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Pain and Headache Center

In research, Pain and Headache Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,506 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,664 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,166
of 22,385 · #12,671 all time
Rank in United States
#2,981
of 3,332
Research works
626
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.9k
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Pain and Headache Center

What is Pain and Headache Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #3,506 of 16,688 6.7%484
MedicineField #3,664 of 14,558 6.8%460

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pain and Headache 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 fields of science does Pain and Headache Center work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research at Pain and Headache Center is in Health Sciences, 21% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (61%), Psychology (8%), Social Sciences (7%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 57 fractional works · 66.9% of its workMedicine: 52 fractional works · 60.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 16 fractional works · 19.1% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 20.5% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 8.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 8.7% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 5.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPain and HeadacheCenter85fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences67%Social Sciences21%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5260.9%
    2. Health Professions44.2%
    3. Dentistry11.3%
    4. Veterinary00.3%
    5. Nursing00.1%
    1. Psychology78.4%
    2. Social Sciences67.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting33.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.9%
    5. Decision Sciences00.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Neuroscience55.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.7%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.5%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Computer Science11.2%
    2. Physics and Astronomy11.1%
    3. Engineering10.9%
    4. Environmental Science00.4%
    5. Energy00.2%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.48× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.23× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.77× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.59× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.17× its world share, 52 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.09× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.76× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience3.48×5 works
  2. Medicine3.17×52 works
  3. Dentistry2.77×1 works
  4. Psychology2.76×7 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.23×1 works
  6. Veterinary2.15×0 works
  7. Health Professions1.59×4 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.09×3 works
  9. Social Sciences0.57×6 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.47×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.32×2 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.30×1 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.28×0 works
  14. Energy0.21×0 works
  15. Nursing0.20×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.16×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×0 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.11×0 works
  19. Environmental Science0.07×0 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×0 works
  21. Engineering0.06×1 works
  22. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Pain and Headache Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Andrea M. Trescot, Nathan L. Bennett and Leslie Kelman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pain and Headache Center.

  1. 1 Andrea M. Trescot United States · #250,695 worldwide 4.2k citations · 162 works
  2. 2 Nathan L. Bennett United States · #450,625 worldwide 1.9k citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Leslie Kelman United States · #1,148,538 worldwide 2.6k citations · 27 works
  4. 4 J. A. Klapper United States · #2,125,759 worldwide 1.2k citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Jack A. Klapper United States · #2,575,236 worldwide 1.2k citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Aryan Kumar United States · #4,468,593 worldwide 35 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Kirill Skorobogatykh United States · #4,706,997 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Stephanie A. Hall United States · #4,967,627 worldwide 125 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 John Claude Krusz United States · #5,116,908 worldwide 371 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Pain and Headache Center

What are the most cited papers from Pain and Headache Center?

The most cited paper from Pain and Headache Center is "Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Chronic Opioid Therapy in Chronic Noncancer Pain" (Roger Chou et al., 2009), with 2,216 citations. Next come "Temporomandibular Disorders" (743) and "Idiopathic intracranial hypertension: consensus guidelines on management" (619).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Clinical Guidelines for the Use of Chronic Opioid Therapy in Chronic Noncancer Pain Roger Chou et al. · Journal of Pain Open access Feb 2009 2,216
2 Temporomandibular Disorders Steven John Scrivani, David Alexander Keith, Leonard B. Kaban · New England Journal of Medicine 17 Dec 2008 743
3 Idiopathic intracranial hypertension: consensus guidelines on management Susan P. Mollan, Brendan Davies, N. C. Silver et al. · Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry Open access 14 Jun 2018 619
4 Consensus Statement: Cardiovascular Safety Profile of Triptans (5‐HT 1B/1D Agonists) in the Acute Treatment of Migraine David W. Dodick, Richard B. Lipton, Vincent T. Martin et al. · Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain 7 May 2004 356
5 Is The Cerebral Cortex Hyperexcitable or Hyperresponsive in Migraine? Gianluca Coppola, Francesco Pierelli, J Schoenen · Cephalalgia 20 Nov 2007 333
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Pain and Headache Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurological Disorders, Headache Disorders, Migraine, Treatment, Epidemiology, Psychological Factors, Chronic Pain and Central Sensitization.

▲ 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. Neurological Disorders14▲ 29×12 topics
  2. Headache Disorders11▲ 520×1 topic
  3. Migraine11▲ 302×1 topic
  4. Epidemiology10▲ 3.1×29 topics
  5. Treatment7▲ 7.0×11 topics
  6. Psychological Factors6▲ 34×5 topics
  7. Quality of Life4▲ 3.6×14 topics
  8. Chronic Pain4▲ 23×4 topics
  9. Central Sensitization4▲ 81×2 topics
  10. Neuropathic Pain4▲ 72×3 topics
  11. Diagnostic Criteria4▲ 21×6 topics
  12. Leadership4▲ 9.8×6 topics
  13. Neurobiology4▲ 17×5 topics
  14. Pain Management3▲ 17×5 topics
  15. Encephalopathy3▲ 57×2 topics
  16. Stroke3▲ 21×4 topics
  17. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome3▲ 116×1 topic
  18. Fibromyalgia3▲ 116×1 topic
  19. Low Back Pain3▲ 18×2 topics
  20. Clinical Trials2▲ 4.4×10 topics
  21. Hypertension2▲ 9.8×4 topics
  22. Neuroimaging2▲ 10×3 topics
  23. Neuroinflammation2▲ 9.5×3 topics
  24. Pathophysiology2▲ 9.4×3 topics
  25. Botulinum Toxin2▲ 41×3 topics
  26. Imaging2▲ 11×2 topics
  27. Preeclampsia2▲ 33×2 topics
  28. Health Promotion2▲ 7.6×4 topics
  29. Reversible2▲ 181×1 topic
  30. Syndrome2▲ 181×1 topic
  31. Adolescents2▲ 6.4×5 topics
  32. Pain Assessment Tools2▲ 40×2 topics
  33. Stress2▲ 6.3×4 topics
  34. Cognitive Impairment2▲ 8.8×6 topics
  35. Functional Connectivity2▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Disability2▲ 19×1 topic
  37. Elderly Patients2▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Measurement Properties2▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Neuronal Plasticity2▲ 35×2 topics
  40. Neuropathology2▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Pain and Headache Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Migraine and Headache Studies, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research, Neurological Complications and Syndromes and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation.

Migraine and Headache St…11Migraine and Headache Studies: 11 fractional worksFibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research: 3 fractional worksNeurological Complications and Syndromes: 2 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksTrigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments: 2 fractional worksPain Mechanisms and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCoaching Methods and Impact: 1 fractional worksPain Management and Treatment: 1 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 1 fractional worksVestibular and auditory disorders: 1 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthPharmacologyPathology and Forensic MedicinePhysiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Migraine and Headache Studies Psychiatry and Mental health 11 works
  2. 2 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Psychiatry and Mental health 3 works
  3. 3 Neurological Complications and Syndromes Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  4. 4 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 2 works
  5. 5 Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Pain Mechanisms and Treatments Physiology 2 works
  7. 7 Coaching Methods and Impact Applied Psychology 1 works
  8. 8 Pain Management and Treatment Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Vestibular and auditory disorders Neurology 1 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 available24.0%not open76.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.3%domestic only81.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Pain and Headache Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Pain and Headache Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00021% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Pain and Headache Center0.00041% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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