Alexander Ploghaus

4.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
9 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Alexander Ploghaus is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Physiology and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Ploghaus has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 8 papers in Physiology and 2 papers in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. Recurrent topics in Alexander Ploghaus's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (8 papers), Pain Management and Placebo Effect (5 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (2 papers). Alexander Ploghaus is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (8 papers), Pain Management and Placebo Effect (5 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (2 papers). Alexander Ploghaus collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Alexander Ploghaus's co-authors include Irene Tracey, Stuart Clare, Paul M. Matthews, J. N. P. Rawlins, Joseph S. Gati, Ravi S. Menon, Susanna Bantick, Richard G. Wise, Stephen M. Smith and Lino Becerra and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Ploghaus

9 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Dissociating Pain from Its Anticipation in the Human Brain 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 2002 2001 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Dissociating Pain from Its Anticipation in the Human Brain
    1999 876 citations Alexander Ploghaus, Irene Tracey et al. Science profile →
  2. Imaging how attention modulates pain in humans using functional MRI
    2002 660 citations Susanna Bantick, Richard G. Wise et al. Brain profile →
  3. Exacerbation of Pain by Anxiety Is Associated with Activity in a Hippocampal Network
    2001 645 citations Alexander Ploghaus, Charvy Narain et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →

Peers

Alexander Ploghaus
Catherine M. Bushnell Canada
Valéry Legrain Belgium
Jürgen Lorenz Germany
Marta Čeko United States
Massieh Moayedi Canada
Joshua A. Bueller United States
John G. McHaffie United States
Falk Eippert Germany
Ulf Baumgärtner Germany
Maud Frot France
Catherine M. Bushnell Canada
Alexander Ploghaus
Citations per year, relative to Alexander Ploghaus Alexander Ploghaus (= 1×) peers Catherine M. Bushnell

Countries citing papers authored by Alexander Ploghaus

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexander Ploghaus

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Ploghaus

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alexander Ploghaus. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alexander Ploghaus based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alexander Ploghaus. Alexander Ploghaus is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

9 of 9 papers shown
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Ploghaus, Alexander, et al.. (2003). Neural circuitry underlying pain modulation: expectation, hypnosis, placebo. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 7(5). 197–200. 266 indexed citations
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Bantick, Susanna, Richard G. Wise, Alexander Ploghaus, et al.. (2002). Imaging how attention modulates pain in humans using functional MRI. Brain. 125(2). 310–319. 660 indexed citations breakdown →
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Smith, Katharine, Alexander Ploghaus, Philip J. Cowen, et al.. (2002). Cerebellar responses during anticipation of noxious stimuli in subjects recovered from depression. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 181(5). 411–415. 47 indexed citations
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Tracey, Irene, Alexander Ploghaus, Joseph S. Gati, et al.. (2002). Imaging Attentional Modulation of Pain in the Periaqueductal Gray in Humans. Journal of Neuroscience. 22(7). 2748–2752. 431 indexed citations
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Borsook, David, Alexander Ploghaus, & Lino Becerra. (2002). Utilizing brain imaging for analgesic drug development.. PubMed. 3(9). 1342–7. 24 indexed citations
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Ploghaus, Alexander, Charvy Narain, Christian F. Beckmann, et al.. (2001). Exacerbation of Pain by Anxiety Is Associated with Activity in a Hippocampal Network. Journal of Neuroscience. 21(24). 9896–9903. 645 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ploghaus, Alexander, Charvy Narain, Christian F. Beckmann, et al.. (2001). Anxiety increases perceived pain intensity: A hippocampal mechanism. NeuroImage. 13(6). 462–462. 6 indexed citations
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Ploghaus, Alexander, Irene Tracey, Stuart Clare, et al.. (2000). Learning about pain: The neural substrate of the prediction error for aversive events. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97(16). 9281–9286. 200 indexed citations
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Ploghaus, Alexander, Irene Tracey, Joseph S. Gati, et al.. (1999). Dissociating Pain from Its Anticipation in the Human Brain. Science. 284(5422). 1979–1981. 876 indexed citations breakdown →

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