Class information for:
Level 2: PLACEBO EFFECT//PLACEBO//NOCEBO

Basic class information

Class id #P Avg. number of
references
Database coverage
of references
3254 1973 39.3 60%



Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes

The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.



Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
14 4 ORTHOPEDICS//DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE//SPORT SCIENCES 808941
580 3       ACUPUNCTURE//INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE//COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 16156
3254 2             PLACEBO EFFECT//PLACEBO//NOCEBO 1973
5315 1                   PLACEBO EFFECT//PLACEBO//NOCEBO 1642
33058 1                   VALUE COMMUNICATION//ABT NORMBILDUNG UMWELT//ARBEITBEREICH QUAL BILDUNGS SOZIALFOR UNG 130
34960 1                   ETHICS LAWS//KLIN DERMATOL DERMATOL ALLERGOL//ALLGEMEINEN KRANKENHAUSES STADT WIEN 104
35437 1                   BENZARONE//BENZBROMARONE METABOLISM//FULMINANT HEPATITIS CIRRHOSIS 97

Terms with highest relevance score



rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 PLACEBO EFFECT authKW 1692023 12% 47% 235
2 PLACEBO authKW 1457187 20% 23% 403
3 NOCEBO authKW 1131829 5% 76% 96
4 PLACEBO ANALGESIA authKW 936114 4% 86% 70
5 PLACEBO RESPONSE authKW 549390 4% 49% 72
6 PROGRAM PLACEBO STUDIES address 289244 1% 69% 27
7 NOCEBO EFFECT authKW 235001 1% 56% 27
8 VERBAL SUGGESTION authKW 189563 1% 88% 14
9 SHAM SURGERY authKW 158256 1% 68% 15
10 PLACEBO RESPONDER authKW 154749 1% 100% 10

Web of Science journal categories



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 Psychiatry 5364 19% 0% 384
2 Ethics 2855 4% 0% 81
3 Anesthesiology 2656 7% 0% 143
4 Medical Ethics 2532 2% 0% 44
5 Clinical Neurology 1995 15% 0% 297
6 Neurosciences 1742 19% 0% 379
7 Social Sciences, Biomedical 1254 3% 0% 69
8 Social Issues 1048 2% 0% 48
9 Medicine, General & Internal 955 12% 0% 229
10 Psychology, Clinical 825 5% 0% 99

Address terms



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 PROGRAM PLACEBO STUDIES 289244 1% 69% 27
2 CLIN PL PHYSIOL PROGRAM 128954 1% 83% 10
3 PAIN TRANSLAT SYMPTOM SCI 70735 0% 57% 8
4 OSHER 50914 1% 15% 22
5 MED PSYCHOL BEHAV IMMUNOBIOL 44820 1% 14% 20
6 OLSON HUFF 41264 0% 67% 4
7 UNIT HLTH MED NEUROPSYCHOL 41264 0% 67% 4
8 NEUROSCI PSYCHOL PHARMACOL CHILD HLTH NEUR 35165 0% 45% 5
9 PROGRAM PLACEBO STUDIES THER EUT ENCOUNTER 32233 0% 42% 5
10 BEREICH MERZMED MERZPSYCHOL 30950 0% 100% 2

Journals



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 PAIN 14884 4% 1% 87
2 COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN MEDICINE 3690 1% 2% 15
3 SOZIALE WELT-ZEITSCHRIFT FUR SOZIALWISSENSCHAFTLICHE FORSCHUNG UND PRAXIS 3490 1% 2% 10
4 JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS 3361 1% 1% 26
5 ZEITSCHRIFT FUR SOZIOLOGIE 3306 1% 2% 14
6 EVALUATION & THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS 2580 1% 1% 12
7 ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PSYCHOLOGIE-JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY 2511 0% 2% 8
8 HISTORICAL SOCIAL RESEARCH-HISTORISCHE SOZIALFORSCHUNG 2476 1% 2% 10
9 PERSPECTIVES IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 1794 1% 1% 13
10 PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY BULLETIN 1670 1% 1% 14

Author Key Words



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 PLACEBO EFFECT 1692023 12% 47% 235 Search PLACEBO+EFFECT Search PLACEBO+EFFECT
2 PLACEBO 1457187 20% 23% 403 Search PLACEBO Search PLACEBO
3 NOCEBO 1131829 5% 76% 96 Search NOCEBO Search NOCEBO
4 PLACEBO ANALGESIA 936114 4% 86% 70 Search PLACEBO+ANALGESIA Search PLACEBO+ANALGESIA
5 PLACEBO RESPONSE 549390 4% 49% 72 Search PLACEBO+RESPONSE Search PLACEBO+RESPONSE
6 NOCEBO EFFECT 235001 1% 56% 27 Search NOCEBO+EFFECT Search NOCEBO+EFFECT
7 VERBAL SUGGESTION 189563 1% 88% 14 Search VERBAL+SUGGESTION Search VERBAL+SUGGESTION
8 SHAM SURGERY 158256 1% 68% 15 Search SHAM+SURGERY Search SHAM+SURGERY
9 PLACEBO RESPONDER 154749 1% 100% 10 Search PLACEBO+RESPONDER Search PLACEBO+RESPONDER
10 EXPECTATION 153681 4% 12% 86 Search EXPECTATION Search EXPECTATION

Core articles

The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.



