Mark I. Johnson

11.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
235 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Mark I. Johnson is a scholar working on Physiology, Pharmacology and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark I. Johnson has authored 235 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Physiology, 90 papers in Pharmacology and 42 papers in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. Recurrent topics in Mark I. Johnson's work include Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (86 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (86 papers) and Pain Management and Treatment (35 papers). Mark I. Johnson is often cited by papers focused on Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (86 papers), Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (86 papers) and Pain Management and Treatment (35 papers). Mark I. Johnson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Brazil. Mark I. Johnson's co-authors include Jan Magnus Bjordal, Osama A. Tashani, Carole A Paley, Ghazala Tabasam, Roberta Chow, Gareth Jones, John W. Thompson, C. H. Ashton, Vegard V. Iversen and Chih‐Chung Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Mark I. Johnson

226 papers receiving 7.3k 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.

Low-Level Laser Therapy in Acute Pain: A Systematic Review of Possible Mechanisms of Action and Clinical Effects in Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trials

2006 420 citations Jan Magnus Bjordal, Mark I. Johnson et al. Photomedicine and Laser Surgery profile →
Efficacy and safety of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for acute and chronic pain in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 381 studies (the meta-TENS study)

2022 110 citations Mark I. Johnson, Carole A Paley et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark I. Johnson United Kingdom	44	2.5k	2.3k	1.5k	1.3k	1.3k	235	7.7k
Thomas Lundeberg Sweden	62	1.9k 0.8×	3.3k 1.5×	1.3k 0.9×	643 0.5×	474 0.4×	295	12.4k
R.A.B. Oostendorp Netherlands	48	4.4k 1.7×	1.2k 0.5×	2.2k 1.5×	360 0.3×	741 0.6×	179	8.6k
Björn Gerdle Sweden	57	5.3k 2.1×	2.3k 1.0×	1.0k 0.7×	251 0.2×	452 0.3×	355	11.4k
Mira Meeus Belgium	62	6.3k 2.5×	2.7k 1.2×	1.7k 1.1×	276 0.2×	667 0.5×	317	11.7k
Deirdre Walsh United Kingdom	38	1.1k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	677 0.5×	436 0.3×	492 0.4×	108	4.3k
Peter Svensson Denmark	63	3.6k 1.4×	9.7k 4.2×	988 0.7×	945 0.7×	694 0.5×	577	19.0k
Steven P. Cohen United States	64	7.6k 3.0×	3.4k 1.5×	5.4k 3.7×	384 0.3×	3.2k 2.4×	326	15.1k
Barbara Cagnie Belgium	47	4.1k 1.6×	1.0k 0.4×	2.4k 1.6×	589 0.4×	203 0.2×	195	7.4k
Patricia McGrath Canada	35	1.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	226 0.2×	721 0.5×	77	7.9k
David Yarnitsky Israel	59	4.7k 1.9×	8.2k 3.6×	1.3k 0.9×	542 0.4×	1.4k 1.1×	185	14.1k

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Paley, Carole A & Mark I. Johnson. (2025). Human Resilience and Pain Coping Strategies: A Review of the Literature Giving Insights from Elite Ultra-Endurance Athletes for Sports Science, Medicine and Society. Sports Medicine. 55(9). 2137–2146.

Johnson, Mark I.. (2025). An integral vision of pain and its persistence: a whole-person, whole-system, salutogenic perspective. Frontiers in Pain Research. 6. 1641571–1641571.

