Table 4.

The top 10 articles with the most citation frequency in pain after stroke.

Title	First author	Journal	Impact factor	Year	Citations (WoS)	WoS categories	Category ranking
Post Stroke Pain: Identification, Assessment, and Therapy	Harrison	Cerebrovascular Diseases	2.762	2015	95	Peripheral vascular disease; clinical neurology	39/65; 133/208
Botulinum Toxin for the Upper Limb After Stroke (BoTULS) Trial Effect on Impairment, Activity Limitation, and Pain	Shaw	Stroke	7.914	2011	89	Peripheral vascular disease; clinical neurology	6/65; 16/208
Central poststroke pain: A population-based study	Klit	Pain	6.961	2011	88	Anesthesiology; clinical neurology; neurosciences	4/33; 23/208; 39/273
Pain following stroke: A prospective study	Hansen	European Journal of Pain	3.931	2012	85	Anesthesiology; clinical neurology; neurosciences	13/33; 75/208; 121/273
Safety and efficacy of pregabalin in patients with central post-stroke pain	Kim	Pain	6.961	2011	75	Anesthesiology; clinical neurology; neurosciences	4/33; 23/208; 39/273
Duloxetine in patients with central neuropathic pain caused by spinal cord injury or stroke: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial	Vranken JH	Pain	6.961	2011	71	Anesthesiology; clinical neurology; neurosciences	4/33; 23/208; 39/273
Underlying Pathology and Associated Factors of Hemiplegic Shoulder Pain	Kalichman	American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation	2.159	2011	71	Rehabilitation	40/68
Assessing the risk of central post-stroke pain of thalamic origin by lesion mapping	Sprenger	Brain	13.501	2012	68	Clinical neurology; neurosciences	6/208; 10/273
Chronic Pain Syndromes After Ischemic Stroke PRoFESS Trial	O'Donnell	Stroke	7.914	2013	65	Peripheral vascular disease; clinical neurology	6/65; 16/208
Injury of the Spino-Thalamo-Cortical Pathway Is Necessary for Central Post-Stroke Pain	Hong JH	European Neurology	1.710	2010	60	Clinical neurology; neurosciences	179/208; 248/273