OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Archives of Rheumatology is 1. 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
Clinical study of factors associated with pregnancy outcomes in pregnant women with systemic lupus erythematosus in the southern China	20
Pregnancy outcomes between pregnant systemic lupus erythematosus patients with clinical remission and those with low disease activity: A comparative study	18
Immunoglobulin G4-related disease presenting as a mass in the lung	13
Journey of rheumatoid arthritis patients in Tunisia: From symptoms to treatment	12
Can MIS-C develop beyond 16 weeks?	8
Solitary syndesmophyte in odontoid process of a patient with ankylosing spondylitis	7
Evaluation of peripheral nerve involvements in patients with familial Mediterranean fever	7
Discovery of fecal microbial signatures in patients with ankylosing spondylitis	7
A rare case of life-threatening granulomatosis with polyangiitis treated with glucocorticoids combined with cyclophosphamide and hybrid blood purification	6
Biological treatment in resistant adult-onset Still’s disease: A single-center, retrospective cohort study	6
New and future perspectives in familial Mediterranean fever and other autoinflammatory diseases	6
Gout and erectile dysfunction: Increased carotid intima-media thickness is independently associated with greater likelihood for erectile dysfunction	6
Insulin resistance and adverse lipid profile in untreated very early rheumatoid arthritis patients: A single-center, cross-sectional study in China	5
Effects of low-level laser therapy and therapeutic ultrasound on Freund’s complete adjuvant-induced knee arthritis model in rats	5
Relationship between IgA vasculitis and prothrombotic risk factors: A prospective, case-control study	5
A preliminary study of possible fibrotic role of meprin metalloproteases in scleroderma patients	5
Investigation of the relationship between interferon-gamma receptor 1-56C/T gene polymorphism and genetic susceptibility to lung sarcoidosis: A cross-sectional study	5
Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 and apelin in fibromyalgia syndrome	5
Efficacy of coronavirus disease 2019 vaccines in patients with rheumatic diseases	5
Role of low-density lipoprotein receptor rs5925 (1959C>T) gene polymorphism in pathogenesis of dyslipidemia among Egyptian lupus nephritis patients	5
Antinuclear antibody-negative systemic lupus erythematosus: How many patients and how to identify?	4
Mevalonate kinase gene polymorphisms in ankylosing spondylitis patients: A cross-sectional study	4
Patients with inflammatory myopathies overlapping with systemic sclerosis: A Brazilian-Japanese bicentric study	4
Tertiary adrenal insufficiency in a patient with familial Mediterranean fever: Association or coincidence?	4
A rare condition in Takayasu arteritis: Renal amyloidosis	3

The reliability of Juvenile Arthritis Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scoring system in the evaluation of the shoulder joint in juvenile idiopathic arthritis	3
Therapeutic Effects of Tofacitinib on Pristane-Induced Murine Lupus	3
Demographic, clinical, laboratory data, prognostic, and treatment features of patients with antisynthetase syndrome: An international, two-center cohort study	3
Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin 9 (PCSK9) in patients with diffuse systemic sclerosis: A marker of disease activity and severe disease manifestations with potential therapeutic implementations	3
Association of focus score and extraglandular involvement in Sjögren's syndrome: A study on antinuclear antibodies and minor salivary gland pathology	3
Coronaphobia in patients with fibromyalgia	3
Correlation of clinical signs and magnetic resonance imaging findings in patients with lumbar spondylosis	3
Alarming serum antiprotease levels in axial spondyloarthritis	3
The role of ultrasonographic synovial assessment in rheumatoid arthritis patients with concomitant fibromyalgia	3
Patient perspectives on biological treatments for inflammatory arthritis: A multi-center study in Korea	3
Clinical and serological characteristics of systemic sclerosis: Experience of a tertiary care center in Pakistan	3
Depression is the most significant independent predictor of fatigue in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome	3
Incorporating patient preferences into osteoarthritis treatment	3
A different presentation of tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome mimicking Sjögren’s syndrome	3
Isotretinoin use should be examined in young individuals with inflammatory spinal pain, sacroiliitis or hyperostosis	3
Risk of flare in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: Is it related to the methotrexate treatment strategy or patient characteristics?	3
Two siblings with Majeed syndrome and neutropenia	3
The evaluation of tibial nerve using shear-wave elastography and ultrasound in patients with systemic sclerosis: A cross-sectional study	2
Analysis of risk factors for the progression and prognosis of connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease	2
Mepolizumab therapy improves endomyocarditis in seropositive eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis	2
Common variable immunodeficiency and autoimmune diseases: A 10-year single-center experience	2
A comparison of thermal characteristics of the small joints of the hands between patients with rheumatoid arthritis and healthy controls	2
Analysis of proinflammatory cytokine responses in Takayasu arteritis	2
Serum lysyl oxidase concentration increases in long-standing systemic sclerosis: Can lysyl oxidase change over time?	2
The plasma microRNA levels and their relationship with the general health and functional status in female patients with fibromyalgia syndrome	2
Examining the functions of the vascular endothelial growth factor/hypoxia-inducible factor signaling pathway in psoriatic arthritis	2
Acquired Madelung’s deformity as a cause of recurrent monoarthritis in a young patient	2
