2026 Walter Magerl: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	64	3222	2943	278	259	161	18120

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Neuroscience

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Overview

Walter Magerl is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, focusing on pain research. Their scientific output encompasses 56 publications, with key interests in physiology, anesthesiology and pain medicine, pharmacology, cognitive neuroscience, and cell biology.

The primary topics addressed in their work include:

Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
Pain Management and Placebo Effect
Pain Management and Treatment
Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment
Pain Management and Opioid Use
Pediatric Pain Management Techniques

Magerl frequently collaborates with several researchers, notably:

Rolf-Detlef Treede
Andreas Göebel
Roman Rolke
Florian Henrich
Christian Maihöfner

Their publications often appear in these venues:

Pain
Journal of Translational Medicine
European Journal of Pain
Life
VPT Magazin

Among their recent papers are:

"Noziplastischer Schmerz," 2022, Schmerz Therapie
"The Valencia consensus-based adaptation of the IASP complex regional pain syndrome diagnostic criteria," 2021, Pain
"Central sensitization: clinical utility of a physiological concept for the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems and for nociplastic pain," 2022, Pain
"The serotonin receptor 2A (HTR2A) rs6313 variant is associated with higher ongoing pain and signs of central sensitization in neuropathic pain patients," 2020, European Journal of Pain
"Quantitative sensory phenotyping in chronic neuropathic pain patients treated with unilateral L4-dorsal root ganglion stimulation," 2020, Journal of Translational Medicine

Best Publications

Quantitative sensory testing in the German Research Network on Neuropathic Pain (DFNS): Standardized protocol and reference values

R. Rolke;R. Baron;C. Maier;T.R. Tölle

2858
Citations
Quantitative sensory testing: a comprehensive protocol for clinical trials

R. Rolke;W. Magerl;K. Andrews Campbell;C. Schalber

1659
Citations
Quantitative sensory testing in the German Research Network on Neuropathic Pain (DFNS): Somatosensory abnormalities in 1236 patients with different neuropathic pain syndromes

C. Maier;R. Baron;T. R. Tölle;A. Binder

1283
Citations
Peripheral neuropathic pain: a mechanism-related organizing principle based on sensory profiles.

Ralf Baron;Christoph Maier;Nadine Attal;Andreas Binder

609
Citations
Reference data for quantitative sensory testing (QST): Refined stratification for age and a novel method for statistical comparison of group data

Walter Magerl;Elena K. Krumova;Ralf Baron;Thomas Tölle

604
Citations
Secondary hyperalgesia to punctate mechanical stimuli. Central sensitization to A-fibre nociceptor input.

E. A. Ziegler;W. Magerl;R. A. Meyer;Rolf Detlef Treede

484
Citations
Perceptual correlates of nociceptive long-term potentiation and long-term depression in humans.

Thomas Klein;Walter Magerl;Hanns-Christian Hopf;Jürgen Sandkühler

452
Citations
The Effect of Deep and Slow Breathing on Pain Perception, Autonomic Activity, and Mood Processing—An Experimental Study

Volker Busch;Walter Magerl;Uwe Kern;Joachim Haas

344
Citations
Roles of capsaicin-insensitive nociceptors in cutaneous pain and secondary hyperalgesia

Walter Magerl;Perry N. Fuchs;Perry N. Fuchs;Richard A. Meyer;Rolf Detlef Treede

344
Citations
One night of total sleep deprivation promotes a state of generalized hyperalgesia: A surrogate pain model to study the relationship of insomnia and pain

Sigrid Schuh-Hofer;Sigrid Schuh-Hofer;Rachel Wodarski;Doreen B. Pfau;Ombretta Caspani

334
Citations
Secondary hyperalgesia and perceptual wind-up following intradermal injection of capsaicin in humans

Walter Magerl;Stephan Hans Wilk;Rolf-Detlef Treede

329
Citations
Neurogenic hyperalgesia versus painful hypoalgesia: two distinct mechanisms of neuropathic pain

Ulf Baumgärtner;Walter Magerl;Thomas Klein;Hanns Christian Hopf

294
Citations
Depression and changed pain perception: hints for a central disinhibition mechanism.

Sabrina Klauenberg;Christoph Maier;Hans-Jörg Assion;Axel Hoffmann

261
Citations
Reference values for quantitative sensory testing in children and adolescents: developmental and gender differences of somatosensory perception.

M. Blankenburg;H. Boekens;T. Hechler;C. Maier

250
Citations
Generalized hyperalgesia in patients with chronic tension‐type headache

S Ashina;L Bendtsen;M Ashina;W Magerl

244
Citations
Quantitative sensory testing in the German Research Network on Neuropathic Pain (DFNS): reference data for the trunk and application in patients with chronic postherpetic neuralgia.

Doreen B. Pfau;Elena K. Krumova;Rolf-Detlef Treede;Ralf Baron

242
Citations
Static mechanical hyperalgesia without dynamic tactile allodynia in patients with restless legs syndrome.

K. Stiasny‐Kolster;W. Magerl;W. H. Oertel;J. C. Möller

223
Citations
Heat‐evoked vasodilatation in human hairy skin: axon reflexes due to low‐level activity of nociceptive afferents.

W Magerl;R D Treede

217
Citations
C- and Aδ-fiber components of heat-evoked cerebral potentials in healthy human subjects

Walter Magerl;Zahid Ali;Jens Ellrich;Richard A. Meyer

216
Citations
Differential nociceptive deficits in patients with borderline personality disorder and self-injurious behavior: laser-evoked potentials, spatial discrimination of noxious stimuli, and pain ratings.

Christian Schmahl;Wolfgang Greffrath;Ulf Baumgärtner;Tanja Schlereth

211
Citations