Amir Rafii

6.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
24 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Amir Rafii is a scholar working on Surgery, Physiology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Amir Rafii has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Surgery, 8 papers in Physiology and 7 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Amir Rafii's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (8 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (6 papers) and Pain Management and Placebo Effect (6 papers). Amir Rafii is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (8 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (6 papers) and Pain Management and Placebo Effect (6 papers). Amir Rafii collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Chile. Amir Rafii's co-authors include Donald D. Price, Patricia McGrath, David J. Mayer, Gary J. Bennett, Marc Christian Metzger, James W. Miller, Stephen P. Long, Barth Wilsey, Carolyn M. Price and Annette M. Pham and has published in prestigious journals such as Brain Research, Pain and Ophthalmology.

In The Last Decade

Amir Rafii

24 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The validation of visual analogue scales as ratio scale measures for chronic and experimental pain

1983 3.0k citations Donald D. Price, Patricia McGrath et al. Pain profile →
Antagonism of acupuncture analgesia in man by the narcotic antagonist naloxone

1977 504 citations Donald D. Price, Amir Rafii et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Amir Rafii United States	18	1.4k	1.4k	1.3k	914	584	24	5.0k
Deirdre Walsh United Kingdom	38	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	677 0.5×	413 0.5×	367 0.6×	108	4.3k
Mark I. Johnson United Kingdom	44	2.5k 1.7×	2.3k 1.6×	1.5k 1.1×	899 1.0×	700 1.2×	235	7.7k
Peter J. McNair New Zealand	61	2.2k 1.5×	807 0.6×	3.3k 2.5×	647 0.7×	752 1.3×	206	10.0k
Roman Rolke Germany	35	1.4k 0.9×	2.5k 1.8×	455 0.3×	891 1.0×	737 1.3×	116	4.8k
Mark D. Bishop United States	42	2.9k 2.0×	906 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.9×	157	6.2k
Elliot Sprecher Israel	40	1.7k 1.2×	2.3k 1.6×	550 0.4×	1.5k 1.7×	1.3k 2.2×	109	5.3k
Jacques Fermanian France	38	2.3k 1.6×	2.2k 1.6×	1.6k 1.3×	578 0.6×	869 1.5×	67	7.0k
R.A.B. Oostendorp Netherlands	48	4.4k 3.0×	1.2k 0.8×	2.2k 1.7×	641 0.7×	1.5k 2.6×	179	8.6k
Di J. Newham United Kingdom	45	1.4k 0.9×	829 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	463 0.5×	900 1.5×	125	8.2k
Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira Brazil	46	834 0.6×	1.9k 1.3×	1.6k 1.2×	664 0.7×	815 1.4×	667	9.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Rafii, Amir, et al.. (2011). Clinical and Genetic Characterization of Frontorhiny. Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery. 13(6). 415–420. 3 indexed citations

Gassner, Holger G., Amir Rafii, Alison Z. Young, et al.. (2008). Surgical Anatomy of the Face. Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery. 10(1). 9–19. 79 indexed citations

Strong, E. Bradley, et al.. (2008). Comparison of 3 Optical Navigation Systems for Computer-Aided Maxillofacial Surgery. Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 134(10). 1080–1080. 71 indexed citations

Tollefson, Travis T., Amir Rafii, & J. David Kriet. (2008). Tracheostomy scar revision. Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. 19(2). 128–131. 3 indexed citations

Rafii, Amir, et al.. (2007). Intraoral Transposition of Traumatic Parotid Duct Fistula. Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery. 9(1). 44–47. 7 indexed citations

Pham, Annette M., Amir Rafii, Marc Christian Metzger, Amir A. Jamali, & Bradley Strong. (2007). Computer modeling and intraoperative navigation in maxillofacial surgery. Otolaryngology. 137(4). 624–631. 97 indexed citations

Rafii, Amir, et al.. (2006). Advances in scalp reconstruction. Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head & Neck Surgery. 14(4). 249–253. 26 indexed citations

Metzger, Marc Christian, et al.. (2006). Topographical CT-data analysis of the human orbital floor. International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 36(1). 45–53. 40 indexed citations

Metzger, Marc Christian, Ralf Schön, N. Weyer, et al.. (2006). Anatomical 3-dimensional Pre-bent Titanium Implant for Orbital Floor Fractures. Ophthalmology. 113(10). 1863–1868. 89 indexed citations

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Rafii, Amir & Danny Enepekides. (2006). Upper and lower eyelid reconstruction: the year in review. Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head & Neck Surgery. 14(4). 227–233. 23 indexed citations

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Schroeder, Rebecca A., et al.. (2000). USE OF AEROSOLIZED INHALED EPOPROSTENOL IN THE TREATMENT OF PORTOPULMONARY HYPERTENSION. Transplantation. 70(3). 548–550. 28 indexed citations

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Price, Donald D., Stephen P. Long, Barth Wilsey, & Amir Rafii. (1998). Analysis of Peak Magnitude and Duration of Analgesia Produced by Local Anesthetics Injected into Sympathetic Ganglia of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Patients. Clinical Journal of Pain. 14(3). 216–226. 175 indexed citations

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Wade, James B., Linda M. Dougherty, Robert P. Hart, Amir Rafii, & Donald D. Price. (1992). A canonical correlation analysis of the influence of neuroticism and extraversion on chronic pain, suffering, and pain behavior. Pain. 51(1). 67–73. 104 indexed citations

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Price, Donald D., Gary J. Bennett, & Amir Rafii. (1989). Psychophysical observations on patients with neuropathic pain relieved by a sympathetic block. Pain. 36(3). 273–288. 214 indexed citations

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Rafii, Amir, et al.. (1988). Continuous intraspinal morphine administration for management of cancer pain. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 3. S11–S11. 2 indexed citations

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Price, Donald D., Stephen W. Harkins, Amir Rafii, & Catherine J. Price. (1986). A simultaneous comparison of Fentanylʼs analgesic effects on experimental and clinical pain. Pain. 24(2). 197–203. 69 indexed citations

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Price, Donald D., et al.. (1985). A psychophysical analysis of morphine analgesia. Pain. 22(3). 261–269. 184 indexed citations

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Price, Donald D., et al.. (1985). Potentiation of Systemic Morphine Analgesia in Humans by Proglumide, a Cholecystokinin Antagonist. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 64(8). 801???806–801???806. 47 indexed citations

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Price, Donald D., et al.. (1984). A psychophysical analysis of acupuncture analgesia. Pain. 19(1). 27–42. 83 indexed citations

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Price, Donald D., et al.. (1983). The validation of visual analogue scales as ratio scale measures for chronic and experimental pain. Pain. 17(1). 45–56. 3047 indexed citations breakdown →

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