Paley, Carole A & Mark I. Johnson. (2023). Perspective on salutogenic approaches to persistent pain with a focus on mindfulness interventions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 1188758–1188758. 3 indexed citations

Hudson, Matthew & Mark I. Johnson. (2023). Hidden family rules: perspective on a dysfunctional paternalistic system and the persistence of pain. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 1303853–1303853. 1 indexed citations

Johnson, Mark I., et al.. (2023). Understanding pain in modern society: insights from attitudes to pain in the Medieval Period. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 1162569–1162569. 5 indexed citations

Alfredo, Patrícia Pereira, Raquel Aparecida Casarotto, Amélia Pasqual Marques, et al.. (2023). Efficacy of prolonged application of low-level laser therapy combined with exercise in knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled double-blind study. 1 indexed citations

Islam, Barira, John Stephenson, David Buckley, et al.. (2021). The Identification of Blood Biomarkers of Chronic Neuropathic Pain by Comparative Transcriptomics. NeuroMolecular Medicine. 24(3). 320–338. 16 indexed citations

Rose, Alison, et al.. (2021). Could kinesiology taping of the inspiratory muscles help manage chronic breathlessness? An opinion paper. Progress in Palliative Care. 30(1). 16–20.

Briggs, Michelle, et al.. (2020). The immediate effects of kinesiology taping on cutaneous blood flow in healthy humans under resting conditions: A randomised controlled repeated-measures laboratory study. PLoS ONE. 15(2). e0229386–e0229386. 12 indexed citations

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Johnson, Mark I., et al.. (2019). The effect of inter-electrode distance on radial muscle displacement and contraction time of the biceps femoris, gastrocnemius medialis and biceps brachii, using tensiomyography in healthy participants. Physiological Measurement. 40(7). 75007–75007. 16 indexed citations

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Rose, Alison, et al.. (2019). The use of kinesiology taping for the management of symptoms and complications in the cancer care continuum by healthcare professionals: Findings from questionnaire survey and stakeholder event. Progress in Palliative Care. 27(6). 301–309. 3 indexed citations

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Briggs, Michelle, et al.. (2019). The effects of kinesiology taping on experimentally-induced thermal and mechanical pain in otherwise pain-free healthy humans: A randomised controlled repeated-measures laboratory study. PLoS ONE. 14(12). e0226109–e0226109. 8 indexed citations

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Johnson, Mark I., et al.. (2017). Age‐related changes in pain sensitivity in healthy humans: A systematic review with meta‐analysis. European Journal of Pain. 21(6). 955–964. 143 indexed citations

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Wittkopf, Priscilla Geraldine, Donna M. Lloyd, & Mark I. Johnson. (2017). The effect of visual feedback of body parts on pain perception: A systematic review of clinical and experimental studies. European Journal of Pain. 22(4). 647–662. 13 indexed citations

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Johnson, Mark I., et al.. (2015). An investigation into enlarging and reducing the size of mirror reflections of the hand on experimentally-induced cold-pressor pain in healthy human participants. Scandinavian Journal of Pain. 10(1). 19–25. 5 indexed citations

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Alabas, Oras, Osama A. Tashani, Ghazala Tabasam, & Mark I. Johnson. (2012). Gender role affects experimental pain responses: A systematic review with meta‐analysis. European Journal of Pain. 16(9). 1211–1223. 156 indexed citations

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Joensen, Jón, et al.. (2011). The Thermal Effects of Therapeutic Lasers with 810 and 904 nm Wavelengths on Human Skin. Photomedicine and Laser Surgery. 29(3). 145–153. 52 indexed citations

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Bjordal, Jan Magnus, Mark I. Johnson, Vegard V. Iversen, Flávio Aimbire, & Rodrigo Álvaro Brandão Lopes-Martins. (2006). Low-Level Laser Therapy in Acute Pain: A Systematic Review of Possible Mechanisms of Action and Clinical Effects in Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trials. Photomedicine and Laser Surgery. 24(2). 158–168. 420 indexed citations breakdown →

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Stasinopoulos, Dimitrios, Ioannis Stasinopoulos, & Mark I. Johnson. (2005). Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome with Polarized Polychromatic Noncoherent Light (Bioptron Light): A Preliminary, Prospective, Open Clinical Trial. Photomedicine and Laser Surgery. 23(2). 225–228. 20 indexed citations

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Stasinopoulos, Dimitrios & Mark I. Johnson. (2005). Effectiveness of Low-Level Laser Therapy for Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy. Photomedicine and Laser Surgery. 23(4). 425–430. 27 indexed citations

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