OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology is 4. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Short-term transcutaneous non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation may reduce disease activity and pro-inflammatory cytokines in rheumatoid arthritis: results of a pilot study	48
Adherence to metformin and the onset of rheumatoid arthritis: a population-based cohort study	20
Elevated adiponectin predicts the development of rheumatoid arthritis in subjects with obesity	17
Pamidronate in chronic non-bacterial osteomyelitis: a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled pilot trial	17
Orbital and periorbital inflammation in VEXAS syndrome	17
Large-vessel giant cell arteritis after COVID-19 vaccine	17
Population-based study of patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome and lymphoma: lymphoma subtypes, clinical characteristics, and gender differences	16
Efficacy and safety of iguratimod on patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome: a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial	15
Temporomandibular joint involvement in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a retrospective chart review	14
Association between inflammasome-related polymorphisms and psoriatic arthritis	13
Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies are associated with radiographic damage but not disease activity in early rheumatoid arthritis diagnosed in 2006–2011	12
Lessons learned from clinical phenotypes in early psoriatic arthritis: the real-world Dutch south west Early Psoriatic ARthritis study	11
Autoantibodies are major predictors of arthritis development in patients with anti-citrullinated protein antibodies and musculoskeletal pain	11
Pneumococcal antibody protection in patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases with varying vaccination status	11
The validity of rheumatoid arthritis diagnoses in Finnish biobanks	11
SLCO1B1 variants as predictors of methotrexate-related toxicity in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis	10
Trabecular bone score value is associated with new bone formation independently of fat metaplasia on spinal magnetic resonance imaging in patients with ankylosing spondylitis	10
Tofacitinib-induced remission in refractory adult-onset Still’s disease complicated by macrophage activation syndrome	10
Systemic Capillary Leak Syndrome triggered by SARS-CoV2 infection: Case Report and Systematic Review	10
Psoriatic arthritis, axial spondyloarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis in Norway: nationwide prevalence and use of biologic agents	10
Antibodies against carbamylated proteins: prevalence and associated disease characteristics in Belgian patients with rheumatoid arthritis or other rheumatic diseases	10
Anti-Ro52/TRIM21 is independently associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension and mortality in a cohort of systemic sclerosis patients	10
Predictors of fatigue and persistent fatigue in early rheumatoid arthritis: a longitudinal observational study, data from the ESPOIR cohort	10
Presenting features and outcomes of cranial-limited and large-vessel giant cell arteritis: a retrospective cohort study	9
Do magnetic resonance imaging-detected erosions predict progression to rheumatoid arthritis in patients presenting with clinically suspect arthralgia? A longitudinal study	9

Using a novel smartphone application for capturing of patient-reported outcome measures among patients with inflammatory arthritis:A randomized, crossover, agreement study	9
Reduction of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia and bloodstream infections by trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole prophylaxis in patients with rheumatic diseases	8
Incidence and prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in Denmark from 1998 to 2018: a nationwide register-based study	8
Tocilizumab and rituximab for anti-MDA-5 positive amyopathic dermatomyositis complicated with macrophage activation syndrome and progressive fibrosing interstitial lung disease	8
Higher body mass index is associated with lower foot health in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: baseline results of the Amsterdam-Foot cohort	8
Tapering of Etanercept is feasible in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in sustained remission: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial	8
Increased synovial galectin-3 induce inflammatory fibroblast activation and osteoclastogenesis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis	7
Validity of clinical psoriatic arthritis diagnoses made by rheumatologists in the Swedish National Patient Register	7
Pretreatment resistin levels are associated with erosive disease in early rheumatoid arthritis treated with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs and infliximab	7
Reproductive history and osteoarthritis in the Women’s Health Initiative	7
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in patients treated for systemic autoimmune disorders: a retrospective analysis of patient characteristics and outcome	7
Feasibility and estimated efficacy of blood flow restricted training in female patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a randomized controlled pilot study	7
Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis in elderly Icelanders and its association with the metabolic syndrome: the AGES-Reykjavik Study	7
Twenty-year changes in mortality rates and underlying causes of death in patients with rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease	7
Cost-effectiveness of a telehealth intervention in rheumatoid arthritis: economic evaluation of the Telehealth in RA (TeRA) randomized controlled trial	7
Serum levels of n-3 and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and their association with disease activity: a pilot study	7
Early radiological progression remains associated with long-term joint damage in real-world rheumatoid arthritis patients treated to the target of remission	7
Extended-release tofacitinib improves refractory Takayasu’s arteritis	7
Effects of cigarette smoking and human T-cell leukaemia virus type 1 infection on anti-citrullinated peptide antibody production in Japanese community-dwelling adults: the Nagasaki Islands Study	6
Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on an Italian cohort of systemic sclerosis patients	6
Increased prevalence of sleep disturbance in psoriatic arthritis is associated with inflammatory and non-inflammatory measures	6
Risk of cancer in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a nationwide cohort study in Taiwan	6
Extent of atherosclerosis after 11-year prospective follow-up in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis was affected by disease severity at diagnosis	6
Lupus hepatitis, more than just elevated liver enzymes	6
Disease activity in women with ankylosing spondylitis remains higher under Tumour Necrosis Factor inhibitor treatment than in men: a five-year observational study	6
Rheumatological evaluation of patients with interstitial lung disease	6
