Robert E. Sorge

9.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
76 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Robert E. Sorge is a scholar working on Physiology, Pharmacology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert E. Sorge has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Physiology, 20 papers in Pharmacology and 20 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Robert E. Sorge's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (27 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (15 papers) and Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (14 papers). Robert E. Sorge is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (27 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (15 papers) and Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (14 papers). Robert E. Sorge collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Robert E. Sorge's co-authors include Stacie K. Totsch, Jane Stewart, Jeffrey S. Mogil, Susana G. Sotocinal, Demetra Rodaros, Mona Lisa Chanda, Michael L. LaCroix‐Fralish, Alexander H. Tuttle, Larissa J. Strath and Jeffrey S. Wieskopf and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Robert E. Sorge

72 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

Coding of facial expressions of pain in the laboratory mouse

2010 1.0k citations Dale J. Langford, Andrea Bailey et al. Nature Methods profile →
The Rat Grimace Scale: A Partially Automated Method for Quantifying Pain in the Laboratory Rat via Facial Expressions

2011 596 citations Robert E. Sorge, Jeffrey S. Wieskopf et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Robert E. Sorge	1.6k	1.4k	886	794	674	76	4.7k
Susana G. Sotocinal	1.1k 0.7×	587 0.4×	843 1.0×	352 0.4×	236 0.4×	26	3.1k
David C. Yeomans	2.7k 1.6×	1.5k 1.1×	273 0.3×	897 1.1×	641 1.0×	123	4.7k
Michael L. LaCroix‐Fralish	1.6k 1.0×	801 0.6×	533 0.6×	469 0.6×	360 0.5×	25	2.8k
F. Josef van der Staay	497 0.3×	1.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.4×	1.4k 1.8×	761 1.1×	141	5.2k
Alberto E. Panerai	2.3k 1.4×	2.7k 2.0×	352 0.4×	1.4k 1.8×	764 1.1×	228	7.7k
Mona Lisa Chanda	944 0.6×	441 0.3×	558 0.6×	234 0.3×	278 0.4×	14	3.2k
Jason J. McDougall	1.9k 1.1×	1.0k 0.7×	378 0.4×	915 1.2×	1.6k 2.4×	127	5.3k
Laura S. Stone	2.5k 1.5×	1.6k 1.2×	180 0.2×	1.3k 1.6×	1.6k 2.3×	121	5.5k
Rebecca M. Craft	2.3k 1.4×	2.5k 1.8×	158 0.2×	665 0.8×	2.2k 3.2×	97	5.7k
Dipak K. Sarkar	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	229 0.3×	1.9k 2.4×	172 0.3×	210	7.4k

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Ho, Mu‐Hsing, Michael A. Owens, Shameka L. Cody, et al.. (2025). High-risk alcohol consumption is associated with mitochondrial damage-associated molecular patterns in people living with HIV. Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports. 16. 100359–100359.

Quinn, Tammie, et al.. (2024). Role of Neighborhood Disadvantage and Adverse Childhood Experiences on Conditioned Pain Modulation in a Chronic Low Back Sample. Journal of Pain. 25(4). 63–63. 1 indexed citations

Meints, Samantha M., Michael A. Owens, Tammie Quinn, et al.. (2024). The effects of neighborhood disadvantage and adverse childhood experiences on conditioned pain modulation in adults with chronic low back pain. Journal of Pain. 26. 104706–104706. 1 indexed citations

Strath, Larissa J., Gladys McPherson, Barbara A. Gower, et al.. (2024). The effect of a low-carbohydrate diet on evoked pain and quality of life in Non-Hispanic black women with knee osteoarthritis: a pilot study. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 25(1). 1043–1043. 1 indexed citations

Goodin, Burel R., Samantha M. Meints, Michael A. Owens, et al.. (2024). Adverse Childhood Experiences and Chronic Low Back Pain in Adulthood: The Role of Emotion Regulation. Journal of Pain. 25(9). 104551–104551. 5 indexed citations

Totsch, Stacie K. & Robert E. Sorge. (2023). A novel investigation of placebo analgesia through social communication in mice. Behavioural Brain Research. 459. 114773–114773. 2 indexed citations

Sorge, Robert E., Ying Si, Lyse A. Norian, et al.. (2022). Inhibition of the RNA Regulator HuR by SRI-42127 Attenuates Neuropathic Pain After Nerve Injury Through Suppression of Neuroinflammatory Responses. Neurotherapeutics. 19(5). 1649–1661. 12 indexed citations

Strath, Larissa J. & Robert E. Sorge. (2022). Racial Differences in Pain, Nutrition, and Oxidative Stress. Pain and Therapy. 11(1). 37–56. 11 indexed citations

Moody, Myles D., et al.. (2022). The neurobiology of social stress resulting from Racism: Implications for pain disparities among racialized minorities. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12. 100101–100101. 25 indexed citations

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Sorge, Robert E., et al.. (2022). An improved model of type 2 diabetes with effects on glucose tolerance, neuropathy and retinopathy with and without obesity. Physiology & Behavior. 248. 113740–113740. 2 indexed citations

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Gibson, Justin T., William J. Turbitt, Michael Behring, et al.. (2020). Obesity-Associated Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells Promote Apoptosis of Tumor-Infiltrating CD8 T Cells and Immunotherapy Resistance in Breast Cancer. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 590794–590794. 55 indexed citations

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Totsch, Stacie K., Tammie Quinn, Larissa J. Strath, et al.. (2017). The impact of the Standard American Diet in rats: Effects on behavior, physiology and recovery from inflammatory injury. Scandinavian Journal of Pain. 17(1). 316–324. 38 indexed citations

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Taylor, J. Christopher, et al.. (2017). A novel zebrafish-based model of nociception. Physiology & Behavior. 174. 83–88. 66 indexed citations

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Tillu, Dipti V., Tammie Quinn, Galo L. Mejia, et al.. (2015). Spinal Dopaminergic Projections Control the Transition to Pathological Pain Plasticity via a D₁/D₅-Mediated Mechanism. Journal of Neuroscience. 35(16). 6307–6317. 68 indexed citations

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Quinn, Tammie, et al.. (2015). Efficacy of Common Analgesics for Postsurgical Pain in Rats.. PubMed. 54(4). 420–5. 25 indexed citations

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Totsch, Stacie K., et al.. (2015). Dietary Influence on Pain via the Immune System. Progress in molecular biology and translational science. 131. 435–469. 35 indexed citations

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Sorge, Robert E., et al.. (2012). Using the Mouse Grimace Scale to reevaluate the efficacy of postoperative analgesics in laboratory mice.. PubMed. 51(1). 42–9. 188 indexed citations

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Langford, Dale J., Andrea Bailey, Mona Lisa Chanda, et al.. (2010). Coding of facial expressions of pain in the laboratory mouse. Nature Methods. 7(6). 447–449. 1008 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sorge, Robert E. & Paul B. S. Clarke. (2009). Rats Self-Administer Intravenous Nicotine Delivered in a Novel Smoking-Relevant Procedure: Effects of Dopamine Antagonists. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 330(2). 633–640. 54 indexed citations

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Leri, Francesco, Annie Tremblay, Robert E. Sorge, & Jane Stewart. (2004). Methadone Maintenance Reduces Heroin- and Cocaine-Induced Relapse without Affecting Stress-Induced Relapse in a Rodent Model of Poly-Drug Use. Neuropsychopharmacology. 29(7). 1312–1320. 71 indexed citations

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