OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Osteoarthritis and Cartilage is 39. 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
Chondrocyte apoptosis in temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis promotes bone resorption by enhancing chemotaxis of osteoclast precursors	449
The Fundamentals of OA	246
A programmable arthritis-specific receptor for guided articular cartilage regenerative medicine	212
‘Just do it’ still applies when it comes to exercise, diet, and education for osteoarthritis	135
The prevalence of primary cam morphology in early adolescents from the general population: A population-based study (Generation R)	122
IL-1β inhibition combined with cholesterol-lowering therapies decreases synovial lining thickness and spontaneous cartilage degeneration in a humanized dyslipidemia mouse model	115
Orthoses and their place in the treatment of painful great toe osteoarthritis – Taking the next steps	113
Effectiveness of vitamin D supplementation on knee osteoarthritis - A target trial emulation study using data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative cohort	107
CHONDROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION OF HUMAN MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS IN CELL SHEETS UNDER PHYSIOXIA FOR CARTILAGE TISSUE REGENERATION	98
Single-cell and bulk analysis reveal interaction of THBS2+ fibroblasts and TREM2+ macrophages in bone marrow lesions of knee osteoarthritis	97
“SYNOVIUM-CARTILAGE” CROSSTALK-MEDIATED HETEROCHROMATIN REMODELING PROMOTES CHONDROCYTE SENESCENCE AND OSTEOARTHRITIS DEVELOPMENT VIA HMGA1 ACTIVATION	87
UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENT AND CONTRADICTORY ROLES OF MONOCYTES AND MACROPHAGES IN OSTEOARTHRITIS	81
TRAINED TOLERANCE IN OSTEOARTHRITIC CHONDROCYTES	79
2024 Program Planning Committee	78
3D SPHEROID MODEL OF ATDC-5 CELLS USING ALGINATE-HYALURONIC ACID HYDROGELS	77
THE ROLE OF WNT5A IN T CELL BALANCE IN OSTEOARTHRITIS	74
A SLOW MARCH TO SURGERY: BELIEFS AND REALITIES OF PATIENTS WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS WAITING FOR A TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT	63
ESTABLISHMENT OF A JOINT-IN-LAB MODEL USING EX VIVO OSTEOCHONDRAL AND SYNOVIUM EXPLANT CO-CULTURE SYSTEM	59
Physiological intracellular molecular crowding renormalizes osteoarthritic chondrocytes towards a healthy phenotype	54
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ONSET IN OSTEOARTHRITIS AND THE ROLE OF SEX AND SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION	52
Effects of combined type-I collagen hydrogel-guided rAAV-mediated sox9 gene transfer and overexpression with an IL-1Ra on the phenotype of human osteoarthritic articular chondrocytes	51
A MIXED METHODS: EVALUATION OF IMPLEMENTATION OUTCOMES FOR THE GOOD LIFE WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS DENMARK (GLA:D®) HIP AND KNEE PROGRAMME ACROSS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SETTINGS IN IRELAND IN THE FIR	51
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	50
Mitochondrial damage-induced Phf8 activation exacerbates osteoarthritis through regulation of H3K27me3 demethylation	50
TRIZONAL, TISSUE-ENGINEERED MENISCUS MICROTISSUES FOR TREATMENT OF MENISCAL DEFECTS IN A MICROPIG PARTIAL MENISCECTOMY MODEL	49

DISTINCT FREQUENCY AND DISTRIBUTION OF BCP AND CPP-BASED CALCIFICATION IN CARTILAGE AND SYNOVIUM OF OSTEOARTHRITIS PATIENTS	49
SEVERITY OF CARTILAGE DEGENERATION IN ANKLE OSTEOARTHRITIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH DISTINCT SYNOVIAL PHENOTYPES	49
GUT MICROBIOME AND OSTEOARTHRITIS: INSIGHTS FROM THE NATURALLY OCCURRING CANINE MODEL OF OA	49
BIOFUNC: IDENTIFYING OSTEOARTHRITIS-SPECIFIC PROTEINS ASSOCIATED WITH OBJECTIVELY EVALUATED PERFORMANCE-BASED JOINT FUNCTION AND PATIENT REPORTED PAIN	48
IN VITRO MODELS FOR THE STUDY OF OSTEOARTHRITIS	48
Repeatability of knee joint motion during different load/speed protocols performed using a specialized device for dynamic magnetic resonance imaging	47
A CATALOGUE OF ‘KNEE FRIENDLY’ EXERCISES DEVELOPED BY AND FOR PERSONS WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS: AN INTERNATIONAL PATIENT SURVEY	46
PREDICTIVE PERFORMANCE OF MULTI ANCESTRY POLYGENIC RISK SCORE FOR KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS	46
GUT MICROBIOMIC ANALYSIS OF SUSTAINED KNEE PAIN IN KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS PATIENTS	45
THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL OF PERINATAL MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS DERIVED EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES ON INFLAMED CHONDROCYTES IN VITRO	43
AGGRECAN 32-MER IMPAIRS MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION CAPACITY OF HUMAN CHONDROCYTES VIA TLR2	43
HEALTH SYSTEM AND SOCIETAL COSTS FOLLOWING OSTEOARTHRITIS DIAGNOSIS IN PRIMARY CARE	41
IDENTIFYING MOLECULAR PATHWAYS ASSOCIATED WITH RADIOGRAPHIC STAGE IN KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS THROUGH LARGE-SCALE PROTEOMICS OF SYNOVIAL FLUID: DATA FROM THE STEPUP OA CONSORTIUM	40
Polyhydroxyalkanoate Nanoparticles for Strategic Drug Delivery in Cartilage Tissue Engineering	40
Anxiety, depression and healthcare consultations/inpatient days in people with osteoarthritis: A register-based matched cohort study	39
ASSOCIATION OF ACTIVITY-RELATED PAIN AND IMPAIRED EXERCISE INDUCED HYPOALGESIA WITH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN PEOPLE WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS	39