OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Clinical Rheumatology is 27. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Frontal bone involvement in SAPHO syndrome	105
Salivary gland ultrasound features in sicca syndrome secondary to immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors	95
ACPA is a main risk factor for CT-proven pulmonary nodule progression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis	82
Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy is associated with SLEDAI in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus	73
Global trends in research of melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5: a bibliometric analysis from 2002 to 2022	55
Correction to: Efficacy of canakinumab on AA amyloidosis in late-onset NLRP3-associated autoinflammatory disease with an I574F somatic mosaic mutation	53
Efficacy and safety of 10 mg versus 30 mg of oral prednisolone for acute CPP crystal arthritis: findings of a randomized controlled trial	53
Minocycline-induced vasculitis	51
Utility of renal resistive index measurement in juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus: a cross-sectional single-center study	49
Respiratory infection risk in primary Sjögren’s syndrome complicated with interstitial lung disease: a retrospective study	48
Glomerulonephritis in primary biliary cholangitis in China: an important complication	46
The disease burden of axial spondyloarthritis: through a gendered lens	45
Several genetic variants associated with systemic sclerosis in a Chinese Han population	44
Reliability and validity of the Londrina activities of daily living protocol in individuals with systemic sclerosis	40
Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis: TNFi effectivity in a retrospective inception cohort	38
Diagnostic performance of Sjögren’s Syndrome Screening Questionnaire (SSSQ)	37
Active vaccination campaign to increase seasonal influenza vaccination coverage: a monocenter experience in a cohort of Italian patients with systemic autoimmune diseases	36
Charcot arthropathy of elbow due to syringomyelia: a case series and systematic review of literature	33
Association of radiological severity of hip involvement with clinical characteristics and sagittal spinopelvic balance in patients with ankylosing spondylitis	32
Gender, clinical phenotype and imaging features of patients with late-onset psoriatic arthritis	32
Revisiting reactive arthritis during the COVID-19 pandemic	31
Diagnostic difficulty, delayed diagnosis, and increased tendencies of surgical treatment in fibromyalgia syndrome	30
A single-centre retrospective case series of Anakinra for incident calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease	29
Incidence and prevalence of systemic sclerosis in Thailand in year 2017–2020: a database from the Ministry of Public Health	29
Exercise Self-Efficacy and patient global assessment were associated with 6-min walk test distance in persons with rheumatoid arthritis	28

Combine use of glucocorticoid with other immunosuppressants is a risk factor for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in autoimmune inflammatory disease patients: a meta-analysis	27
Acute interstitial nephritis caused by ANCA-associated vasculitis: a case based review	27
18F-FDG PET/CT and HRCT: a combined tool for risk stratification in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy-associated interstitial lung disease	27
Temporal trends in the prevalence and characteristics of hypouricaemia: a descriptive study of medical check-up and administrative claims data	27