Subfield · Rheumatology
Most cited papers in Rheumatology
What are the most cited papers in Rheumatology?
The most cited paper in Rheumatology is "Multilineage Potential of Adult Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells" (Mark F. Pittenger, Alastair M. Mackay, Stephen C. Beck et al., 1999), with 21,222 citations. Next come "The american rheumatism association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis" (19,994) and "The 1982 revised criteria for the classification of systemic lupus erythematosus" (14,664).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 3,098 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Multilineage Potential of Adult Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Mark F. Pittenger, Alastair M. Mackay, Stephen C. Beck et al. · Science | 2 Apr 1999 | 21,222 |
| 2 | The american rheumatism association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis Frank C. Arnett, Steven M. Edworthy, Daniel A. Bloch et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism | Mar 1988 | 19,994 |
| 3 | The 1982 revised criteria for the classification of systemic lupus erythematosus Eng M. Tan, Alan S. Cohen, James F. Fries et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism | Nov 1982 | 14,664 |
| 4 | The Clavien-Dindo Classification of Surgical Complications Pierre A. Clavien, Jeffrey Stewart Barkun, Michelle L. De Oliveira et al. · Annals of Surgery | 31 Jul 2009 | 11,607 |
| 5 | Updating the American college of rheumatology revised criteria for the classification of systemic lupus erythematosus Marc C. Hochberg · Arthritis & Rheumatism | Sep 1997 | 11,602 |
| 6 | 2010 Rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria: An American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism collaborative initiative Daniel Aletaha et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism | 10 Aug 2010 | 9,731 |
| 7 | The standardisation of terminology of lower urinary tract function: Report from the standardisation sub‐committee of the International Continence Society Paul Abrams, Linda Cardozo, Magnus Fall et al. · Neurourology and Urodynamics | 8 Feb 2002 | 8,330 |
| 8 | Estimation of total, protein-bound, and nonprotein sulfhydryl groups in tissue with Ellman's reagent Jozef Sedlak, Raymond H. Lindsay · Analytical Biochemistry | 1968 | 8,107 |
| 9 | Validation study of WOMAC: a health status instrument for measuring clinically important patient relevant outcomes to antirheumatic drug therapy in patients with osteoarthritis of the hip or knee. Nicholas Bellamy, W. Watson Buchanan, Charles H. Goldsmith et al. · PubMed | Dec 1988 | 7,843 |
| 10 | Alzheimer's Disease: The Amyloid Cascade Hypothesis John Hardy, Gerald A. Higgins · Science | 10 Apr 1992 | 7,581 |
| 11 | International consensus statement on an update of the classification criteria for definite antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) Spiros Miyakis, Michael D. Lockshin, Tatsuya Atsumi et al. · Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis | 13 Jan 2006 | 7,231 |
| 12 | Development of criteria for the classification and reporting of osteoarthritis: Classification of osteoarthritis of the knee Roy Davis Altman et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism | Aug 1986 | 6,848 |
| 13 | 2012 Revised International Chapel Hill Consensus Conference Nomenclature of Vasculitides J. Charles Jennette et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism | 8 Oct 2012 | 6,681 |
| 14 | The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI): A Multidimensional Self-Report Instrument for the Assessment of Female Sexual Function R. Rosen · Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy | Apr 2000 | 6,627 |
| 15 | ‘Mendelian randomization’: can genetic epidemiology contribute to understanding environmental determinants of disease?* George Davey Smith, Shah B J Ebrahim · International Journal of Epidemiology | Feb 2003 | 6,495 |
| 16 | Peginterferon Alfa-2a plus Ribavirin for Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection Michael Fried, Mitchell L. Shiffman, K. Rajender Reddy et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 25 Sep 2002 | 6,410 |
| 17 | Modified disease activity scores that include twenty-eight-joint counts development and validation in a prospective longitudinal study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis M.L.L. Prevoo, Martin A. van't Hof, H. H. Kuper et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism | 1995 | 6,284 |
| 18 | Decision Curve Analysis: A Novel Method for Evaluating Prediction Models Andrew Julian Vickers, Elena B. Elkin · Medical Decision Making | Nov 2006 | 6,196 |
| 19 | The Fatigue Severity Scale Lauren Krupp · Archives of Neurology | Oct 1989 | 6,141 |
| 20 | EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis with synthetic and biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: 2016 update Josef S Smolen et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 6 Mar 2017 | 5,808 |
| 21 | Evaluation of Diagnostic Criteria for Ankylosing Spondylitis Sjef van der Linden, Hans A. Valkenburg, A. Cats · Arthritis & Rheumatism | Apr 1984 | 5,762 |
