OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology is 1. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Dickkopf-1 directs periosteal bone formation in two murine models of inflammatory arthritis	22
Author Index	19
Retention rate of a novel autoinjector e-Device introduced to patients with chronic arthritis treated with certolizumab pegol in clinical practice: an observational implementation study	16
Methotrexate prolonged the shedding of replicable SARS-CoV-2 with re-increased antigens in a rheumatoid arthritis patient	15
Rheumatoid arthritis with chylothorax: a case report	14
Correction	13
Prognostic factors for interstitial lung disease progression in rheumatoid arthritis: May methotrexate protect against progression?	12
Rheumatoid arthritis and the risk of major cardiometabolic diseases: a Mendelian randomization study	11
Immunoglobulin G ₄ -related breast disease: two cases treated successfully with rituximab	11
Gout in Dalarna, Sweden – a population-based study of gout occurrence and compliance to treatment guidelines	10
The impact of a structured one–day seminar on disease–specific knowledge, lifestyle habits and disease impairment in ANCA–associated vasculitis. Results of a randomized, controlled study	9
Exploring preferences of at-risk individuals for preventive treatments for rheumatoid arthritis	9
Is neutrophilic dermatosis a manifestation of familial Mediterranean fever?	9
Effect of initiating biologics compared to intensifying conventional DMARDs on clinical and MRI outcomes in established rheumatoid arthritis patients in clinical remission: Secondary analyses of the I	9
Comedonal lupus on the scalp: a case report	9
IgG4 related disease and aortitis: an up-to-date review	9
An unusual case of hip arthritis	9
Editorial Board	9
Ultrasound Doppler enthesitis shows sensitivity to change after biological therapy in spondyloarthritis and psoriatic arthritis patients	8
Comparing the safety and efficacy of nintedanib starting dose in patients with connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases	8
The validity of the Danish version of the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire – Revised applied in a clinical setting: a Rasch analysis	8
Resolution of exacerbated rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease under baricitinib treatment	8
Reviewer acknowledgement 2022	8
Increased prevalence of sleep disturbance in psoriatic arthritis is associated with inflammatory and non-inflammatory measures	8
C1q/TNF-related protein-9 suppresses inflammation in synovial cells from patients with osteoarthritis	8

Two birds with one stone: a Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and 17p + chronic lymphocytic leukaemia	8
Advisory Board of the Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology	8
Baseline serum levels of IgA anti-cyclic citrullinated protein antibodies in early rheumatoid arthritis predict radiographic progression after 11 years of treatment: a secondary analysis of the CIMEST	8
Unravelling the complexity: polymyositis, systemic sclerosis, ulcerative colitis, and papillary thyroid carcinoma	8
A temporal cluster of cutaneous drug eruptions developing after initiation of hydroxychloroquine	8
Orbital and periorbital inflammation in VEXAS syndrome	7
Early monitoring of infliximab serum trough levels predicts long-term therapy failure in patients with axial spondyloarthritis	7
Does a short course of etanercept influence disease progression and radiographic changes in patients suspected of non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis? Three -years follow- up of a placebo-control	7
Pulmonary nocardiosis in a patient affected by anti-MDA5-positive amyopathic dermatomyositis under immunosuppressive therapy	7
Presence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in patients with COVID-19 like symptoms from the IENIMINI cohort	7
Treatment-related changes in serum neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) in psoriatic arthritis: results from the PIPA cohort study	7
Is the association between physical activity and fatigue mediated by physical function or depressive symptoms in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis? The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study	6
Effects of anti-interleukin-17 treatment on osteoblastic activity as assessed by ¹⁸ F-sodium fluoride positron emission tomography/computed tomography in ankylosing	6
Twenty-year changes in mortality rates and underlying causes of death in patients with rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease	6
Coexistent subclinical hypothyroidism is associated with an increased risk of new cardiovascular events in rheumatoid arthritis: an explorative study	6
Immunogenicity of the mRNA-1273 and ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccines in Asian patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases under biologic and/or conventional immunosuppressant treatments	6
Evaluation of an individually tailored smoking-cessation intervention for patients with rheumatoid arthritis in an outpatient clinic	6
