David Yarnitsky

20.1k citations

185 papers · 14.1k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 59

Impact in

Physiology top 0.05%
- Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
Pharmacology top 0.05%
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation

Papers in

Physiology 90
- Pain Mechanisms and Treatments 81
Neurology 43
- Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders 16
- Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications 11

Co-authors: Elliot Sprecher Yelena Granovsky Michal Granot José L. Ochoa Dorit Pud Rony‐Reuven Nir Lars Arendt‐Nielsen Hadas Nahman‐Averbuch
Journals: Pain (38 papers)European Journal of Pain (10 papers)Journal of Pain (7 papers)Journal of the Neurological Sciences (7 papers)Brain (5 papers)
Partner nations: Israel United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

David Yarnitsky

183 papers receiving 13.7k citations

Hit Papers

6 papers align trajectories log scale

Neuropathic pain 2017 · 1.5k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2017 Nature Reviews Disease Primers
2016 Pain
2014 European Journal of Pain
2010 Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology
2008 Pain
2000 Annals of Neurology

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Co-authors

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1	Exploring electroencephalographic chronic pain biomarkers: a mega-analysis EBioMedicine ·Felix S. Bott, Paul Theo Zebhauser, Vanessa D. Hohn, Özgün Turgut, Elisabeth S. May, Laura Tiemann, Cristina Gil Ávila, Henrik Heitmann, Moritz M. Nickel, Melissa A. Day, Divya Bharatkumar Adhia, Yoni K. Ashar, Tor D. Wager, Yelena Granovsky, David Yarnitsky, Mark P. Jensen, Joachim Groß, Markus Ploner	2025	1
2	Editorial commitment to trust and integrity in science: implications for pain and anesthesiology research Pain ·Tonya M. Palermo, Didier Bouhassira, Karen D. Davis, Hugh C. Hemmings, Robert W. Hurley, Joel Katz, Jaideep J. Pandit, Theodore J. Price, Michael E Schatman, Stephan Schwarz, Dennis C. Turk, Marc Van de Velde, M. D. Wiles, Tony L. Yaksh, David Yarnitsky	2025	1
3	What is associated with painful polyneuropathy? A cross-sectional analysis of symptoms and signs in patients with painful and painless polyneuropathy Pain ·Janne Gierthmühlen, Nadine Attal, Georgios Baskozos, Kristine Bennedsgaard, David Bennett, Didier Bouhassira, Geert Crombez, Nanna Brix Finnerup, Yelena Granovsky, Troels S. Jensen, Jishi John, Lieven Nils Kennes, Helen Laycock, Mathilde M.V. Pascal, Andrew S.C. Rice, Leah Shafran-Topaz, Andreas C. Themistocleous, David Yarnitsky, Ralf Baron	2024	1
4	Classification of painful or painless diabetic peripheral neuropathy and identification of the most powerful predictors using machine learning models in large cross-sectional cohorts BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making ·Georgios Baskozos, Andreas C. Themistocleous, Harry L. Hébert, Mathilde M.V. Pascal, Jishi John, Brian C. Callaghan, Helen Laycock, Yelena Granovsky, Geert Crombez, David Yarnitsky, Andrew S.C. Rice, Blair H. Smith, David Bennett	2022	33
5	Neuropathic pain phenotyping by international consensus (NeuroPPIC) for genetic studies: a NeuPSIG systematic review, Delphi survey, and expert panel recommendations (vol 156, pg 2337, 2015) Pain ·Oliver van Hecke, Peter Kamerman, Nadine Attal, Robert B. Baron, Gyða Björnsdóttir, David Bennett, Mike Bennett, Didier Bouhassira, Luda Diatchenko, Ruth Freeman, Rainer Freynhagen, Maija Haanpää, Thorbjørn Søren Rønn Jensen, Srinivasa N. Raja, Rice Asc., Z. Seltzer, Thorgeir E. Thorgeirsson, David Yarnitsky, Blair H. Smith	2017	0
6	CPM Test–Retest Reliability: “Standard” vs “Single Test-Stimulus” Protocols Pain Medicine ·Yelena Granovsky, Adi Miller‐Barmak, Oren Goldstein, Elliot Sprecher, David Yarnitsky	2015	36
7	The role of stimulation parameters on the conditioned pain modulation response Scandinavian Journal of Pain ·Hadas Nahman‐Averbuch, David Yarnitsky, Yelena Granovsky, Ezra Gerber, Pnina Dagul, Michal Granot	2013	58
8	Pronociceptive Pain Modulation in Patients with Painful Chemotherapy-Induced Polyneuropathy Journal of Pain and Symptom Management ·Hadas Nahman‐Averbuch, David Yarnitsky, Yelena Granovsky, Elliot Sprecher, Mariana Steiner, Tzahala Tzuk-Shina, Dorit Pud	2011	55
