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Rob Smeets

Active 2005–2024

90
Papers
19,758
Citations
60
h-index
84
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Citations

Citations per year for Rob Smeets1993: 1 citations1994: 3 citations2005: 1 citations2006: 6 citations2007: 18 citations2008: 42 citations2009: 29 citations2010: 53 citations2011: 70 citations2012: 71 citations2013: 69 citations2014: 105 citations2015: 88 citations2016: 108 citations2017: 73 citations2018: 137 citations2019: 710 citations2020: 702 citations2021: 758 citations2022: 569 citations2023: 406 citations2024: 790 citations2025: 279 citations2026: 13 citations1995–2004: no citations, so these years are not shown

Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 1,025 citing papers, 16.1% of this breakdownAustralia: 648 citing papers, 10.2% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 561 citing papers, 8.8% of this breakdownChina: 487 citing papers, 7.7% of this breakdownNetherlands: 389 citing papers, 6.1% of this breakdownCanada: 366 citing papers, 5.8% of this breakdownBelgium: 241 citing papers, 3.8% of this breakdownGermany: 233 citing papers, 3.7% of this breakdownDenmark: 218 citing papers, 3.4% of this breakdownSpain: 194 citing papers, 3% of this breakdownSweden: 174 citing papers, 2.7% of this breakdownBrazil: 159 citing papers, 2.5% of this breakdown
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Institutions

Fields

  • Medicine82.6%
  • Health Professions4.3%
  • Psychology3.4%
  • Engineering3%
  • Neuroscience2.3%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.2%
  • Other3.2%

Topics

  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation22.6%
  • Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology9.3%
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research3.9%
  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments3.6%
  • Occupational Health and Performance2.8%
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect2.7%
  • Other55.1%

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  1. What low back pain is and why we need to pay attention

    Authors: Jan Hartvigsen, Mark J. Hancock, Alice Kongsted, Quinette Louw, Manuela L. Ferreira, Stéphane Genevay, Damian Hoy, Jaro Karppinen, Glenn Pransky, Joachim Sieper, Rob Smeets, Martin Underwood, Rachelle Buchbinder, Jan Hartvigsen, Dan Cherkin, Nadine E. Foster, Christopher G. Maher, Martin Underwood, Maurits W. van Tulder, Johannes R. Anema, Roger Chou, Stephen P. Cohen, Lucíola Menezes Costa, Peter Croft, Manuela L. Ferreira, Paulo H. Ferreira, Julie M. Fritz, Stéphane Genevay, Douglas P. Gross, Mark J. Hancock, Damian Hoy, Jaro Karppinen, Bart W. Koes, Alice Kongsted, Quinette Louw, Birgitta Öberg, Wilco C. Peul, Glenn Pransky, Mark L. Schoene, Joachim Sieper, Rob Smeets, Judith A. Turner, Anthony D. Woolf - The Lancet 2018 cited by 4,552

  2. Prevention and treatment of low back pain: evidence, challenges, and promising directions

    Authors: Nadine E. Foster, Johannes R. Anema, Dan Cherkin, Roger Chou, Steven P. Cohen, Douglas P. Gross, Paulo H. Ferreira, Julie M. Fritz, Bart W. Koes, Wilco C. Peul, Judith A. Turner, Christopher G. Maher, Rachelle Buchbinder, Jan Hartvigsen, Dan Cherkin, Nadine E. Foster, Christopher G. Maher, Martin Underwood, Maurits W. van Tulder, Johannes R. Anema, Roger Chou, Stephen P. Cohen, Lucíola Menezes Costa, Peter Croft, Manuela L. Ferreira, Paulo H. Ferreira, Julie M. Fritz, Stéphane Genevay, Douglas P. Gross, Mark J. Hancock, Damian Hoy, Jaro Karppinen, Bart W. Koes, Alice Kongsted, Quinette Louw, Birgitta Öberg, Wilco C. Peul, Glenn Pransky, Mark L. Schoene, Joachim Sieper, Rob Smeets, Judith A. Turner, Anthony D. Woolf - The Lancet 2018 cited by 2,414

  3. Low back pain: a call for action

    Authors: Rachelle Buchbinder, Maurits W. van Tulder, Birgitta Öberg, Lucíola Menezes Costa, Anthony D. Woolf, Mark L. Schoene, Peter Croft, Rachelle Buchbinder, Jan Hartvigsen, Dan Cherkin, Nadine E. Foster, Christopher G. Maher, Martin Underwood, Maurits W. van Tulder, Johannes R. Anema, Roger Chou, Stephen P. Cohen, Lucíola Menezes Costa, Peter Croft, Manuela Ferreira, Paulo H. Ferreira, Julie M. Fritz, Stéphane Genevay, Douglas P. Gross, Mark J. Hancock, Damian Hoy, Jaro Karppinen, Bart W. Koes, Alice Kongsted, Quinette Louw, Birgitta Öberg, Wilco C. Peul, Glenn Pransky, Mark L. Schoene, Joachim Sieper, Rob Smeets, Judith A. Turner, Anthony D. Woolf - The Lancet 2018 cited by 1,255

