Roland Staud

16.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
256 papers, 12.1k citations indexed

About

Roland Staud is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Roland Staud has authored 256 papers receiving a total of 12.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 158 papers in Pharmacology, 149 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 94 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Roland Staud's work include Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (155 papers), Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (142 papers) and Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (86 papers). Roland Staud is often cited by papers focused on Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (155 papers), Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (142 papers) and Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (86 papers). Roland Staud collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Italy. Roland Staud's co-authors include Donald D. Price, Michael E. Robinson, Charles J. Vierck, Roger B. Fillingim, André P. Mauderli, Toni L. Glover, Richard L. Cannon, Jason G. Craggs, Joseph L. Riley and Kimberly T. Sibille and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Roland Staud

246 papers receiving 11.8k citations

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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.

Abnormal sensitization and temporal summation of second pain (wind-up) in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome

2001 610 citations Roland Staud, Donald D. Price et al. Pain profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roland Staud United States	64	6.3k	5.3k	4.5k	2.9k	1.2k	256	12.1k
Eva Kosek Sweden	51	5.7k 0.9×	5.4k 1.0×	3.9k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	152	10.3k
Mira Meeus Belgium	62	6.3k 1.0×	4.4k 0.8×	2.7k 0.6×	1.9k 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	317	11.7k
William Maixner United States	75	4.7k 0.7×	3.7k 0.7×	9.6k 2.1×	2.7k 1.0×	955 0.8×	265	19.3k
David Yarnitsky Israel	59	4.7k 0.7×	3.4k 0.6×	8.2k 1.8×	3.4k 1.2×	580 0.5×	185	14.1k
Richard H. Gracely United States	75	7.3k 1.2×	6.6k 1.2×	7.9k 1.7×	5.4k 1.9×	1.2k 1.0×	185	18.9k
Thomas R. Tölle Germany	58	4.3k 0.7×	2.4k 0.5×	6.5k 1.4×	2.6k 0.9×	605 0.5×	171	12.0k
Mary‐Ann Fitzcharles Canada	52	7.1k 1.1×	8.7k 1.6×	1.7k 0.4×	1.6k 0.5×	1.4k 1.1×	159	12.9k
Frank Petzke Germany	49	4.9k 0.8×	3.7k 0.7×	2.0k 0.4×	2.0k 0.7×	929 0.7×	196	8.5k
Kathleen A. Sluka United States	80	7.2k 1.1×	3.5k 0.7×	10.3k 2.3×	2.4k 0.8×	1.9k 1.5×	305	21.2k
Sean Mackey United States	61	6.1k 1.0×	2.5k 0.5×	4.1k 0.9×	3.7k 1.3×	776 0.6×	297	15.3k

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Stroman, Patrick W., Roland Staud, & Caroline F. Pukall. (2025). Evidence of a persistent altered neural state in people with fibromyalgia syndrome during functional MRI studies and its relationship with pain and anxiety. PLoS ONE. 20(1). e0316672–e0316672. 1 indexed citations

Boissoneault, Jeff, et al.. (2025). The Two Sides of Placebo Analgesia: Differential Functional Connectivity Reveals Mechanisms of Placebo Analgesic Response. Journal of Pain Research. Volume 18. 189–201.

Bishop, Mark D., et al.. (2024). Delayed Recovery After Exercise-Induced Pain in People with Chronic Widespread Muscle Pain Related to Cortical Connectivity. Brain Sciences. 14(11). 1102–1102. 1 indexed citations

Staud, Roland, et al.. (2024). Using Structural Equation Modeling to Investigate the Neural Basis of Altered Pain Processing in Fibromyalgia with Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Medical Research Archives. 12(3). 4 indexed citations

Mickle, Angela M., Jared J. Tanner, Josue Cardoso, et al.. (2024). A Comprehensive Pain-Related Risk And Protective Index And Machine Learning Brain Age Gap. Journal of Pain. 25(4). 23–23. 1 indexed citations

Staud, Roland, et al.. (2023). Self-reported pain and fatigue are associated with physical and cognitive function in middle to older-aged adults. Geriatric Nursing. 50. 7–14. 6 indexed citations

Staud, Roland, et al.. (2023). Distinct neural signaling characteristics between fibromyalgia and provoked vestibulodynia revealed by means of functional magnetic resonance imaging in the brainstem and spinal cord. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 1171160–1171160. 4 indexed citations

Simon, Corey B., Mark D. Bishop, Margaret R. Wallace, et al.. (2023). Circulating Inflammatory Biomarkers Predict Pain Change Following Exercise-Induced Shoulder Injury: Findings From the Biopsychosocial Influence on Shoulder Pain Preclinical Trial. Journal of Pain. 24(8). 1465–1477. 3 indexed citations

Staud, Roland, et al.. (2021). Spinal cord neural activity of patients with fibromyalgia and healthy controls during temporal summation of pain: an fMRI study. Journal of Neurophysiology. 126(3). 946–956. 26 indexed citations

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Booker, Staja Q., Angela Starkweather, Todd M. Manini, Roland Staud, & Roger B. Fillingim. (2021). Study Protocol Modeling Evoked Pain in Older African Americans With Knee Osteoarthritis. Nursing Research. 70(5). 391–398.

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Stroman, Patrick W., et al.. (2018). Pain processing in the human brainstem and spinal cord before, during, and after the application of noxious heat stimuli. Pain. 159(10). 2012–2020. 37 indexed citations

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Stroman, Patrick W., Rachael L. Bosma, Jennifer Kornelsen, et al.. (2016). Continuous Descending Modulation of the Spinal Cord Revealed by Functional MRI. PLoS ONE. 11(12). e0167317–e0167317. 30 indexed citations

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Sevel, Landrew, Janelle E. Letzen, Roland Staud, & Michael E. Robinson. (2016). Interhemispheric Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Connectivity is Associated with Individual Differences in Pain Sensitivity in Healthy Controls. Brain Connectivity. 6(5). 357–364. 43 indexed citations

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Boissoneault, Jeff, Donald D. Price, & Roland Staud. (2016). (253) Functional brain activity associated with noxious heat in a patient with congenital insensitivity to pain. Journal of Pain. 17(4). S38–S38.

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Anderson, Ryan J., Robert W. Hurley, Roland Staud, & Michael E. Robinson. (2015). Cognitive-Motivational Influences on Health Behavior Change in Adults with Chronic Pain. Pain Medicine. 17(6). 1079–1093. 12 indexed citations

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Staud, Roland. (2015). Cytokine and Immune System Abnormalities in Fibromyalgia and Other Central Sensitivity Syndromes. Current Rheumatology Reviews. 11(2). 109–115. 40 indexed citations

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Boissoneault, Jeff, Janelle E. Letzen, Song Lai, et al.. (2015). Abnormal resting state functional connectivity in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: an arterial spin-labeling fMRI study. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 34(4). 603–608. 83 indexed citations

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Gay, Charles W., Michael E. Robinson, Song Lai, et al.. (2015). Abnormal Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Results of Seed and Data-Driven Analyses. Brain Connectivity. 6(1). 48–56. 78 indexed citations

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Staud, Roland. (2007). Treatment of fibromyalgia and its symptoms. Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy. 8(11). 1629–1642. 34 indexed citations

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Price, Donald D. & Roland Staud. (2005). Neurobiology of fibromyalgia syndrome.. PubMed. 75. 22–8. 109 indexed citations

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