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Researcher · McGill University · Canada

Ronald Melzack

Ronald Melzack publishes mostly in Physiology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, on topics such as Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Pain Management and Opioid Use and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation.

OpenAlex
World rank
#2,248
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#54
of 38,960
Works
75
Citations
2.3k
Citations per work
30.6

What does Ronald Melzack research?

Physiology: 16.8%Cognitive Neuroscience: 9.5%Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 8.4%Pharmacology: 7.4%other fields: 57.9%17%top field
Physiology16.8%Cognitive Neuroscience9.5%Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine8.4%Pharmacology7.4%other fields57.9%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Physiology17% of their works
  2. 2Cognitive Neuroscience10% of their works
  3. 3Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine8% of their works
  4. 4Pharmacology7% of their works
  5. 5Molecular Biology6% of their works
  6. 6Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ronald Melzack's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Chronic Pain, Central Sensitization, Neuropathic Pain, Clinical Trials, Epidemiology, Cancer Pain, Disability and Global Burden.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Chronic Pain212 topics
  2. Central Sensitization151 topic
  3. Neuropathic Pain151 topic
  4. Clinical Trials92 topics
  5. Epidemiology92 topics
  6. Cancer Pain61 topic
  7. Disability61 topic
  8. Global Burden61 topic
  9. Pain Management61 topic
  10. Blood Transfusion31 topic
  11. Cortical Networks31 topic
  12. Ion Channels31 topic
  13. Neuronal Oscillations31 topic
  14. Nocebo31 topic
  15. Obstetrics31 topic
  16. Placebo31 topic
  17. Voltage-Gated Channels31 topic
  18. Neuropeptides21 topic
  19. Receptors21 topic

Where does Ronald Melzack work?

Ronald Melzack's main affiliation in the publication record is McGill University, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Ronald Melzack have?

Science Explorer counts 75 works and 2,292 citations for Ronald Melzack, ranking #2,248 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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