Persistence of bDMARD therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis after first-line TNF-inhibitor failure: the RECORD study of the Italian Society for Rheumatology	6
Diagnosis of deficiency of adenosine deaminase type 2 in adulthood	6
ABSTRACTS OF THE 38TH SCANDINAVIAN CONGRESS OF RHEUMATOLOGY	6
Maternal rheumatoid arthritis during pregnancy and neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring: a systematic review	6
Polyarthritis due to metastatic calcinosis in a patient with new WT1 gene mutation: resolution after renal transplantation	6
Impact of osteoarthritis disease severity on treatment patterns and healthcare resource use: analysis of real-world data	6
Complement activation prior to symptom onset in myeloperoxidase ANCA-associated vasculitis but not proteinase 3 ANCA associated vasculitis - A Swedish biobank study	6
Worse scores but similar patterns of disease activity: interpreting outcomes in women with axial spondyloarthropathy	5
Presenting features and outcomes of cranial-limited and large-vessel giant cell arteritis: a retrospective cohort study	5
Thiemann’s disease: a very rare bone disorder	5
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis in elderly Icelanders and its association with the metabolic syndrome: the AGES-Reykjavik Study	5
Characteristics of participants and decliners from a randomized controlled trial on physical activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a retrospective register-based cross-sectional study	5
The changing incidence of rheumatoid arthritis over time in north-west Greece: data from a referral centre	5
Risk factors for shoulder pain and stiffness in adults aged 44 and older: an 11-year longitudinal population-based study	5
New onset of guttate psoriasis, Hallopeau’s continuous acrodermatitis, and psoriatic arthritis after COVID-19 vaccine	5
Construct validity of the PROMIS PF-10 in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases and severe limitations in physical functioning	5
A validation of register-derived diagnoses of interstitial lung disease in patients with inflammatory arthritis: data from the NOR-DMARD study	5
Anti-Ro52/TRIM21 is independently associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension and mortality in a cohort of systemic sclerosis patients	5
Cost–utility analysis of longstanding exercise therapy versus usual care in people with rheumatoid arthritis and severe functional limitations	5
Persistent pain and its predictors after starting anti-tumour necrosis factor therapy in psoriatic arthritis: what is the role of inflammation control?	5
No difference in antidepressant prescription in rheumatoid arthritis and controls. Results from a population-based, matched inception cohort	5
Hyperlipidaemia-induced pancreatitis and infected intra-abdominal cysts in a boy with systemic lupus erythematosus: a case report	4
Degree of arterial stiffness is comparable across inflammatory joint disease entities	4
Reduced glomerular filtrate rate, end-stage renal disease, scleroderma renal crisis, and risk of mortality in patients with systemic sclerosis	4
Is family history a predictor of response to tumour necrosis factor inhibitors in spondyloarthritis? A Swedish nationwide cohort study	4
Tumour necrosis factor inhibitors and serious infections in reproductive-age women and their offspring: a narrative review	4
Unsupervised clustering to differentiate rheumatoid arthritis patients based on proteomic signatures	4
Favourable outcome of planned pregnancies in systemic sclerosis patients during stable disease	4
A musculoskeletal ultrasound program as an intervention to improve disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs adherence in rheumatoid arthritis: a randomized controlled trial	4
Rheumatological evaluation of patients with interstitial lung disease	4
Hysterectomy and risk of osteoarthritis in women: a nationwide nested case–control study	4
Table of Contents	4
Van Neck–Odelberg disease in an elderly patient	4

Tomographic ultrasound for three-dimensional visualization of temporal arteries	4
Outpatient healthcare utilization among incident cases of systemic sclerosis: results from a population-based US cohort (1988–2016)	4
Systemic Capillary Leak Syndrome triggered by SARS-CoV2 infection: Case Report and Systematic Review	4
Efficacy and safety of plasma exchange in interstitial lung diseases with anti-melanoma differentiation-associated 5 gene antibody positive clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis	4
Comparison of demographic, clinic and radiological features of patients with axial spondyloarthritis accompanying familial Mediterranean fever to patients with each condition alone	4
POSTER PRESENTATIONS	4
Remission with tocilizumab in a patient with erosive hand osteoarthritis	4
Using a novel smartphone application for capturing of patient-reported outcome measures among patients with inflammatory arthritis:A randomized, crossover, agreement study	4
