David Bennett

31.9k total citations · 9 hit papers
373 papers, 19.9k citations indexed

About

David Bennett is a scholar working on Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Bennett has authored 373 papers receiving a total of 19.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Physiology, 69 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 62 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in David Bennett's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (103 papers), Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (46 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (41 papers). David Bennett is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (103 papers), Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (46 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (41 papers). David Bennett collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. David Bennett's co-authors include Stephen B. McMahon, Eva L. Feldman, John V. Priestley, Margarita Calvo, Troels S. Jensen, Amanda Ellis, Stuart Carter, John M. Dawes, Nanna Brix Finnerup and Klaus‐Armin Nave and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

David Bennett

361 papers receiving 19.2k citations

Hit Papers

Neuropathic pain 1998 2026 2007 2016 2017 2019 2016 2017 1998 400 800 1.2k
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. Neuropathic pain
    2017 1.5k citations Luana Colloca, Didier Bouhassira et al. Nature Reviews Disease Primers profile →
  2. Diabetic neuropathy
    2019 978 citations Eva L. Feldman, Brian C. Callaghan et al. Nature Reviews Disease Primers profile →
  3. Neuropathic pain: an updated grading system for research and clinical practice
    2016 846 citations Nanna Brix Finnerup, Ralf Baron et al. Pain profile →
  4. New Horizons in Diabetic Neuropathy: Mechanisms, Bioenergetics, and Pain
    2017 651 citations Eva L. Feldman, Troels S. Jensen et al. profile →
  5. A Distinct Subgroup of Small DRG Cells Express GDNF Receptor Components and GDNF Is Protective for These Neurons after Nerve Injury
    1998 510 citations David Bennett, Stephen B. McMahon et al. profile →
  6. The Role of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels in Pain Signaling
    2019 476 citations David Bennett, Alex Clark et al. Physiological Reviews profile →
  7. Neuroinflammation and the generation of neuropathic pain
    2013 460 citations David Bennett et al. profile →
  8. Towards prevention of diabetic peripheral neuropathy: clinical presentation, pathogenesis, and new treatments
    2022 196 citations Melissa A. Elafros, Henning Andersen et al. The Lancet Neurology profile →
  9. New perspectives in diabetic neuropathy
    2023 107 citations David Bennett, Masha G. Savelieff et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Bennett United Kingdom 69 9.0k 5.4k 3.5k 3.1k 2.1k 373 19.9k
Jeffrey S. Mogil Canada 80 12.1k 1.3× 7.3k 1.4× 4.7k 1.3× 979 0.3× 1.6k 0.8× 227 25.0k
Gerald F. Gebhart United States 78 11.1k 1.2× 6.3k 1.2× 3.8k 1.1× 946 0.3× 3.4k 1.6× 294 21.5k
Andrew S.C. Rice United Kingdom 59 10.7k 1.2× 3.1k 0.6× 1.7k 0.5× 3.9k 1.3× 1.7k 0.8× 203 18.3k
Martin Schmelz Germany 77 8.9k 1.0× 2.7k 0.5× 2.2k 0.6× 1.4k 0.5× 2.1k 1.0× 310 18.6k
Kenneth Hargreaves United States 69 8.2k 0.9× 5.7k 1.1× 3.5k 1.0× 834 0.3× 1.6k 0.8× 204 19.8k
Martin Koltzenburg United Kingdom 65 8.0k 0.9× 5.6k 1.0× 3.6k 1.0× 1.9k 0.6× 1.4k 0.7× 171 17.6k
Jon D. Levine United States 92 19.3k 2.2× 11.5k 2.1× 9.1k 2.6× 2.2k 0.7× 2.4k 1.2× 581 36.3k
Michael Emerson United Kingdom 29 2.9k 0.3× 2.4k 0.4× 5.9k 1.7× 814 0.3× 2.0k 1.0× 55 19.2k
Stafford L. Lightman United Kingdom 94 5.0k 0.6× 5.0k 0.9× 5.3k 1.5× 815 0.3× 1.4k 0.7× 769 38.7k
William Maixner United States 75 9.6k 1.1× 2.3k 0.4× 1.7k 0.5× 2.6k 0.9× 1.1k 0.5× 265 19.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Bennett

