# Russell K. Portenoy

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/russell-k-portenoy/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 47,083 |
| Field | Pain Management and Opioid Use |
| h-index | 100 |
| i10-index | 251 |
| Last Known Institution | Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5090628353 |
| ORCID iD | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9637-9577 |
| Works | 540 |

## Researcher papers

- [The Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale: an instrument for the evaluation of symptom prevalence, characteristics and distress](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-memorial-symptom-assessment-scale-an-instrument-for-the-evaluation-of/)
- [An international survey of cancer pain characteristics and syndromes](https://scholariq.org/papers/an-international-survey-of-cancer-pain-characteristics-and-syndromes/)
- [Safety and Benefit of Discontinuing Statin Therapy in the Setting of Advanced, Life-Limiting Illness](https://scholariq.org/papers/safety-and-benefit-of-discontinuing-statin-therapy-in-the-setting-of-advanced/)
- [The Measurement of Symptoms in Children with Cancer](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-measurement-of-symptoms-in-children-with-cancer/)
- [Symptom Distress and Quality of Life in Patients with Advanced Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease](https://scholariq.org/papers/symptom-distress-and-quality-of-life-in-patients-with-advanced-chronic/)
- [Symptom Distress and Quality of Life in Patients with Advanced Congestive Heart Failure](https://scholariq.org/papers/symptom-distress-and-quality-of-life-in-patients-with-advanced-congestive-heart/)
- [The undertreatment of pain in ambulatory AIDS patients](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-undertreatment-of-pain-in-ambulatory-aids-patients/)
- [Pain in ambulatory AIDS patients. I: Pain characteristics and medical correlates](https://scholariq.org/papers/pain-in-ambulatory-aids-patients-i-pain-characteristics-and-medical-correlates/)
- [Symptom Prevalence, Characteristics, and Distress in AIDS Outpatients](https://scholariq.org/papers/symptom-prevalence-characteristics-and-distress-in-aids-outpatients/)

## Researcher topics

- [Pain Management and Opioid Use](https://scholariq.org/topics/pain-management-and-opioid-use/)
- [Pain Mechanisms and Treatments](https://scholariq.org/topics/pain-mechanisms-and-treatments/)
- [Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues](https://scholariq.org/topics/palliative-care-and-end-of-life-issues/)
- [Anesthesia and Pain Management](https://scholariq.org/topics/anesthesia-and-pain-management/)
- [Opioid Use Disorder Treatment](https://scholariq.org/topics/opioid-use-disorder-treatment/)

## Researcher university

- [Albert Einstein College of Medicine](https://scholariq.org/institutions/albert-einstein-college-of-medicine/)

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Source: ScholarIQ — public research metadata, principally OpenAlex. See https://scholariq.org/sources/ for provenance and https://scholariq.org/methodology/ for what these figures mean.