Rachel Couban

9.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
110 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Rachel Couban is a scholar working on Surgery, Pharmacology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachel Couban has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Surgery, 26 papers in Pharmacology and 20 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Rachel Couban's work include Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (17 papers), Pain Management and Opioid Use (14 papers) and Anesthesia and Pain Management (12 papers). Rachel Couban is often cited by papers focused on Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (17 papers), Pain Management and Opioid Use (14 papers) and Anesthesia and Pain Management (12 papers). Rachel Couban collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Rachel Couban's co-authors include Jason W. Busse, Gordon Guyatt, Li Wang, Samantha Craigie, Thomas Agoritsas, D. Norman Buckley, Yaping Chang, Per Olav Vandvik, Dwayne Van Eerd and Alka Kaushal and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Rachel Couban

96 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Guideline for opioid therapy and chronic noncancer pain

2017 473 citations Jason W. Busse, Samantha Craigie et al. Canadian Medical Association Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rachel Couban Canada	23	628	560	552	535	268	110	2.5k
Sara Grusing United States	24	1.1k 1.7×	703 1.3×	565 1.0×	201 0.4×	619 2.3×	53	3.0k
Britta Tendal Denmark	24	484 0.8×	321 0.6×	451 0.8×	141 0.3×	426 1.6×	36	3.1k
Sushma Bhatnagar India	26	176 0.3×	761 1.4×	572 1.0×	681 1.3×	83 0.3×	269	2.5k
Ton Kuijpers Netherlands	21	1.3k 2.1×	324 0.6×	875 1.6×	144 0.3×	354 1.3×	40	3.1k
George J. Wan United States	25	231 0.4×	325 0.6×	471 0.9×	236 0.4×	258 1.0×	91	2.4k
Jacques Lee Canada	31	236 0.4×	272 0.5×	984 1.8×	456 0.9×	340 1.3×	112	3.9k
Scott A. Strassels United States	28	565 0.9×	523 0.9×	1.2k 2.1×	686 1.3×	202 0.8×	83	2.7k
Gabriele Finco Italy	27	182 0.3×	142 0.3×	595 1.1×	496 0.9×	190 0.7×	122	2.4k
Alan Brnabic United States	27	1.0k 1.6×	260 0.5×	397 0.7×	330 0.6×	144 0.5×	93	3.1k
Cláudia Camila Dias Portugal	28	225 0.4×	231 0.4×	466 0.8×	168 0.3×	706 2.6×	181	2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rachel Couban

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Lan, Lei, Li Wang, Behnam Sadeghirad, et al.. (2025). Acupuncture for the Management of Chronic Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Current Pain and Headache Reports. 29(1). 74–74.

Li, Zhaoxia, et al.. (2025). Intercostobrachial nerve preservation during breast cancer surgery to prevent chronic postsurgical pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 51(9). 110214–110214.

Busse, Jason W., Behnam Sadeghirad, Mitchell Levine, et al.. (2025). Cost-Effectiveness of Medical Cannabis Versus Opioids for Chronic Noncancer Pain. Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research. 10(3). 467–479. 1 indexed citations

Zeraatkar, Dena, King‐Hwa Ling, Tyler Pitre, et al.. (2025). Interventions for the management of post-COVID-19 condition (long COVID): protocol for a living systematic review and network meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 15(2). e086407–e086407.

Miroshnychenko, Anna, Sara Ibrahim, Yetiani Roldán, et al.. (2025). Gender affirming hormone therapy for individuals with gender dysphoria aged <26 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 110(6). 437–445. 5 indexed citations

Darzi, Andrea, Ian Gilron, Maura Marcucci, et al.. (2024). Comparative benefits and harms of perioperative interventions to prevent chronic pain after orthopedic surgery: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized trials. Systematic Reviews. 13(1). 114–114. 1 indexed citations

Ghadimi, Maryam, Reed Siemieniuk, Mark Loeb, et al.. (2024). Empiric antibiotic regimens in adults with non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 30(11). 1351–1363. 2 indexed citations

Busse, Jason W., Behnam Sadeghirad, Mitchell Levine, et al.. (2024). Cannabis for medical use versus opioids for chronic non-cancer pain: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials. BMJ Open. 14(1). e068182–e068182. 9 indexed citations

Agarwal, Arnav, Lucas Gallo, Yvgeniy Oparin, et al.. (2024). Physicians’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding fibromyalgia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies. Medicine. 103(31). e39109–e39109. 2 indexed citations

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Richard, Patrick O., Philippe D. Violette, Rachel Couban, et al.. (2024). MP51-16 FIVE-YEAR MORTALITY AND ONCOLOGIC OUTCOMES IN SMALL RENAL MASSES PATIENTS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS. The Journal of Urology. 211(5S).

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Stuber, Kent, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Mark Oremus, et al.. (2023). Quality of Reporting Using Good Reporting of A Mixed Methods Study Criteria in Chiropractic Mixed Methods Research: A Methodological Review. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. 46(3). 152–161. 3 indexed citations

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Noori, Atefeh, Anna Miroshnychenko, Yaadwinder Shergill, et al.. (2021). Opioid-sparing effects of medical cannabis or cannabinoids for chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised and observational studies. BMJ Open. 11(7). e047717–e047717. 63 indexed citations

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Wang, Li, et al.. (2021). Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors as adjuncts for postoperative pain management: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 128(1). 118–134. 16 indexed citations

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Kum, Elena, Gordon Guyatt, Tahira Devji, et al.. (2021). Cough symptom severity in patients with refractory or unexplained chronic cough: a systematic survey and conceptual framework. European Respiratory Review. 30(161). 210104–210104. 22 indexed citations

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Devasenapathy, Niveditha, Zhikang Ye, Mark Loeb, et al.. (2020). Efficacité et innocuité du plasma de convalescent en cas de forme grave de COVID-19, extrapolée de données relatives à d’autres formes graves d’infections respiratoires virales : revue systématique et méta-analyse. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 192(47). E1559–E1570. 2 indexed citations

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Busse, Jason W., Samantha Craigie, Behnam Sadeghirad, et al.. (2019). Management of acute musculoskeletal pain (excluding low back pain): protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised trials. BMJ Open. 9(4). e024441–e024441. 3 indexed citations

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Noori, Atefeh, Jason W. Busse, Behnam Sadeghirad, et al.. (2019). Individual opioids, and long- versus short-acting opioids, for chronic noncancer pain. Medicine. 98(43). e17647–e17647. 5 indexed citations

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Sriganesh, Kamath, Suparna Bharadwaj, Mei Wang, et al.. (2016). Reporting quality of abstracts of trials published in top five pain journals: a protocol for a systematic survey. BMJ Open. 6(11). e012319–e012319. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Li, Gordon Guyatt, Sean A. Kennedy, et al.. (2016). Predictors of persistent pain after breast cancer surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 188(14). E352–E361. 227 indexed citations

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Ebrahim, Shanil, Luis Montoya, Sandy Hsu, et al.. (2012). Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression in Patients Receiving Disability Benefits: A Systematic Review and Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e50202–e50202. 9 indexed citations

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