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Top KOL Ranking

As of October 2026, according to ScienceLeadR, the leading experts on Pain are Lars Arendt-Nielsen (Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark), Imran Amjad (New Zealand College of Chiropractic, New Zealand) and Messoud Ashina (Rigshospitalet, Denmark), ranked by scientific expertise on this MeSH term among 241,958 matching experts. How the ranking works.

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Harvard University

United States

SLR 85 ScienceLeadR Reputation 1500%
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Full top 25 ranking: Top Pain key opinion leaders

Top Pain key opinion leaders

Experts are ranked by their scientific expertise on this MeSH term. The overall SLR shown for each expert is the ScienceLeadR Reputation score across all topics, computed from publications, clinical trials, patents and grants; it is not the sort key. Top 25 of 241,958 experts matching this MeSH term.

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  1. Lars Arendt-Nielsen — Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark — overall SLR (all topics) 4075
  2. Imran Amjad — New Zealand College of Chiropractic, New Zealand — overall SLR (all topics) 7586
  3. Messoud Ashina — Rigshospitalet, Denmark — overall SLR (all topics) 4042
  4. Richard B Lipton — Montefiore Medical Center, United States — overall SLR (all topics) 7301
  5. Alan D Kaye — Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport, United States — overall SLR (all topics) 5174
  6. Peter J Goadsby — King's College Hospital, United Kingdom — overall SLR (all topics) 5235
  7. Fang Luo — Beijing Normal University, China — overall SLR (all topics) 3975
  8. Mark P Jensen — University of Washington, United States — overall SLR (all topics) 3175
  9. Eduardo Bruera — The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States — overall SLR (all topics) 6979
  10. Christopher G Maher — South Western Sydney Local Health District, Australia — overall SLR (all topics) 2982
  11. César Fernández-de-Las-Peñas — King Juan Carlos University, Spain — overall SLR (all topics) 3124
  12. Muhammad Kashif — Karolinska Institute, Sweden — overall SLR (all topics) 4106
  13. Tonya M Palermo — Johnson Center for Child Health and Development, United States — overall SLR (all topics) 2137
  14. Henrik Kehlet — Rigshospitalet, Denmark — overall SLR (all topics) 4868
  15. David W Dodick — Mayo Clinic (United States, Scottsdale), United States — overall SLR (all topics) 3009
  16. Steven P Cohen — Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, United States — overall SLR (all topics) 1931
  17. Alaa Abd-Elsayed — University of Wisconsin Health, United States — overall SLR (all topics) 2449
  18. Daniel J Clauw — University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, United States — overall SLR (all topics) 2962
  19. Brian M Ilfeld — University of California, San Diego, United States — overall SLR (all topics) 1963
  20. Laxmaiah Manchikanti — University of Louisville, United States — overall SLR (all topics) 2421
  21. Francis J Keefe — Duke University Hospital, United States — overall SLR (all topics) 2014
  22. Roger B Fillingim — University of Florida, United States — overall SLR (all topics) 2759
  23. Jos Nijs — Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Belgium — overall SLR (all topics) 2141
  24. Thomas Graven-Nielsen — Aalborg University, Denmark — overall SLR (all topics) 1750
  25. Bart W Koes — Erasmus MC, Netherlands — overall SLR (all topics) 2262