SARS-CoV-2 test patterns in Danish patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Sick leave and disability pension following delivery in women with systemic lupus erythematosus	3
Tapering of Etanercept is feasible in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in sustained remission: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial	3
Lymphoma in Sjögren’s syndrome: no need for repetitive screening ultrasounds of the major salivary glands and neck in asymptomatic patients	3
Retention rates of different Janus kinase inhibitors in rheumatoid arthritis: experience from a large monocentric cohort	3
Early infectious risk in patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis according to remission-induction therapy	3
Arthritis and B-cell lymphoma: is the most obvious diagnosis the right one?	3
Re-evaluation of the prognostic significance of oropharyngeal dysphagia in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies	3
Call for Papers: Special Issue on Interstitial Lung Disease in the Setting of Rheumatic Disorders	3
A novel role for endoplasmic reticulum protein ERp72 in the pathogenesis of autoantibody-induced arthritis	3
Risk of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and the effect of orthopaedic implants on the risk: a nationwide observational cohort study	3
Accuracy of an algorithm to identify rheumatoid arthritis in the Longitudinal Ageing Study Amsterdam population: a validation study	3
Enthesitis in a European registry-based cohort of patients with psoriatic arthritis treated with tumour necrosis factor inhibitors: clinical burden, patient-reported outcomes, and treatment response	3
Spontaneous fracture of the distal radius in a middle-aged woman with osseous sarcoidosis	3
Efficacy of interleukin-1 blockade with anakinra in the management of post-COVID-19 steroid-dependent multisystem inflammatory syndrome: a case report	3
Cyclophosphamide treatment for refractory atypical Kawasaki disease with giant coronary aneurysms: a case report	3
Simplified Larsen erosion score (SLES) for estimating joint damage in early rheumatoid arthritis in clinical practice	3
Monocyte secretory profiling in a clinical and MEFV genotype-characterized cohort of Danish familial Mediterranean fever patients: diagnostic potential of CCL1 and CXCL1.	3
Reviewer acknowledgement December 2023 – November 2024	3
Increased risk of end-stage renal disease in patients with systemic sclerosis	3
Impact of pregnancy on sacroiliac imaging in women with axial spondyloarthritis: results of the analysis of the DESIR cohort	3
Effectiveness of patient education as a stand-alone intervention for patients with chronic widespread pain and fibromyalgia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials	3
Extended-release tofacitinib improves refractory Takayasu’s arteritis	3
Comparison of outcomes using the rituximab originator MabThera with the biosimilar Truxima in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis	3
Sequential ultrasound in arthralgia patients at risk for inflammatory arthritis: is it of added value in risk stratification?	3
Retroperitoneal fibrosis requiring prompt nephrostomy in a case with immunoglobulin A vasculitis	3
Pregnancy outcome in patients with a medical history of immunoglobulin A vasculitis: a case–control study	3
Special Issue on interstitial lung disease in the setting of rheumatic disorders	3
First presentation of polyarticular gout secondary to platelet-rich plasma injection: a case report	2
Persistent shoulder pain as a first manifestation of vasculo-Behçet	2
Birthweight, body size, and growth during childhood and risks of rheumatoid arthritis: a large Danish cohort study	2
Systemic lupus erythematosus with hepatic artery aneurysm and large vessel vasculitis	2
A trial-based economic evaluation of the CaFaSpA referral strategy for axial spondyloarthritis	2
Interleukin -17 and oxidative stress in children with immunoglobulin A vasculitis	2
Calcified cartilage differs in patients with end-stage primary osteoarthritis and secondary osteoarthritis due to rheumatoid arthritis of the hip joint	2
Anti-synthetase syndrome occurring after SARS-CoV-2 infection	2
Implementing enhancements in supervised group exercise for people with axial spondyloarthritis: a hybrid effectiveness–implementation study	2
Health-related quality of life in gout, psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis, results from a cross-sectional survey in Western Sweden	2
Kinetics of response to iloprost evaluated by laser speckle contrast analysis in systemic sclerosis	2
Correction	2
Associations with digital pitting in patients with systemic sclerosis: results of a retrospective analysis	2
Self-limiting reactive disease mimicking polymyalgia rheumatica following Moderna COVID-19 vaccine	2
Smoking associated with reduced odds of Sjögren’s syndrome among rheumatoid arthritis patients	2
Anti-synthetase syndrome diagnosed during pregnancy: a case report and literature review	2
Pregnancy outcome in women with different rheumatic diseases: a retrospective analysis	2
