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Matthias Ringkamp

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Neuroscience

D-Index
36
Citations
11442
World Ranking
8891
National Ranking
3762

Matthias Ringkamp 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 Matthias Ringkamp sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 76 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Matthias Ringkamp D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

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7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Matthias Ringkamp is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on medicine and neuroscience, with key subfields including physiology, sensory systems, surgery, molecular biology, and dermatology.

Ringkamp's work covers a variety of topics within these fields, notably:

  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Dermatology and Skin Diseases
  • Ion Channels and Receptors
  • Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation

The scientist has published in a range of journals, with frequent contributions appearing in:

  • Pain
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • The Journal of Physiology
  • Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Selected recent papers include:

  • The revised International Association for the Study of Pain definition of pain: concepts, challenges, and compromises, 2020, Pain
  • John J. Bonica Award Lecture: Peripheral neuronal hyperexcitability: the "low-hanging" target for safe therapeutic strategies in neuropathic pain, 2020, Pain
  • Pruriception and neuronal coding in nociceptor subtypes in human and nonhuman primates, 2021, eLife
  • Maximum axonal following frequency separates classes of cutaneous unmyelinated nociceptors in the pig, 2020, The Journal of Physiology
  • Enhanced sodium channel inactivation by temperature and FHF2 deficiency blocks heat nociception, 2022, Pain

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues in their field. Notable coauthors include:

  • Gang Wu
  • Timothy V. Hartke
  • Mark A. Hoon
  • Srinivasa N. Raja
  • Amanda H. Klein

Best Publications

  • The revised International Association for the Study of Pain definition of pain: concepts, challenges, and compromises.

    Srinivasa N. Raja;Daniel B. Carr;Milton Cohen;Nanna B. Finnerup;Nanna B. Finnerup

  • Novel classes of responsive and unresponsive C nociceptors in human skin

    Roland Schmidt;Martin Schmelz;Clemens Forster;Matthias Ringkamp

  • Early onset of spontaneous activity in uninjured C-fiber nociceptors after injury to neighboring nerve fibers.

    Gang Wu;Matthias Ringkamp;Timothy V. Hartke;Beth B. Murinson

  • Peripheral mechanisms of cutaneous nociception

    Richard A. Meyer;Matthias Ringkamp;James N. Campbell;Srinivasa N. Raja

  • Thermoreceptors and thermosensitive afferents.

    Raf J. Schepers;Matthias Ringkamp

  • Degeneration of myelinated efferent fibers induces spontaneous activity in uninjured C-fiber afferents

    Gang Wu;Matthias Ringkamp;Beth B. Murinson;Esther M. Pogatzki

  • Separate peripheral pathways for pruritus in man.

    Barbara Namer;Richard Carr;Lisa M. Johanek;Martin Schmelz

  • Sensory neurons and circuits mediating itch

    Robert H. LaMotte;Xinzhong Dong;Matthias Ringkamp

  • Uninjured C-Fiber Nociceptors Develop Spontaneous Activity and α-Adrenergic Sensitivity Following L6 Spinal Nerve Ligation in Monkey

    Z. Ali;M. Ringkamp;T. V. Hartke;H. F. Chien

  • Psychophysical and Physiological Evidence for Parallel Afferent Pathways Mediating the Sensation of Itch

    Lisa M. Johanek;Richard A. Meyer;Tim Hartke;Joseph Greg Hobelmann

  • A Role for Polymodal C-Fiber Afferents in Nonhistaminergic Itch

    Lisa M. Johanek;Richard A. Meyer;Robert M. Friedman;Kenneth W. Greenquist

  • Innervation territories of mechanically activated C nociceptor units in human skin.

    Roland Schmidt;Martin Schmelz;Matthias Ringkamp;Hermann O. Handwerker

  • A Role for Nociceptive, Myelinated Nerve Fibers in Itch Sensation

    Matthias Ringkamp;Raf J. Schepers;Steven G. Shimada;Lisa M. Johanek

  • Sensitization of insensitive branches of C nociceptors in human skin.

    M Schmelz;R Schmidt;M Ringkamp;H O Handwerker

  • Delayed responses to electrical stimuli reflect C-fiber responsiveness in human microneurography

    M. Schmelz;C. Forster;R. Schmidt;M. Ringkamp

  • Peripherally acting mu-opioid receptor agonist attenuates neuropathic pain in rats after L5 spinal nerve injury.

    Yun Guan;Lisa M. Johanek;Timothy V. Hartke;Beom Shim

  • Lumbar sympathectomy failed to reverse mechanical allodynia- and hyperalgesia-like behavior in rats with L5 spinal nerve injury.

    Matthias Ringkamp;Sebastian Eschenfelder;Erich J. Grethel;Heinz Joachim Häbler

  • Capsaicin Responses in Heat-Sensitive and Heat-Insensitive A-Fiber Nociceptors

    Matthias Ringkamp;Yuan B. Peng;Gang Wu;Timothy V. Hartke

  • Three functionally distinct classes of C-fibre nociceptors in primates.

    Matthew Wooten;Hao Jui Weng;Timothy V. Hartke;Jasenka Borzan

  • Limitation of sensitization to injured parts of receptive fields in human skin C-nociceptors

    M. Schmelz;R. Schmidt;M. Ringkamp;C. Forster

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard A. Meyer
Richard A. Meyer Johns Hopkins University
Martin Schmelz
Martin Schmelz Heidelberg University
Srinivasa N. Raja
Srinivasa N. Raja Johns Hopkins University
James N. Campbell
James N. Campbell Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Xinzhong Dong
Xinzhong Dong Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Robert H. LaMotte
Robert H. LaMotte Yale University
Yun Guan
Yun Guan Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Gang Wu
Gang Wu St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Joseph L. Mankowski
Joseph L. Mankowski Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
John W. Griffin
John W. Griffin Johns Hopkins University

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