Vitaly Napadow

19.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
271 papers, 13.8k citations indexed

About

Vitaly Napadow is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health and Complementary and alternative medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Vitaly Napadow has authored 271 papers receiving a total of 13.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 114 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 80 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine. Recurrent topics in Vitaly Napadow's work include Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies (70 papers), Pain Management and Placebo Effect (65 papers) and Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (54 papers). Vitaly Napadow is often cited by papers focused on Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies (70 papers), Pain Management and Placebo Effect (65 papers) and Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research (54 papers). Vitaly Napadow collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Italy. Vitaly Napadow's co-authors include Richard E. Harris, Jieun Kim, Norman W. Kettner, Daniel J. Clauw, Marco L. Loggia, Ajay D. Wasan, Kyungmo Park, Robert R. Edwards, Nikos Makris and Rupali P. Dhond and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Vitaly Napadow

259 papers receiving 13.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Autonomic Brain: An A... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2013 2010 2015 200 400 600
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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.

  1. The Autonomic Brain: An Activation Likelihood Estimation Meta-Analysis for Central Processing of Autonomic Function
    2013 653 citations Vitaly Napadow et al. profile →
  2. Intrinsic brain connectivity in fibromyalgia is associated with chronic pain intensity
    2010 505 citations Vitaly Napadow, Kyungmo Park et al. profile →
  3. Evidence for brain glial activation in chronic pain patients
    2015 380 citations Marco L. Loggia, Oluwaseun Akeju et al. Brain profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Vitaly Napadow United States 65 5.5k 4.2k 4.1k 3.1k 2.9k 271 13.8k
Jian Kong United States 66 6.1k 1.1× 3.4k 0.8× 3.0k 0.7× 2.6k 0.8× 2.1k 0.7× 200 11.2k
Randy L. Gollub United States 61 7.7k 1.4× 3.8k 0.9× 2.4k 0.6× 2.5k 0.8× 1.8k 0.6× 157 13.8k
Richard H. Gracely United States 75 5.4k 1.0× 6.6k 1.6× 950 0.2× 7.9k 2.5× 7.3k 2.5× 185 18.9k
A. Vania Apkarian United States 71 9.9k 1.8× 3.4k 0.8× 663 0.2× 11.4k 3.7× 6.9k 2.4× 249 22.4k
M. Catherine Bushnell Canada 54 9.5k 1.7× 3.2k 0.7× 657 0.2× 7.7k 2.5× 3.9k 1.3× 114 17.5k
Kathleen A. Sluka United States 80 2.4k 0.4× 3.5k 0.8× 1.2k 0.3× 10.3k 3.3× 7.2k 2.4× 305 21.2k
Karen D. Davis Canada 75 8.3k 1.5× 3.0k 0.7× 437 0.1× 6.7k 2.2× 3.3k 1.1× 242 18.0k
David Borsook United States 75 5.3k 1.0× 5.5k 1.3× 403 0.1× 6.0k 1.9× 2.8k 1.0× 335 17.1k
Ulrike Bingel Germany 52 6.0k 1.1× 2.3k 0.5× 1.2k 0.3× 3.8k 1.2× 1.8k 0.6× 165 9.2k
Rolf‐Detlef Treede Germany 89 8.9k 1.6× 5.2k 1.2× 1.3k 0.3× 21.4k 6.9× 10.2k 3.5× 399 35.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Meints, Samantha M., Bethany Pester, Asimina Lazaridou, et al.. (2025). Childhood abuse and health outcomes in patients with fibromyalgia: a cross-sectional exploratory study of the moderating effects of pain catastrophizing and mindfulness. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 26(1). 195–195.
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García, Ronald G., Riccardo Barbieri, Ovidiu C. Andronesi, et al.. (2024). Altered parasympathetic outflow and central sensitization response to continuous pain in cyclic vomiting syndrome: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study. American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 328(2). G125–G135. 1 indexed citations
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Kim, Minhae, Nathaniel D. Mercaldo, Robert R. Edwards, et al.. (2022). Study protocol for a phase II, double-blind, randomised controlled trial of cannabidiol (CBD) compared with placebo for reduction of brain neuroinflammation in adults with chronic low back pain. BMJ Open. 12(9). e063613–e063613. 3 indexed citations
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García, Ronald G., Arielle D. Stanford, Harlyn Aizley, et al.. (2021). Respiratory-gated auricular vagal afferent nerve stimulation (RAVANS) modulates brain response to stress in major depression. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 142. 188–197. 15 indexed citations
