2026 Patrick D. Wall: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	95	889	102	279	63539

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Overview

Patrick D. Wall was affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spanned multiple fields, primarily Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. They contributed extensively to subfields including Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Oncology, and Immunology.

Wall's publication record highlighted a focus on topics related to Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, Cancer Cells and Metastasis, HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses, CAR-T cell therapy research, and T-cell and B-cell Immunology.

Their recent papers included:

COM902, a novel therapeutic antibody targeting TIGIT augments anti-tumor T cell function in combination with PVRIG or PD-1 pathway blockade (2021), published in Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy
Inactivation and Recovery of High Quality RNA From Positive SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Tests Suitable for Whole Virus Genome Sequencing (2022), published in Frontiers in Public Health
Desmosome mutations impact the tumor microenvironment to promote melanoma proliferation (2025), published in Nature Genetics
Representing mutations for predicting cancer drug response (2024), published in Bioinformatics
Desmosome mutations impact the tumor microenvironment to promote melanoma proliferation (2023), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Wall frequently published in the following venues:

Population Medicine (4 publications)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2 publications)
UNC Libraries (2 publications)
Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy (1 publication)
Frontiers in Public Health (1 publication)

Their collaboration network included several frequent co-authors:

Mary Codd (7 joint publications)
Trey Ideker (5 joint publications)
Jwenish Kumawat (3 joint publications)
Eamonn Gormley (3 joint publications)
John Loughrey (3 joint publications)

Best Publications

Pain mechanisms: A new theory

Ronald Melzack;Patrick D. Wall

22029
Citations
Textbook of pain

John J Bonica;Ronald Melzack;Patrick David Wall

4270
Citations
The Challenge of Pain

Ronald Melzack;Patrick D. Wall

3140
Citations
Temporary Abolition of Pain in Man

Patrick D. Wall;William H. Sweet

1232
Citations
Ongoing activity in peripheral nerves: the physiology and pharmacology of impulses originating from a neuroma

Patrick D. Wall;Patrick D. Wall;Michael Gutnick;Michael Gutnick

928
Citations
Autotomy following peripheral nerve lesions: experimental anaesthesia dolorosa.

P. D. Wall;M. Devor;M. Devor;R. Inbal;R. Inbal;J. W. Scadding;J. W. Scadding

846
Citations
Relative effectiveness of C primary afferent fibers of different origins in evoking a prolonged facilitation of the flexor reflex in the rat

CJ Woolf;PD Wall

813
Citations
Excitability changes in afferent fibre terminations and their relation to slow potentials.

Patrick D. Wall

801
Citations
Dynamic receptive field plasticity in rat spinal cord dorsal horn following C-primary afferent input

Alison J. Cook;Clifford J. Woolf;Patrick D. Wall;Stephen B. McMahon

798
Citations
The laminar organization of dorsal horn and effects of descending impulses.

P. D. Wall

794
Citations
Sensory afferent impulses originate from dorsal root ganglia as well as from the periphery in normal and nerve injured rats

P D Wall;M Devor

778
Citations
Muscle but not cutaneous C-afferent input produces prolonged increases in the excitability of the flexion reflex in the rat.

P D Wall;C J Woolf

736
Citations
Responses of Single Dorsal Cord Cells to Peripheral Cutaneous Unmyelinated Fibres

Lorne M. Mendell;Patrick D. Wall

717
Citations
Does the right side know what the left is doing

Martin Koltzenburg;Patrick D. Wall;Stephen B. McMahon

656
Citations
The gate control theory of pain mechanisms: a re-examination and re-statement

P. D. Wall

614
Citations
Systemic lidocaine silences ectopic neuroma and DRG discharge without blocking nerve conduction

Marshall Devor;Patrick D. Wall;Naor Catalan

585
Citations
Textbook of pain

Patrick D. Wall;Ronald Melzack

530
Citations
Properties of afferent nerve impulses originating from a neuroma.

Patrick D. Wall;Patrick D. Wall;Michael Gutnick

522
Citations
Tactile allodynia in the absence of C-fiber activation: altered firing properties of DRG neurons following spinal nerve injury.

Chang-Ning Liu;Patrick D Wall;Efrat Ben-Dor;Martin Michaelis

515
Citations
The distribution of nine peptides in rat spinal cord with special emphasis on the substantia gelatinosa and on the area around the central canal (laminaX)

Sally J. Gibson;Julia M. Polak;Stephen R. Bloom;Patrick D. Wall

506
Citations
Challenge Of Pain

Ronald. Melzack;Patrick D. Wall

28
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald Melzack McGill University

Stephen B. McMahon King's College London

Clifford J. Woolf Boston Children's Hospital

Maria Fitzgerald University College London

Marshall Devor Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Allan I. Basbaum University of California, San Francisco

Nayef E. Saadé American University of Beirut

Michael J. Gutnick Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Lennart Heimer University of Virginia

Lorne M. Mendell Stony Brook University

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D-Index & Metrics

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Neuroscience

Overview

Best Publications

Pain mechanisms: A new theory

Textbook of pain

The Challenge of Pain

Temporary Abolition of Pain in Man

Ongoing activity in peripheral nerves: the physiology and pharmacology of impulses originating from a neuroma

Autotomy following peripheral nerve lesions: experimental anaesthesia dolorosa.

Relative effectiveness of C primary afferent fibers of different origins in evoking a prolonged facilitation of the flexor reflex in the rat

Excitability changes in afferent fibre terminations and their relation to slow potentials.

Dynamic receptive field plasticity in rat spinal cord dorsal horn following C-primary afferent input

The laminar organization of dorsal horn and effects of descending impulses.

Sensory afferent impulses originate from dorsal root ganglia as well as from the periphery in normal and nerve injured rats

Muscle but not cutaneous C-afferent input produces prolonged increases in the excitability of the flexion reflex in the rat.

Responses of Single Dorsal Cord Cells to Peripheral Cutaneous Unmyelinated Fibres

Does the right side know what the left is doing

The gate control theory of pain mechanisms: a re-examination and re-statement

Systemic lidocaine silences ectopic neuroma and DRG discharge without blocking nerve conduction

Textbook of pain

Properties of afferent nerve impulses originating from a neuroma.

Tactile allodynia in the absence of C-fiber activation: altered firing properties of DRG neurons following spinal nerve injury.

The distribution of nine peptides in rat spinal cord with special emphasis on the substantia gelatinosa and on the area around the central canal (laminaX)

Challenge Of Pain

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