How good is the agreement between clinical diagnoses and classification criteria fulfilment in axial spondyloarthritis? Results from the SPARTAKUS cohort	2
Systemic sclerosis: changes in the incidence rates in the Finnish population during the years 1999–2018	2
Sonographic findings of immunoglobulin G₄-related sialadenitis and differences from Sjögren’s syndrome	2
Remote patient-reported outcome measure triage score for monitoring disease activity and allocation of consultations in rheumatoid arthritis patients	2
Incidence and prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in Denmark from 1998 to 2018: a nationwide register-based study	2
A tale of subcutaneous nodules of the hands	2
The Symptoms in Persons At Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis (SPARRA) questionnaire: predicting clinical arthritis development	2
Successful treatment of rituximab in a steroid-dependent immunoglobulin A vasculitis patient with gastrointestinal involvement: a case report	2
Tocilizumab and rituximab for anti-MDA-5 positive amyopathic dermatomyositis complicated with macrophage activation syndrome and progressive fibrosing interstitial lung disease	2
Anti-inflammatory effects of infliximab and methotrexate on peripheral blood and synovial fluid mononuclear cells: ex vivo study	2
Increased salivary syndecan-1 level is associated with salivary gland function and inflammation in patients with Sjögren’s syndrome	2
Myocarditis as a manifestation of Erdheim–Chester Disease: successful use of anti- IL1 and BRAF inhibitor combination therapy	2
Greater trochanteric pain syndrome: predicting who will respond to a local glucocorticoid injection	2
The ASAS Health Index and Environmental Factors Item Set: validity and reliability of the Swedish translations in Swedish patients with ankylosing spondylitis	1
Serum 14-3-3η as predictor of clinical remission and progression of structural damage in early rheumatoid arthritis following a treat-to-target strategy in a randomized controlled trial	1
Self-determined motivation and physical activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study	1
Findings in ancient Egyptian mummies from tomb KV64, Valley of the Kings, Luxor, with evidence of a rheumatic disease	1
Title page	1
Risks and treatment related aspects of COVID-19 infection in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis	1
Hypophysitis identified on initial presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus: a case report and review of the literature	1
Disease activity-guided tapering of biologics in patients with inflammatory arthritis: a pragmatic, randomized, open-label, equivalence trial	1
Efficacy of tocilizumab combined with glucocorticoid in the treatment of Takayasu arteritis in infants	1
A novel combination treatment with apremilast and tumor necrosis factor inhibitor for a patient with refractory intestinal Behcet’s disease	1
Drug survival analysis of etanercept compared with monoclonal antibody tumour necrosis factor-α inhibitors in rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis: a propensity score-	1
Citrullinated and homocitrullinated low- density lipoprotein in rheumatoid arthritis	1
Efficacy and safety of iguratimod combined with celecoxib in active axial spondyloarthritis: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study	1
Corticosteroids reduce vascular ultrasound sensitivity in fast- track pathways (FTP): results from Coventry Multi-Disciplinary FTP for cranial Giant Cell Arteritis	1

Physical therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis: the patients’ perspective	1
Pentraxin-3 – a potential biomarker in ANCA-associated vasculitis	1
Pretreatment resistin levels are associated with erosive disease in early rheumatoid arthritis treated with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs and infliximab	1
Validity and reliability of the Swedish version of the Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease scale for individuals with systemic sclerosis	1
Long-term association between physical activity and global functioning in patients with axial spondyloarthritis: results of a two-year prospective study	1
Atypical skin manifestations in late-onset lupus: challenging diagnosis	1
Diagnosing axial spondyloarthritis by multidiciplinary team conference at 3.5 years’ follow-up in a cohort of patients with disease features according to the ASAS criteria	1
Heterogenous bone response to biologic DMARD therapies in rheumatoid arthritis patients and their relationship to functional indices	1
Physical activity in adults with and without rheumatoid arthritis: cross-sectional results from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)	1
Refractory systemic lupus erythematosus with neuropsychiatric manifestations successfully treated with anifrolumab	1
Health-related quality of life by gout severity in women and men with gout in primary care: results from a questionnaire study in Western Sweden	1
A unique case of paraneoplastic giant cell arteritis	1
