2026 Joel D. Greenspan: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	69	2649	2423	1247	1120	186	15905

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Overview

Joel D. Greenspan is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore in the United States. Their academic work primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a significant number of publications touching on related subfields such as Physiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Neurology, and Complementary and Manual Therapy.

Their research addresses several main topics, including:

Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
Pain Management and Placebo Effect
Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies

Greenspan has contributed to numerous publications across frequent venues such as:

UNC Libraries
Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache
Pain
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Journal of Pain

Their recent scholarly articles include:

Associations of Psychologic Factors with Multiple Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions, 2020, Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache
A checklist for assessing the methodological quality of concurrent tES-fMRI studies (ContES checklist): a consensus study and statement, 2022, Nature Protocols
Phenotypic profile clustering pragmatically identifies diagnostically and mechanistically informative subgroups of chronic pain patients, 2020, Pain
Clinical Characteristics of Pain Among Five Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions, 2020, Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache
Pain Sensitivity Modifies Risk of Injury-Related Temporomandibular Disorder, 2020, Journal of Dental Research

Joel D. Greenspan has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

Roger B. Fillingim
Richard Ohrbach
William Maixner
Gary D. Slade
Eric Bair

Best Publications

Studying sex and gender differences in pain and analgesia: a consensus report

Joel D. Greenspan;Rebecca M. Craft;Linda LeResche;Lars Arendt-Nielsen

1262
Citations
Painful Temporomandibular Disorder Decade of Discovery from OPPERA Studies

G.D. Slade;R. Ohrbach;J.D. Greenspan;R.B. Fillingim

702
Citations
Psychological Factors Associated With Development of TMD: The OPPERA Prospective Cohort Study

Roger B. Fillingim;Richard Ohrbach;Joel D. Greenspan;Charles Knott

594
Citations
Orofacial Pain Prospective Evaluation and Risk Assessment Study – The OPPERA Study

William Maixner;Luda Diatchenko;Ronald Dubner;Roger B. Fillingim

502
Citations
Clinical Findings and Pain Symptoms as Potential Risk Factors for Chronic TMD: Descriptive Data and Empirically Identified Domains from the OPPERA Case-Control Study

Richard Ohrbach;Roger B. Fillingim;Flora Mulkey;Yoly Gonzalez

458
Citations
Potential Autonomic Risk Factors for Chronic TMD: Descriptive Data and Empirically Identified Domains from the OPPERA Case-Control Study

Roger B. Fillingim;Richard Ohrbach;Joel D. Greenspan;Charles Knott

418
Citations
Cortical representation of pain: functional characterization of nociceptive areas near the lateral sulcus

Rolf Detlef Treede;A. Vania Apkarian;Burkhart Bromm;Joel D. Greenspan

375
Citations
Summary of findings from the OPPERA prospective cohort study of incidence of first-onset temporomandibular disorder: implications and future directions.

Gary D. Slade;Roger B. Fillingim;Anne E. Sanders;Eric Bair

373
Citations
Pain sensitivity alterations as a function of lesion location in the parasylvian cortex

Joel D Greenspan;Roland R Lee;Fred A Lenz

348
Citations
Signs and symptoms of first-onset TMD and sociodemographic predictors of its development: The OPPERA Prospective Cohort Study.

Gary D. Slade;Eric Bair;Joel D. Greenspan;Ronald Dubner

322
Citations
Mechanical and heat sensitization of cutaneous nociceptors after peripheral inflammation in the rat.

David Andrew;Joel D. Greenspan

296
Citations
Clinical Orofacial Characteristics Associated With Risk of First-Onset TMD: The OPPERA Prospective Cohort Study

Richard Ohrbach;Eric Bair;Roger B. Fillingim;Yoly Gonzalez

270
Citations
Pain Sensitivity Risk Factors for Chronic TMD: Descriptive Data and Empirically Identified Domains from the OPPERA Case Control Study

Joel D. Greenspan;Gary D. Slade;Eric Bair;Ronald Dubner

257
Citations
Potential genetic risk factors for chronic TMD: Genetic associations from the OPPERA case-control study.

Shad B. Smith;Dylan W. Maixner;Joel D. Greenspan;Ronald Dubner

255
Citations
Racial and ethnic differences in experimental pain sensitivity: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Hee Jun Kim;Gee Su Yang;Joel Daniel Greenspan;Katherine D. Downton

247
Citations
Stimulus features relevant to the perception of sharpness and mechanically evoked cutaneous pain.

Joel D. Greenspan;Sandra L. B. McGillis

236
Citations
Guidelines and recommendations for assessment of somatosensory function in oro-facial pain conditions - a taskforce report

Peter Svensson;Lene Baad-Hansen;Maria Pigg;Thomas List

235
Citations
Reversible pain and tactile deficits associated with a cerebral tumor compressing the posterior insula and parietal operculum.

Joel D. Greenspan;Jeffrey A. Winfield

233
Citations
Gender differences in temporal summation of mechanically evoked pain.

Eleni Sarlani;Joel D. Greenspan

225
Citations
Evidence for generalized hyperalgesia in temporomandibular disorders patients.

Eleni Sarlani;Joel D. Greenspan

213
Citations
Central nervous system mechanisms of pain

Frederick A. Lenz;Patrick M. Dougherty;Joel D. Greenspan;Arthur K. Asbury

133
Citations
Consensus report Studying sex and gender differences in pain and analgesia: A consensus report

Joel D. Greenspan;Rebecca M. Craft;Linda LeResche;Lars Arendt-Nielsen

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