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Ronald Melzack

Active 1957–2012

100
Papers
51,131
Citations
89
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Citations

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Citation sources

Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 4,019 citing papers, 33.1% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 1,234 citing papers, 10.2% of this breakdownCanada: 1,058 citing papers, 8.7% of this breakdownAustralia: 532 citing papers, 4.4% of this breakdownGermany: 519 citing papers, 4.3% of this breakdownItaly: 378 citing papers, 3.1% of this breakdownNetherlands: 371 citing papers, 3% of this breakdownChina: 358 citing papers, 2.9% of this breakdownFrance: 311 citing papers, 2.6% of this breakdownSweden: 300 citing papers, 2.5% of this breakdownDenmark: 278 citing papers, 2.3% of this breakdownSpain: 253 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdown
0%33.1%Other 20.8%

Institutions

Fields

  • Medicine76.3%
  • Neuroscience9.8%
  • Psychology4.9%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.9%
  • Health Professions1.5%
  • Dentistry0.9%
  • Other3.7%

Topics

  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments12.4%
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation8.6%
  • Pain Management and Placebo Effect4.2%
  • Pediatric Pain Management Techniques3.8%
  • Pain Management and Treatment3.6%
  • Pain Management and Opioid Use2.9%
  • Other64.5%

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  1. Pain Mechanisms: A New Theory

    Authors: Ronald Melzack, Patrick D. Wall - Pain Forum 1965 cited by 11,074

  2. The short-form McGill pain questionnaire

    Authors: Ronald Melzack - Pain 1987 cited by 4,365

  3. The McGill Pain Questionnaire: Major properties and scoring methods

    Authors: Ronald Melzack - Pain 1975 cited by 6,870

  4. Pain and the Neuromatrix in the Brain

    Authors: Ronald Melzack - Journal of Dental Education 2001 cited by 885

  5. Pain: an overview

    Authors: John D. Loeser, Ronald Melzack - The Lancet 1999 cited by 697

  6. From the gate to the neuromatrix

    Authors: Ronald Melzack - Pain 1999 cited by 1,124

  7. Development and initial validation of an expanded and revised version of the Short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ-2)

    Authors: Robert H. Dworkin, Dennis C. Turk, Dennis A. Revicki, Gale Harding, Karin S. Coyne, Sarah Peirce‐Sandner, Dileep Bhagwat, D. Everton, Laurie B. Burke, Penney Cowan, John T. Farrar, Sharon Hertz, Mitchell B. Max, Bob A. Rappaport, Ronald Melzack - Pain 2009 cited by 753

  8. Phantom limbs and the concept of a neuromatrix

    Authors: Ronald Melzack - Trends in Neurosciences 1990 cited by 785

  9. MEASUREMENT OF PAIN

    Authors: Joel Katz, Ronald Melzack - Surgical Clinics of North America 1999 cited by 716

  10. The McGill Pain Questionnaire

    Authors: Ronald Melzack, Srinivasa N. Raja - Anesthesiology 2005 cited by 478

  11. Contribution of central neuroplasticity to pathological pain: review of clinical and experimental evidence

    Authors: Terence J. Coderre, Joel Katz, Anthony L. Vaccarino, Ronald Melzack - Pain 1993 cited by 1,996

  12. Trigger points and acupuncture points for pain: Correlations and implications

    Authors: Ronald Melzack, Dorothy M. Stillwell, Elisabeth Fox - Pain 1977 cited by 591

  13. The bee venom test: a new tonic-pain test

    Authors: William R. Lariviere, Ronald Melzack - Pain 1996 cited by 233

  14. Pain

    Authors: Ronald Melzack, Joel Katz - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Cognitive Science 2012 cited by 119

  15. Pain ‘memories’ in phantom limbs: review and clinical observations

    Authors: Joel Katz, Ronald Melzack - Pain 1990 cited by 447

  16. Pain: Past, present and future.

    Authors: Ronald Melzack - Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale 1993 cited by 195

  17. Nausea and vomiting during pregnancy: A prospective study of its frequency, intensity, and patterns of change

    Authors: Renée Lacroix, Erica Eason, Ronald Melzack - American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2000 cited by 308

  18. Phantom limbs in people with congenital limb deficiency or amputation in early childhood

    Authors: Ronald Melzack - Brain 1997 cited by 289

  19. Phantom Limbs

    Authors: Ronald Melzack - Scientific American 1992 cited by 265

  20. The role of corticotropin-releasing factor in pain and analgesia

    Authors: William R. Lariviere, Ronald Melzack - Pain 2000 cited by 233

  21. The Charles Bonnet Syndrome: ‘Phantom Visual Images’

    Authors: Geoffrey Schultz, Ronald Melzack - Perception 1991 cited by 213

  22. The Pain of Burns

    Authors: Manon Choinière, Ronald Melzack, Johanne Rondeau, Normand Girard, MARIE-JOSEAE PAQUIN - The Journal of Trauma: Injury, The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care 1989 cited by 204

  23. Trigeminal neuralgia and atypical facial pain: Use of the McGill pain questionnaire for discrimination and diagnosis

    Authors: Ronald Melzack, Christopher F. Terrence, Gerhard H. Fromm, Rhonda Amsel - Pain 1986 cited by 129

  24. PAIN MECHANISMS

    Authors: Ronald Melzack, P. D. Wall - Survey of Anesthesiology 1967 cited by 98