COVID-19 vaccination and large-vessel giant cell arteritis	1
Role of comorbidities on therapeutic persistence of biological agents in rheumatoid arthritis: results from the RECord-linkage On Rheumatic Disease study on administrative healthcare databases	1
Dysbiosis in Takayasu arteritis complicated with infectious endocarditis following tocilizumab administration	1
Reviewer acknowledgement November 2020 – December 2021	1
Temperature response to cold challenge and mobile phone thermography as outcome measures for systemic sclerosis-related Raynaud’s phenomenon	1
Complement C3d is not associated with axial spondyloarthritis and magnetic resonance imaging changes at the sacroiliac joint	1
Increased Serum Levels of soluble ST2 as a Predictor of Disease Progression in Systemic Sclerosis	1
NT-proBNP and sRAGE levels in early rheumatoid arthritis	1
Diffuse systemic sclerosis following COVID-19 infection	1
The prevalence of non-vascular pulmonary manifestations in Takayasu’s Arteritis patients: A Retrospective multi-centred Turkish cohort study	1
Retroperitoneal fibrosis and Helicobacter pylori infection: report of an unusual association	1
Axial muscle weakness and the rimmed vacuoles in muscle histology in inflammatory myopathy with anti-ku antibody: a case report	1
Comparison between 1.5T and 3.0T MRI: both field strengths sensitively detect subclinical inflammation of hand and forefoot in patients with arthralgia	1
Ultrasound centre frequency shifts as a novel approach for diagnosing giant cell arteritis	1
A case of relapsing polychondritis localized to the laryngeal cartilage in which FDG-PET/CT was helpful for diagnosis	1
Orbital apex syndrome on initial presentation of giant cell arteritis: a case report and review of the literature	1
Getting under the skin: ultrasound in dermatomyositis	1
Elevated Fab glycosylation of anti-hinge antibodies	1
Renal and overall outcomes of double-positive (ANCA and anti-GBM antibodies) patients compared to ANCA-associated vasculitis patients with severe renal involvement: A multicenter retrospective study w	1
Pyridostigmine ameliorates pristane-induced arthritis symptoms in Dark Agouti rats	1
Relationship between earlier introduction of tocilizumab and glucocorticoid-sparing effects on the acute phase of adult-onset Still’s disease	1
Resilience of systemic sclerosis patients following the first COVID-19 wave in Italy	1
When treatment takes a turn: tocilizumab-induced bowel perforation in a patient with COVID-19-afflicted rheumatoid arthritis	1
Humoral and cellular response to a third booster dose SARS-CoV- 2 vaccination in patients with autoimmune disease: a case series	1
Comment on ‘Systemic autoimmunity with Castleman-like lymphadenopathy: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge’: reply	1
Adult-onset Still’s disease: analysis of a monocentric cohort of patients	1
Validity of clinical psoriatic arthritis diagnoses made by rheumatologists in the Swedish National Patient Register	1
Three-year follow-up of lumbar spine and sacroiliac magnetic resonance imaging changes in early axial spondyloarthritis with consideration of the lumbar facet joints	1
Disease activity in women with ankylosing spondylitis remains higher under Tumour Necrosis Factor inhibitor treatment than in men: a five-year observational study	1
Large-vessel giant cell arteritis after COVID-19 vaccine	1
Positive pregnancy outcome in an anti-SSA positive female with SLE and factor V Leiden following bimonthly IVIG administration	1
Impact of triage by a rheumatologist on appropriateness of referrals from primary to secondary care: a cluster randomized trial	1
Keep a closer eye on ‘seronegative rheumatoid arthritis’	1
Lupus profundus-associated SLE: complete remission with combination antimalarial therapy	1
Validation and characterization of venous thromboembolism diagnoses in the Swedish National Patient Register among patients with rheumatoid arthritis	1
Warthin tumour and IgG-₄-RD with pleural involvement: shared immunity or coincidence?	1
Agreement between self-reported and observed functioning in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and fibromyalgia, and the influence of pain and fatigue: a cross-sectional study	1
Psoriatic arthritis: improvement in outcomes but persistent sex difference – 5-year follow-up study of a Norwegian outpatient clinic population	1
The lipid paradox is also present in early axial spondyloarthritis: results from the Swedish part of the SPondyloArthritis Caught Early (SPACE) cohort	1
Listeriosis presenting with fever, arthralgia, elevated liver enzymes, and hyperferritinaemia in pregnancy: a critical mimicker of adult-onset Still’s disease	1
Correction	1
Removal of breast implants as primary treatment for autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants	1
Sacroiliitis in inflammatory bowel disease on abdominal computed tomography: prevalence, misses, and associated factors	1
Dantrolene, a ryanodine receptor stabilizer, is a candidate immunomodulator for treating rheumatic disease	1