Paul Geha

5.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
40 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Paul Geha is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Geha has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 22 papers in Pharmacology and 21 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Paul Geha's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (21 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (20 papers) and Pain Management and Placebo Effect (14 papers). Paul Geha is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (21 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (20 papers) and Pain Management and Placebo Effect (14 papers). Paul Geha collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Paul Geha's co-authors include A. Vania Apkarian, Marwan N. Baliki, Dante R. Chialvo, R. Norman Harden, Todd B. Parrish, Chadi G. Abdallah, Howard L. Fields, Robert M. Levy, Dana M. Small and William R. Bauer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Paul Geha

35 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Beyond Feeling: Chronic Pain Hurts the Brain, Disrupting the Default-Mode Network Dynamics

2008 642 citations Marwan N. Baliki, Paul Geha et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Towards a theory of chronic pain

2008 592 citations A. Vania Apkarian, Marwan N. Baliki et al. Progress in Neurobiology profile →
Chronic Pain and the Emotional Brain: Specific Brain Activity Associated with Spontaneous Fluctuations of Intensity of Chronic Back Pain

2006 573 citations Marwan N. Baliki, Dante R. Chialvo et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul Geha United States	23	2.2k	1.9k	1.7k	700	596	40	4.3k
L. Q. Huang United States	22	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	628 0.9×	427 0.7×	37	3.3k
Markus Ploner Germany	40	3.0k 1.4×	4.2k 2.2×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.6×	685 1.1×	93	6.5k
Marta Čeko United States	22	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	918 0.6×	735 1.1×	386 0.6×	35	3.1k
Tobias Schmidt‐Wilcke Germany	42	1.7k 0.8×	2.1k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	2.1k 3.0×	359 0.6×	120	5.4k
B. Laurent France	23	3.5k 1.6×	2.1k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	1.0k 1.5×	484 0.8×	64	5.7k
Joshua A. Bueller United States	21	1.9k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	819 0.5×	749 1.1×	891 1.5×	27	4.8k
Kenneth L. Casey United States	33	3.0k 1.4×	2.8k 1.5×	1.1k 0.7×	917 1.3×	931 1.6×	82	5.3k
Ruth Ruscheweyh Germany	33	2.2k 1.0×	947 0.5×	875 0.5×	1.2k 1.7×	1.0k 1.7×	130	4.5k
Jon-Kar Zubieta United States	25	1.5k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	752 0.5×	835 1.2×	1.0k 1.8×	49	4.5k
Timothy J. Ness United States	49	4.0k 1.8×	1.2k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	679 1.0×	1.2k 2.0×	169	7.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Geha

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Becker, Susanne, et al.. (2025). Loss of effort in chronic low-back pain patients: Motivational anhedonia in chronic pain. PLoS ONE. 20(8). e0317980–e0317980.

Lee, Noah, Martin Löffler, Md Nasir Uddin, et al.. (2024). A multisite validation of brain white matter pathways of resilience to chronic back pain. eLife. 13.

Markman, John D., et al.. (2024). Multidevice spinal cord stimulation trials: shared decision making in the era of multiple neuromodulation paradigms. Pain Management. 14(8). 413–420. 2 indexed citations

Lee, Noah, Martin Löffler, Md Nasir Uddin, et al.. (2024). A multisite validation of brain white matter pathways of resilience to chronic back pain. eLife. 13.

Zhang, Zhengwu, Jennifer S. Gewandter, & Paul Geha. (2022). Brain Imaging Biomarkers for Chronic Pain. Frontiers in Neurology. 12. 734821–734821. 24 indexed citations

Lin, Yezhe, et al.. (2022). Chronic pain precedes disrupted eating behavior in low-back pain patients. PLoS ONE. 17(2). e0263527–e0263527. 15 indexed citations

Lin, Yezhe, et al.. (2021). Brain Structure and Function of Chronic Low Back Pain Patients on Long-Term Opioid Analgesic Treatment: A Preliminary Study. Molecular Pain. 17. 2227794714–2227794714. 10 indexed citations

Abdallah, Chadi G., Lynnette A. Averill, Katherine A. Collins, et al.. (2016). Ketamine Treatment and Global Brain Connectivity in Major Depression. Neuropsychopharmacology. 42(6). 1210–1219. 209 indexed citations

Geha, Paul, et al.. (2014). Decreased food pleasure and disrupted satiety signals in chronic low back pain. Pain. 155(4). 712–722. 34 indexed citations

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Matuskey, David, Zubin Bhagwagar, Beata Planeta, et al.. (2013). Reductions in Brain 5-HT1B Receptor Availability in Primarily Cocaine-Dependent Humans. Biological Psychiatry. 76(10). 816–822. 48 indexed citations

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Geha, Paul, Katja Aschenbrenner, Jennifer Felsted, Stephanie S. O’Malley, & Dana M. Small. (2012). Altered hypothalamic response to food in smokers. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 97(1). 15–22. 56 indexed citations

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Veldhuizen, Maria G., et al.. (2012). Midbrain response to milkshake correlates with ad libitum milkshake intake in the absence of hunger. Appetite. 60(1). 168–174. 44 indexed citations

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Baliki, Marwan N., Paul Geha, Howard L. Fields, & A. Vania Apkarian. (2010). Predicting Value of Pain and Analgesia: Nucleus Accumbens Response to Noxious Stimuli Changes in the Presence of Chronic Pain. Neuron. 66(1). 149–160. 441 indexed citations

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Baliki, Marwan N., Paul Geha, A. Vania Apkarian, & Dante R. Chialvo. (2008). Beyond Feeling: Chronic Pain Hurts the Brain, Disrupting the Default-Mode Network Dynamics. Journal of Neuroscience. 28(6). 1398–1403. 642 indexed citations breakdown →

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Geha, Paul, et al.. (2008). Brain dynamics for perception of tactile allodynia (touch-induced pain) in postherpetic neuralgia. Pain. 138(3). 641–656. 78 indexed citations

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Geha, Paul, Marwan N. Baliki, R. Norman Harden, et al.. (2008). The Brain in Chronic CRPS Pain: Abnormal Gray-White Matter Interactions in Emotional and Autonomic Regions. Neuron. 60(4). 570–581. 403 indexed citations

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Apkarian, A. Vania, Marwan N. Baliki, & Paul Geha. (2008). Towards a theory of chronic pain. Progress in Neurobiology. 87(2). 81–97. 592 indexed citations breakdown →

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Geha, Paul, et al.. (2006). Brain activity for spontaneous pain of postherpetic neuralgia and its modulation by lidocaine patch therapy. Pain. 128(1). 88–100. 146 indexed citations

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Baliki, Marwan N., Dante R. Chialvo, Paul Geha, et al.. (2006). Chronic Pain and the Emotional Brain: Specific Brain Activity Associated with Spontaneous Fluctuations of Intensity of Chronic Back Pain. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(47). 12165–12173. 573 indexed citations breakdown →

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Geha, Paul & A. Vania Apkarian. (2005). Brain imaging findings in neuropathic pain. Current Pain and Headache Reports. 9(3). 184–188. 12 indexed citations

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