9	An Experimental Paradigm for the Prediction of Post-Operative Pain (PPOP) Journal of Visualized Experiments ·Ruth Landau, John C. Kraft, Lisa Flint, Brendan Carvalho, Philippe Richebé, Mônica Maria Siaulys Capel Cardoso, Patricia Lavand’homme, Michal Granot, David Yarnitsky, Alex Cahana	2010	86
10	An Experimental Paradigm for the Prediction of Post-Operative Pain (PPOP) Journal of Visualized Experiments ·Ruth Landau, John C. Kraft, Lisa Flint, Brendan Carvalho, Philippe Richebé, Mônica Maria Siaulys Capel Cardoso, Patricia Lavand’homme, Michal Granot, David Yarnitsky, Alex Cahana	2010	28
11	Enhanced Presurgical Pain Temporal Summation Response Predicts Post-Thoracotomy Pain Intensity During the Acute Postoperative Phase Journal of Pain ·Irit Weissman‐Fogel, Yelena Granovsky, Yonathan Crispel, Alon Ben‐Nun, Lael Anson Best, David Yarnitsky, Michal Granot	2009	128
12	Size of PFO and amount of microembolic signals in patients with ischaemic stroke or TIA European Journal of Neurology ·Gregory Telman, Sergey Yalonetsky, Efim Kouperberg, Elliot Sprecher, Avraham Lorber, David Yarnitsky	2008	26
13	Can personality traits and gender predict the response to morphine? An experimental cold pain study European Journal of Pain ·Dorit Pud, David Yarnitsky, Elliot Sprecher, Zeev Rogowski, Rivka Adler, Elon Eisenberg	2005	49
14	Homotopic and heterotopic effects of endogenous analgesia in healthy volunteers Neuroscience Letters ·Dorit Pud, Elliot Sprecher, David Yarnitsky	2005	76
15	Primary and secondary vulvar vestibulitis syndrome: systemic pain perception and psychophysical characteristics American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·Michal Granot, Michael Friedman, David Yarnitsky, Ada Tamir, Etan Z. Zimmer	2004	46
16	Increased BBB permeability by parasympathetic sphenopalatine ganglion stimulation in dogs Brain Research ·David Yarnitsky, Yossi Gross, Adi Lorian, Alon Shalev, Shy Shorer, Toshiki Tanaka, Kazuhide Ayajiki, Mineko Fujimiya, Tomio Okamura	2004	13
17	Blood—brain barrier opened by stimulation of the parasympathetic sphenopalatine ganglion: a new method for macromolecule delivery to the brain Journal of neurosurgery ·David Yarnitsky, Yossi Gross, Adi Lorian, Alon Shalev, Itschak Lamensdorf, Rinat Bornstein, Shy Shorer, Avraham Mayevsky, Kaushik P. Patel, N. Joan Abbott, William G. Mayhan	2004	21
18	Paradoxical heat sensation in healthy subjects: peripherally conducted by Aδ or C fibres? Brain ·Ehud Susser, Elliot Sprecher, David Yarnitsky	1999	73
19	Electrical activity from rat corpora is affected by pharmacological but not mechanical intracorporal manipulation Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology ·Yoram Vardi, Jacques Bernabé, Arkady Dashkovsky, A. Tarchnishvili, Zeev Rogowski, F. Giuliano, David Yarnitsky	1998	3
20	Multiple session experimental pain measurement Pain ·David Yarnitsky, Elliot Sprecher, Ruth Zaslansky, Jeshayachu A. Hemli	1996	101

About David Yarnitsky

David Yarnitsky is a scholar working on Physiology, Neurology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and Pharmacology, having authored 185 papers that have together received 14.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (81 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (41 papers), Pain Management and Placebo Effect (41 papers), Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (19 papers), Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (16 papers), Migraine and Headache Studies (15 papers), Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (15 papers) and Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Physiology (8.2k citations), Pharmacology (4.7k citations), Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (1.4k citations), Psychiatry and Mental health (3.4k citations) and Cognitive Neuroscience (3.4k citations). David Yarnitsky has collaborated with scholars based in Israel, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Elliot Sprecher, Yelena Granovsky, Michal Granot, José L. Ochoa, Dorit Pud, Rony‐Reuven Nir, Lars Arendt‐Nielsen, Hadas Nahman‐Averbuch, Rami Burstein and Itay Goor‐Aryeh. Their work appears in journals such as Pain, European Journal of Pain, Journal of Pain, Journal of the Neurological Sciences and Brain.

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