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Robert R. Edwards 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 Robert R. Edwards sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 540 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert R. Edwards 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 Robert R. Edwards sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 108 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Robert R. Edwards is affiliated with Brigham and Women's Hospital in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medical and clinical aspects of pain, contributing extensively to the field of Medicine.

Their subfields of study include:

  • Pharmacology
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Physiology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Key topics in their body of work cover:

  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect
  • Pain Management and Opioid Use
  • Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions

Robert R. Edwards has authored publications in leading venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Journal of Pain
  • Pain Medicine
  • Pain
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PAIN Reports

Among recent published papers, notable works include:

  • Discovery and validation of biomarkers to aid the development of safe and effective pain therapeutics: challenges and opportunities, 2020, Nature Reviews Neurology
  • The Prevalence of Psychiatric and Chronic Pain Comorbidities in Fibromyalgia: an ACTTION systematic review, 2020, Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
  • Psychological Interventions for the Treatment of Chronic Pain in Adults, 2021, Gothic.net
  • In-vivo imaging of neuroinflammation in veterans with Gulf War illness, 2020, Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • Convergent neural representations of experimentally-induced acute pain in healthy volunteers: A large-scale fMRI meta-analysis, 2020, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as:

  • Vitaly Napadow
  • Kristin L. Schreiber
  • Samantha M. Meints
  • Marco L. Loggia
  • Asimina Lazaridou

Best Publications

  • Pain catastrophizing: a critical review

    Phillip J Quartana;Claudia M Campbell;Robert R Edwards

  • The Role of Psychosocial Processes in the Development and Maintenance of Chronic Pain.

    Robert R. Edwards;Robert H. Dworkin;Mark D. Sullivan;Dennis C. Turk

  • Pain, catastrophizing, and depression in the rheumatic diseases

    Robert R. Edwards;Christine Cahalan;George Mensing;Michael Smith

  • Catastrophizing and pain in arthritis, fibromyalgia, and other rheumatic diseases

    Robert R. Edwards;Robert R. Edwards;Clifton O. Bingham;Joan Bathon;Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite

  • Value of quantitative sensory testing in neurological and pain disorders: NeuPSIG consensus.

    Miroslav Misha Backonja;Nadine Attal;Ralf Baron;Didier Bouhassira

  • The effects of sleep deprivation on pain inhibition and spontaneous pain in women.

    Michael T Smith;Robert R Edwards;Una D McCann;Jennifer A Haythornthwaite

  • Recommendations on terminology and practice of psychophysical DNIC testing.

    David Yarnitsky;David Yarnitsky;Lars Arendt-Nielsen;Didier Bouhassira;Robert R. Edwards

  • Ethnic differences in pain and pain management.

    Claudia M Campbell;Robert R Edwards

  • Discordance between pain and radiographic severity in knee osteoarthritis: Findings from quantitative sensory testing of central sensitization

    Patrick H. Finan;Luis F. Buenaver;Sara C. Bounds;Shahid Hussain

  • Evidence for brain glial activation in chronic pain patients

    Marco L. Loggia;Marco L. Loggia;Daniel B. Chonde;Oluwaseun Akeju;Grae Arabasz

  • Sex-Based Differences in Pain Perception and Treatment

    Channing J. Paller;Claudia M. Campbell;Robert R. Edwards;Adrian S. Dobs

  • Age-related differences in endogenous pain modulation: a comparison of diffuse noxious inhibitory controls in healthy older and younger adults

    Robert R Edwards;Roger B Fillingim;Timothy J Ness

  • Ethnic differences in pain tolerance: clinical implications in a chronic pain population.

    Robert R. Edwards;Daniel M. Doleys;Roger B. Fillingim;Daniel Lowery

  • Pretreatment Psychosocial Variables as Predictors of Outcomes Following Lumbar Surgery and Spinal Cord Stimulation: A Systematic Review and Literature Synthesis

    James Celestin;Robert R. Edwards;Robert N. Jamison

  • Evaluating Psychosocial Contributions to Chronic Pain Outcomes

    S.M. Meints;R.R. Edwards

  • Patient phenotyping in clinical trials of chronic pain treatments: IMMPACT recommendations

    Robert R. Edwards;Robert H. Dworkin;Dennis C. Turk;Martin S. Angst

  • Ethnic differences in responses to multiple experimental pain stimuli.

    Claudia M. Campbell;Robert R. Edwards;Roger B. Fillingim

  • Duration of sleep contributes to next-day pain report in the general population.

    Robert R. Edwards;David M. Almeida;Brendan Klick;Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite

  • Individual differences in endogenous pain modulation as a risk factor for chronic pain.

    Robert R. Edwards

  • Ethnic similarities and differences in the chronic pain experience: a comparison of african american, Hispanic, and white patients.

    Robert R. Edwards;Mario Moric;Brenda Husfeldt;Asokumar Buvanendran

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite
Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Vitaly Napadow
Vitaly Napadow Harvard University
Robert N. Jamison
Robert N. Jamison Brigham and Women's Hospital
Claudia M. Campbell
Claudia M. Campbell Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Marco L. Loggia
Marco L. Loggia Harvard University
Michael T. Smith
Michael T. Smith Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Randy L. Gollub
Randy L. Gollub Harvard Medical School
Roger B. Fillingim
Roger B. Fillingim University of Florida
Jian Kong
Jian Kong Harvard University
Ted J. Kaptchuk
Ted J. Kaptchuk Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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