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Andersen, Signe T., Tina Parkner, Claus Vinter Bødker Hviid, et al.. (2025). Serum Neurofilament Light Chain and Structural and Functional Nerve Fiber Loss in Painful and Painless Diabetic Polyneuropathy. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 223. 112098–112098.
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Themistocleous, Andreas C., et al.. (2024). Human pain channelopathies. Handbook of clinical neurology. 203. 89–109. 2 indexed citations
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Barry, Allison M, et al.. (2024). Peripheral nerve injury results in a biased loss of sensory neuron subpopulations. Pain. 165(12). 2863–2876. 3 indexed citations
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Gierthmühlen, Janne, Nadine Attal, Georgios Baskozos, et al.. (2024). What is associated with painful polyneuropathy? A cross-sectional analysis of symptoms and signs in patients with painful and painless polyneuropathy. Pain. 165(12). 2888–2899. 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Na, David Bennett, Georgios Baskozos, & Allison M Barry. (2024). Predicting ‘pain genes’: multi-modal data integration using probabilistic classifiers and interaction networks. Bioinformatics Advances. 4(1). vbae156–vbae156. 2 indexed citations
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Rhee, A. Michiel van, Jelle Vehof, Ayrun Nessa, et al.. (2024). Quantitative sensory testing and chronic pain syndromes: a cross-sectional study from TwinsUK. BMJ Open. 14(9). e085814–e085814.
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Baskozos, Georgios, Harry L. Hébert, Andreas C. Themistocleous, et al.. (2023). Epidemiology of neuropathic pain: an analysis of prevalence and associated factors in UK Biobank. PAIN Reports. 8(2). e1066–e1066. 44 indexed citations
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Bäckryd, Emmanuel, Andreas C. Themistocleous, Niclas Stensson, et al.. (2023). Serum levels of endocannabinoids and related lipids in painful vs painless diabetic neuropathy: results from the Pain in Neuropathy Study. Pain. 165(1). 225–232. 4 indexed citations
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Elafros, Melissa A., Henning Andersen, David Bennett, et al.. (2022). Towards prevention of diabetic peripheral neuropathy: clinical presentation, pathogenesis, and new treatments. The Lancet Neurology. 21(10). 922–936. 196 indexed citations breakdown →
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Karlsson, Páll, Sandra Sif Gylfadottir, Alexander Gramm Kristensen, et al.. (2021). Axonal swellings are related to type 2 diabetes, but not to distal diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy. Diabetologia. 64(4). 923–931. 12 indexed citations
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Bennett, David, Alex Clark, Jianying Huang, Stephen G. Waxman, & Sulayman D. Dib‐Hajj. (2019). The Role of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels in Pain Signaling. Physiological Reviews. 99(2). 1079–1151. 476 indexed citations breakdown →
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Baskozos, Georgios, John M. Dawes, Ana Antunes‐Martins, et al.. (2018). Comprehensive analysis of long noncoding RNA expression in dorsal root ganglion reveals cell-type specificity and dysregulation after nerve injury. Pain. 160(2). 463–485. 52 indexed citations
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Colloca, Luana, Didier Bouhassira, Ralf Baron, et al.. (2017). Neuropathic pain. Nature Reviews Disease Primers. 3(1). 17002–17002. 1473 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sleigh, James N., John M. Dawes, Steven J. West, et al.. (2017). Trk receptor signaling and sensory neuron fate are perturbed in human neuropathy caused by Gars mutations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(16). E3324–E3333. 57 indexed citations
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Themistocleous, Andreas C., Juan D. Ramirez, Pallai Shillo, et al.. (2016). The Pain in Neuropathy Study (PiNS): a cross-sectional observational study determining the somatosensory phenotype of painful and painless diabetic neuropathy. Neuromuscular Disorders. 26. 41 indexed citations
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Bibby, Helen, et al.. (2015). Family functioning as a protective factor in treating adolescents with complex medico-psychosocial presentations. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 28(4). 437–444. 5 indexed citations
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Bennett, David, et al.. (2001). Adolescent health care and international developments in the past thirty years. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 13(4). 265–286. 2 indexed citations
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Bennett, David, et al.. (1995). Youth Arts in Hospital: Engaging Creativity in Care. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 8(1). 17–28. 1 indexed citations
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Bennett, David, et al.. (1985). Have A Say - Networking with Teenagers in a Hospital for Children.. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. 1(1-2). 217–224. 5 indexed citations
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Bennett, David. (1965). Prevention of Hospitalisation.. PubMed Central. 24(1). 29–30. 1 indexed citations

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