Can serum granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and CCL17 levels be a marker of disease activation in spondyloarthritis?	2
Is the development of arrhythmia predictable in rheumatoid arthritis?	2
Evaluation of Eustachian tube function in Behçet᾿s disease: A case-control study	2
Muscle architecture in patients with primary Sjögren syndrome	2
Pericardial effusion in children admitted with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: A multicenter retrospective cohort study from the pediatric health information system	2
Comparison of the median and ulnar nerves of rheumatoid arthritis patients and healthy subjects by ultrasound	2
Behçet’s Syndrome Overall Damage Index performance and validation in an adult Egyptian cohort	2
Regional variations in psoriatic arthritis: Insights from a nationwide multicenter analysis in Türkiye	2
A life-threatening manifestation of granulomatosis with polyangiitis: Subglottic stenosis	2
Is COVID-19 multisystem inflammatory syndrome a new variant of Kawasaki Disease?	2
The effects of glucocorticoid treatment on cardiovascular system in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus	1
Deficiency of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist: A systematic review	1
Fibromyalgia syndrome and related factors in hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and renal transplant patients: A cross-sectional study	1
Still’s disease with pleural effusion submitted to a pleurodesis	1
Serum BMP-2 and BMP-4 levels and their relationship with disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis	1
Vaccines in adults with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic disease: What are the knowledge and attitudes of physicians?	1
The ABCs of antiphospholipid syndrome	1
Impact of vitamin D level and supplementation on systemic lupus erythematosus patients during COVID-19 pandemic	1
Association of TNFAIP3 gene polymorphism (rs5029939) with susceptibility and clinical phenotype of systemic lupus erythematosus	1
Attitudes of patients with spondylarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis regarding biological treatment during COVID-19 pandemic: A multi-center, phone-based, cross-sectional study	1
Pediatric Behçet’s disease: Experience of a single tertiary center	1
Fibrillarin antibodies in systemic sclerosis	1
Molecular screening for an underlying myeloproliferative neoplasm in rheumatology patients	1

Assessment of electronic health literacy and its association with self-management among gout patients: A cross-sectional study	1
Prevalence and characteristics of bronchiectasis in ANCA-associated vasculitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis	1
Ultrasonographic and electrophysiological outcomes of carpal tunnel syndrome treated with low-level laser therapy: A double-blind, prospective, randomized, sham-controlled study	1
The importance of speckle tracking echocardiography in the evaluation of cardiac functions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis	1
Academic publication activities and perspectives of rheumatology practitioners in the COVID-19 pandemic	1
Missense variant in interleukin-6 signal transducer identified as susceptibility locus for rheumatoid arthritis in Chinese patients	1
Differentiating children with familial Mediterranean fever from other recurrent fever syndromes: The utility of new Eurofever/PRINTO classification criteria	1
Lung involvement is a risk factor for treatment resistance in patients with polymyositis and dermatomyositis	1
Atypical antinuclear matrix protein 2-positive dermatomyositis presenting with anasarca and bulbar weakness after COVID-19 infection requiring mechanical ventilation	1
Diagnostic values of different musculoskeletal ultrasound signs, serum uric acid, and their combined detection for gouty arthritis	1
An investigation of coronaphobia and physical activity among patients with rheumatoid arthritis	1
Primary nodular localized cutaneous amyloidosis of the scalp associated with systemic lupus erythematosus	1
Serum progranulin levels in axial spondyloarthropathy and relationship with clinical features	1
Comparison of creatine kinase elevation caused by Janus kinase inhibitors and interleukin-6 inhibitors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A propensity score-matched study	1
Turkish translation and validation of the Xerostomia Inventory	1
Dysregulation of complement factor H in juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus patients	1
Biological treatment in elderly and young patients with ankylosing spondylitis: TURKBIO real-life data results	1
Relationship between diet, oxidative stress, and inflammation in ankylosing spondylitis	1
Transition readiness in adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis and their parents: Our single-center experience	1
LncRNA cardiac autophagy inhibitory factor is downregulated in rheumatoid arthritis and suppresses the apoptosis of fibroblast-like synoviocytes by promoting the maturation of miRNA-20a	1
Effectiveness of lower limb rehabilitation protocol using mobile health on quality of life, functional strength, and functional capacity among knee osteoarthritis patients who are overweight and obese	1
Association between frailty and oral function in rheumatoid arthritis patients: A multi-center, observational study	1
Comparison of the efficacy and safety of oligomeric proanthocyanidins and nifedipine in patients with primary Raynaud’s phenomenon: An open-label, randomized, prospective pilot study	1
Thrombocytopenia in a cohort of primary and secondary antiphospholipid syndrome patients: Relation to clinical, laboratory manifestations and damage index	1
Clinical course and prognostic factors of COVID-19 infection in patients with chronic inflammatory-rheumatic disease: A retrospective, case-control study	1
Exercise training attenuates skeletal muscle fat infiltration and improves insulin pathway of patients with immune-mediated necrotizing myopathies and dermatomyositis	1