John J. Bonica

9.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
151 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

John J. Bonica is a scholar working on Surgery, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, John J. Bonica has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Surgery, 57 papers in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and 31 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in John J. Bonica's work include Anesthesia and Pain Management (57 papers), Anesthesia and Sedative Agents (30 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (26 papers). John J. Bonica is often cited by papers focused on Anesthesia and Pain Management (57 papers), Anesthesia and Sedative Agents (30 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (26 papers). John J. Bonica collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. John J. Bonica's co-authors include Ronald Melzack, Patrick D. Wall, Peter U. Berges, Richard C. Chapman, T Akamatsu, William F. Kennedy, Michael Stanton‐Hicks, I. Pilowsky, Kenichi Morikawa and Richard J. Ward and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Cancer and Pain.

In The Last Decade

John J. Bonica

144 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Textbook of pain

1999 2.1k citations John J. Bonica et al. profile →
THE MANAGEMENT OF PAIN

1954 1.1k citations John J. Bonica The American Journal of the Medical Sciences profile →
Causalgia and Other Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophies

1973 375 citations John J. Bonica profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John J. Bonica United States	34	2.4k	2.2k	1.7k	1.5k	881	151	6.7k
Torsten Gordh Sweden	51	2.6k 1.1×	1.8k 0.8×	2.0k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	516 0.6×	217	7.7k
Audun Stubhaug Norway	45	2.4k 1.0×	3.1k 1.4×	2.0k 1.1×	2.0k 1.4×	708 0.8×	186	8.0k
Martin S. Angst United States	44	2.4k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	2.2k 1.3×	933 0.6×	578 0.7×	117	6.6k
B. Neundörfer Germany	48	2.5k 1.0×	699 0.3×	1.7k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	728 0.8×	297	7.7k
Mitchell B. Max United States	52	5.6k 2.3×	1.6k 0.8×	2.7k 1.6×	3.3k 2.3×	1.7k 1.9×	100	10.8k
Raymond A. Dionne United States	44	1.7k 0.7×	983 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	381 0.4×	141	5.1k
M. Zenz Germany	34	1.2k 0.5×	1.0k 0.5×	2.3k 1.3×	1.0k 0.7×	664 0.8×	227	4.6k
Timothy J. Ness United States	49	4.0k 1.7×	1.0k 0.5×	784 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.3×	169	7.6k
Elon Eisenberg Israel	45	3.5k 1.5×	1.2k 0.6×	3.2k 1.9×	3.3k 2.3×	1.0k 1.2×	145	7.7k
Jane C. Ballantyne United States	32	1.1k 0.5×	2.4k 1.1×	2.7k 1.6×	1.2k 0.8×	507 0.6×	102	5.9k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Bonica, John J.. (1987). Importance of effective pain control. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 31(s85). 1–16. 39 indexed citations

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Bonica, John J.. (1984). Management of pain with regional analgesia. Postgraduate Medical Journal. 60(710). 897–904. 13 indexed citations

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Bonica, John J.. (1982). Management of Cancer Pain. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 26(s74). 75–82. 23 indexed citations

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Bonica, John J.. (1982). Management of superior pulmonary sulcus syndrome (Pancoast Syndrome). Raven Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Bonica, John J. & Vittorio Ventafridda. (1979). International Symposium on Pain of Advanced Cancer. Raven Press eBooks. 18 indexed citations

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Chapman, Richard C., et al.. (1979). Illness behavior and depression compared in pain center and private practice patients. Pain. 6(1). 1–7. 71 indexed citations

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Bonica, John J.. (1978). Cancer pain: a major national health problem.. PubMed. 1(4). 313–6. 46 indexed citations

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Bonica, John J.. (1978). Cancer pain. Cancer Nursing. 1(4). 313???316–313???316. 30 indexed citations

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Bonica, John J.. (1977). Basic Principles in Managing Chronic Pain. Archives of Surgery. 112(6). 783–783. 32 indexed citations

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Bonica, John J., et al.. (1976). Proceedings of the First World Congress on Pain. Raven Press eBooks. 37 indexed citations

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Bonica, John J., et al.. (1975). Maternal and Fetal Responses to Halothane in Pregnant Monkeys. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 19(2). 154–158. 4 indexed citations

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Bonica, John J., et al.. (1974). Recent advances on pain: pathophysiology and clinical aspects. Thomas eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Bonica, John J.. (1974). Acupuncture Anesthesia in the People's Republic of China. JAMA. 229(10). 1317–1317. 24 indexed citations

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Bonica, John J.. (1972). Obstetric Analgesia and Anesthesia. 93 indexed citations

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Nathan, P. W., et al.. (1959). INTRATHECAL PHENOL FOR INTRACTABLE PAIN. Survey of Anesthesiology. 3(4). 433???435–433???435. 1 indexed citations

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Bonica, John J., et al.. (1957). PERIDURAL BLOCK: ANALYSIS OF 3,637 CASES AND A REVIEW. Anesthesiology. 18(5). 723–784. 94 indexed citations

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Bonica, John J.. (1955). TWENTY-FOUR HOUR MEDICAL ANESTHESIA COVERAGE FOR OBSTETRIC PATIENTS. Journal of the American Medical Association. 159(6). 551–551. 2 indexed citations

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Bonica, John J.. (1954). The Management of Pain with Special Emphasis on the Use of Analgesic Block in Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Therapy. Journal of the American Medical Association. 154(4). 372–372. 36 indexed citations

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Bonica, John J.. (1954). THE MANAGEMENT OF PAIN. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 227(5). 593–593. 1127 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bonica, John J.. (1954). The Management of Pain. Southern Medical Journal. 47(8). 802–802. 27 indexed citations

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