Rank Reference # ref. in
cl.
Shr. of ref. in
cl.
Citations
1 SCHEDLOWSKI, M , ENCK, P , RIEF, W , BINGEL, U , (2015) NEURO-BIO-BEHAVIORAL MECHANISMS OF PLACEBO AND NOCEBO RESPONSES: IMPLICATIONS FOR CLINICAL TRIALS AND CLINICAL PRACTICE.PHARMACOLOGICAL REVIEWS. VOL. 67. ISSUE 3. P. 697 -730 183 52% 10
2 FINNISS, DG , KAPTCHUK, TJ , MILLER, F , BENEDETTI, F , (2010) BIOLOGICAL, CLINICAL, AND ETHICAL ADVANCES OF PLACEBO EFFECTS.LANCET. VOL. 375. ISSUE 9715. P. 686 -695 73 88% 332
3 BINGEL, U , SCHEDLOWSKI, M , RIEF, W , ENCK, P , (2013) OPINION THE PLACEBO RESPONSE IN MEDICINE: MINIMIZE, MAXIMIZE OR PERSONALIZE?.NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY. VOL. 12. ISSUE 3. P. 191 -204 92 66% 87
4 BENEDETTI, F , (2013) PLACEBO AND THE NEW PHYSIOLOGY OF THE DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP.PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS. VOL. 93. ISSUE 3. P. 1207-1246 125 46% 62
5 BENEDETTI, F , (2014) PLACEBO EFFECTS: FROM THE NEUROBIOLOGICAL PARADIGM TO TRANSLATIONAL IMPLICATIONS.NEURON. VOL. 84. ISSUE 3. P. 623 -637 75 79% 24
6 MURRAY, D , STOESSL, AJ , (2013) MECHANISMS AND THERAPEUTIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE PLACEBO EFFECT IN NEUROLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS.PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS. VOL. 140. ISSUE 3. P. 306 -318 85 69% 18
7 WAGER, TD , ATLAS, LY , (2015) THE NEUROSCIENCE OF PLACEBO EFFECTS: CONNECTING CONTEXT, LEARNING AND HEALTH.NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE. VOL. 16. ISSUE 7. P. 403 -418 94 49% 20
8 JUBB, J , BENSING, JM , (2013) THE SWEETEST PILL TO SWALLOW: HOW PATIENT NEUROBIOLOGY CAN BE HARNESSED TO MAXIMISE PLACEBO EFFECTS.NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS. VOL. 37. ISSUE 10. P. 2709-2720 94 61% 12
9 POLLO, A , BENEDETTI, F , (2009) THE PLACEBO RESPONSE: NEUROBIOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL ISSUES OF NEUROLOGICAL RELEVANCE.NEUROTHERAPY: PROGRESS IN RESTORATIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROLOGY. VOL. 175. ISSUE . P. 283-294 73 85% 29
10 COLAGIURI, B , SCHENK, LA , KESSLER, MD , DORSEY, SG , COLLOCA, L , (2015) THE PLACEBO EFFECT: FROM CONCEPTS TO GENES.NEUROSCIENCE. VOL. 307. ISSUE . P. 171 -190 71 62% 17

Classes with closest relation at Level 2



Rank Class id link
1 1543 ACUPUNCTURE//ELECTROACUPUNCTURE//ACUPUNCTURE & ELECTRO-THERAPEUTICS RESEARCH
2 1690 COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE//HOMEOPATHY//COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE
3 795 INFORMED CONSENT//RESEARCH ETHICS//MEDICAL ETHICS
4 207 PSYCHIATRY//ANTIDEPRESSANTS//DEPRESSION
5 1660 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL HYPNOSIS//AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL HYPNOSIS//JOURNAL OF PARAPSYCHOLOGY
6 1009 EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE//PUBLICATION BIAS//RESEARCH SYNTHESIS METHODS
7 1939 PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY//BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY//SOCIAL HLTH AFFAIRS
8 71 NEUROPATHIC PAIN//PAIN//NOCICEPTION
9 2235 PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING//COMMUNICATION SKILLS//PHYSICIAN PATIENT RELATIONS
10 515 PSYCHOTHERAPY RESEARCH//INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY//PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

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