Sean Mackey

26.1k total citations · 7 hit papers
297 papers, 15.3k citations indexed

About

Sean Mackey is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sean Mackey has authored 297 papers receiving a total of 15.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 158 papers in Pharmacology, 92 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 80 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Sean Mackey's work include Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (155 papers), Pain Management and Placebo Effect (73 papers) and Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (71 papers). Sean Mackey is often cited by papers focused on Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (155 papers), Pain Management and Placebo Effect (73 papers) and Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (71 papers). Sean Mackey collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Sean Mackey's co-authors include Beth D. Darnall, Jarred Younger, Laurence C. Baker, Eric Sun, Michael Von Korff, David Ludlow, Gary H. Glover, John A. Sturgeon, Charles G. Helmick and Linda Porter and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuron and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Sean Mackey

279 papers receiving 15.0k citations

Hit Papers

Prevalence of Chronic Pain and... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2018 2010 2016 2004 2005 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. Prevalence of Chronic Pain and High-Impact Chronic Pain Among Adults — United States, 2016
    2018 1.7k citations Sean Mackey, Charles G. Helmick et al. profile →
  2. Validation of proposed diagnostic criteria (the “Budapest Criteria”) for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
    2010 835 citations Sean Mackey et al. profile →
  3. Incidence of and Risk Factors for Chronic Opioid Use Among Opioid-Naive Patients in the Postoperative Period
    2016 810 citations Beth D. Darnall, Sean Mackey et al. profile →
  4. Reflecting upon Feelings: An fMRI Study of Neural Systems Supporting the Attribution of Emotion to Self and Other
    2004 687 citations David Ludlow, Gary H. Glover et al. profile →
  5. Control over brain activation and pain learned by using real-time functional MRI
    2005 559 citations R. Christopher deCharms, Fumiko Maeda et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  6. Report of the NIH Task Force on Research Standards for Chronic Low Back Pain
    2014 380 citations Sean Mackey et al. Journal of Pain profile →
  7. Association between concurrent use of prescription opioids and benzodiazepines and overdose: retrospective analysis
    2017 378 citations Beth D. Darnall, Sean Mackey et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sean Mackey United States 61 6.1k 4.1k 3.7k 3.6k 2.5k 297 15.3k
Robert R. Edwards United States 80 10.1k 1.6× 6.5k 1.6× 5.3k 1.5× 2.5k 0.7× 5.4k 2.1× 415 21.2k
Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite United States 61 5.0k 0.8× 3.6k 0.9× 2.6k 0.7× 1.2k 0.3× 3.1k 1.2× 234 13.9k
Ajay D. Wasan United States 56 4.1k 0.7× 2.6k 0.6× 2.1k 0.6× 1.7k 0.5× 1.8k 0.7× 181 9.2k
Eija Kalso Finland 74 4.8k 0.8× 8.7k 2.1× 3.3k 0.9× 7.4k 2.1× 2.0k 0.8× 333 21.9k
Mark D. Sullivan United States 62 4.2k 0.7× 2.3k 0.6× 1.7k 0.5× 3.3k 0.9× 2.4k 0.9× 255 17.6k
Nanna Brix Finnerup Denmark 62 6.4k 1.0× 13.9k 3.4× 3.0k 0.8× 3.8k 1.1× 2.1k 0.8× 260 23.4k
Joel Katz Canada 66 4.3k 0.7× 3.8k 0.9× 1.6k 0.4× 5.1k 1.4× 1.7k 0.7× 332 19.5k
Thomas R. Tölle Germany 58 4.3k 0.7× 6.5k 1.6× 2.6k 0.7× 1.7k 0.5× 2.4k 1.0× 171 12.0k
David Borsook United States 75 2.8k 0.5× 6.0k 1.5× 5.3k 1.4× 1.4k 0.4× 5.5k 2.2× 335 17.1k
Stephen J. Gibson Australia 47 3.2k 0.5× 2.5k 0.6× 2.1k 0.6× 2.3k 0.7× 1.8k 0.7× 142 9.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sean Mackey

