OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Advances in Rheumatology is 5. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Maintained activity in ankylosing spondylitis patients treated with TNFi and/or NSAID for at least 12 weeks: a cross-sectional study in Brazil	28
Could ultrasound and muscle elastography be associated with clinical assessment, laboratory and nailfold capillaroscopy in juvenile dermatomyositis patients?	27
Assessment of gait in patients with fibromyalgia during motor and cognitive dual task walking: a cross-sectional study	26
Takayasu’s arteritis associated with tuberculosis: a retrospective study	25
Efficacy of two doses of intra-articular ozone therapy for pain and functional mobility in knee osteoarthritis: a double-blind randomized trial	22
Factors associated with anxiety and depression in rheumatoid arthritis patients: a cross-sectional study	19
Flow cytometry evaluation of CD14/CD16 monocyte subpopulations in systemic sclerosis patients: a cross sectional controlled study	17
Effect of curcumin on the expression of NOD2 receptor and pro-inflammatory cytokines in fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs) of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients	17
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,	16
The effect of rehabilitation protocol using mobile health in overweight and obese patients with knee osteoarthritis: a clinical trial	15
A brazilian nationwide multicenter study on deficiency of deaminase-2 (DADA2)	14
“In Memoriam” – Rosa Maria Rodrigues Pereira (1958 – 2022)	14
Sacroiliac and spine imaging in spondyloarthritis: Does phenotype or sex matter?	14
Role of type 2 ryanodine receptor stabilisation in autoimmune cell modulation	13
COVID-19 vaccination of patients with chronic immune-mediated inflammatory disease	13
Syndecan-4 is correlated with disease activity and serological characteristic of rheumatoid arthritis	13
Comparative study of two laboratory techniques for the detection of HLA-B27 in patients with axial spondyloarthritis: a cross-sectional analysis	12
The importance of lower extremity involvement type on exercise performances, function, and quality of life in peripheral predominant forms of juvenile idiopathic arthritis	11
What is the diagnostic value of dual-energy computed tomography in patients with clinical diagnosis of gout?	11
Ultrasound joint examination by an automated system versus by a rheumatologist: from a patient perspective	11
Eye signs as a novel risk predictor in pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with systemic lupus erythematosus	11
Post-acute COVID-19 in three doses vaccinated autoimmune rheumatic diseases patients: frequency and pattern of this condition	11
Cardiovascular risk comorbidities in rheumatoid arthritis patients and the use of anti-rheumatic drugs: a cross-sectional real-life study	11
Inflammatory cytokines and their potential role in Sjogren’s syndrome risk: insights from a mendelian randomization study	10
Endoplasmic reticulum stress in the salivary glands of patients with primary and associated Sjögren’s disease, and non-Sjögren’s sicca syndrome: a comparative analysis and the influence of chloroquine	10

2023 Brazilian Society of Rheumatology guidelines for the treatment of systemic sclerosis	10
Development of a questionnaire to assess the patient perspective regarding challenges in psoriatic arthritis treatment—a mixed-methods study	9
Patients with longstanding psoriatic arthritis can achieve DAPSA remission or low disease activity and it correlates to better functional outcomes: results from a Latin-American real-life cohort	9
Statin indication according to the 2019 World Health Organization cardiovascular disease risk charts and carotid ultrasound in Mexican mestizo rheumatoid arthritis patients	8
Brazilian recommendations for the management of tuberculosis infection in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases	8
Morphofunctional analysis of fibroblast-like synoviocytes in human rheumatoid arthritis and mouse collagen-induced arthritis	8
Safety of CoronaVac and ChAdOx1 vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: data from the Brazilian multicentric study safer	8
HLA-B27 positivity in a large miscegenated population of 5,389,143 healthy blood marrow donors in Brazil	8
High YKL-40 serum levels and its expression in the muscle tissues of patients with antisynthetase syndrome	8
The impact of normal serum complement levels on the disease classification and clinical characteristics in systemic lupus erythematosus	8
Lung involvement prevalence in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis without known pulmonary disease: a multicentric cross sectional study	8
Rare primary vasculitis: update on multiple complex diseases and the new kids on the block	8
Prevalence of subclinical systolic dysfunction in Takayasu’s arteritis and its association with disease activity: a cross-sectional study	8
IgG4-related disease—rare but you should not forget it	8
