Daniel E. Moerman

5.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
59 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Daniel E. Moerman is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Plant Science and Complementary and alternative medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel E. Moerman has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 18 papers in Plant Science and 14 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine. Recurrent topics in Daniel E. Moerman's work include Pain Management and Placebo Effect (18 papers), Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (13 papers) and Empathy and Medical Education (12 papers). Daniel E. Moerman is often cited by papers focused on Pain Management and Placebo Effect (18 papers), Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (13 papers) and Empathy and Medical Education (12 papers). Daniel E. Moerman collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Daniel E. Moerman's co-authors include Rudolf Schmid, Wayne B. Jonas, John Richard Stepp, George F. Estabrook, Michael Heinrich, Sarah E. Edwards, Marco Leonti, Wendy L. Applequist, Robert W. Pemberton and David Kiefer and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Internal Medicine, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and Journal of Ethnopharmacology.

In The Last Decade

Daniel E. Moerman

55 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Native American Ethnobotany 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 2002 100 200 300 400 500
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. Native American Ethnobotany
    1998 582 citations Daniel E. Moerman et al. profile →
  2. Deconstructing the Placebo Effect and Finding the Meaning Response
    2002 509 citations Daniel E. Moerman, Wayne B. Jonas Annals of Internal Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Daniel E. Moerman United States 25 1.6k 724 706 633 400 59 3.6k
Fredi Kronenberg United States 39 726 0.5× 86 0.1× 1.2k 1.6× 163 0.3× 173 0.4× 78 4.5k
Arnaud Lanoue France 27 1.8k 1.1× 505 0.7× 61 0.1× 375 0.6× 230 0.6× 97 6.0k
Vincent Burlat France 31 2.3k 1.5× 341 0.5× 64 0.1× 286 0.5× 153 0.4× 66 6.0k
Richard Evans Schultes United States 34 1.9k 1.2× 40 0.1× 363 0.5× 653 1.0× 37 0.1× 268 5.4k
Daniel Müller France 37 2.4k 1.5× 417 0.6× 146 0.2× 215 0.3× 331 0.8× 113 7.0k
Ursula S. R. Röse Germany 14 1.3k 0.8× 341 0.5× 27 0.0× 197 0.3× 153 0.4× 17 4.1k
Annette Becker Germany 43 3.7k 2.3× 222 0.3× 191 0.3× 56 0.1× 553 1.4× 195 7.9k
Sara Warber United States 25 845 0.5× 41 0.1× 304 0.4× 224 0.4× 54 0.1× 62 3.0k
Neal D. Barnard United States 53 216 0.1× 110 0.2× 244 0.3× 465 0.7× 212 0.5× 146 9.0k
John Williams United Kingdom 35 302 0.2× 342 0.5× 45 0.1× 167 0.3× 286 0.7× 88 4.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Daniel E. Moerman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daniel E. Moerman

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Baker, Janelle, et al.. (2025). Bridging biodiversity and ecosystem services through useful plant species. Plants People Planet. 7(5). 1498–1509. 1 indexed citations
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Mitsikostas, Dimos D., Charlotte Blease, Elisa Carlino, et al.. (2020). European Headache Federation recommendations for placebo and nocebo terminology. The Journal of Headache and Pain. 21(1). 117–117. 27 indexed citations
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Hutchinson, Phil & Daniel E. Moerman. (2018). The Meaning Response, "Placebo," and Methods. Perspectives in biology and medicine. 61(3). 361–378. 20 indexed citations
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Moerman, Daniel E.. (2013). The Global Flora: Descriptive statistics with a commentary and an ethnobotanical example. Ethnobotany Research and Applications. 11. 109–119. 4 indexed citations
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Moerman, Daniel E.. (2013). Against the “placebo effect”: A personal point of view. Complementary Therapies in Medicine. 21(2). 125–130. 27 indexed citations
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Heinrich, Michael, Sarah E. Edwards, Daniel E. Moerman, & Marco Leonti. (2009). Ethnopharmacological field studies: A critical assessment of their conceptual basis and methods. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 124(1). 1–17. 294 indexed citations
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Moerman, Daniel E.. (2007). Agreement and meaning: Rethinking consensus analysis. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 112(3). 451–460. 49 indexed citations
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Moerman, Daniel E.. (2005). “Symbols and selectivity” revisited. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 100(1-2). 40–42. 6 indexed citations
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Moerman, Daniel E. & George F. Estabrook. (2003). Native Americans’ choice of species for medicinal use is dependent on plant family: confirmation with meta-significance analysis. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 87(1). 51–59. 45 indexed citations
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Moerman, Daniel E. & Wayne B. Jonas. (2002). Deconstructing the Placebo Effect and Finding the Meaning Response. Annals of Internal Medicine. 136(6). 471–476. 509 indexed citations breakdown →
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Moerman, Daniel E.. (2002). Meaning Medicine and the “Placebo Effect”. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 223 indexed citations
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Moerman, Daniel E.. (2000). Cultural Variations in the Placebo Effect: Ulcers, Anxiety, and Blood Pressure. Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 14(1). 51–72. 97 indexed citations
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Craen, Anton J.M. de, Daniel E. Moerman, S. H. Heisterkamp, et al.. (1999). Placebo effect in the treatment of duodenal ulcer. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 48(6). 853–860. 93 indexed citations
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Moerman, Daniel E.. (1996). An analysis of the food plants and drug plants of native North America. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 52(1). 1–22. 184 indexed citations
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Moerman, Daniel E.. (1991). The medicinal flora of native North America: An analysis. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 31(1). 1–42. 110 indexed citations
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Romanucci‐Ross, Lola, Daniel E. Moerman, & Laurence R. Tancredi. (1991). The Anthropology of Medicine: From Culture to Method. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 57 indexed citations
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Anderson‐Levitt, Kathryn & Daniel E. Moerman. (1989). "Functioning" from the perspective of production supervisors.. PubMed. 27(5). 325–9.
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Moerman, Daniel E.. (1988). The meaning of baldness and implications for treatment. Clinics in Dermatology. 6(4). 89–92. 19 indexed citations
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Moerman, Daniel E., et al.. (1980). On the Anthropology of Symbolic Healing. Current Anthropology. 21(1). 107–108. 15 indexed citations
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Moerman, Daniel E. & David T. Jones. (1962). Investigations At the Cattle Oiler Site, 39ST224, Big Bend Reservoir, South Dakota. 2 indexed citations

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