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Pain Management Institute

In research, Pain Management Institute stands highest in Medicine (#2,478 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,521 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine — Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine is 108.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,989
of 28,054 · #10,062 all time
Rank in United States
#1,793
of 4,192
Research works
1k
▲ 95% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
19.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Pain Management Institute 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 #2,478 of 10,443 8.7%153 #1816
Health SciencesDomain #3,521 of 11,982 8.6%160 #2403

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pain Management Institute 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 Pain Management Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine takes 108.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineSubfield · 23.8 works109×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.77× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.23× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.00× its world share, 153 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.34× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Pain Management Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Margo McCaffery, Chris Pasero and Christine L. Pasero lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pain Management Institute.

  1. 1 Margo McCaffery United States · #138,827 worldwide 107 citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Chris Pasero United States · #388,391 worldwide 56 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Christine L. Pasero United States · #494,194 worldwide 32 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Ramana Naidu United States · #1,459,354 worldwide 7 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Jessica Katz Jameson United States · #1,482,277 worldwide 7 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 James Scowcroft United States · #1,602,173 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Pain Management Institute

Which keywords describe research at Pain Management Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chronic Pain, Neuropathic Pain, Pain Management, Low Back Pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Clinical Trials and Postoperative Pain.

▲ 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. Chronic Pain30▲ 69×4 topics
  2. Neuropathic Pain26▲ 196×3 topics
  3. Pain Management23▲ 52×7 topics
  4. Low Back Pain21▲ 62×3 topics
  5. Epidemiology20▲ 2.6×41 topics
  6. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome16▲ 402×1 topic
  7. Spinal Cord Stimulation16▲ 402×1 topic
  8. Clinical Trials15▲ 11×10 topics
  9. Postoperative Pain14▲ 77×3 topics
  10. Quality of Life14▲ 4.8×21 topics
  11. Psychological Factors13▲ 31×5 topics
  12. Surgical Treatment12▲ 31×4 topics
  13. Spinal Fusion11▲ 59×2 topics
  14. Degenerative Disc Disease11▲ 60×2 topics
  15. Global Burden11▲ 11×4 topics
  16. Clinical Outcomes11▲ 25×3 topics
  17. Disability11▲ 50×1 topic
  18. Measurement Properties11▲ 71×1 topic
  19. Intervertebral Disc10▲ 78×1 topic
  20. Lumbar Disc Degeneration10▲ 78×1 topic
  21. Central Sensitization10▲ 81×2 topics
  22. Neuroinflammation9▲ 17×4 topics
  23. Nociception9▲ 106×2 topics
  24. Perioperative Care9▲ 39×3 topics
  25. Neuronal Plasticity9▲ 84×2 topics
  26. Glial Activation9▲ 75×1 topic
  27. Pain Modulation9▲ 131×1 topic
  28. Treatment9▲ 3.7×18 topics
  29. Analgesia8▲ 67×2 topics
  30. Neurological Disorders8▲ 7.1×13 topics
  31. Pain Assessment Tools8▲ 72×2 topics
  32. Regional Anesthesia8▲ 75×1 topic
  33. Surgical Outcome8▲ 75×1 topic
  34. Botulinum Toxin8▲ 63×3 topics
  35. Neural Plasticity8▲ 21×4 topics
  36. Elderly Patients7▲ 21×4 topics
  37. Functional Connectivity6▲ 22×3 topics
  38. Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation6▲ 100×1 topic
  39. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation6▲ 100×1 topic
  40. Cancer Pain5▲ 100×1 topic

Which research topics does Pain Management Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pain Management and Treatment, Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology and Pain Mechanisms and Treatments.

Pain Management and Trea…16Pain Management and Treatment: 16 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 11 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…10Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 10 fractional worksPain Mechanisms and Trea…9Pain Mechanisms and Treatments: 9 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 8 fractional worksTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies: 6 fractional worksPain Management and Opio…5Pain Management and Opioid Use: 5 fractional worksMyofascial pain diagnosis and treatment: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional worksBotulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders: 3 fractional works
Anesthesiology and Pain MedicinePharmacologyPathology and Forensic MedicinePhysiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Pain Management and Treatment Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 16 works
  2. 2 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 11 works
  3. 3 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 10 works
  4. 4 Pain Mechanisms and Treatments Physiology 9 works
  5. 5 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 8 works
  6. 6 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies Neurology 6 works
  7. 7 Pain Management and Opioid Use Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 5 works
  8. 8 Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment Cell Biology 4 works
  9. 9 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders Neurology 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 available38.0%not open62.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.0%domestic only75.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Pain Management Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 95% higher 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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