Michael Von Korff

61.1k total citations · 20 hit papers
342 papers, 44.1k citations indexed

About

Michael Von Korff is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Von Korff has authored 342 papers receiving a total of 44.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Pharmacology, 87 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 83 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Michael Von Korff's work include Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (97 papers), Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (58 papers) and Mental Health Treatment and Access (50 papers). Michael Von Korff is often cited by papers focused on Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (97 papers), Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (58 papers) and Mental Health Treatment and Access (50 papers). Michael Von Korff collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Germany. Michael Von Korff's co-authors include Elizabeth Lin, Wayne Katon, Samuel F. Dworkin, Evette Ludman, Kathleen Saunders, Paul Ciechanowski, Johan Ormel, Carolyn M. Rutter, Francis J. Keefe and Terry Bush and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Michael Von Korff

337 papers receiving 42.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Grading the severity of chronic pain

1992 2.4k citations Michael Von Korff, Johan Ormel et al. Pain profile →
Prevalence of Chronic Pain and High-Impact Chronic Pain Among Adults — United States, 2016

2018 1.7k citations Sean Mackey, Lynn DeBar et al. profile →
Interpreting Change Scores for Pain and Functional Status in Low Back Pain

2008 1.5k citations Raymond Ostelo, Rick Deyo et al. Spine profile →
Developing the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0

2010 1.3k citations Michael Von Korff et al. profile →
Collaborative Care for Patients with Depression and Chronic Illnesses

2010 1.2k citations Wayne Katon, Elizabeth Lin et al. profile →
Association Between Obesity and Psychiatric Disorders in the US Adult Population

2006 1.0k citations Gregory E. Simon, Michael Von Korff et al. Archives of General Psychiatry profile →
Common Chronic Pain Conditions in Developed and Developing Countries: Gender and Age Differences and Comorbidity With Depression-Anxiety Disorders

2008 869 citations Michael Von Korff, Jordi Alonso et al. Journal of Pain profile →
Relationship of Depression and Diabetes Self-Care, Medication Adherence, and Preventive Care

2004 808 citations Elizabeth Lin, Wayne Katon et al. Diabetes Care profile →
An epidemiologic comparison of pain complaints

1988 756 citations Michael Von Korff, Samuel F. Dworkin et al. Pain profile →
Epidemiology of Signs and Symptoms in Temporomandibular Disorders: Clinical Signs in Cases and Controls

1990 715 citations Samuel F. Dworkin, Michael Von Korff et al. profile →
Stepped Collaborative Care for Primary Care Patients With Persistent Symptoms of Depression

1999 552 citations Wayne Katon, Michael Von Korff et al. Archives of General Psychiatry profile →
The Pathways Study

2004 546 citations Wayne Katon, Michael Von Korff et al. Archives of General Psychiatry profile →
Diabetes complications severity index and risk of mortality, hospitalization, and healthcare utilization.

2008 540 citations Bessie A. Young, Elizabeth Lin et al. PubMed profile →
Assessing Global Pain Severity by Self-Report in Clinical and Health Services Research

2000 524 citations Michael Von Korff et al. Spine profile →
De Facto Long-term Opioid Therapy for Noncancer Pain

2008 523 citations Michael Von Korff, Kathleen Saunders et al. profile →
The Association of Comorbid Depression With Mortality in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

2005 503 citations Wayne Katon, Carolyn M. Rutter et al. Diabetes Care profile →
Trends in long‐term opioid therapy for chronic non‐cancer pain

2009 441 citations Michael Von Korff, Carolyn M. Rutter et al. profile →
Report of the NIH Task Force on Research Standards for Chronic Low Back Pain

2014 380 citations Richard A. Deyo, Samuel F. Dworkin et al. Journal of Pain profile →
Opioids for low back pain

2015 376 citations Richard A. Deyo, Michael Von Korff et al. profile →
Prevalence and Profile of High-Impact Chronic Pain in the United States