Baricitinib improves pulmonary fibrosis in mice with rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease by inhibiting the Jak2/Stat3 signaling pathway	8
Tuberculin skin test repetition after TNF-α inhibitors in patients with chronic inflammatory arthritis: a long-term retrospective cohort in endemic area	8
Transition clinics in pediatric rheumatology in Colombia: reflection on a necessary shortcomings	7
The use of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I in assessing cardiac involvement and Disease prognosis in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy	7
Evaluation of core decompression outcome in systemic lupus erythematosus with hip osteonecrosis: a retrospective cohort study	7
Rituximab combined with intravenous immunoglobulin in autoimmune diseases: a systematic review	7
Translation, transcultural adaptation into Brazilian Portuguese and concurrent validity of the rheumatoid arthritis assessment scale (RAKAS–13/Brazil)	7
Tripled and sustained change in pregnancy-related annual mortality rates with systemic lupus erythematosus involvement: a nationwide temporal trends study, Brazil, 2006–2022	7
Risk factors for osteoporotic hip fracture among community-dwelling older adults: a real-world evidence study	7
Immunomodulatory effects of atorvastatin on MRL/lpr mice	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 role of proteasome in muscle wasting of experimental arthritis	6
Performance of 4 methods for screening of latent tuberculosis infection in patients with chronic inflammatory arthritis under TNFα inhibitors: a 24-month prospective study	6
Gout comorbidities: results from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey	6
Quality of referrals to a rheumatology service before and after implementation of a triage system with telemedicine support	6
SIRT1 is transcriptionally repressed by YY1 and suppresses ferroptosis in rheumatoid arthritis	6
Comparative effectiveness of abatacept versus TNF inhibitors in rheumatoid arthritis patients who are ACPA and shared epitope positive	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 fatigue on quality of life in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: the chain mediating role of resilience and self-efficacy	6
Correction: Endoplasmic reticulum stress in the salivary glands of patients with primary and associated Sjögren’s disease, and non-Sjögren’s sicca syndrome: a comparative analysis and the influence of	6
Non-cirrhotic Idiopathic portal hypertension in systemic sclerosis patients: report of one case and a systematic review of previous case reports	6
Decreasing delays in the diagnosis and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in Brazil: a nationwide multicenter observational study	6
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	6
Screening crucial lncRNAs and genes in osteoarthritis by integrated analysis	6
Ultrasonographic and resistance index evaluation of nails in psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis, and control groups: a cross-sectional study	6
Effect of biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs on body composition in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Spotlight on latent tuberculosis infection screening for juvenile idiopathic arthritis in two countries, comparing high and low risk patients	5
Correction to: Translation, cultural adaptation and reproducibility of a Portuguese version of the Functional Index for Hand OsteoArthritis (FIHOA)	5
Hypocitraturia as a biomarker of renal tubular acidosis in patients with Sjögren’s disease	5
Hyperuricemia and intravenous fat emulsion are risk factors for gout flares during active gastrointestinal bleeding: a case control study	5
Risk factors for the flare of systemic lupus erythematosus and its influence on prognosis: a single-center retrospective analysis	5
Pathogenic implications, incidence, and outcomes of COVID-19 in autoimmune inflammatory joint diseases and autoinflammatory disorders	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
Radiographic aspects in individuals infected by human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) with joint pain	5
Correction to: 2021 recommendations of the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology for the gynecological and obstetric care of patients with Sjogren’s syndrome	5

Effectiveness and safety of biological and target synthetic drugs treatment for psoriatic arthritis: a systematic review with network meta-analysis	5
Update to “guidelines on COVID-19 vaccination in patients with immune-mediated rheumatic diseases: a Brazilian Society of Rheumatology task force”	5
Warrick score in rheumatoid-arthritis interstitial lung disease: a promising tool for assessing the extent and progression of lung involvement	5
The impact of a low-calorie, low-glycemic diet on systemic lupus erythematosus: a systematic review	5
Fibronectin extra domain A as a drug delivery targeting epitope for rheumatoid arthritis	5
Vasculitis damage index in Behçet’s disease	5