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Ruth Defrin 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 Ruth Defrin sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 131 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Ruth Defrin D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ruth Defrin is affiliated with Tel Aviv University in Israel and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, particularly focusing on pain research. Their work encompasses a variety of subfields, including pediatrics, perinatology and child health, physiology, pharmacology, psychiatry and mental health, and clinical psychology.

Their research addresses several main topics such as musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, pain mechanisms and treatments, pediatric pain management techniques, cerebral palsy and movement disorders, infant development and preterm care, pain management and the placebo effect, and posttraumatic stress disorder research.

Ruth Defrin has published in multiple scientific venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Pain
  • European Journal of Pain
  • Brain Sciences
  • PAIN Reports
  • Pain Medicine

Some recent papers bearing their research involvement include:

  • Challenges in pain assessment and management among individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, 2020, PAIN Reports
  • Unique features of central neuropathic pain in multiple sclerosis: Results of a cluster analysis, 2022, European Journal of Pain
  • Sex effects in the interaction of acute stress and pain perception, 2022, Pain
  • Short- and long-term effects of conventional spinal cord stimulation on chronic pain and health perceptions: A longitudinal controlled trial, 2022, European Journal of Pain
  • Central Neuropathic Pain in Multiple Sclerosis Is Associated with Impaired Innocuous Thermal Pathways and Neuronal Hyperexcitability, 2021, Pain Medicine

Frequent collaborators of Ruth Defrin include:

  • Gabi Zeilig
  • Randi Dovland Andersen
  • Lara M. Genik
  • Brian E. McGuire
  • Frank J. Symons

Best Publications

  • International Spinal Cord Injury Pain Classification: part I. Background and description

    Bryce Tn;Biering-Sørensen F;Finnerup Nb;Cardenas Dd

  • Enhanced pain modulation among triathletes: a possible explanation for their exceptional capabilities.

    Nirit Geva;Ruth Defrin

  • Characterization of chronic pain and somatosensory function in spinal cord injury subjects.

    Ruth Defrin;Avi Ohry;Nava Blumen;Gideon Urca

  • Sensory determinants of thermal pain

    Ruth Defrin;Avi Ohry;Nava Blumen;Gideon Urca

  • Quantitative testing of pain perception in subjects with PTSD--implications for the mechanism of the coexistence between PTSD and chronic pain.

    Ruth Defrin;Karni Ginzburg;Zahava Solomon;Efrat Polad

  • The Effect of a Series of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulations of the Motor Cortex on Central Pain After Spinal Cord Injury

    Ruth Defrin;Leon Grunhaus;Leon Grunhaus;Doron Zamir;Gabi Zeilig;Gabi Zeilig

  • The characteristics of chronic central pain after traumatic brain injury.

    Hadas Ofek;Ruth Defrin

  • Conservative correction of leg-length discrepancies of 10mm or less for the relief of chronic low back pain.

    Ruth Defrin;Sarit Ben Benyamin;R. Dov Aldubi;Chaim G. Pick

  • The nature and course of sensory changes following spinal cord injury: predictive properties and implications on the mechanism of central pain

    Gabi Zeilig;Gabi Zeilig;Shavit Enosh;Deborah Rubin-Asher;Deborah Rubin-Asher;Benjamin Lehr

  • Chronic post-traumatic headache: clinical findings and possible mechanisms

    Ruth Defrin

  • Gender role expectations of pain is associated with pain tolerance limit but not with pain threshold.

    Ruth Defrin;Libby Shramm;Ilana Eli

  • A quantitative somatosensory testing of pain threshold in individuals with mental retardation.

    Ruth Defrin;Chaim G Pick;Chava Peretz;Eli Carmeli

  • The evaluation of acute pain in individuals with cognitive impairment: A differential effect of the level of impairment

    Ruth Defrin;Meir Lotan;Chaim G. Pick

  • Experimental pain processing in individuals with cognitive impairment: current state of the science

    Ruth Defrin;Martina Amanzio;Marina de Tommaso;Violeta Dimova

  • Acute psychosocial stress reduces pain modulation capabilities in healthy men.

    Nirit Geva;Jens Pruessner;Ruth Defrin

  • Segmental noxious versus innocuous electrical stimulation for chronic pain relief and the effect of fading sensation during treatment

    Ruth Defrin;Efrat Ariel;Chava Peretz

  • Individual sensitivity to pain expectancy is related to differential activation of the hippocampus and amygdala.

    Michal Ziv;Rachel Tomer;Ruth Defrin;Talma Hendler;Talma Hendler

  • Quantitative somatosensory testing of warm and heat-pain thresholds: the effect of body region and testing method.

    Ruth Defrin;Merav Shachal-Shiffer;Mischel Hadgadg;Chava Peretz

  • Body awareness: differentiating between sensitivity to and monitoring of bodily signals

    Karni Ginzburg;Noga Tsur;Ayelet Barak-Nahum;Ruth Defrin

  • Deficient Pain Modulatory Systems in Patients with Mild Traumatic Brain and Chronic Post-Traumatic Headache: Implications for its Mechanism

    Ruth Defrin;Miri Riabinin;Yelena Feingold;Shaul Schreiber

Frequent Co-Authors

Chaim G. Pick
Chaim G. Pick Tel Aviv University
Shaul Schreiber
Shaul Schreiber Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Zahava Solomon
Zahava Solomon Tel Aviv University
Marina de Tommaso
Marina de Tommaso University of Bari Aldo Moro
Lars Arendt-Nielsen
Lars Arendt-Nielsen Aalborg University
Frank Lobbezoo
Frank Lobbezoo Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam
Brian E. McGuire
Brian E. McGuire University of Galway
Golan Shahar
Golan Shahar Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Frank J. Symons
Frank J. Symons University of Minnesota
David P. Finn
David P. Finn University of Galway

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