Clifford J. Woolf

563 total papers · 97.3k total citations
378 papers, 69.2k citations indexed

About

Clifford J. Woolf is a scholar working on Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Clifford J. Woolf has authored 378 papers receiving a total of 69.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 241 papers in Physiology, 186 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 120 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Clifford J. Woolf's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (220 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (75 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (65 papers). Clifford J. Woolf is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (220 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (75 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (65 papers). Clifford J. Woolf collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Clifford J. Woolf's co-authors include Joachim Scholz, Ru‐Rong Ji, Alban Latrémolière, Michael W. Salter, Isabelle Décosterd, Michael Costigan, Richard Mannion, Troels S. Jensen, Henrik Kehlet and Steve Thompson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Clifford J. Woolf

373 papers receiving 67.4k citations

Hit Papers

Central sensitization: Im... 1983 2026 1997 2011 2010 2000 2006 2009 2000 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Central sensitization: Implications for the diagnosis and treatment of pain
    2010 3.2k citations Clifford J. Woolf Pain profile →
  2. Neuronal Plasticity: Increasing the Gain in Pain
    2000 2.8k citations Clifford J. Woolf, Michael W. Salter Science profile →
  3. Persistent postsurgical pain: risk factors and prevention
    2006 2.8k citations Henrik Kehlet, Troels S. Jensen et al. The Lancet profile →
  4. Central Sensitization: A Generator of Pain Hypersensitivity by Central Neural Plasticity
    2009 2.7k citations Alban Latrémolière, Clifford J. Woolf Journal of Pain profile →
  5. Spared nerve injury: an animal model of persistent peripheral neuropathic pain
    2000 1.8k citations Isabelle Décosterd, Clifford J. Woolf Pain profile →
  6. Neuropathic pain: aetiology, symptoms, mechanisms, and management
    1999 1.6k citations Clifford J. Woolf, Richard Mannion The Lancet profile →
  7. Evidence for a central component of post-injury pain hypersensitivity
    1983 1.6k citations Clifford J. Woolf Nature profile →
  8. The induction and maintenance of central sensitization is dependent on N -methyl-d-aspartic acid receptor activation; implications for the treatment of post-injury pain hypersensitivity states
    1991 1.6k citations Clifford J. Woolf, Steve Thompson Pain profile →
  9. Neuropathic Pain: A Maladaptive Response of the Nervous System to Damage
    2009 1.5k citations Michael Costigan, Joachim Scholz et al. Annual Review of Neuroscience profile →
  10. The neuropathic pain triad: neurons, immune cells and glia
    2007 1.4k citations Joachim Scholz, Clifford J. Woolf Nature Neuroscience profile →
  11. Preemptive Analgesia—Treating Postoperative Pain by Preventing the Establishment of Central Sensitization
    1993 1.3k citations Clifford J. Woolf et al. Anesthesia & Analgesia profile →
  12. Central sensitization and LTP: do pain and memory share similar mechanisms?
    2003 1.1k citations Ru‐Rong Ji, Tatsuro Kohno et al. Trends in Neurosciences profile →
  13. Interleukin-1β-mediated induction of Cox-2 in the CNS contributes to inflammatory pain hypersensitivity
    2001 1.0k citations Tarek A. Samad, Kimberly A. Moore et al. Nature profile →
  14. TRPA1 Contributes to Cold, Mechanical, and Chemical Nociception but Is Not Essential for Hair-Cell Transduction
    2006 1.0k citations Kelvin Y. Kwan, Andrew Allchorne et al. Neuron profile →
  15. p38 MAPK Activation by NGF in Primary Sensory Neurons after Inflammation Increases TRPV1 Levels and Maintains Heat Hyperalgesia
    2002 1.0k citations Ru‐Rong Ji, Tarek A. Samad et al. Neuron profile →
  16. A three-dimensional human neural cell culture model of Alzheimer’s disease
    2014 874 citations Se Hoon Choi, Young Hye Kim et al. Nature profile →
  17. Bone morphogenetic protein signaling by hemojuvelin regulates hepcidin expression
    2006 810 citations Jodie L. Babitt, Franklin W. Huang et al. Nature Genetics profile →
  18. Pain: Moving from Symptom Control toward Mechanism-Specific Pharmacologic Management
    2004 769 citations Clifford J. Woolf Annals of Internal Medicine profile →
