Luana Colloca

17.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
191 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

Luana Colloca is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Luana Colloca has authored 191 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 154 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 68 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 66 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Luana Colloca's work include Pain Management and Placebo Effect (150 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (61 papers) and Empathy and Medical Education (57 papers). Luana Colloca is often cited by papers focused on Pain Management and Placebo Effect (150 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (61 papers) and Empathy and Medical Education (57 papers). Luana Colloca collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Germany. Luana Colloca's co-authors include Fabrizio Benedetti, Franklin G. Miller, Leonardo Lopiano, Michele Lanotte, Arthur J. Barsky, Nanna Brix Finnerup, Ted J. Kaptchuk, Regine Klinger, Monica Sigaudo and Damien G. Finniss and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Luana Colloca

179 papers receiving 10.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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 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.

Neuropathic pain

2017 1.5k citations Luana Colloca, Robert H. Dworkin et al. profile →
Placebo and Nocebo Effects

2020 374 citations Luana Colloca et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Luana Colloca United States	54	7.3k	3.7k	3.2k	2.1k	1.6k	191	11.0k
Ulrike Bingel Germany	52	6.0k 0.8×	3.8k 1.0×	2.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	1.8k 1.1×	165	9.2k
Fabrizio Benedetti Italy	62	11.5k 1.6×	4.5k 1.2×	4.3k 1.3×	3.2k 1.5×	1.9k 1.2×	194	15.3k
Lene Vase Denmark	35	2.9k 0.4×	1.7k 0.5×	1.4k 0.4×	1.0k 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	120	5.4k
Sean Mackey United States	61	3.7k 0.5×	4.1k 1.1×	2.5k 0.8×	455 0.2×	6.1k 3.8×	297	15.3k
Anthony Jones United Kingdom	44	4.2k 0.6×	3.9k 1.1×	1.5k 0.5×	345 0.2×	1.8k 1.1×	157	8.7k
David Borsook United States	75	5.3k 0.7×	6.0k 1.6×	5.5k 1.7×	403 0.2×	2.8k 1.7×	335	17.1k
Ben Schmand Netherlands	60	3.3k 0.5×	1.9k 0.5×	5.0k 1.5×	554 0.3×	690 0.4×	197	13.8k
Sharon X. Xie United States	68	2.1k 0.3×	4.9k 1.3×	3.9k 1.2×	1.1k 0.5×	786 0.5×	223	15.1k
Harold Merskey Canada	49	2.8k 0.4×	4.6k 1.3×	5.0k 1.6×	324 0.2×	4.8k 3.0×	252	15.1k
Adam M. Brickman United States	67	4.8k 0.7×	3.9k 1.1×	5.7k 1.8×	237 0.1×	375 0.2×	402	15.6k

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Akintola, Titilola, et al.. (2025). The effects of socioeconomic position on endogenous pain modulation: A quasi-experimental approach. Journal of Pain. 37. 104778–104778.

Shafir, Roni, Maya Israel, & Luana Colloca. (2023). Harnessing the placebo effect to enhance emotion regulation effectiveness and choice. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 2373–2373. 8 indexed citations

Yin, Margaret Xi Can, et al.. (2023). Yoga and massage are associated with small experimental placebo effects in chronic orofacial pain. European Journal of Pain. 27(7). 816–830. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Yang, et al.. (2023). Clinical Phenotypes Supporting the Relationship Between Sleep Disturbance and Impairment of Placebo Effects. Journal of Pain. 25(3). 819–831. 2 indexed citations

Park, Susanna B., Fiona Streckmann, Joachim Wiskemann, et al.. (2022). Mechanisms, Mediators, and Moderators of the Effects of Exercise on Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy. Cancers. 14(5). 1224–1224. 32 indexed citations

Langford, Dale J., Dagmar Amtmann, Luana Colloca, et al.. (2022). Expectations for Improvement: A Neglected but Potentially Important Covariate or Moderator for Chronic Pain Clinical Trials. Journal of Pain. 24(4). 575–581. 7 indexed citations

Colloca, Luana, et al.. (2021). Pain experience and mood disorders during the lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States: an opportunistic study. PAIN Reports. 6(3). e958–e958. 13 indexed citations

Mardian, Aram S., Luzmercy Perez, Ming‐Chih Kao, et al.. (2021). Engagement in Prescription Opioid Tapering Research: the EMPOWER Study and a Coproduction Model of Success. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 37(S1). 113–117. 7 indexed citations

Mullins, C. Daniel, et al.. (2021). Patient and Provider Acceptability of a Patient Preauthorized Concealed Opioid Reduction. Pain Medicine. 22(7). 1651–1659. 3 indexed citations

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Frangos, Eleni, Marta Čeko, John L. Gracely, et al.. (2020). Neural effects of placebo analgesia in fibromyalgia patients and healthy individuals. Pain. 162(2). 641–652. 9 indexed citations

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Palese, Alvisa, Lucia Cadorin, Marco Testa, et al.. (2019). Contextual factors triggering placebo and nocebo effects in nursing practice: Findings from a national cross‐sectional study. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 28(9-10). 1966–1978. 26 indexed citations

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Starkweather, Angela, et al.. (2019). Strengthening Inter‐ and Intraprofessional Collaborations to Advance Biobehavioral Symptom Science. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 51(1). 9–16. 3 indexed citations

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Darnall, Beth D., Sean Mackey, Kate Lorig, et al.. (2019). Comparative Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain and Chronic Pain Self-Management within the Context of Voluntary Patient-Centered Prescription Opioid Tapering: The EMPOWER Study Protocol. Pain Medicine. 21(8). 1523–1531. 30 indexed citations

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Darnall, Beth D. & Luana Colloca. (2018). Optimizing Placebo and Minimizing Nocebo to Reduce Pain, Catastrophizing, and Opioid Use: A Review of the Science and an Evidence-Informed Clinical Toolkit. International review of neurobiology. 139. 129–157. 42 indexed citations

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Klinger, Regine, et al.. (2018). Clinical Use of Placebo Effects in Patients With Pain Disorders. International review of neurobiology. 139. 107–128. 45 indexed citations

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Colloca, Luana, Paul Enck, & David DeGrazia. (2016). Relieving pain using dose-extending placebos. Pain. 157. 2 indexed citations

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Ortiz, Robin, Sara Chandros Hull, & Luana Colloca. (2016). Patient attitudes about the clinical use of placebo: qualitative perspectives from a telephone survey. BMJ Open. 6(4). e011012–e011012. 23 indexed citations

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Jonas, Wayne B., Cindy Crawford, Luana Colloca, et al.. (2015). To what extent are surgery and invasive procedures effective beyond a placebo response? A systematic review with meta-analysis of randomised, sham controlled trials. BMJ Open. 5(12). e009655–e009655. 108 indexed citations

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Weimer, Katja, Luana Colloca, & Paul Enck. (2014). Age and Sex as Moderators of the Placebo Response - An Evaluation of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses across Medicine. Gerontology. 61(2). 97–108. 75 indexed citations

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Colloca, Luana. (2012). The influence of the nocebo effect in clinical trials. 61–61. 8 indexed citations

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