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Marwan N. Baliki publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Marwan N. Baliki sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 91 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Marwan N. Baliki D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Marwan N. Baliki sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 44 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Marwan N. Baliki is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in medicine and neuroscience, with a particular focus on cognitive neuroscience and pharmacology. The scientist's work encompasses multiple intersecting fields including cardiology, physiology, and radiology, with research areas spanning from functional brain connectivity to pain mechanisms and treatments.

Their research primarily addresses topics such as:

  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

Recent publications by Marwan N. Baliki include:

  • Reorganization of functional brain network architecture in chronic osteoarthritis pain, 2020, Human Brain Mapping
  • Sex-Specific Pharmacotherapy for Back Pain: A Proof-of-Concept Randomized Trial, 2021, Pain and Therapy
  • Limits of decoding mental states with fMRI, 2022, Cortex
  • Psychosocial, Functional, and Emotional Correlates of Long-Term Opioid Use in Patients with Chronic Back Pain: A Cross-Sectional Case-Control Study, 2021, Pain and Therapy
  • Structural MRI Analysis of Chronic Pain Patients Following Interdisciplinary Treatment Shows Changes in Brain Volume and Opiate-Dependent Reorganization of the Amygdala and Hippocampus, 2020, Pain Medicine

The scientist collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • A. Vania Apkarian
  • Rami Jabakhanji
  • Andrew D. Vigotsky
  • Kenta Wakaizumi
  • L. Q. Huang

Marwan N. Baliki has published repeatedly in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Human Brain Mapping
  • Pain and Therapy
  • Cortex
  • Pain Medicine

The body of work spans 24 publications in medicine and 20 in neuroscience, with 20 of these focused on cognitive neuroscience. The diversity of affiliated topics and venues reflects an interdisciplinary approach, integrating brain imaging, pain research, pharmacology, and neural behavioral studies. The research emphasizes chronic pain conditions and neural correlates of pain treatment outcomes through various neuroimaging methodologies.

Best Publications

  • Scale-Free Brain Functional Networks

    Victor M. Eguíluz;Dante R. Chialvo;Guillermo A. Cecchi;Marwan Baliki

  • Corticostriatal functional connectivity predicts transition to chronic back pain.

    Marwan N Baliki;Bogdan Petre;Souraya Torbey;Kristina M Herrmann

  • Towards a theory of chronic pain

    A. Vania Apkarian;Marwan N. Baliki;Paul Y. Geha

  • Beyond Feeling: Chronic Pain Hurts the Brain, Disrupting the Default-Mode Network Dynamics

    Marwan N. Baliki;Paul Y. Geha;A. Vania Apkarian;Dante R. Chialvo

  • Chronic Pain and the Emotional Brain: Specific Brain Activity Associated with Spontaneous Fluctuations of Intensity of Chronic Back Pain

    Marwan N. Baliki;Dante R. Chialvo;Paul Y. Geha;Robert M. Levy

  • Pain and the brain: Specificity and plasticity of the brain in clinical chronic pain

    A. Vania Apkarian;Javeria A. Hashmi;Marwan N. Baliki

  • Shape shifting pain: chronification of back pain shifts brain representation from nociceptive to emotional circuits

    Javeria A. Hashmi;Marwan N. Baliki;Lejian Huang;Alex T. Baria

  • Nociception, pain, negative moods and behavior selection

    Marwan N. Baliki;A. Vania Apkarian

  • Predicting Value of Pain and Analgesia: Nucleus Accumbens Response to Noxious Stimuli Changes in the Presence of Chronic Pain

    Marwan N. Baliki;Paul Y. Geha;Howard L. Fields;A. Vania Apkarian

  • The brain in chronic CRPS pain: abnormal gray-white matter interactions in emotional and autonomic regions.

    Paul Y. Geha;Marwan N. Baliki;R. Norman Harden;William R. Bauer

  • Functional reorganization of the default mode network across chronic pain conditions.

    Marwan N. Baliki;Ali R. Mansour;Alex T. Baria;A. Vania Apkarian

  • Abnormalities in Hippocampal Functioning with Persistent Pain

    Amelia A. Mutso;Daniel Radzicki;Marwan N. Baliki;Lejian Huang

  • Brain Morphological Signatures for Chronic Pain

    Marwan N. Baliki;Thomas J. Schnitzer;William R. Bauer;A. Vania Apkarian

  • Corticolimbic anatomical characteristics predetermine risk for chronic pain

    Etienne Vachon-Presseau;Pascal Tétreault;Bogdan Petre;Lejian Huang

  • The cortical rhythms of chronic back pain.

    Marwan N Baliki;Alex T. Baria;Apkar Apkarian

  • Brain white matter structural properties predict transition to chronic pain.

    Ali R. Mansour;Marwan N. Baliki;Lejian Huang;Souraya Torbey

  • Parsing pain perception between nociceptive representation and magnitude estimation.

    M. N. Baliki;P. Y. Geha;A. V. Apkarian

  • Anatomical and functional assemblies of brain BOLD oscillations.

    Alexis T. Baria;Marwan N. Baliki;Todd Parrish;A. Vania Apkarian

  • Chronic pain: the role of learning and brain plasticity.

    A.R. Mansour;M.A. Farmer;M.N. Baliki;A. Vania Apkarian

  • A Dynamic Network Perspective of Chronic Pain

    Melissa A. Farmer;Marwan N. Baliki;A. Vania Apkarian

  • Predicting transition to chronic pain.

    A. Vania Apkarian;Marwan N. Baliki;Melissa A. Farmer

Frequent Co-Authors

A. Vania Apkarian
A. Vania Apkarian Northwestern University
Thomas J. Schnitzer
Thomas J. Schnitzer Northwestern University
Guillermo A. Cecchi
Guillermo A. Cecchi IBM (United States)
Todd B. Parrish
Todd B. Parrish Northwestern University
Nayef E. Saadé
Nayef E. Saadé American University of Beirut
Howard L. Fields
Howard L. Fields University of California, San Francisco
Irina Rish
Irina Rish University of Montreal
James W. Griffith
James W. Griffith Northwestern University
R. Norman Harden
R. Norman Harden Northwestern University
Leora R. Cherney
Leora R. Cherney Northwestern University

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