Rheumatology International

Papers
(The median citation count of Rheumatology International is 7. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
The global prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis: a meta-analysis based on a systematic review372
Severe COVID-19, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, and Kawasaki disease: immunological mechanisms, clinical manifestations and management220
SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and autoimmune diseases amidst the COVID-19 crisis120
ANCA-associated vasculitis after COVID-1998
Willingness to get the COVID-19 vaccine among patients with rheumatic diseases, healthcare workers and general population in Turkey: a web-based survey94
The Beighton Score as a measure of generalised joint hypermobility85
Comorbidities in psoriatic arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis76
Antibody response to inactivated COVID-19 vaccine (CoronaVac) in immune-mediated diseases: a controlled study among hospital workers and elderly76
YouTube as a source of information on gout: a quality analysis74
Postdischarge rheumatic and musculoskeletal symptoms following hospitalization for COVID-19: prospective follow-up by phone interviews73
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease: an interview-based survey70
Can the SARS-CoV-2 infection trigger systemic lupus erythematosus? A case-based review66
Understanding and managing anti-MDA 5 dermatomyositis, including potential COVID-19 mimicry62
Safety of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 and the BBV152 vaccines in 724 patients with rheumatic diseases: a post-vaccination cross-sectional survey60
Telemedicine for patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic; a positive experience in the Netherlands57
Comorbidities in rheumatic diseases need special consideration during the COVID-19 pandemic56
Risk and clinical outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with rheumatic diseases compared with the general population: a systematic review and meta-analysis56
COVID-19 pandemic in Japan52
ANCA-associated vasculitis following ChAdOx1 nCoV19 vaccination: case-based review50
Reactive arthritis after COVID-19: a case-based review49
Multiple system inflammatory syndrome associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in an adult and an adolescent47
Local and systemic reactogenicity of COVID-19 vaccine BNT162b2 in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis44
COVID-19 vaccination in autoimmune disease (COVAD) survey protocol43
Adverse events of six COVID-19 vaccines in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases: a cross-sectional study42
Teleconsultation experience with the idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: a prospective observational cohort study during the COVID-19 pandemic39
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on rheumatoid arthritis from a Multi-Centre patient-reported questionnaire survey: influence of gender, rural–urban gap and north–south gradient39
Uric acid extrarenal excretion: the gut microbiome as an evident yet understated factor in gout development36
Sex hormones, autoimmunity and gender disparity in COVID-1935
Use of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic in patients with inflammatory arthritis: a retrospective study on feasibility and impact on patient-reported outcomes in a real-life setting32
COVID-19 vaccine safety and nocebo-prone associated hesitancy in patients with systemic rheumatic diseases: a cross-sectional study30
Prevalence of osteoarthritis in lower middle- and low-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis30
The incidence and prevalence of cardiovascular diseases in gout: a systematic review and meta-analysis29
Are patients with hypermobile Ehlers–Danlos syndrome or hypermobility spectrum disorder so different?29
Interferon-gamma release assays outcomes in healthy subjects following BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccination29
Tofacitinib in the treatment of skin and musculoskeletal involvement in patients with systemic sclerosis, evaluated by ultrasound28
Does methotrexate cause progressive fibrotic interstitial lung disease? A systematic review27
Different types of physical activity are positively associated with indicators of mental health and psychological wellbeing in rheumatoid arthritis during COVID-1926
Cardiovascular disease detection using machine learning and carotid/femoral arterial imaging frameworks in rheumatoid arthritis patients25
Corticosteroid monotherapy for the management of Takayasu arteritis—a systematic review and meta-analysis24
Statistical data presentation: a primer for rheumatology researchers24
Systemic toxicity of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine: prevalence, mechanisms, risk factors, prognostic and screening possibilities24
Pain is not the major determinant of quality of life in fibromyalgia: results from a retrospective “real world” data analysis of fibromyalgia patients22
Short-term outcomes in children recovered from multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection22
Tele-health interventions to support self-management in adults with rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review21
Granulomatous mastitis, erythema nodosum and arthritis syndrome: case-based review21
Increased risk of mental health disorders in patients with RA during the COVID-19 pandemic: a possible surge and solutions21
Outcomes of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children temporally related to COVID-19: a longitudinal study20
Clinical characteristics and outcome of COVID-19 in patients with rheumatic diseases20
Rituximab-associated hypogammaglobulinemia in autoimmune rheumatic diseases: a single-center retrospective cohort study19
