OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Clinical Rheumatology is 28. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Recurrent miscarriage and low-titer antiphospholipid antibodies	97
Current level of rheumatology teaching amongst undergraduate medical students: a systematic literature review	90
Reliability and validity of the Londrina activities of daily living protocol in individuals with systemic sclerosis	69
Cerebral venous thrombosis as a rare complication of Sjögren’s syndrome: case series and literature review	62
Dose effect of corticosteroids on peripheral lymphocyte profiles in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus	59
A nomogram for predicting the adverse pregnancy outcomes of systemic lupus erythematosus: a single-center study	59
Application of metabolomics in the classification of traditional Chinese medicine syndromes in rheumatoid arthritis	53
Correlation of systemic immune inflammation and serum uric acid with gout: based on NHANES	48
Aortic regurgitation in ankylosing spondylitis—an echocardiography follow-up study	43
Aneurysmal rupture in microscopic polyangiitis: a case-based review	42
Early axial spondyloarthritis versus established disease: a single-center analysis based on the new ASAS definition of early disease	41
Serology and histology in Sjögren’s syndrome diagnosis: a retrospective accuracy study	37
Residual pain and fatigue are affected by disease perception in rheumatoid arthritis in sustained clinical and ultrasound remission	37
Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy is associated with SLEDAI in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus	37
ACPA is a main risk factor for CT-proven pulmonary nodule progression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis	35
Patient perspectives on rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: insights from a large-scale survey	34
Salivary gland ultrasound features in sicca syndrome secondary to immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors	33
Neonatal lupus erythematosus presenting with congenital heart block: clinical characteristics and follow-up	33
Long-term risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes associated with cutaneous lupus erythematosus: a nationwide cohort study	32
Prevalence of autoantibodies in pediatric patients with idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis: a scoping review of the literature in the period 1980–2021	32
Hughes-Stovin syndrome (HSS): current status and future perspectives	31
Disease activity indices in psoriatic arthritis: current and evolving concepts	31
Exists a role for serum irisin in Egyptian Behcet’s patients with subclinical atherosclerosis?	30
Iguratimod combination therapy compared with methotrexate monotherapy for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	29
Effects of a lifestyle intervention on cardiovascular risk factors in systemic lupus erythematosus patients: The study “Living well with lupus”	28

Seroconversion of rheumatoid arthritis patients after yellow fever vaccination	28
No effect of approved fibromyalgia drugs on the social pain (invalidation) contrary to physical pain: an open-label short-term randomized clinical trial	28
Impact of rituximab on humoral response to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in previously vaccinated patients with autoimmune diseases	28