2018 310 citations Michael Von Korff et al. Journal of Pain profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Comparing the clinical and cost-effectiveness of remote (telehealth and online) cognitive behavioral therapy-based treatments for high-impact chronic pain relative to usual care: study protocol for the RESOLVE multisite randomized control trial 2023 ·Trials ·Meghan Mayhew, Benjamin H. Balderson, Andrea J. Cook, John F. Dickerson, Charles Elder, Alison Firemark, Irina V. Haller, (unknown), Francis J. Keefe, Carmit K. McMullen, Maureen O’Keeffe‐Rosetti, Ashli Owen‐Smith, Christine Rini, Jennifer L. Schneider, Michael Von Korff, Laura D. Wandner, Lynn DeBar	7
2	Graded chronic pain scale revised: validation in a Veteran sample 2023 ·Pain Medicine ·Chloe J. Taub, Kirsha S. Gordon, Joseph L. Goulet, Allison Lee, Meghan Mayhew, Michael Von Korff, Lynn DeBar, Robert D. Kerns	4
3	Opioid deprescribing in patients with chronic noncancer pain: a systematic review of international guidelines 2022 ·Pain ·Melanie Hamilton, Wing S Kwok, (unknown), Stephanie Mathieson, Danijela Gnjidic, Richard A. Deyo, Jane C. Ballantyne, Michael Von Korff, Fiona Blyth, Chung‐Wei Christine Lin	13
4	The South African Sodium Regulation (R214): Does it make provision for processed foods frequently consumed by young children? 2020 ·South African Journal of Child Health ·Michael Von Korff, (unknown), Tertia van Zyl, (unknown)	1
5	Surveillance of Opioid Prescribing as a Public Health Intervention: Washington State Bree Collaborative Opioid Metrics 2019 ·Journal of Public Health Management and Practice ·Deborah Fulton‐Kehoe, Michael Von Korff, Jaymie Mai, (unknown), Kathryn H. Lofy, Jennifer Sabel, David Tauben, Gary M. Franklin	11
6	Development and Assessment of a Crosswalk Between ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM to Identify Patients with Common Pain Conditions 2019 ·Journal of Pain ·Meghan Mayhew, Lynn DeBar, Richard A. Deyo, Robert D. Kerns, Joseph L. Goulet, Cynthia Brandt, Michael Von Korff	78
7	Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and the Risk of Respiratory Problems in World Trade Center Responders 2015 ·Psychosomatic Medicine ·Roman Kotov, Evelyn J. Bromet, Clyde B. Schechter, (unknown), Adriana Feder, George Friedman‐Jiménez, Adam Gonzalez, (unknown), Julia Kaplan, Jacqueline Moline, Robert H. Pietrzak, Dori B. Reissman, Camilo J. Ruggero, Steven M. Southwick, Iris Udasin, Michael Von Korff, Benjamin J. Luft	41
8	Report of the NIH Task Force on Research Standards for Chronic Low Back Pain 2014 ·Pain Medicine ·Richard A. Deyo, Samuel F. Dworkin, Dagmar Amtmann, Gunnar Andersson, David Borenstein, Eugene J. Carragee, John A. Carrino, Roger Chou, Karon F. Cook, Anthony Delitto, Christine Goertz, Partap S. Khalsa, John D. Loeser, Sean Mackey, James Panagis, James Rainville, Tor D. Tosteson, Dennis C. Turk, Michael Von Korff, Debra K. Weiner	97
9	Opioid Prescriptions for Chronic Pain and Overdose 2010 ·Annals of Internal Medicine ·Kate M. Dunn, Kathleen Saunders, Carolyn M. Rutter, Caleb J. Banta‐Green, Joseph O. Merrill, Mark D. Sullivan, Constance Weisner, Michael J. Silverberg, Cynthia I. Campbell, Bruce M. Psaty, Michael Von Korff	55
10	Overdose and prescribed opioids: Associations among chronic non-cancer pain patients 2010 ·Annals of Internal Medicine ·Kate M. Dunn, Kathleen Saunders, Carolyn M. Rutter, Caleb J. Banta‐Green, Joseph O. Merrill, Mark D. Sullivan, Constance Weisner, Michael J. Silverberg, Cynthia I. Campbell, Bruce M. Psaty, Michael Von Korff	32
11	Case Management for Depression by Health Care Assistants in Small Primary Care Practices 2009 ·Annals of Internal Medicine ·Jochen Gensichen, Michael Von Korff, (unknown), Christiane Muth, Martin Beyer, (unknown), Juliana J. Petersen, Thomas Rosemann, Ferdinand M. Gerlach	16
12	Childhood psychosocial stressors and adult onset arthritis: Broad spectrum risk factors and allostatic load 2009 ·Pain ·Michael Von Korff, Jordi Alonso, Johan Ormel, (unknown), Ronny Bruffaerts, Clara Fleiz, Giovanni de Girolamo, Ronald C. Kessler, Viviane Kovess–Masféty, José Posada‐Villa, Kate M. Scott, Hidenori Uda	67
13	Diabetes complications severity index and risk of mortality, hospitalization, and healthcare utilization. breakdown → 2008 ·PubMed ·Bessie A. Young, Elizabeth Lin, Michael Von Korff, Greg Simon, Paul Ciechanowski, Evette Ludman, Siobhan Everson‐Stewart, Leslie S. Kinder, Malia Oliver, Edward J. Boyko, Wayne Katon	540
14	Childhood Adversity, Early-Onset Depressive/Anxiety Disorders, and Adult-Onset Asthma 2008 ·Psychosomatic Medicine ·Kate M. Scott, Michael Von Korff, Jordi Alonso, Matthias C. Angermeyer, Corina Benjet, Ronny Bruffaerts, Giovanni de Girolamo, Josep María Haro, Ronald C. Kessler, Viviane Kovess–Masféty, Yutaka Ono, Johan Ormel, José Posada‐Villa	78
15	Interpreting Change Scores for Pain and Functional Status in Low Back Pain breakdown → 2008 ·Spine ·Raymond Ostelo, Rick Deyo, Paul W. Stratford, Gordon Waddell, Peter Croft, Michael Von Korff, L.M. Bouter, Henrica C. W. de Vet	1541
16	Association Between Obesity and Psychiatric Disorders in the US Adult Population breakdown → 2006 ·Archives of General Psychiatry ·Gregory E. Simon, Michael Von Korff, Kathleen Saunders, Diana L. Miglioretti, Paul K. Crane, Gerald van Belle, Ronald C. Kessler	1037
17	The Association of Comorbid Depression With Mortality in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes breakdown → 2005 ·Diabetes Care ·Wayne Katon, Carolyn M. Rutter, Greg Simon, Elizabeth Lin, Evette Ludman, Paul Ciechanowski, Leslie S. Kinder, Bessie A. Young, Michael Von Korff	503
18	Work Disability Among Individuals With Diabetes 2005 ·Diabetes Care ·Michael Von Korff, Wayne Katon, Elizabeth Lin, Gwendal Simon, Paul Ciechanowski, Evette Ludman, Malia Oliver, Carolyn M. Rutter, Bessie A. Young	129
19	Who Benefits from More Structured Depression Treatment? 2004 ·The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine ·Terry Bush, Carolyn M. Rutter, Greg Simon, Michael Von Korff, Wayne Katon, Edward A. Walker, Elizabeth Lin, Evette Ludman	14
20	Chronic headache medication use 1994 ·Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics ·Paul Stang, Michael Von Korff, (unknown)	3

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