Expanding the spectrum of reactive arthritis (ReA): classic ReA and infection-related arthritis including poststreptococcal ReA, Poncet’s disease, and iBCG-induced ReA19
Ankylosing spondylitis rehabilitation publications and the global productivity: a Web of Science-based bibliometric analysis (2000–2019)19
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on patients with rheumatic diseases in Latin America19
Rheumatology university faculty opinion on coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) vaccines: the vaXurvey study from Egypt19
YouTube videos as a source of information concerning Behçet’s disease: a reliability and quality analysis18
The clinical course of SARS-CoV-2 infection among children with rheumatic disease under biologic therapy: a retrospective and multicenter study18
Psychosocial and clinical effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in patients with childhood rheumatic diseases and their parents17
Revisiting the JOQUER trial: stratification of primary Sjögren’s syndrome and the clinical and interferon response to hydroxychloroquine17
Epidemiology and genetics of granulomatosis with polyangiitis17
Classification of ANCA-associated vasculitis: differences based on ANCA specificity and clinicopathologic phenotype17
A flare of Still’s disease following COVID-19 vaccination in a 34-year-old patient17
Contribution of Arab Countries to Familial Mediterranean Fever Research: a PubMed-based bibliometric analysis16
Increased influenza vaccination rates in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases during the Covid-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study16
YouTube as a source of information on COVID-19 vaccination in rheumatic diseases16
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the frequency of the pediatric rheumatic diseases16
Protracted severe COVID-19 pneumonia following rituximab treatment: caution needed16
Cytokines and chemokines multiplex analysis in patients with low disease activity rheumatoid arthritis16
The relationship between cervical proprioception and balance in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome16
The association between alcohol consumption and osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis and meta-regression of observational studies15
The feasibility of an exercise intervention to improve sleep (time, quality and disturbance) in people with rheumatoid arthritis: a pilot RCT15
Comparative risk of infections among real-world users of biologics for juvenile idiopathic arthritis: data from the German BIKER registry15
The importance of heart and brain imaging in children and adolescents with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)15
Patient self-sampling: a cornerstone of future rheumatology care?15
Rheumatoid factor and falsely elevated results in commercial immunoassays: data from an early arthritis cohort15
Analysis of a single-institution cohort of patients with Felty's syndrome and T-cell large granular lymphocytic leukemia in the setting of rheumatoid arthritis15
Prevalence and clinical significance of antiphospholipid antibodies in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 admitted to intensive care units: a prospective observational study14
Effects of the SARS-CoV-2 global pandemic on U.S. rheumatology outpatient care delivery and use of telemedicine: an analysis of data from the RISE registry14
Macrophage activation syndrome in systemic lupus erythematosus and systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a retrospective study of similarities and dissimilarities14
Rehabilitative management of post-acute COVID-19: clinical pictures and outcomes14
Characteristics and outcomes of overlap myositis: a comparative multigroup cohort study in adults from the MyoCite cohort14
Barriers to medication adherence and degree of nonadherence in a systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) outpatient population14
Self-limiting COVID‐19-associated Kikuchi‐Fujimoto disease with heart involvement: case-based review14
Safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines in pregnant women with rheumatic diseases: an immunologic perspective13
The accuracy of administrative health data for identifying patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a retrospective validation study using medical records in Western Australia13
Bibliometric analysis of publication activity in the field of familial Mediterranean fever in 2010–2019: a Scopus-based study13
Assessment of sarcopenia in patients with fibromyalgia13
Carpal tunnel syndrome in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis: an electrophysiological and ultrasonographic study13
The structural, functional and electrophysiological assessment of paraspinal musculature of patients with ankylosing spondylitis and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthropathy13
The impact of COVID-19 on rheumatology patients in a large UK centre using an innovative data collection technique: prevalence and effect of social shielding12
A retrospective comparison of respiratory events with JAK inhibitors or rituximab for rheumatoid arthritis in patients with pulmonary disease12
Mental health and quality of life for people with rheumatoid arthritis or ankylosing spondylitis in Aotearoa New Zealand following the COVID-19 national lockdown12
Indian SLE Inception cohort for Research (INSPIRE): the design of a multi-institutional cohort12
Cardiac involvement in primary Sjӧgren’s syndrome11
COVID-19 outcomes in patients with familial Mediterranean fever: a retrospective cohort study11
Pain catastrophizing in rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis: biopsychosocial perspective and impact on health-related quality of life11
Emerging epigenetic targets in rheumatoid arthritis11
The impact of COVID-19 on familial Mediterranean fever: a nationwide study10