  4. Multidisciplinary biopsychosocial rehabilitation for chronic low back pain: Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis

    Authors: Steven J. Kamper, Adri T. Apeldoorn, Alessandro Chiarotto, Rob Smeets, Raymond Ostelo, Jaime Guzmán, Maurits W. van Tulder - BMJ 2015 cited by 1,089

  5. Multidisciplinary biopsychosocial rehabilitation for chronic low back pain

    Authors: Steven J. Kamper, Andreas T Apeldoorn, Alessandro Chiarotto, Rob Smeets, Raymond Ostelo, Jaime Guzmán, Maurits W. van Tulder - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2014 cited by 623

  6. Interaction Between Pain, Movement, and Physical Activity

    Authors: Paul W. Hodges, Rob Smeets - Clinical Journal of Pain 2014 cited by 343

  7. Nociceptive, neuropathic, or nociplastic low back pain? The low back pain phenotyping (BACPAP) consortium's international and multidisciplinary consensus recommendations

    Authors: Jo Nijs, Eva Kosek, Alessandro Chiarotto, Chad Cook, Lieven Danneels, César Fernández‐de‐las‐Peñas, Paul W. Hodges, Bart W. Koes, Adriaan Louw, Raymond Ostelo, G.G.M. Scholten-Peeters, Michele Sterling, Othman Alkassabi, Hana Alsobayel, Darren Beales, Paraskevi Bilika, Jacqui Clark, Liesbet De Baets, Christophe Demoulin, Rutger M. J. de Zoete, Ömer Elma, Annelie Gutke, Rikard Hanafi, Sabina Hotz‐Boendermaker, Eva Huysmans, Eleni Kapreli, Mari Lundberg, Anneleen Malfliet, Ney Meziat‐Filho, Felipe José Jandre dos Reis, Lennard Voogt, Kory Zimney, Rob Smeets, Bart Morlion, Kurt de Vlam, Steven Z. George - The Lancet Rheumatology 2024 cited by 91

  8. Exercise treatment effect modifiers in persistent low back pain: an individual participant data meta-analysis of 3514 participants from 27 randomised controlled trials

    Authors: Jill A. Hayden, Maria Wilson, Samuel A. Stewart, Jennifer Cartwright, Andrea O Smith, Richard D Riley, Maurits W. van Tulder, Tom Bendix, Francesca Cecchi, Leonardo Oliveira Pena Costa, Ninna Dufour, Manuela L. Ferreira, Nadine E. Foster, Maruti R. Gudavalli, Jan Hartvigsen, Pieter H. Helmhout, Jan Kool, George Α. Koumantakis, Francisco M. Kovacs, Tiina Kuukkanen, Audrey Long, Luciana Macedo, Luciana A. C. Machado, Christopher G. Maher, Wolf Mehling, Giovanni Morone, Tom Peterson, Eva Rasmussen-Barr, Cormac Ryan, Tuulikki Sjögren, Rob Smeets, J. Bart Staal, Monica Unsgaard‐Tøndel, Henry Wajswelner, Ella W. Yeung - British Journal of Sports Medicine 2019 cited by 143

  9. Features and methods to discriminate between mechanism-based categories of pain experienced in the musculoskeletal system: a Delphi expert consensus study

    Authors: Muath A. Shraim, Kathleen A. Sluka, Michele Sterling, Lars Arendt‐Nielsen, Charles E. Argoff, Karl S. Bagraith, Ralf Baron, Helena Brisby, Daniel B. Carr, Ruth L. Chimenti, Carol A. Courtney, Michele Curatolo, Beth D. Darnall, Jon J. Ford, Thomas Graven‐Nielsen, Melissa Kolski, Eva Kosek, Richard Eloin Liebano, Shannon Merkle, Romy Parker, Felipe José Jandre dos Reis, Keith M. Smart, Rob Smeets, Peter Svensson, Bronwyn Lennox Thompson, Rolf‐Detlef Treede, Takahiro Ushida, Owen D. Williamson, Paul W. Hodges - Pain 2022 cited by 95

  10. Thinking beyond muscles and joints: Therapists' and patients' attitudes and beliefs regarding chronic musculoskeletal pain are key to applying effective treatment

    Authors: Jo Nijs, Nathalie Roussel, C.P. van Wilgen, Albère Köke, Rob Smeets - Manual Therapy 2012 cited by 245

