Melinda Fitzgerald

20.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
250 papers, 15.2k citations indexed

About

Melinda Fitzgerald is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Melinda Fitzgerald has authored 250 papers receiving a total of 15.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 73 papers in Physiology and 59 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Melinda Fitzgerald's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (66 papers), Pediatric Pain Management Techniques (50 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (50 papers). Melinda Fitzgerald is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (66 papers), Pediatric Pain Management Techniques (50 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (50 papers). Melinda Fitzgerald collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Melinda Fitzgerald's co-authors include Ian P. Hayward, Anita C. Thomas, Gordon Campbell, Julie H. Campbell, Clifford J. Woolf, Katharine Andrews, Patrick D. Wall, Carole A. Bartlett, Sarah A. Dunlop and M. L. Reynolds and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Melinda Fitzgerald

248 papers receiving 14.8k 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.

Immunol. Cell Biol.

1995 2.2k citations Melinda Fitzgerald et al. profile →
The development of nociceptive circuits

2005 544 citations Melinda Fitzgerald profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melinda Fitzgerald United Kingdom	67	4.8k	4.0k	3.9k	3.0k	1.4k	250	15.2k
Paul H. Patterson United States	81	1.9k 0.4×	6.4k 1.6×	1.6k 0.4×	8.3k 2.7×	2.4k 1.7×	285	24.7k
Catherine Rivier United States	90	5.5k 1.1×	7.7k 1.9×	2.2k 0.6×	6.4k 2.1×	638 0.4×	348	36.7k
Antônio Lúcio Teixeira Brazil	72	3.2k 0.7×	3.0k 0.8×	983 0.2×	3.4k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	903	23.5k
Paul A. Rosenberg United States	66	1.8k 0.4×	5.7k 1.4×	2.9k 0.7×	5.8k 1.9×	2.1k 1.5×	184	17.1k
Pierre Gressèns France	75	1.4k 0.3×	3.3k 0.8×	8.4k 2.1×	5.1k 1.7×	3.4k 2.4×	464	21.1k
Cobi J. Heijnen Netherlands	80	3.2k 0.7×	2.6k 0.7×	3.1k 0.8×	4.6k 1.5×	1.3k 0.9×	438	21.1k
Luigi Aloe Italy	71	3.1k 0.6×	8.5k 2.1×	835 0.2×	3.8k 1.3×	3.3k 2.4×	432	18.8k
Abba J. Kastin United States	83	6.9k 1.4×	12.0k 3.0×	1.0k 0.3×	9.1k 3.0×	1.2k 0.9×	663	31.4k
Michael D. Gershon United States	91	4.5k 0.9×	5.7k 1.4×	495 0.1×	7.1k 2.4×	809 0.6×	365	26.0k
Éva Mezey United States	66	2.1k 0.4×	5.8k 1.5×	586 0.1×	6.4k 2.1×	1.3k 0.9×	205	18.7k

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Jones, Laura, Dafnis Batallé, Judith Meek, et al.. (2025). Differential maturation of the brain networks required for the sensory, emotional, and cognitive aspects of pain in human newborns. Pain. 166(10). e351–e362.

Antonic‐Baker, Ana, Matthew K. Bagg, Adelle M. Gadowski, et al.. (2024). The Australian Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative: Systematic Review and Consensus Process to Determine the Predictive Value of Pre-existing Health Conditions for People with Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma. 42(21-22). 2036–2050. 2 indexed citations

Peek, Kerry, Anne Smith, Andrew P. Lavender, et al.. (2024). The incidence and characteristics of heading in the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup™. Science and Medicine in Football. 9(2). 104–111. 4 indexed citations

Fitzgerald, Melinda, Sarah C. Hellewell, Jason Bell, et al.. (2023). Brain Connectivity, Acute Post-Concussion Symptoms, and Cognition in Adults With Concussion: A Quantitative Electroencephalography Study. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 10(2). 94–117. 1 indexed citations

