OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Osteoarthritis and Cartilage is 42. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Voluntary Wheel Running Exacerbates Joint Damage, But Not Physical Activity Levels, Following Meniscal Injury In Mice	259
Characterizing The Trajectory Of Murine Knee Osteoarthritis Across Menopause	255
To Understand The Dichotomy Between Synovial Resident Macrophages And Infiltrating Monocytes In Oa Progression	208
Understanding The Role Of Activity Limitations And Instrumental Supports In Changes In Social Participation In Osteoarthritis: A Population-Based Study	205
Longitudinal Analysis Between The Progression Of Knee Osteoarthritis And Physical Activity: Data From The Osteoarthritis Initiative	155
Relation Between Bone Characteristics And Hip Osteoarthritis In A Cohort Of Post-Menopausal Women: The Qualyor Study	122
Associations Between Pain Reduction After Participation In First-Line Osteoarthritis Management Programs For Hip And Knee Osteoarthritis And Progression To Joint Surgery: A Registry-Based Study Of 440	106
Association between Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes of Total Joint Arthroplasty	104
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	95
The low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 regulates non-canonical Wnt signalling and its deficiency causes severe and multiple skeletal defects.	95
Fiber continuity of the acutely ruptured anterior cruciate ligament over two years evaluated by three-dimensional MRI	91
The relationship between tobacco smoking and knee osteoarthritis in regard of its incidence and progression: 10-year retrospective cohort study based on Korea National Health Insurance Service-Health	82
DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTELLIGENT KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS LIFESTYLE APP: A PERSON-BASED APPROACH	80
A BI-CRUCIATE RETAINING KNEE ARTHROPLASTY DESIGN IS NOT BETTER THAN A SINGULAR CRUCIATE RETAINING DEISGN WITH REGARDS TO FIXATION OR PATIENT-REPORTED KNEE FUNCTION AND PAIN- A 5 YEAR FOLLOW-UP OF A RA	79
Curcumin delivery through a dual bio-engine microrobot for treating osteoarthritis	72
Effect Of 6-Week Treatment With Topical Corticosteroid In Patients With Symptomatic Hand Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial	69
Causal Associations Of Bmi With Osteoarthritis Using Bidirectional Mendelian Randomisation	67
Counsel and weight loss in knee/hip osteoarthritis	66
Radiographic Progression Of Hand Osteoarthritis Over 2 Years: The Hostas Cohort	64
Harmonization of pain scores — interesting and relevant findings	60
Association Of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings Of Ligamentum Teres Lesions With Clinical And Structural Hip Osteoarthritis	60
Endocrine disruptors: a new risk factor of osteoarthritis? Experimental data on osteoarthritis murine model	57
The Magnitude Of Knee Osteoarthritis In Benghazi Medical Center, Libya	56
Establishment Of Regulatory Networks Of Cartilage Specific Differentially Expressed Proteins In Osteoarthritis	55
A Double-Blind, Randomized, Parallel Group Comparison Of The Effects Of Triamcinolone Acetonide Extended-Release And Triamcinolone Acetonide Immediate-Release On Continuous Glucose Monitoring In Patie	54

Multiplex Cell Niche Engineering For Chondrogenic Phenotype Maintenance Of Osteoarthritis Chondrocytes	54
Association Between Metabolic Syndrome And Knee Pain Over 10-13 Years In Middle-Aged Adults	51
Screening Platform For Identifying Compounds That Promote Chondrogenesis	51
Structural Severity In Knee Osteoarthritis Impacts Treatment Response: A Post Hoc Pooled Analysis Of Lorecivivint Clinical Trials	50
Ultrasound measurement of decreased vastus medialis quality as a marker for increased structural abnormalities in early knee osteoarthritis: a case-control study	47
Reply to Letter to the Editor	47
Relation Of Walking Cadence To Changes In Knee Pain: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study	47
Tribute to Dr. Frank Beier (1965–2025)	46
What is the rationale for mesenchymal stromal cells based therapies in the management of hemophilic arthropathies?	46
Dimethyl Fumarate As A Potential Disease Modifying Agent For The Treatment Of Knee Osteoarthritis	44
Biomarker Discovery Using Synovial Fluid Proteomics For Equine Osteoarthritis	44
How common is insomnia among patients with knee and hip osteoarthritis? A cross-sectional study using data from the Good Life with osteoArthritis in Denmark (GLA:D®) register	44
Interferon-gamma signaling promotes cartilage regeneration after injury	43
A SLOW MARCH TO SURGERY: BELIEFS AND REALITIES OF PATIENTS WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS WAITING FOR A TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT	43
Twenty-year trajectories of morbidity in people with and without osteoarthritis	43
Anxiety, depression and healthcare consultations/inpatient days in people with osteoarthritis: A register-based matched cohort study	43
Can we use MSC-polarised macrophages to influence chondrocyte cell behaviour and improve cartilage repair?	42