  19. p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Is Activated after a Spinal Nerve Ligation in Spinal Cord Microglia and Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons and Contributes to the Generation of Neuropathic Pain
    2003 725 citations Shan‐Xue Jin, Zhi-Ye Zhuang et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
  20. Nociceptors—Noxious Stimulus Detectors
    2007 712 citations Clifford J. Woolf, Qiufu Ma Neuron profile →
  21. Bacteria activate sensory neurons that modulate pain and inflammation
    2013 674 citations Isaac M. Chiu, Balthasar A. Heesters et al. Nature profile →
  22. Partial Peripheral Nerve Injury Promotes a Selective Loss of GABAergic Inhibition in the Superficial Dorsal Horn of the Spinal Cord
    2002 666 citations Kimberly A. Moore, Tatsuro Kohno et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
  23. ERK is sequentially activated in neurons, microglia, and astrocytes by spinal nerve ligation and contributes to mechanical allodynia in this neuropathic pain model
    2005 653 citations Peter Gerner, Clifford J. Woolf et al. Pain profile →
  24. Nociceptive-specific activation of ERK in spinal neurons contributes to pain hypersensitivity
    1999 650 citations Ru‐Rong Ji, Hiroshi Baba et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
  25. Can we conquer pain?
    2002 636 citations Joachim Scholz, Clifford J. Woolf Nature Neuroscience profile →
  26. Neuronal Plasticity and Signal Transduction in Nociceptive Neurons: Implications for the Initiation and Maintenance of Pathological Pain
    2001 592 citations Ru‐Rong Ji, Clifford J. Woolf Neurobiology of Disease profile →
  27. Nerve growth factor contributes to the generation of inflammatory sensory hypersensitivity
    1994 562 citations Clifford J. Woolf, Bared Safieh‐Garabedian et al. Neuroscience profile →
  28. Nociceptors Are Interleukin-1β Sensors
    2008 557 citations Alexander M. Binshtok, Haibin Wang et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
  29. Cytokines, nerve growth factor and inflammatory hyperalgesia: the contribution of tumour necrosis factor α
    1997 553 citations Clifford J. Woolf, Andrew Allchorne et al. British Journal of Pharmacology profile →
  30. Regeneration of Dorsal Column Fibers into and beyond the Lesion Site following Adult Spinal Cord Injury
    1999 518 citations Simona Neumann, Clifford J. Woolf Neuron profile →
  31. Transient receptor potential channels: targeting pain at the source
    2008 517 citations Ardem Patapoutian, Simon Tate et al. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery profile →
  32. Conversion of Mouse and Human Fibroblasts into Functional Spinal Motor Neurons
    2011 507 citations Esther Son, Justin K. Ichida et al. Cell stem cell profile →
  33. Contribution of interleukin‐1β to the inflammation‐induced increase in nerve growth factor levels and inflammatory hyperalgesia
    1995 507 citations Bared Safieh‐Garabedian, Stephen Poole et al. British Journal of Pharmacology profile →
  34. Neurogenic inflammation and the peripheral nervous system in host defense and immunopathology
    2012 488 citations Isaac M. Chiu, Christian A. von Hehn et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
  35. ALS-implicated protein TDP-43 sustains levels of STMN2, a mediator of motor neuron growth and repair
    2019 339 citations Joseph R. Klim, Luis A. Williams et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
  36. Transcriptional Reprogramming of Distinct Peripheral Sensory Neuron Subtypes after Axonal Injury
    2020 294 citations William Renthal, Ivan Tochitsky et al. Neuron profile →
  37. TRPA1 Contributes to Cold Hypersensitivity
    2010 235 citations Donato del Camino, Sarah Murphy et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Clifford J. Woolf 39.2k 23.1k 15.3k 11.5k 10.0k 378 69.2k
Tony L. Yaksh 33.1k 0.8× 21.3k 0.9× 12.9k 0.8× 6.4k 0.6× 9.5k 1.0× 716 49.3k
Allan I. Basbaum 26.6k 0.7× 21.0k 0.9× 11.7k 0.8× 4.2k 0.4× 2.8k 0.3× 296 46.0k
Anthony H. Dickenson 20.0k 0.5× 10.1k 0.4× 7.7k 0.5× 5.3k 0.5× 3.2k 0.3× 348 27.9k
Ronald Dubner 23.0k 0.6× 11.5k 0.5× 4.7k 0.3× 5.9k 0.5× 2.7k 0.3× 293 33.8k
Troels S. Jensen 29.5k 0.8× 5.9k 0.3× 3.5k 0.2× 13.7k 1.2× 9.0k 0.9× 568 50.5k
Ru‐Rong Ji 23.5k 0.6× 13.7k 0.6× 8.1k 0.5× 4.2k 0.4× 2.1k 0.2× 265 36.3k
Jon D. Levine 19.3k 0.5× 11.5k 0.5× 9.1k 0.6× 3.7k 0.3× 2.4k 0.2× 580 36.2k
Donald D. Price 28.2k 0.7× 6.7k 0.3× 5.5k 0.4× 12.1k 1.1× 4.0k 0.4× 281 59.5k
Linda R. Watkins 18.3k 0.5× 15.3k 0.7× 9.5k 0.6× 3.8k 0.3× 1.9k 0.2× 465 49.3k
Stephen B. McMahon 15.5k 0.4× 17.0k 0.7× 7.9k 0.5× 3.1k 0.3× 2.5k 0.3× 341 33.8k

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