2026 Rami Burstein: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	91	11783	11085	6042	5594	218	29519

Rami Burstein 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 Rami Burstein sits on this spectrum.

101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 218 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rami Burstein 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 Rami Burstein sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rami Burstein is affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and neuroscience, with significant contributions across several subfields including psychiatry and mental health, neurology, pathology and forensic medicine, physiology, and sensory systems.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

Migraine and Headache Studies
Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments
Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments
Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders
Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
Neurological Disorders and Treatments

Rami Burstein's recent publications span key journals in their field. Notable papers include:

"Migraine" (2022), published in Nature Reviews Disease Primers
"Mechanism of Action of OnabotulinumtoxinA in Chronic Migraine: A Narrative Review" (2020), published in Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain
"Dual Therapy With Anti-CGRP Monoclonal Antibodies and Botulinum Toxin for Migraine Prevention: Is There a Rationale?" (2020), published in Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain
"Mode and site of action of therapies targeting CGRP signaling" (2023), published in The Journal of Headache and Pain
"International Headache Society global practice recommendations for the acute pharmacological treatment of migraine" (2024), published in Cephalalgia

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Rami Burstein include Agustin Melo-Carrillo, Sait Ashina, David W. Dodick, Mitchell F. Brin, and David Borsook.

Their work appears predominantly in high-impact publication venues with multiple articles published in:

Cephalalgia
Neurology
The Journal of Headache and Pain
Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain
Brain

Best Publications

An association between migraine and cutaneous allodynia

Rami Burstein;Rami Burstein;David Yarnitsky;Itay Goor-Aryeh;Bernard J. Ransil

1297
Citations
The development of cutaneous allodynia during a migraine attack clinical evidence for the sequential recruitment of spinal and supraspinal nociceptive neurons in migraine.

Rami Burstein;Michael F. Cutrer;David Yarnitsky;David Yarnitsky

935
Citations
Migraine: multiple processes, complex pathophysiology.

Rami Burstein;Rodrigo Noseda;David Borsook

915
Citations
Migraine pathophysiology: Anatomy of the trigeminovascular pathway and associated neurological symptoms, cortical spreading depression, sensitization, and modulation of pain

Rodrigo Noseda;Rami Burstein

904
Citations
Sensitization of meningeal sensory neurons and the origin of headaches

A. M. Strassman;A. M. Strassman;S. A. Raymond;S. A. Raymond;R. Burstein;R. Burstein

883
Citations
Defeating migraine pain with triptans: a race against the development of cutaneous allodynia.

Rami Burstein;Beth Collins;Moshe Jakubowski

729
Citations
Chemical stimulation of the intracranial dura induces enhanced responses to facial stimulation in brain stem trigeminal neurons.

Rami Burstein;Hiroyoshi Yamamura;Amy Malick;Andrew M. Strassman

686
Citations
Origin of pain in migraine: evidence for peripheral sensitisation.

Jes Olesen;Rami Burstein;Messoud Ashina;Peer Tfelt-Hansen

660
Citations
Migraine and the trigeminovascular system-40 years and counting

Messoud Ashina;Jakob Møller Hansen;Thien Phu Do;Agustin Melo-Carrillo

624
Citations
A neural mechanism for exacerbation of headache by light

Rodrigo Noseda;Vanessa Kainz;Moshe Jakubowski;Joshua J Gooley

619
Citations
Cutaneous allodynia in the migraine population.

Richard B. Lipton;Marcelo E. Bigal;Sait Ashina;Rami Burstein

601
Citations
Mast cell degranulation activates a pain pathway underlying migraine headache.

Dan Levy;Rami Burstein;Vanessa Kainz;Moshe Jakubowski

481
Citations
Altered Placebo and Drug Labeling Changes the Outcome of Episodic Migraine Attacks

Slavenka Kam-Hansen;Moshe Jakubowski;John M. Kelley;John M. Kelley;John M. Kelley;Irving Kirsch;Irving Kirsch

458
Citations
Thalamic sensitization transforms localized pain into widespread allodynia.

Rami Burstein;Rami Burstein;Moshe Jakubowski;Esther Garcia-Nicas;B A Vanessa Kainz

454
Citations
Deconstructing migraine headache into peripheral and central sensitization.

Rami Burstein

441
Citations
Activation of Meningeal Nociceptors by Cortical Spreading Depression: Implications for Migraine with Aura

XiChun Zhang;Dan Levy;Rodrigo Noseda;Vanessa Kainz

433
Citations
Activation of central trigeminovascular neurons by cortical spreading depression.

XiChun Zhang;Dan Levy;Vanessa Kainz;Rodrigo Noseda

410
Citations
Prevalence and characteristics of allodynia in headache sufferers A population study

M. E. Bigal;M. E. Bigal;S. Ashina;R. Burstein;M. L. Reed

402
Citations
Analgesic triptan action in an animal model of intracranial pain: a race against the development of central sensitization.

Rami Burstein;Rami Burstein;Moshe Jakubowski

401
Citations
Sensitization of the Trigeminovascular Pathway: Perspective and Implications to Migraine Pathophysiology

Carolyn A. Bernstein;Carolyn A. Bernstein;Rami Burstein;Rami Burstein

369
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David Borsook Boston Children's Hospital

Lino Becerra Harvard Medical School

Andrew M. Strassman Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Glenn J. Giesler University of Minnesota

Stephen D. Silberstein Thomas Jefferson University

Marcelo E. Bigal Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Richard B. Lipton Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Clas Linnman Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

Manoj Bhasin Emory University

Richard Hargreaves Harvard Medical School

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