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77
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29008
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1802
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868

Sean Mackey 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 Sean Mackey sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 411 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sean Mackey 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 Sean Mackey sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sean Mackey is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has a significant publication record in the field of medicine, particularly focusing on pain research and management. Their scholarly work spans several subfields, including pharmacology, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Their research covers key topics such as musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, pain management and placebo effect, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome research, pain management and opioid use, opioid use disorder treatment, pain mechanisms and treatments, and advanced MRI techniques and applications.

Sean Mackey's recent papers illustrate the range and depth of their research interests:

  • "Discovery and validation of biomarkers to aid the development of safe and effective pain therapeutics: challenges and opportunities," 2020, Nature Reviews Neurology
  • "Brain circuits for pain and its treatment," 2021, Science Translational Medicine
  • "Comparison of a Single-Session Pain Management Skills Intervention With a Single-Session Health Education Intervention and 8 Sessions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain," 2021, JAMA Network Open
  • "Generic acquisition protocol for quantitative MRI of the spinal cord," 2021, Nature Protocols
  • "What Is the Relationship between Pain and Emotion? Bridging Constructs and Communities," 2020, Neuron

The scientist frequently collaborates with notable researchers including Beth D. Darnall, Kenneth A. Weber, Christine Law, Dokyoung S. You, and Maisa S. Ziadni, reflecting a network of co-authorships in their domain.

Their work is published extensively in venues such as the Journal of Pain, Proceedings on CD-ROM of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Scientific Meeting and Exhibition, Pain Medicine, Pain, and PAIN Reports. These publication outlets indicate a focus on clinical, neurological, and imaging aspects of pain research.

Best Publications

  • Prevalence of Chronic Pain and High-Impact Chronic Pain Among Adults - United States, 2016.

    James Dahlhamer;Jacqueline Lucas;Carla Zelaya;Richard Nahin

  • Recommendations for the Pharmacological Management of Neuropathic Pain: An Overview and Literature Update

    Robert H. Dworkin;Alec B. O'Connor;Joseph Audette;Ralf Baron

  • Validation of proposed diagnostic criteria (the "budapest Criteria") for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

    Robert N Harden;Stephen Bruehl;Roberto S.G.M. Perez;Roberto S.G.M. Perez;Frank Birklein

  • Reflecting upon Feelings: An fMRI Study of Neural Systems Supporting the Attribution of Emotion to Self and Other

    Kevin N. Ochsner;Kyle Knierim;David H. Ludlow;Josh Hanelin

  • Report of the NIH task force on research standards for chronic low back pain

    Richard A. Deyo;Samuel F. Dworkin;Dagmar Amtmann;Gunnar Andersson

  • Control over brain activation and pain learned by using real-time functional MRI.

    R. Christopher deCharms;Fumiko Maeda;Gary H. Glover;David Ludlow

  • The Appropriate Use of Neurostimulation of the Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nervous System for the Treatment of Chronic Pain and Ischemic Diseases: The Neuromodulation Appropriateness Consensus Committee

    Timothy R. Deer;Nagy Mekhail;David Provenzano;Jason Pope

  • Adult Cancer Pain, Version 3.2019, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.

    Robert A Swarm;Judith A Paice;Doralina L Anghelescu;Madhuri Are

  • Interventional management of neuropathic pain: NeuPSIG recommendations.

    Robert H. Dworkin;Alec B. O'Connor;Joel Kent;Sean C. Mackey

  • Discovery and validation of biomarkers to aid the development of safe and effective pain therapeutics: challenges and opportunities.

    Karen D. Davis;Karen D. Davis;Nima Aghaeepour;Andrew H. Ahn;Martin S. Angst

  • Forebrain pain mechanisms.

    Volker Neugebauer;Vasco Galhardo;Sabatino Maione;Sean C. Mackey

  • Pain outcomes: A brief review of instruments and techniques

    Jarred Younger;Rebecca McCue;Sean Mackey

  • Viewing Pictures of a Romantic Partner Reduces Experimental Pain: Involvement of Neural Reward Systems

    Jarred Younger;Arthur Aron;Sara Parke;Neil Chatterjee

  • Neural correlates of individual differences in pain-related fear and anxiety.

    Kevin N. Ochsner;David H. Ludlow;Kyle Knierim;Josh Hanelin

  • Brain imaging tests for chronic pain: medical, legal and ethical issues and recommendations

    K D Davis;H Flor;H T Greely;G D Iannetti

  • Optimizing real time fMRI neurofeedback for therapeutic discovery and development

    L.E. Stoeckel;L.E. Stoeckel;K.A. Garrison;S.S. Ghosh;P. Wighton

  • Fibromyalgia symptoms are reduced by low-dose naltrexone: a pilot study.

    Jarred Younger;Sean Mackey

  • Prescription opioid analgesics rapidly change the human brain

    Jarred W. Younger;Larry F. Chu;Nicole T. D’Arcy;Kiley E. Trott

  • Development and Validation of a Daily Pain Catastrophizing Scale

    Beth D. Darnall;John A. Sturgeon;Karon F. Cook;Chloe J. Taub

  • Different circuits for different pain: Patterns of functional connectivity reveal distinct networks for processing pain in self and others

    Jamil Zaki;Kevin N. Ochsner;Josh Hanelin;Tor D. Wager

  • Chronic myofascial temporomandibular pain is associated with neural abnormalities in the trigeminal and limbic systems

    Jarred W. Younger;Yoshi F. Shen;Greg Goddard;Sean C. Mackey

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary H. Glover
Gary H. Glover Stanford University
Emeran A. Mayer
Emeran A. Mayer University of California, Los Angeles
Stuart B. Goodman
Stuart B. Goodman Stanford University
Karon F. Cook
Karon F. Cook Northwestern University
Todd B. Parrish
Todd B. Parrish Northwestern University
Richard E. Harris
Richard E. Harris University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Daniel J. Clauw
Daniel J. Clauw University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
A. Vania Apkarian
A. Vania Apkarian Northwestern University
Keith Humphreys
Keith Humphreys Stanford University
Jennifer S. Labus
Jennifer S. Labus University of California, Los Angeles

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