Fitzgerald, Melinda, Jennie Ponsford, Elizabeth Kendall, et al.. (2023). The Australian Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative: Single Data Dictionary to Predict Outcome for People With Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma. 42(21-22). 2067–2084. 2 indexed citations

Bartlett, Carole A., et al.. (2023). Secondary Degeneration of Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cells Occurs as Early as 24 h after Optic Nerve Injury in Rats. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(4). 3463–3463. 1 indexed citations

McNamara, Robert M., James Anstey, Daniel M Fatovich, et al.. (2022). Development of Traumatic Brain Injury Associated Intracranial Hypertension Prediction Algorithms: A Narrative Review. Journal of Neurotrauma. 40(5-6). 416–434. 11 indexed citations

Maas, Andrew I.R., Melinda Fitzgerald, Guoyi Gao, et al.. (2022). Traumatic brain injury over the past 20 years: research and clinical progress. The Lancet Neurology. 21(9). 768–770. 24 indexed citations

Fitzgerald, Melinda, Jennie Ponsford, Natasha A. Lannin, et al.. (2022). AUS-TBI: The Australian Health Informatics Approach to Predict Outcomes and Monitor Intervention Efficacy after Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 217–223. 15 indexed citations

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Anyaegbu, Chidozie C., Sarah C. Hellewell, Nathan G. Lawler, et al.. (2022). Plasma Lipid Profiles Change with Increasing Numbers of Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries in Rats. Metabolites. 12(4). 322–322. 8 indexed citations

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Laudiano‐Dray, Maria Pureza, Rebecca Pillai Riddell, Laura Jones, et al.. (2020). Quantification of neonatal procedural pain severity: a platform for estimating total pain burden in individual infants. Pain. 161(6). 1270–1277. 29 indexed citations

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Bartlett, Carole A., et al.. (2020). Acute Cellular and Functional Changes With a Combinatorial Treatment of Ion Channel Inhibitors Following Spinal Cord Injury. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 13. 85–85. 7 indexed citations

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Gozt, Aleksandra, Melissa K. Licari, Glenn Arendts, et al.. (2020). Towards the Development of an Integrative, Evidence-Based Suite of Indicators for the Prediction of Outcome Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Results from a Pilot Study. Brain Sciences. 10(1). 23–23. 12 indexed citations

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Hoogen, Nynke J. van den, et al.. (2018). Repeated touch and needle-prick stimulation in the neonatal period increases the baseline mechanical sensitivity and postinjury hypersensitivity of adult spinal sensory neurons. Pain. 159(6). 1166–1175. 35 indexed citations

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Bartlett, Carole A., et al.. (2018). Retinal genes are differentially expressed in areas of primary versus secondary degeneration following partial optic nerve injury. PLoS ONE. 13(2). e0192348–e0192348. 12 indexed citations

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Stephens, Emma C., Carole A. Bartlett, Stylianos Serghiou, et al.. (2016). Comparative assessment of phototherapy protocols for reduction of oxidative stress in partially transected spinal cord slices undergoing secondary degeneration. BMC Neuroscience. 17(1). 21–21. 6 indexed citations

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Clemons, Tristan D., Cameron W. Evans, Bogdan Zdyrko, et al.. (2011). Multifunctional nanoadditives for the thermodynamic and kinetic stabilization of enzymes. Nanoscale. 3(10). 4085–4085. 5 indexed citations

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Walker, Suellen M., et al.. (2003). Neonatal inflammation and primary afferent terminal plasticity in the rat dorsal horn. Pain. 105(1). 185–195. 94 indexed citations

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Andrews, Katharine & Melinda Fitzgerald. (2002). Wound sensitivity as a measure of analgesic effects following surgery in human neonates and infants. Pain. 99(1). 185–195. 42 indexed citations

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Fitzgerald, Melinda. (1990). c-Fos and the changing face of pain. Trends in Neurosciences. 13(11). 439–440. 42 indexed citations

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