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sean Mackey

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Clifton, Jessica, Calia A. Moraís, Wendy Andrews, et al.. (2024). PROGRESS: A patient-centered engagement infrastructure and multi-level approach to enrich diversity, equity, and inclusion in a national randomized online behavioral pain treatment study. Journal of Pain. 37. 104718–104718. 1 indexed citations
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Edwards, Karlyn A., Theresa R. Lii, Maisa S. Ziadni, et al.. (2024). Is There an Association Between Lateralization of Chronic Pain in the Body and Depression?. Journal of Pain. 25(10). 104490–104490. 3 indexed citations
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Karayannis, Nicholas V., John A. Sturgeon, Mike K. Kemani, et al.. (2023). Pain acceptance and psychological inflexibility predict pain interference outcomes for persons with chronic pain receiving pain psychology. Scandinavian Journal of Pain. 23(3). 464–475. 10 indexed citations
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Martucci, Katherine T., Bianka Karshikoff, & Sean Mackey. (2023). Links between brain neuroimaging and blood inflammatory markers in urological chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Physiology & Behavior. 271. 114358–114358.
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Karayannis, Nicholas V., Matthew Smuck, Christine Law, et al.. (2023). Self-reported physical function is strongly related to pain behavior and pain interference and weakly related to physical capacity in people with chronic low back pain. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice. 63. 102721–102721. 4 indexed citations
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Falasinnu, Titilola, Md. Belal Hossain, Kenneth A. Weber, et al.. (2023). The Problem of Pain in the United States: A Population-Based Characterization of Biopsychosocial Correlates of High Impact Chronic Pain Using the National Health Interview Survey. Journal of Pain. 24(6). 1094–1103. 12 indexed citations
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Khan, James S., et al.. (2022). Strategies to Promote Racial Healthcare Equity in Pain Medicine: A Call to Action. Pain Medicine. 23(7). 1225–1230. 6 indexed citations
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Kong, Jiang‐Ti, Dokyoung S. You, Christine Law, et al.. (2021). Association between temporal summation and conditioned pain modulation in chronic low back pain: baseline results from 2 clinical trials. PAIN Reports. 6(4). e975–e975. 11 indexed citations
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Mardian, Aram S., Luzmercy Perez, Ming‐Chih Kao, et al.. (2021). Engagement in Prescription Opioid Tapering Research: the EMPOWER Study and a Coproduction Model of Success. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 37(S1). 113–117. 7 indexed citations
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Nwaneshiudu, Chinwe A., et al.. (2021). Lack of Premeditation Predicts Aberrant Behaviors Related to Prescription Opioids in Patients with Chronic Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study. Substance Use & Misuse. 56(12). 1904–1909. 3 indexed citations
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Taub, Chloe J., John A. Sturgeon, Mandeep K. Chahal, et al.. (2020). Self-reported traumatic etiology of pain and psychological function in tertiary care pain clinic patients: a collaborative health outcomes information registry (CHOIR) study. Scandinavian Journal of Pain. 20(3). 499–509. 3 indexed citations
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Mackey, Sean, Henry T. Greely, & Katherine T. Martucci. (2019). Neuroimaging-based pain biomarkers: definitions, clinical and research applications, and evaluation frameworks to achieve personalized pain medicine. PAIN Reports. 4(4). e762–e762. 47 indexed citations
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You, Dokyoung S., Maisa S. Ziadni, Gadi Gilam, Beth D. Darnall, & Sean Mackey. (2019). Evaluation of Candidate Items for Severe PTSD Screening for Patients With Chronic Pain: Pilot Data Analysis With the IRT Approach. Pain Practice. 20(3). 262–268. 2 indexed citations
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Martucci, Katherine T., et al.. (2019). Apparent Effects of Opioid Use on Neural Responses to Reward in Chronic Pain. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 9633–9633. 13 indexed citations
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Martucci, Katherine T. & Sean Mackey. (2018). Neuroimaging of Pain. Anesthesiology. 128(6). 1241–1254. 138 indexed citations
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Taub, Chloe J., John A. Sturgeon, Kevin A. Johnson, Sean Mackey, & Beth D. Darnall. (2017). Effects of a Pain Catastrophizing Induction on Sensory Testing in Women with Chronic Low Back Pain: A Pilot Study. Pain Research and Management. 2017. 1–10. 27 indexed citations
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Sturgeon, John A., Maisa S. Ziadni, Zina Trost, Beth D. Darnall, & Sean Mackey. (2017). Pain catastrophizing, perceived injustice, and pain intensity impair life satisfaction through differential patterns of physical and psychological disruption. Scandinavian Journal of Pain. 17(1). 390–396. 30 indexed citations
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Hah, Jennifer M., Yasamin Sharifzadeh, Matthew J. Gillespie, et al.. (2015). Factors Associated with Opioid Use in a Cohort of Patients Presenting for Surgery. Pain Research and Treatment. 2015. 1–8. 23 indexed citations
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Brown, Justin, Neil Chatterjee, Jarred Younger, & Sean Mackey. (2011). Towards a Physiology-Based Measure of Pain: Patterns of Human Brain Activity Distinguish Painful from Non-Painful Thermal Stimulation. PLoS ONE. 6(9). e24124–e24124. 133 indexed citations
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deCharms, R. Christopher, Fumiko Maeda, Gary H. Glover, et al.. (2005). Control over brain activation and pain learned by using real-time functional MRI. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(51). 18626–18631. 559 indexed citations breakdown →

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