Are YouTube videos enough to learn anakinra self-injection?10
Proposal of a new nomenclature for the underlying pathogenetic mechanism of severe Coronavirus Disease-19: “Inflammatory Thrombosis with Immune Endotheliitis—ITIE”10
Use of conventional synthetic and biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs in patients with rheumatic diseases contracting COVID-19: a single-center experience10
COVID-19 in patients with gout on colchicine10
COVID-19 pneumonia in a patient with granulomatosis with polyangiitis on rituximab: case-based review10
Secondary consequences of juvenile idiopathic arthritis in children and adolescents with knee involvement: physical activity, adiposity, fitness, and functional performance10
Increased prevalence rate of metabolic syndrome is an independent predictor of cardiovascular disease in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis9
Ultrasound-guided genicular nerve block versus physical therapy for chronic knee osteoarthritis: a prospective randomised study9
Dosage of resistance exercises in fibromyalgia: evidence synthesis for a systematic literature review up-date and meta-analysis9
Impact of obesity on quality of life, psychological status, and disease activity in psoriatic arthritis: a multi‑center study9
COVID-19 from a rheumatology perspective: bibliometric and altmetric analysis9
Coincidence of juvenile idiopathic arthritis and type 1 diabetes: a case-based review9
Glucocorticoid maintenance therapy and severe infectious complications in ANCA-associated vasculitis: a retrospective analysis9
IgA immunoglobulin isotype of rheumatoid factor in primary Sjögren’s syndrome9
Antibody subtypes and titers predict clinical outcomes in ANCA-associated vasculitis9
Challenges in diagnosis of limited granulomatosis with polyangiitis9
Methotrexate does not increase the risk of liver fibrosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: assessment by ultrasound elastography (ARFI-MetRA study)9
Telehealth in rheumatology: the 2021 Arab League of Rheumatology Best Practice Guidelines9
Vascular endothelial injury assessed with functional techniques in systemic sclerosis patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension versus systemic sclerosis patients without pulmonary arterial hypert9
The role of IL-17 rs2275913, IL-17RC rs708567 and TGFB1 rs1800469 SNPs and IL-17A serum levels in patients with lupus nephritis9
Enhancing rheumatology education during the COVID-19 pandemic9
Renal dysfunction in systemic sclerosis beyond scleroderma renal crisis9
Clinical spectrum of active tuberculosis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus8
Poor maternal and foetal outcomes in women with systemic sclerosis: an interview-based study at a tertiary centre8
Prevalence of large vessel vasculitis in ANCA-associated vasculitis: a retrospective cohort study8
Fibromyalgia influences health-related quality of life and disease activity in psoriatic arthritis8
Sequence analysis in Familial Mediterranean Fever patients with no confirmatory genotype8
Canakinumab is effective in patients with familial Mediterranean fever resistant and intolerant to the colchicine and/or anakinra treatment8
Evaluation of hyperferritinemia causes in rheumatology practice: a retrospective, single-center experience8
Effect of n-3 PUFA on extracellular matrix protein turnover in patients with psoriatic arthritis: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial8
Sexual dysfunction and depression in Behçet’s disease in comparison to healthy controls8
IgA nephropathy with serum ANCA positivity: case series and literature review8
Perceptions of patients with rheumatoid arthritis about self-assessment of disease activity after watching an educational video: a qualitative pilot study from the AUTO-DAS in Middle Eastern Arab coun8
High-resolution ultrasound imaging of skin involvement in systemic sclerosis: a systematic review8
High expression of pro-inflammatory cytokine genes IL-1β and IL-1R2 upon TLR4 activation in Takayasu arteritis7
Spinal involvement in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: what do we miss without imaging?7
miR-19b-3p and miR-20a-5p are associated with the levels of antiphospholipid antibodies in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome7
Is it possible to not perform salivary gland biopsy in targeted patients according to unstimulated salivary flow results in patients with suspected Sjögren's syndrome?7
Rituximab for refractory eosinophilic fasciitis: a case series with long-term follow-up and literature review7
Association of polymorphisms in promoter region of TNF-α -238 and -308 with clinical outcomes in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases on anti-TNF therapy7
Post-COVID-19 exacerbation of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva with multiple flare-ups and extensive heterotopic ossification in a 45-year-old female patient7
The incidence, clinical characteristics, and outcome of COVID-19 in a prospectively followed cohort of patients with Behçet’s syndrome7
COVID-19 in patients with familial Mediterranean fever treated with colchicine: case based review7
Usefulness of noninvasive diagnostic procedures for assessment of methotrexate hepatotoxicity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis7
COVID-19 and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis or COVID-19 mimicking eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis?7
Evaluation of Big Five personality factors in women with fibromyalgia: a cross-sectional study7
Participation in physical activity decreased more in people with rheumatoid arthritis than the general population during the COVID-19 lockdown: a cross-sectional study7
Colchicine as an adjunct to heparin for prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism in patients with COVID-197
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