OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Osteoarthritis and Cartilage is 36. 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
Does gabapentin provide benefit for patients with knee OA? A benefit-harm and cost-effectiveness analysis	358
Chondrocyte apoptosis in temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis promotes bone resorption by enhancing chemotaxis of osteoclast precursors	216
The Fundamentals of OA	167
Quantifying Knee-Adjacent Subcutaneous Fat in the Entire OAI Baseline Dataset - Associations with Cartilage MRI T2, Thickness and Pain, Independent of BMI	127
Association of COVID-19 vaccinations with osteoarthritis flares: A case-crossover study	118
‘Just do it’ still applies when it comes to exercise, diet, and education for osteoarthritis	109
T1Gd is reduced in bone marrow lesions overlying cartilage in the hip	106
Fundamentals of osteoarthritis. Rehabilitation: Exercise, diet, biomechanics, and physical therapist-delivered interventions	100
Assessment of the efficacy of intra-articular platelet rich plasma treatment in an ACLT experimental model by dynamic contrast enhancement MRI of knee subchondral bone marrow and MRI T2 measurement o	95
Age and oxidative stress regulate Nrf2 homeostasis in human articular chondrocytes	93
CHONDROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION OF HUMAN MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS IN CELL SHEETS UNDER PHYSIOXIA FOR CARTILAGE TISSUE REGENERATION	79
Single-cell and bulk analysis reveal interaction of THBS2+ fibroblasts and TREM2+ macrophages in bone marrow lesions of knee osteoarthritis	76
“SYNOVIUM-CARTILAGE” CROSSTALK-MEDIATED HETEROCHROMATIN REMODELING PROMOTES CHONDROCYTE SENESCENCE AND OSTEOARTHRITIS DEVELOPMENT VIA HMGA1 ACTIVATION	72
UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENT AND CONTRADICTORY ROLES OF MONOCYTES AND MACROPHAGES IN OSTEOARTHRITIS	71
TRAINED TOLERANCE IN OSTEOARTHRITIC CHONDROCYTES	68
3D SPHEROID MODEL OF ATDC-5 CELLS USING ALGINATE-HYALURONIC ACID HYDROGELS	60
2024 Program Planning Committee	60
THE ROLE OF WNT5A IN T CELL BALANCE IN OSTEOARTHRITIS	58
ESTABLISHMENT OF A JOINT-IN-LAB MODEL USING EX VIVO OSTEOCHONDRAL AND SYNOVIUM EXPLANT CO-CULTURE SYSTEM	52
A SLOW MARCH TO SURGERY: BELIEFS AND REALITIES OF PATIENTS WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS WAITING FOR A TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT	52
Physiological intracellular molecular crowding renormalizes osteoarthritic chondrocytes towards a healthy phenotype	49
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ONSET IN OSTEOARTHRITIS AND THE ROLE OF SEX AND SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION	45
A MIXED METHODS: EVALUATION OF IMPLEMENTATION OUTCOMES FOR THE GOOD LIFE WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS DENMARK (GLA:D®) HIP AND KNEE PROGRAMME ACROSS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SETTINGS IN IRELAND IN THE FIR	44
Effects of combined type-I collagen hydrogel-guided rAAV-mediated sox9 gene transfer and overexpression with an IL-1Ra on the phenotype of human osteoarthritic articular chondrocytes	44
Baseline peripheral blood epigenetic age is accelerated among individuals with knee osteoarthritis who experience dual radiographic+pain and radiographic-only progression but not pain-only progression	43

SEVERITY OF CARTILAGE DEGENERATION IN ANKLE OSTEOARTHRITIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH DISTINCT SYNOVIAL PHENOTYPES	42
Mitochondrial damage-induced Phf8 activation exacerbates osteoarthritis through regulation of H3K27me3 demethylation	42
TRIZONAL, TISSUE-ENGINEERED MENISCUS MICROTISSUES FOR TREATMENT OF MENISCAL DEFECTS IN A MICROPIG PARTIAL MENISCECTOMY MODEL	42
GUT MICROBIOME AND OSTEOARTHRITIS: INSIGHTS FROM THE NATURALLY OCCURRING CANINE MODEL OF OA	41
Repeatability of knee joint motion during different load/speed protocols performed using a specialized device for dynamic magnetic resonance imaging	39
DISTINCT FREQUENCY AND DISTRIBUTION OF BCP AND CPP-BASED CALCIFICATION IN CARTILAGE AND SYNOVIUM OF OSTEOARTHRITIS PATIENTS	39
IN VITRO MODELS FOR THE STUDY OF OSTEOARTHRITIS	39
BIOFUNC: IDENTIFYING OSTEOARTHRITIS-SPECIFIC PROTEINS ASSOCIATED WITH OBJECTIVELY EVALUATED PERFORMANCE-BASED JOINT FUNCTION AND PATIENT REPORTED PAIN	39
A CATALOGUE OF ‘KNEE FRIENDLY’ EXERCISES DEVELOPED BY AND FOR PERSONS WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS: AN INTERNATIONAL PATIENT SURVEY	38
PREDICTIVE PERFORMANCE OF MULTI ANCESTRY POLYGENIC RISK SCORE FOR KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS	36
THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL OF PERINATAL MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS DERIVED EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES ON INFLAMED CHONDROCYTES IN VITRO	36
GUT MICROBIOMIC ANALYSIS OF SUSTAINED KNEE PAIN IN KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS PATIENTS	36