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Alshelh, Zeynab, Minhae Kim, Yi Zhang, et al.. (2021). Neuroimmune signatures in chronic low back pain subtypes. Brain. 145(3). 1098–1110. 43 indexed citations
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Taylor‐Swanson, Lisa, Robert T. Davis, Richard E. Harris, et al.. (2021). Turning Point: A Review of Key Research and Engagement in 2021. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 27(12). 1018–1022. 1 indexed citations
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Ellingsen, Dan‐Mikael, Kylie Isenburg, Chang Jin Jung, et al.. (2020). Dynamic brain-to-brain concordance and behavioral mirroring as a mechanism of the patient-clinician interaction. Science Advances. 6(43). 60 indexed citations
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Webster, Rebecca, Jeremy Howick, Tammy Hoffmann, et al.. (2019). Inadequate description of placebo and sham controls in a systematic review of recent trials. European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 49(11). e13169–e13169. 11 indexed citations
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Mao, Jun J., Robert T. Davis, Remy R Coeytaux, et al.. (2019). Acupuncture for Chronic Low Back Pain: Recommendations to Medicare/Medicaid from the Society for Acupuncture Research. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 25(4). 367–369. 11 indexed citations
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Napadow, Vitaly. (2018). When a White Horse is a Horse: Embracing the (Obvious?) Overlap Between Acupuncture and Neuromodulation. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 24(7). 621–623. 14 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Hugh, Richard Hammerschlag, Remy R Coeytaux, et al.. (2016). Unanticipated Insights into Biomedicine from the Study of Acupuncture. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 22(2). 101–107. 32 indexed citations
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Langevin, Hélène M., Rosa N. Schnyer, Hugh MacPherson, et al.. (2015). Manual and Electrical Needle Stimulation in Acupuncture Research: Pitfalls and Challenges of Heterogeneity. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 21(3). 113–128. 95 indexed citations
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Harris, Richard E., Vitaly Napadow, John P. Huggins, et al.. (2013). Pregabalin Rectifies Aberrant Brain Chemistry, Connectivity, and Functional Response in Chronic Pain Patients. Anesthesiology. 119(6). 1453–1464. 197 indexed citations
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Huang, Wenjing, Daniel Pach, Vitaly Napadow, et al.. (2012). Characterizing Acupuncture Stimuli Using Brain Imaging with fMRI - A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Literature. PLoS ONE. 7(4). e32960–e32960. 203 indexed citations
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Napadow, Vitaly, Andrew C. Ahn, John C. Longhurst, et al.. (2008). The Status and Future of Acupuncture Mechanism Research. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 14(7). 861–869. 129 indexed citations
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Schnyer, Rosa N., Lixing Lao, Richard Hammerschlag, et al.. (2008). Society for Acupuncture Research: 2007 Conference Report: “The Status and Future of Acupuncture Research: 10 Years Post–NIH Consensus Conference”. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 14(7). 859–860. 16 indexed citations
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Dhond, Rupali P., Norman W. Kettner, & Vitaly Napadow. (2007). Neuroimaging Acupuncture Effects in the Human Brain. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 13(6). 603–616. 200 indexed citations
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Langevin, Hélène M., Richard Hammerschlag, Lixing Lao, et al.. (2006). Controversies In Acupuncture Research: Selection of Controls and Outcome Measures In Acupuncture Clinical Trials. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 12(10). 943–953. 53 indexed citations
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Napadow, Vitaly, Julia Megan Webb, Nancy J. Pearson, & Richard Hammerschlag. (2006). Neurobiological Correlates of Acupuncture: November 17–18, 2005. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 12(9). 931–935. 13 indexed citations
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Napadow, Vitaly & Ted J. Kaptchuk. (2004). Patient Characteristics for Outpatient Acupuncture in Beijing, China. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 10(3). 565–572. 45 indexed citations

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