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Frontiers in Pain Research
H-index 20

Frontiers in Pain Research

2673-561X

Published by: Frontiers Media S.A.

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pain-research

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Neuroscience 174 95 133 17

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 247
Documents by Best Scientists*: 257
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 20
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.789
Impact Factor: 2.7

Top Publications

  • Peripheral Voltage-Gated Cation Channels in Neuropathic Pain and Their Potential as Therapeutic Targets

    Unknown

    (2021)
    96 Citations
  • Mediators of Neuropathic Pain; Focus on Spinal Microglia, CSF-1, BDNF, CCL21, TNF-α, Wnt Ligands, and Interleukin 1β

    Paul A. Boakye;Shao-Jun Tang;Peter A. Smith

    (2021)
    85 Citations
  • Opioids and Chronic Pain: An Analytic Review of the Clinical Evidence

    Stephen E. Nadeau;Jeffrey K. Wu;Richard A. Lawhern

    (2021)
    68 Citations
  • Chronic Migraine Pathophysiology and Treatment: A Review of Current Perspectives

    Tiffani J. Mungoven;Luke A. Henderson;Noemi Meylakh

    (2021)
    67 Citations
  • Shifting the Balance: How Top-Down and Bottom-Up Input Modulate Pain via the Rostral Ventromedial Medulla

    (2022)
    42 Citations
  • The Path to Discovery of Windup and Central Sensitization

    (2022)
    40 Citations
  • Brainstem Pain-Modulation Circuitry and Its Plasticity in Neuropathic Pain: Insights From Human Brain Imaging Investigations

    Emily P. Mills;Kevin A. Keay;Luke A. Henderson

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • Toward Composite Pain Biomarkers of Neuropathic Pain—Focus on Peripheral Neuropathic Pain

    (2022)
    26 Citations
  • Fractalkine/CX3CR1 Pathway in Neuropathic Pain: An Update

    Rita Silva;Marzia Malcangio

    (2021)
    24 Citations
  • Virtual Reality and the Mediation of Acute and Chronic Pain in Adult and Pediatric Populations: Research Developments

    (2022)
    23 Citations

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