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Medicine

D-Index
120
Citations
47199
World Ranking
3783
National Ranking
103

Nikolai Bogduk publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nikolai Bogduk sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 432 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Nikolai Bogduk D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 120 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Nikolai Bogduk is affiliated with the University of Newcastle Australia. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a strong emphasis on subfields such as Pharmacology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Surgery, Economics and Econometrics, and Cell Biology.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
  • Anesthesia and Pain Management
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Medical Imaging and Analysis

Among recent publications authored by Nikolai Bogduk are:

  • "Group Data or Categorical Data for Outcomes of Pain Treatment?" (2020), published in Pain Medicine
  • "On understanding the validity of diagnostic tests" (2022), published in Interventional Pain Medicine

Other notable papers from related collaborative research include:

  • "The Effectiveness of Cervical Medial Branch Thermal Radiofrequency Neurotomy Stratified by Selection Criteria: A Systematic Review of the Literature" (2020), Pain Medicine
  • "Sources of Cervicogenic Headache Among the Upper Cervical Synovial Joints" (2020), Pain Medicine
  • "The Prevalence of "Pure" Lumbar Zygapophysial Joint Pain in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain" (2020), Pain Medicine

Nikolai Bogduk has frequently published in venues including:

  • Interventional Pain Medicine (14 publications)
  • Pain Medicine (9 publications)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Spine

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Bogduk are:

  • John MacVicar
  • Milton H. Landers
  • Neil Batta
  • Adrian Popescu
  • Andrew G. Engel

Best Publications

  • The sacroiliac joint in chronic low back pain.

    Anthony C. Schwarzer;Charles N. Aprill;Nikolai Bogduk

  • Percutaneous radio-frequency neurotomy for chronic cervical zygapophyseal-joint pain.

    Susan M. Lord;Leslie Barnsley;Barbara J. Wallis;Gregory J. McDonald

  • The Prevalence and Clinical Features of Internal Disc Disruption in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

    Anthony C. Schwarzer;Charles N. Aprill;Richard Derby;Joseph Fortin

  • Clinical Anatomy of the Lumbar Spine and Sacrum

    Nikolai Bogduk

  • Biomechanics of the cervical spine. I: Normal kinematics

    Nikolai Bogduk;Susan R. Mercer

  • Clinical Features of Patients with Pain Stemming from the Lumbar Zygapophysial Joints: Is the Lumbar Facet Syndrome a Clinical Entity?

    Anthony C. Schwarzer;Charles N. Aprill;Richard Derby;Joseph Fortin

  • Chronic cervical zygapophysial joint pain after whiplash. A placebo-controlled prevalence study.

    Susan M. Lord;Les Barnsley;Barbara J. Wallis;Nikolai Bogduk

  • Efficacy and validity of radiofrequency neurotomy for chronic lumbar zygapophysial joint pain

    Paul Dreyfuss;Bobby Halbrook;Kevin Pauza;Anand Joshi

  • The value of medical history and physical examination in diagnosing sacroiliac joint pain.

    Paul Dreyfuss;Mark Michaelsen;Kevin Pauza;Jerry McLarty

  • The prevalence of chronic cervical zygapophysial joint pain after whiplash.

    Leslie Barnsley;Susan M. Lord;Barbara J. Wallis;Nikolai Bogduk

  • The innervation of the lumbar spine.

    Nikolai Bogduk

  • Cervical zygapophyseal joint pain patterns. I: A study in normal volunteers.

    Anthony Dwyer;Charles Aprill;Nikolai Bogduk

  • The nerve supply to the human lumbar intervertebral discs.

    N Bogduk;W Tynan;A S Wilson

  • Prevalence and clinical features of lumbar zygapophysial joint pain: a study in an Australian population with chronic low back pain.

    A. C. Schwarzer;Shih-Chang Wang;N. Bogduk;P. J. Mcnaught

  • Systematic review of tests to identify the disc, SIJ or facet joint as the source of low back pain

    Mark J Hancock;Christopher G Maher;Jane Latimer;M. F Spindler

  • The relative contributions of the disc and zygapophyseal joint in chronic low back pain.

    Anthony C. Schwarzer;Charles N. Aprill;Richard Derby;Joseph Fortin

  • The false-positive rate of uncontrolled diagnostic blocks of the lumbar zygapophysial joints

    A C Schwarzer;C N Aprill;R Derby;J Fortin

  • The clinical anatomy of the cervical dorsal rami.

    Nikolai Bogduk

  • The human lumbar dorsal rami.

    N Bogduk;A S Wilson;W Tynan

  • A universal model of the lumbar back muscles in the upright position

    Nikolai Bogduk;Janet E. Macintosh;Mark J. Pearcy

Frequent Co-Authors

Gwendolen Jull
Gwendolen Jull University of Queensland
Christopher G. Maher
Christopher G. Maher University of Sydney
Peter J. Goadsby
Peter J. Goadsby King's College London
Michael K. Nicholas
Michael K. Nicholas University of Sydney
Paul Glasziou
Paul Glasziou Bond University
Robert D. Herbert
Robert D. Herbert Neuroscience Research Australia
Kathryn M. Refshauge
Kathryn M. Refshauge University of Sydney
Nicholas Bellamy
Nicholas Bellamy University of Queensland
Les Irwig
Les Irwig University of Sydney
Herta Flor
Herta Flor Heidelberg University

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