2026 Jon D. Levine: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	128	2690	2510	1504	1381	627	67243

Overview

Jon D. Levine is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their primary field of research is Medicine, with a focus that spans multiple subfields including Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Physiology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including:

Cancer survivorship and care
Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology
Family Support in Illness
Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

Jon D. Levine has contributed to numerous publications with a significant presence in the following journals and venues:

Supportive Care in Cancer (15 publications)
Cancer Nursing (14 publications)
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (11 publications)
Oncology Nursing Forum (10 publications)
Molecular Pain (9 publications)

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Levine are:

Stress and Symptom Burden in Oncology Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Loneliness and Symptom Burden in Oncology Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021, Cancer
Oncology Patients' Perceptions of and Experiences with COVID-19, 2020, Supportive Care in Cancer
Association of Personality Profiles with Coping and Adjustment to Cancer Among Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy, 2020, Psycho-Oncology
Oncostatin M Induces Hyperalgesic Priming and Amplifies Signaling of cAMP to ERK by RapGEF2 and PKA, 2020, Journal of Neurochemistry

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

Christine Miaskowski
Yvette P. Conley
Steven M. Paul
Marilyn J. Hammer
Bruce A. Cooper

Best Publications

The capsaicin receptor: a heat-activated ion channel in the pain pathway

Michael J. Caterina;Mark A. Schumacher;Makoto Tominaga;Tobias A. Rosen

13253
Citations
Lidocaine Toxicity in Primary Afferent Neurons from the Rat

Michael S. Gold;David B. Reichling;Karl F. Hampl;Kenneth Drasner

927
Citations
Hyperalgesic agents increase a tetrodotoxin-resistant Na+ current in nociceptors

Michael S. Gold;David B. Reichling;Michael J. Shuster;Jon D. Levine

827
Citations
Expression of c‐fos protein in interneurons and projection neurons of the rat spinal cord in response to noxious somatic, articular, and visceral stimulation

D. Menétrey;A. Gannon;J. D. Levine;Allan I. Basbaum

734
Citations
Peptides and the primary afferent nociceptor

Jon D. Levine;Howard L. Fields;Allan I. Basbaum

650
Citations
Intraneuronal Substance P Contributes to the Severity of Experimental Arthritis

Jon D. Levine;Ron Clark;Marshall Devor;Clyde Helms

648
Citations
Kappa–opioids produce significantly greater analgesia in women than in men

Robert W. Gear;Christine Miaskowski;Newton C. Gordon;Steven M. Paul

637
Citations
Systemic morphine suppresses noxious stimulus-evoked Fos protein-like immunoreactivity in the rat spinal cord.

RW Presley;D Menetrey;JD Levine;AI Basbaum

635
Citations
Modulation of TTX-R INa by PKC and PKA and Their Role in PGE2-Induced Sensitization of Rat Sensory Neurons In Vitro

Michael S. Gold;Jon D. Levine;Ana M. Correa

622
Citations
Critical role of nociceptor plasticity in chronic pain

David B. Reichling;Jon D. Levine

547
Citations
A novel nociceptor signaling pathway revealed in protein kinase c ε mutant mice

Sachia G. Khasar;Yu Huei Lin;Annick Martin;Jahan Dadgar

545
Citations
Hypotonicity induces TRPV4-mediated nociception in rat.

Nicole Alessandri-Haber;Jenny J Yeh;Aileen E Boyd;Carlos A Parada

491
Citations
TRP channels: targets for the relief of pain.

Jon D. Levine;Nicole Alessandri-Haber

487
Citations
Contribution of sensory afferents and sympathetic efferents to joint injury in experimental arthritis.

JD Levine;SJ Dardick;MF Roizen;C Helms

486
Citations
Bradykinin-12-lipoxygenase-VR1 signaling pathway for inflammatory hyperalgesia

Jieun Shin;Hawon Cho;Sun Wook Hwang;Jooyoung Jung

444
Citations
Protease‐activated receptor 2 sensitizes the transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 ion channel to cause mechanical hyperalgesia in mice

Andrew Douglas Grant;Graeme S. Cottrell;Silva Amadesi;Marcello Trevisani

437
Citations
Influence of the method of drug administration on analgesic response

Jon D. Levine;Newton C. Gordon

429
Citations
Naloxone dose dependently produces analgesia and hyperalgesia in postoperative pain

Jon D. Levine;Newton C. Gordon;Howard L. Fields

420
Citations
Epinephrine Produces a β-Adrenergic Receptor-Mediated Mechanical Hyperalgesia and In Vitro Sensitization of Rat Nociceptors

Sachia G. Khasar;Gordon McCarter;Jon D. Levine

420
Citations
Burn Injury Pain: The Continuing Challenge

Gretchen J. Summer;Kathleen A. Puntillo;Christine Miaskowski;Paul G. Green

418
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven M. Paul University of California, San Francisco

Christine Miaskowski University of California, San Francisco

Allan I. Basbaum University of California, San Francisco

Olayinka A. Dina University of California, San Francisco

David B. Reichling University of California, San Francisco

Bradley E. Aouizerat New York University

Howard L. Fields University of California, San Francisco

Robert O. Messing The University of Texas at Austin

Margaret A. Chesney University of California, San Francisco

Wilfrid Jänig Kiel University

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