OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Osteoarthritis and Cartilage is 40. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Voluntary Wheel Running Exacerbates Joint Damage, But Not Physical Activity Levels, Following Meniscal Injury In Mice	321
Characterizing The Trajectory Of Murine Knee Osteoarthritis Across Menopause	289
To Understand The Dichotomy Between Synovial Resident Macrophages And Infiltrating Monocytes In Oa Progression	244
Understanding The Role Of Activity Limitations And Instrumental Supports In Changes In Social Participation In Osteoarthritis: A Population-Based Study	240
Longitudinal Analysis Between The Progression Of Knee Osteoarthritis And Physical Activity: Data From The Osteoarthritis Initiative	192
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	116
Association between Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes of Total Joint Arthroplasty	112
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	107
The low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 regulates non-canonical Wnt signalling and its deficiency causes severe and multiple skeletal defects.	100
Fiber continuity of the acutely ruptured anterior cruciate ligament over two years evaluated by three-dimensional MRI	97
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	91
DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTELLIGENT KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS LIFESTYLE APP: A PERSON-BASED APPROACH	84
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
Effect Of 6-Week Treatment With Topical Corticosteroid In Patients With Symptomatic Hand Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial	74
Causal Associations Of Bmi With Osteoarthritis Using Bidirectional Mendelian Randomisation	72
Counsel and weight loss in knee/hip osteoarthritis	72
Association Of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings Of Ligamentum Teres Lesions With Clinical And Structural Hip Osteoarthritis	68
Radiographic Progression Of Hand Osteoarthritis Over 2 Years: The Hostas Cohort	68
Harmonization of pain scores — interesting and relevant findings	65
Endocrine disruptors: a new risk factor of osteoarthritis? Experimental data on osteoarthritis murine model	62
The Magnitude Of Knee Osteoarthritis In Benghazi Medical Center, Libya	61
Establishment Of Regulatory Networks Of Cartilage Specific Differentially Expressed Proteins In Osteoarthritis	60
Multiplex Cell Niche Engineering For Chondrogenic Phenotype Maintenance Of Osteoarthritis Chondrocytes	57
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	56
Screening Platform For Identifying Compounds That Promote Chondrogenesis	54

Association Between Metabolic Syndrome And Knee Pain Over 10-13 Years In Middle-Aged Adults	52
Structural Severity In Knee Osteoarthritis Impacts Treatment Response: A Post Hoc Pooled Analysis Of Lorecivivint Clinical Trials	49
Relation Of Walking Cadence To Changes In Knee Pain: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study	49
Ultrasound measurement of decreased vastus medialis quality as a marker for increased structural abnormalities in early knee osteoarthritis: a case-control study	48
Tribute to Dr. Frank Beier (1965–2025)	48
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	47
Biomarker Discovery Using Synovial Fluid Proteomics For Equine Osteoarthritis	47
Twenty-year trajectories of morbidity in people with and without osteoarthritis	45
Anxiety, depression and healthcare consultations/inpatient days in people with osteoarthritis: A register-based matched cohort study	45
A SLOW MARCH TO SURGERY: BELIEFS AND REALITIES OF PATIENTS WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS WAITING FOR A TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT	45
Interferon-gamma signaling promotes cartilage regeneration after injury	44
Can we use MSC-polarised macrophages to influence chondrocyte cell behaviour and improve cartilage repair?	43
Efficacy and safety of an intra-articular placental tissue particulate (MOTYS/PTP-001) in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis over 26 weeks: A placebo-controlled, double-blind randomized clinical trial	42
ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN HIP OR KNEE PAIN AND HEALTH OUTCOMES AMONG PEOPLE WITH MULTIMORBIDITY: BASELINE DATA FROM THE MOBILIZE TRIAL	41
A PHYSICS-INFORMED NEURAL NETWORK CAN ACCURATELY ESTIMATE HIP CONTACT FORCES	40
Decellularized Extracellular Matrix Based Hydrogel Promotes Chondrocyte Redifferentiation	40