%117 #5989
EducationSubfield #1,667 of 1,930 2.9%77 #1983

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Danish Pain Research Center 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#5,553 #4,990
  2. Social Sciences#5,989 #4,614
  3. Education#1,983 #1,667
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Danish Pain Research Center work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research at Danish Pain Research Center is in Social Sciences, 22% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (46%), Medicine (19%), Psychology (14%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 191 fractional works · 66.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 131 fractional works · 45.9% of its workEducation: 81 fractional works · 28.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 22 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 12 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 41 fractional works · 14.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 29 fractional works · 10.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 62 fractional works · 21.5% of its workMedicine: 54 fractional works · 18.9% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 6.9% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiation: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 4.8% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKDanish PainResearch Center286fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences67%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences13145.9%
    2. Psychology4114.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities72.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting41.3%
    5. Decision Sciences41.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.3%
    1. Medicine5418.9%
    2. Health Professions72.5%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Computer Science82.9%
    2. Environmental Science62.1%
    3. Physics and Astronomy31.0%
    4. Engineering20.8%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Neuroscience82.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology51.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Danish Pain Research Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Social Psychology takes 11.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Social PsychologySubfield · 28.7 works11×
  2. EducationSubfield · 81.4 works9.3×
  3. PsychologyField · 41.5 works4.8×
← 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.68× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.37× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.94× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.99× its world share, 54 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.88× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.76× its world share, 42 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.63× its world share, 131 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.76×42 works
  2. Social Sciences3.63×131 works
  3. Neuroscience1.68×8 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.34×4 works
  5. Medicine0.99×54 works
  6. Health Professions0.94×7 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.88×7 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.60×4 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.44×3 works
  10. Environmental Science0.42×6 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.41×0 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.40×4 works
  13. Computer Science0.37×8 works
  14. Veterinary0.36×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.32×5 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.16×0 works
  17. Nursing0.13×0 works
  18. Engineering0.06×2 works
  19. Materials Science0.04×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Danish Pain Research Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Nanna Brix Finnerup, Páll Karlsson and Mike Savage lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Danish Pain Research Center.

  1. 1 Nanna Brix Finnerup Denmark · #65,390 worldwide 46k citations · 510 works
  2. 2 Páll Karlsson Denmark · #574,196 worldwide 2.5k citations · 97 works
  3. 3 Mike Savage Denmark · #1,563,891 worldwide 2k citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Karen Lund Denmark · #1,637,577 worldwide 5.6k citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Cathrine Baastrup Denmark · #1,760,035 worldwide 772 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Felix Weiss Denmark · #1,789,892 worldwide 623 citations · 66 works
  7. 7 Aske Clark Denmark · #2,908,272 worldwide 6 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 C.S. Madsen Denmark · #2,966,666 worldwide 382 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Clemens Wieser Denmark · #3,222,609 worldwide 385 citations · 77 works
  10. 10 Thomas Aastrup Rømer Denmark · #3,689,052 worldwide 192 citations · 91 works
All ranked researchers at Danish Pain Research Center

What are the most cited papers from Danish Pain Research Center?

The most cited paper from Danish Pain Research Center is "The revised International Association for the Study of Pain definition of pain: concepts, challenges, and compromises" (Srinivasa Naga Raja, Daniel B. Carr, Milton L Cohen et al., 2020), with 5,173 citations. Next come "Persistent postsurgical pain: risk factors and prevention" (4,102) and "Pharmacotherapy for neuropathic pain in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis" (3,995).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The revised International Association for the Study of Pain definition of pain: concepts, challenges, and compromises Srinivasa Naga Raja, Daniel B. Carr, Milton L Cohen et al. · Pain Open access 16 Jul 2020 5,173
2 Persistent postsurgical pain: risk factors and prevention Henrik Kehlet, Troels Staehelin Jensen, Clifford J. Woolf · The Lancet May 2006 4,102
3 Pharmacotherapy for neuropathic pain in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis Nanna Brix Finnerup, Nadine Attal, Simon Haroutounian et al. · The Lancet Neurology ReviewOpen access 6 Jan 2015 3,995
4 Chronic pain as a symptom or a disease: the IASP Classification of Chronic Pain for the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) Rolf‐Detlef Treede et al. · Pain Open access 22 Dec 2018 3,452
5 A classification of chronic pain for ICD-11 Rolf‐Detlef Treede et al. · Pain Open access 6 Apr 2015 2,856
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Danish Pain Research Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Pedagogy, Qualitative Research, Learning, Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Special Education and Discourse Analysis.

