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Papers

(The median citation count of Advances in Rheumatology is 2. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Prevalence, demographics, and clinical characteristics of Latin American patients with spondyloarthritis	27
Depression is associated with increased disease activity and higher disability in a large Italian cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis	24
The effects of COVID-19 fear and anxiety on symptom severity, sleep quality, and mood in patients with fibromyalgia: a pilot study	23
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for systemic sclerosis: Brazilian experience	22
Is rituximab effective for systemic sclerosis? A systematic review and meta-analysis	21
Intestinal microbiota and active systemic lupus erythematosus: a systematic review	20
The effect of rehabilitation protocol using mobile health in overweight and obese patients with knee osteoarthritis: a clinical trial	19
Serial whole-body cryotherapy in fibromyalgia is effective and alters cytokine profiles	18
Associations between serum calcium, 25(OH)D level and bone mineral density in adolescents	17
Combined effects of MSU crystals injection and high fat-diet feeding on the establishment of a gout model in C57BL/6 mice	15
Flow cytometry evaluation of CD14/CD16 monocyte subpopulations in systemic sclerosis patients: a cross sectional controlled study	15
Neuropathic pain in knee osteoarthritis	14
Pain and fatigue are predictors of quality of life in primary Sjögren’s syndrome	14
Effects of photobiomodulation and a physical exercise program on the expression of inflammatory and cartilage degradation biomarkers and functional capacity in women with knee osteoarthritis: a random	13
Gout of feet and ankles in different disease durations: diagnostic value of single-source DECT and evaluation of urate deposition with a novel semi-quantitative DECT scoring system	13
Ultrasonographic and resistance index evaluation of nails in psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis, and control groups: a cross-sectional study	12
Cardiovascular risk comorbidities in rheumatoid arthritis patients and the use of anti-rheumatic drugs: a cross-sectional real-life study	12
Dietetic intervention in psoriatic arthritis: the DIETA trial	11
Risk factors for the flare of systemic lupus erythematosus and its influence on prognosis: a single-center retrospective analysis	11
Factors associated with anxiety and depression in rheumatoid arthritis patients: a cross-sectional study	9
Lung involvement prevalence in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis without known pulmonary disease: a multicentric cross sectional study	9
Pathogenic implications, incidence, and outcomes of COVID-19 in autoimmune inflammatory joint diseases and autoinflammatory disorders	9
Assessment of gait in patients with fibromyalgia during motor and cognitive dual task walking: a cross-sectional study	8
The quality of online consumer health information at the intersection of complementary and alternative medicine and arthritis	8
2021 recommendations of the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology for the gynecological and obstetric care of patients with Sjogren’s syndrome	8

Primary Sjögren syndrome and development of another autoimmune rheumatic disease during the follow-up	8
Long non-coding RNA KCNQ1OT1 promotes cell viability and migration as well as inhibiting degradation of CHON-001 cells by regulating miR-126-5p/TRPS1 axis	8
Risk factors of systemic lupus erythematosus: an overview of systematic reviews and Mendelian randomization studies	8
Correlating cognition and cortical excitability with pain in fibromyalgia: a case control study	8
PLCL1 regulates fibroblast-like synoviocytes inflammation via NLRP3 inflammasomes in rheumatoid arthritis	7
Dualities of the vitamin D in systemic sclerosis: a systematic literature review	7
The relevance of anti-Jo-1 autoantibodies in patients with definite dermatomyositis	7
Clinical and laboratory evaluation of sicca complaints: distinctive aspects of primary, secondary and non-Sjogren syndrome	7
Chronic use of hydroxychloroquine did not protect against COVID-19 in a large cohort of patients with rheumatic diseases in Brazil	7
SIRT1 is transcriptionally repressed by YY1 and suppresses ferroptosis in rheumatoid arthritis	7
Prevalence of Sjögren's syndrome according to 2016 ACR-EULAR classification criteria in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus	6
Baricitinib improves pulmonary fibrosis in mice with rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease by inhibiting the Jak2/Stat3 signaling pathway	6
Recommendations for evaluation and diagnosis of extra-glandular manifestations of primary Sjögren syndrome: results of an epidemiologic systematic review/meta-analysis and a consensus guideline from t	6
Vasculitis damage index in Behçet’s disease	6
Brazilian Society of Rheumatology 2020 guidelines for psoriatic arthritis	6
Comparison of clinical features, disease activity, treatment and outcomes between late-onset and early-onset patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. A sex- and year at diagnosis-matched controlled	6
The efficacy of low dose short-term prednisone therapy for remission induction in newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis patients	6
Functional index for hand osteoarthritis (FIHOA) is associated with pain, muscle strength, and EQ-5D in hand osteoarthritis	6
High YKL-40 serum levels and its expression in the muscle tissues of patients with antisynthetase syndrome	6
Effectiveness and safety of secukinumab in ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis: a 52-week real-life study in an Italian cohort	6