  11. Effectiveness of Primary Care Interventions Using a Biopsychosocial Approach in Chronic Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review

    Authors: Reni M. A. van Erp, Ivan Huijnen, Marluuke Jakobs, Jos Kleijnen, Rob Smeets - Pain Practice 2018 cited by 160

  12. Longitudinal outcome evaluations of Interdisciplinary Multimodal Pain Treatment programmes for patients with chronic primary musculoskeletal pain: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

    Authors: Stefan Elbers, Harriët Wittink, Sophie Konings, Ulrike Kaiser, Jos Kleijnen, Jan Pool, Albère Köke, Rob Smeets - European Journal of Pain 2021 cited by 101

  13. The Prevalence of Osteoarthritis of the Intact Hip and Knee Among Traumatic Leg Amputees

    Authors: Pieter Struyf, Caroline van Heugten, Minou W. M. G. C. Hitters, Rob Smeets - Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2009 cited by 249

  14. A Person-Centered Prehabilitation Program Based on Cognitive-Behavioral Physical Therapy for Patients Scheduled for Lumbar Fusion Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Authors: Hanna Lotzke, Helena Brisby, Annelie Gutke, Olle Hägg, Max Jakobsson, Rob Smeets, Mari Lundberg - Physical Therapy 2019 cited by 114

  15. Measures of function in low back pain/disorders: Low Back Pain Rating Scale (LBPRS), Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), Progressive Isoinertial Lifting Evaluation (PILE), Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale (QBPDS), and Roland‐Morris Disability Questionnaire (RDQ)

    Authors: Rob Smeets, Albère Köke, Chung‐Wei Christine Lin, Manuela L. Ferreira, Christophe Demoulin - Arthritis Care & Research 2011 cited by 262

  16. Relationship between physical activity and disability in low back pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Authors: Chung‐Wei Christine Lin, James H. McAuley, Luciana Macedo, Dominique C. Barnett, Rob Smeets, Jeanine Verbunt - Pain 2011 cited by 261

  17. Graded Activity and Graded Exposure for Persistent Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review

    Authors: Luciana Macedo, Rob Smeets, Christopher G. Maher, Jane Latimer, James H. McAuley - Physical Therapy 2010 cited by 195

  18. Effects of task-oriented robot training on arm function, activity, and quality of life in chronic stroke patients: a randomized controlled trial

    Authors: Annick Timmermans, Ryanne Lemmens, Maurice Monfrance, Richard Geers, Wilbert Bakx, Rob Smeets, Henk A.M. Seelen - Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2014 cited by 121

  19. Physiotherapists Using the Biopsychosocial Model for Chronic Pain: Barriers and Facilitators—A Scoping Review

    Authors: Han van Dijk, Albère Köke, Stefan Elbers, Jürgen Mollema, Rob Smeets, Harriët Wittink - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2023 cited by 100

  20. Treatment Expectancy and Credibility Are Associated With the Outcome of Both Physical and Cognitive-behavioral Treatment in Chronic Low Back Pain

    Authors: Rob Smeets, Saskia Beelen, Mariëlle E. J. B. Goossens, E.G. Schouten, J. André Knottnerus, Johan W.S. Vlaeyen - Clinical Journal of Pain 2008 cited by 290

  21. Participation and social participation: are they distinct concepts?

    Authors: Barbara Piškur, Ramon Daniëls, Marian J. Jongmans, Marjolijn Ketelaar, Rob Smeets, Meghan Norton, Anna Beurskens - Clinical Rehabilitation 2013 cited by 253

  22. Rethinking the fear avoidance model: Toward a multidimensional framework of pain-related disability

    Authors: Timothy H. Wideman, Gordon G.J. Asmundson, Rob Smeets, Alex Zautra, Maureen J. Simmonds, Michael Sullivan, Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite, Robert R. Edwards - Pain 2013 cited by 210

  23. Expose or protect? A randomized controlled trial of exposure in vivo vs pain-contingent treatment as usual in patients with complex regional pain syndrome type 1

    Authors: Marlies den Hollander, Mariëlle E. J. B. Goossens, Jeroen de Jong, Joop Ruijgrok, Jan Oosterhof, Patrick Onghena, Rob Smeets, Johan W.S. Vlaeyen - Pain 2016 cited by 157

  24. Integrating Motivational Interviewing in Pain Neuroscience Education for People With Chronic Pain: A Practical Guide for Clinicians

    Authors: Jo Nijs, Amarins J. Wijma, Ward Willaert, Eva Huysmans, Paul E. Mintken, Rob Smeets, Mariëlle E. J. B. Goossens, C.P. van Wilgen, Wouter Van Bogaert, Adriaan Louw, Josh Cleland, Megan Donaldson - Physical Therapy 2020 cited by 94