Complement activation prior to symptom onset in myeloperoxidase ANCA-associated vasculitis but not proteinase 3 ANCA associated vasculitis - A Swedish biobank study	6
The feasible maintenance dose of corticosteroid in Takayasu arteritis in the era of biologic therapy	6
Clinical phenotypes of Behçet’s syndrome in a large cohort of Italian patients: focus on gender differences	6
Association of weather factors with the risk of pain exacerbations in people with hip osteoarthritis	6
Prognostic value of peripheral blood markers in patients with myositis-associated interstitial lung diseases	6
Muscle wasting, a neglected complication associated with physical dysfunction in elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional observational study	6
The changing incidence of rheumatoid arthritis over time in north-west Greece: data from a referral centre	6
Major reduction of ultrasound-detected synovitis during subcutaneous tocilizumab treatment: results from a multicentre 24 week study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis	6
Detection of human cytomegalovirus in synovial neutrophils obtained from patients with rheumatoid arthritis	6
Prostanoids in scleroderma microangiopathy: clinical and pharmacoeconomic comparison between two intravenous regimens	6
Detectable anti-proteinase-3 antibodies precede clinical manifestations in a case of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis	5
Immunoglobulin A antibodies to oxidized collagen type II as a potential biomarker for the stratification of spondyloarthritis from rheumatoid arthritis	5
Sirolimus use in patients with subglottic stenosis in the context of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), suspected GPA, and immunoglobulin G₄-related disease	5
Interval prolongation of etanercept in rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and psoriatic arthritis: a randomized controlled trial	5
Urgent manifestations of immunoglobulin G₄-related disease	5
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	5
Fluorescence optical imaging in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis: a comparison with ultrasound and an association with biomarkers	5
Rheumatoid arthritis and the risk of major cardiometabolic diseases: a Mendelian randomization study	5
Incidence, survival, and risk of cardiovascular events in adult inflammatory myopathies in South Korea: a nationwide population-based study	5
Lifestyle factors and comorbidities in gout patients compared to the general population in Western Sweden: results from a questionnaire study	5
Complications after minor salivary gland biopsy: a retrospective study of 630 patients from two Swedish centres	5
Pentraxin-3 – a potential biomarker in ANCA-associated vasculitis	5
Serum golimumab concentration and anti-drug antibodies are associated with treatment response and drug survival in patients with inflammatory joint diseases: data from the NOR-DMARD study	5
Self-limiting reactive disease mimicking polymyalgia rheumatica following Moderna COVID-19 vaccine	5

Pregnancy outcome in women with different rheumatic diseases: a retrospective analysis	5
Widespread non-joint pain in early rheumatoid arthritis	5
Arthropathy in hereditary haemochromatosis segregates with elevated erythrocyte mean corpuscular volume	5
Adenosine receptor A2a blockade by caffeine increases IFN–gamma production in Th1 cells from patients with rheumatoid arthritis	5
Temperature response to cold challenge and mobile phone thermography as outcome measures for systemic sclerosis-related Raynaud’s phenomenon	5
Incidence and predictors of thoracic aortic damage in biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis	5
Validation and characterization of venous thromboembolism diagnoses in the Swedish National Patient Register among patients with rheumatoid arthritis	5
Disease activity trajectories in rheumatoid arthritis: a tool for prediction of outcome	5
Nailfold videocapillaroscopy: a novel possible surrogate marker for the evaluation of peripheral microangiopathy in pulmonary arterial hypertension	5
Relationship between faecal calprotectin and inflammation in peripheral joints and entheses in axial spondyloarthritis	4
Low body weight and involuntary weight loss are associated with Raynaud’s phenomenon in both men and women	4
Behcet’s-like disease in a patient treated with Ixekizumab for chronic plaque psoriasis	4
Corticosteroids reduce vascular ultrasound sensitivity in fast- track pathways (FTP): results from Coventry Multi-Disciplinary FTP for cranial Giant Cell Arteritis	4
Smoking associated with reduced odds of Sjögren’s syndrome among rheumatoid arthritis patients	4
Contribution of tenosynovitis of small joints to the symptom morning stiffness in patients presenting with undifferentiated and rheumatoid arthritis	4
Complement profile in microscopic polyangiitis and granulomatosis with polyangiitis: analysis using sera from a nationwide prospective cohort study	4
Cluster analysis identifies unmet healthcare needs among patients with rheumatoid arthritis	4
Gout in Dalarna, Sweden – a population-based study of gout occurrence and compliance to treatment guidelines	4
Reduced prescription of TNF-inhibitors in chronic arthritis based on therapeutic drug monitoring: A randomized controlled trial	4
Prevalence of survey-based criteria for fibromyalgia and impact on hospital burden: a 7 year follow-up study from an outpatient clinic	4
Transition to adult care in Finnish adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis	4
Resilience of systemic sclerosis patients following the first COVID-19 wave in Italy	4
Validity and reliability of the Swedish version of the Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease scale for individuals with systemic sclerosis	4
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	4
Increased risk of end-stage renal disease in patients with systemic sclerosis	4
Unacceptable pain in the BARFOT inception cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a long-term study	4
A case of myositis with dropped head syndrome and anti-titin antibody positivity induced by pembrolizumab	4
Successful treatment with cyclosporine and anti-tumour necrosis factor agent for deficiency of adenosine deaminase-2	4
Patient characteristics in Behçet’s Syndrome and their associations with major organ involvement: a single-centre experience of 2118 cases	4
Rheumatoid cachexia in early rheumatoid arthritis: prevalence and associated variables	4
Associations of serum monocyte-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio with digital ulcers and skin fibrosis in patients with systemic sclerosis	4
Natural disease progression in finger osteoarthritis: results from a 10 year follow-up cohort	4
Risk of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and the effect of orthopaedic implants on the risk: a nationwide observational cohort study	4
Can pain flares in knee osteoarthritis be predicted?	4
Worse scores but similar patterns of disease activity: interpreting outcomes in women with axial spondyloarthropathy	4
Favorable clinical response and drug retention of anti-IL-6 receptor inhibitor in rheumatoid arthritis with high CRP levels: the ANSWER cohort study	4