Depressive symptoms are associated with impaired sleep, fatigue, and disease activity in women with rheumatoid arthritis	6
What is the diagnostic value of dual-energy computed tomography in patients with clinical diagnosis of gout?	6
The effect of systemic lupus erythematosus on sexual function in women: an updated meta-analysis based on cross-sectional studies	6
Increased risk of mortality in systemic sclerosis-associated pulmonary hypertension: a systemic review and meta-analysis	6
Guidelines on COVID-19 vaccination in patients with immune-mediated rheumatic diseases: a Brazilian Society of Rheumatology task force	6
Recommendations for evaluation and diagnosis of extra-glandular manifestations of primary sjogren syndrome: results of an epidemiologic systematic review/meta-analysis and a consensus guideline from t	6
Effect of biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs on body composition in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Official Position of the Brazilian Association of Bone Assessment and Metabolism (ABRASSO) on the evaluation of body composition by densitometry—part II (clinical aspects): interpretation, reporting,	5
Gut microbiota mediated the effects of high relative humidity on lupus in female MRL/lpr mice	5
Does [18F]F-FDG-PET/MRI add metabolic information to magnetic resonance image in childhood-onset Takayasu’s arteritis patients? A multicenter case series	5
CD19+CD24highCD27+ B cell and interleukin 35 as potential biomarkers of disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus patients	5
Surgical treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis: a single-blinded randomized controlled trial	5
Chronic osteo-articular changes in patients with sickle cell disease	5
Morphofunctional analysis of fibroblast-like synoviocytes in human rheumatoid arthritis and mouse collagen-induced arthritis	5
Recommendations of the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology for the use of JAK inhibitors in the management of rheumatoid arthritis	5
Paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS): a Brazilian cohort	5
The genetic influence of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met polymorphism in chronic low back pain	5
Association of TNFSF4 polymorphisms with systemic lupus erythematosus: a meta-analysis	5
Influenza and pneumococcal vaccination coverage in Latin American patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a cross-sectional and comparative study	5
Osteoporotic fractures in rheumatoid arthritis patients in Argentina: a matched retrospective cohort study	5
Ultrasound joint examination by an automated system versus by a rheumatologist: from a patient perspective	5
Extra-articular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis remain a major challenge: data from a large, multi-centric cohort	4
Treatment of knee osteoarthritis with a new formulation of a fixed-dose combination of glucosamine sulfate and bovine chondroitin: a multicenter, randomized, single-blind, non-inferiority clinical tri	4
Unstimulated whole salivary flow in Sjögren’s Syndrome: systematic literature review and meta-analysis	4
Measurement properties of the Brazilian online version of the Fibromyalgia Rapid Screening Tool (FiRST)	4
Sacroiliitis in children and adolescents with familial Mediterranean fever	4
Syndecan-4 is correlated with disease activity and serological characteristic of rheumatoid arthritis	4
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and macrophage activation syndrome: two rare sides of the same devastating coin	4
Performance of 4 methods for screening of latent tuberculosis infection in patients with chronic inflammatory arthritis under TNFα inhibitors: a 24-month prospective study	4
VI Brazilian consensus guidelines for detection of anti-cell autoantibodies on HEp-2 cells	4

Quality of referrals to a rheumatology service before and after implementation of a triage system with telemedicine support	4
Functioning in the fibromyalgia syndrome: validity and reliability of the WHODAS 2.0	4
Serum MMP-9, SP-D, and VEGF levels reflect the severity of connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases	4
Microparticles: potential new contributors to the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis?	4
Update to “guidelines on COVID-19 vaccination in patients with immune-mediated rheumatic diseases: a Brazilian Society of Rheumatology task force”	4
The effect of initiation of urate-lowering treatment during a gout flare on the current episode: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	4
Effects of medications on incidence and risk of knee and hip joint replacement in patients with osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Inflammatory cytokines and their potential role in Sjogren’s syndrome risk: insights from a mendelian randomization study	4
Cognitive dysfunction in patients with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus may impact treatment	4
Official position of the Brazilian Association of Bone Assessment and Metabolism (ABRASSO) on the evaluation of body composition by densitometry: part I (technical aspects)—general concepts, indicatio	4
Attitudes of patients with a rheumatic disease on drug use in the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Comparative study of the synovial levels of RANKL and OPG in rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis and osteoarthritis	3
Adverse drug reactions associated with treatment in patients with chronic rheumatic diseases in childhood: a retrospective real life review of a single center cohort	3
Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase and indirect bilirubin may participate in systemic inflammation of patients with psoriatic arthritis	3