▲ 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. Education55▲ 11×26 topics
  2. Pedagogy40▲ 28×11 topics
  3. Qualitative Research36▲ 15×7 topics
  4. Learning33▲ 39×6 topics
  5. Social Sciences32▲ 76×2 topics
  6. Gender Studies28▲ 65×2 topics
  7. Special Education28▲ 166×2 topics
  8. Discourse Analysis28▲ 41×1 topic
  9. Methodology28▲ 202×1 topic
  10. Tacit Knowledge27▲ 201×2 topics
  11. Social Science26▲ 243×2 topics
  12. Embodiment25▲ 47×4 topics
  13. Ethical Guidelines25▲ 163×2 topics
  14. Dementia Care24▲ 709×1 topic
  15. Interactional Expertise24▲ 793×1 topic
  16. Globalization16▲ 2.8×15 topics
  17. Reflective Practice13▲ 24×6 topics
  18. Teacher Education12▲ 31×6 topics
  19. Technology Integration11▲ 12×5 topics
  20. Higher Education10▲ 6.9×9 topics
  21. Professional Learning Communities10▲ 67×2 topics
  22. Educational Leadership10▲ 26×2 topics
  23. Teacher Professional Development9▲ 20×2 topics
  24. Qualitative Research Methods9▲ 76×1 topic
  25. Teacher Identity9▲ 78×1 topic
  26. Neoliberalism9▲ 8.6×7 topics
  27. Motivation8▲ 6.6×5 topics
  28. Lifelong Learning7▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Chronic Pain7▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Curriculum7▲ 23×5 topics
  31. Education Policy7▲ 34×3 topics
  32. Professional Development6▲ 11×8 topics
  33. Neuropathic Pain6▲ 32×3 topics
  34. Neuroinflammation6▲ 7.6×4 topics
  35. Academic Achievement6▲ 11×8 topics
  36. Central Sensitization6▲ 31×2 topics
  37. Comparative Education5▲ 82×1 topic
  38. Neuronal Plasticity5▲ 33×2 topics
  39. PISA Study5▲ 82×1 topic
  40. Nociception5▲ 38×1 topic

Which research topics does Danish Pain Research Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Social and Educational Sciences, Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies and Global Educational Policies and Reforms.

Social and Educational S…28Social and Educational Sciences: 28 fractional worksEducation, Healthcare an…24Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research: 24 fractional worksTeacher Education and Le…9Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 9 fractional worksGlobal Educational Polic…5Global Educational Policies and Reforms: 5 fractional worksPain Mechanisms and Trea…5Pain Mechanisms and Treatments: 5 fractional worksTeacher Professional Development and Motivation: 4 fractional worksResearch in Social Sciences: 3 fractional worksEducational Theory and Curriculum Studies: 3 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 3 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 3 fractional works
EducationSocial PsychologyPolitical Science and International RelationsPhysiology1 others

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

  1. 1 Social and Educational Sciences Education 28 works
  2. 2 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 24 works
  3. 3 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 9 works
  4. 4 Global Educational Policies and Reforms Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  5. 5 Pain Mechanisms and Treatments Physiology 5 works
  6. 6 Teacher Professional Development and Motivation Education 4 works
  7. 7 Research in Social Sciences Education 3 works
  8. 8 Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  9. 9 Education Systems and Policy Education 3 works
  10. 10 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 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 available28.4%not open71.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.5%domestic only85.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Danish Pain Research Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Danish Pain Research Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Danish Pain Research Center0.00083% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Danish Pain Research Center 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Danish Pain Research Center9.7% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.7% in 2010.

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