Reference range of serum uric acid and prevalence of hyperuricemia: a cross-sectional study from baseline data of ELSA-Brasil cohort	3
TP53 and p21 (CDKN1A) polymorphisms and the risk of systemic lupus erythematosus	3
Increased modifiable cardiovascular risk factors in patients with Takayasu arteritis: a multicenter cross-sectional study	3
Graft versus host disease-related eosinophilic fasciitis: cohort description and literature review	3
Association of homocysteine with ankylosing spondylitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Accuracy of Doppler ultrasound in the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Brazilian recommendations for the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in patients with axial spondyloarthritis	3
Blood levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in systemic lupus erythematous (SLE): a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
The roles of immune cells in Behçet’s disease	3
Abdominal symptoms during Sjogren’s syndrome: a pilot study	3
Extra-musculoskeletal manifestations driving the therapeutic decision-making in patients with Spondyloarthritis: a 12-month follow-up prospective cohort study	3
Drug prices in Latin American countries: the case of rheumatoid arthritis Biosimilars	3
COVID-19 was not associated or trigger disease activity in spondylarthritis patients: ReumaCoV-Brasil cross-sectional data	3
Clinical manifestations, outcomes, and antibody profile of Brazilian adult patients with dermatomyositis: a single-center longitudinal study	3
HLA-B27 positivity in a large miscegenated population of 5,389,143 healthy blood marrow donors in Brazil	3
Treatment with biological therapy is associated with faster recovery and lower frequency of treatment switch among rheumatic patients with Chikungunya fever	3
Prevalence and factors associated with flares following COVID-19 mRNA vaccination in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and spondyloarthritis: a national cohort study	3
The impact of normal serum complement levels on the disease classification and clinical characteristics in systemic lupus erythematosus	2
Effectiveness of functional training versus resistance exercise in patients with psoriatic arthritis: randomized controlled trial	2
Statin indication according to the 2019 World Health Organization cardiovascular disease risk charts and carotid ultrasound in Mexican mestizo rheumatoid arthritis patients	2
Dentists’ knowledge about osteoporosis and their ability to identify the disease	2
Efficacy and safety of different Janus kinase inhibitors combined with methotrexate for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: a single-center randomized trial	2
The impact of a low-calorie, low-glycemic diet on systemic lupus erythematosus: a systematic review	2
Relationship of the sacral slope with early gait derangements in robust older women	2
Triptolide regulates the balance of Tfr/Tfh in lupus mice	2
II Brazilian Society of Rheumatology consensus for lupus nephritis diagnosis and treatment	2
Predictors of response to etanercept-methotrexate treatment: a post hoc logistic regression analysis of a randomized, open-label study in Latin American patients with rheumatoid arthritis	2
Psoriatic Arthritis Quality of Life Questionnaire: translation, cultural adaptation and validation into Brazilian Portuguese language	2
Prevalence of sleep disturbance in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Quantitative evaluation of very early cartilage damage in experimental osteoarthritis using scanning electron microscopy	2
Musculoskeletal ultrasound as a screening-tool for rheumatoid arthritis: results of the “Rheuma-Truck” screening and awareness initiative	2
Fibronectin extra domain A as a drug delivery targeting epitope for rheumatoid arthritis	2
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with Behçet's disease	2
Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of “Trapeziometacarpal Arthrosis Symptoms and Disability—TASD” into Brazilian Portuguese	2
Testing relationship between tea intake and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus: a Mendelian randomization study	2
Effect of multidimensional physiotherapy on non-specific chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial	2
Do it fast! Early access to specialized care improved long-term outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis: data from the REAL multicenter observational study	2
Carotid atherosclerosis in the first five years since rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis: a cross sectional study	2
Risk factors for losing hepatitis B virus surface antibody in patients with HBV surface antigen negative/surface antibody positive serostatus receiving biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs:	2
Evaluation of peripheral neuropathy in lower limbs of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and its relation to fall risk	2
Radiographic aspects in individuals infected by human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) with joint pain	2
Serum defensin levels in patients with systemic sclerosis	2
The importance of lower extremity involvement type on exercise performances, function, and quality of life in peripheral predominant forms of juvenile idiopathic arthritis	2
Safety and immunogenicity of influenza A(H3N2) component vaccine in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus	2
Cardiovascular risk assessment using ASCVD risk score in fibromyalgia: a single-centre, retrospective study using “traditional” case control methodology and “novel” machine learning	2
Proteinuria and serum creatinine after 12 months of treatment for lupus nephritis as predictors of long-term renal outcome: a case–control study	2