| 22 | A candidate genetic risk factor for vascular disease: a common mutation in methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase Phyllis Frosst, Henk J. Blom, Renate Milos et al. · Nature Genetics | May 1995 | 5,732 |
| 23 | Bone: Formation by Autoinduction Marshall R. Urist · Science | 12 Nov 1965 | 5,578 |
| 24 | The Pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis Iain B. McInnes, Georg Andreas Schett · New England Journal of Medicine | 7 Dec 2011 | 5,575 |
| 25 | Treatment of Deep Cartilage Defects in the Knee with Autologous Chondrocyte Transplantation Mats Brittberg, Anders H. Lindahl, Anders Nilsson et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 6 Oct 1994 | 5,558 |
| 26 | Estimates of the prevalence of arthritis and other rheumatic conditions in the United States: Part II Reva C. Lawrence, David T. Felson, Charles G. Helmick et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism | 28 Dec 2007 | 5,546 |
| 27 | Derivation and validation of the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus Michelle Petri et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism | 2 May 2012 | 5,385 |
| 28 | Classification criteria for Sjögren's syndrome: a revised version of the European criteria proposed by the American-European Consensus Group Claudio Vitali, S Bombardieri, R Jonsson et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | Jun 2002 | 5,366 |
| 29 | Efficacy and Safety of a Specific Inhibitor of the BCR-ABL Tyrosine Kinase in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Brian J. Druker, Moshe Talpaz, Debra J. Resta et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 5 Apr 2001 | 5,296 |
| 30 | Mendelian randomization: genetic anchors for causal inference in epidemiological studies George Davey Smith, Gibran Hemani · Human Molecular Genetics | 4 Jul 2014 | 5,184 |
| 31 | IL-6 in Inflammation, Immunity, and Disease Toshio Tanaka, Masashi Narazaki, Tadamitsu Kishimoto · Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology | 4 Sep 2014 | 5,134 |
| 32 | Mendelian randomization: Using genes as instruments for making causal inferences in epidemiology Debbie A. Lawlor, Roger M. Harbord, Jonathan A C Sterne et al. · Statistics in Medicine | 20 Sep 2007 | 5,071 |
| 33 | Diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: 2005 revisions to the “McDonald Criteria” Chris H. Polman, Stephen C. Reingold, Gilles Edan et al. · Annals of Neurology | 10 Nov 2005 | 5,023 |
| 34 | Scaffolds in tissue engineering bone and cartilage Dietmar Werner Hutmacher · Biomaterials | Dec 2000 | 4,998 |
| 35 | Rheumatoid arthritis Josef S Smolen, Daniel Aletaha, Iain B. McInnes · The Lancet | 3 May 2016 | 4,910 |
| 36 | Osteoarthritis David John Hunter, Sita Bierma‐Zeinstra · The Lancet | Apr 2019 | 4,910 |
| 37 | New Perspectives in Cell Adhesion: RGD and Integrins Erkki I. Ruoslahti, Michael D. Pierschbacher · Science | 23 Oct 1987 | 4,905 |
| 38 | Increasing Incidence and Prevalence of the Inflammatory Bowel Diseases With Time, Based on Systematic Review Natalie A. Molodecky, Ing Shian Soon, Doreen M. Rabi et al. · Gastroenterology | 17 Oct 2011 | 4,874 |
| 39 | Marrow Stromal Cells as Stem Cells for Nonhematopoietic Tissues Darwin J. Prockop · Science | 4 Apr 1997 | 4,665 |
| 40 | International consensus diagnostic criteria for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders Dean M. Wingerchuk, Brenda Banwell, Jeffrey L. Bennett et al. · Neurology | 19 Jun 2015 | 4,664 |
| 41 | Postnatal human dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) in vitro and in vivo Stan Gronthos, Mahesh H. Mankani, Jaime S. Brahim et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 21 Nov 2000 | 4,630 |
| 42 | Derivation of the sledai. A disease activity index for lupus patients Claire Bombardier et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism | Jun 1992 | 4,606 |
| 43 | Worldwide Epidemiology of Atrial Fibrillation Sumeet S. Chugh, Rasmus J. Havmoeller, Kumar Narayanan et al. · Circulation | 17 Dec 2013 | 4,597 |
| 44 | Standardization of Uveitis Nomenclature for Reporting Clinical Data. Results of the First International Workshop Douglas A. Jabs, Robert Burton Nussenblatt, James Todd Rosenbaum · American Journal of Ophthalmology | 19 Jul 2005 | 4,424 |
| 45 | Measurement of patient outcome in arthritis James F. Fries, Patricia W. Spitz, R. Guy Kraines et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism | 1980 | 4,423 |
| 46 | Multiple sclerosis Alastair Compston, Alasdair J. Coles · The Lancet | Oct 2008 | 4,397 |
| 47 | The standardization of terminology of female pelvic organ prolapse and pelvic floor dysfunction Richard C. Bump, Anders Mattiasson, Kari Bø et al. · American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | Jul 1996 | 4,305 |
| 48 | Targeted Disruption of Results in a Complete Lack of Bone Formation owing to Maturational Arrest of Osteoblasts Toshihisa Komori, Hideshi Yagi, Shogo Nomura et al. · Cell | May 1997 | 4,270 |
| 49 | Maintenance infliximab for Crohn's disease: the ACCENT I randomised trial Stephen B. Hanauer, Brian G. Feagan, Gary R. Lichtenstein et al. · The Lancet | May 2002 | 4,190 |
| 50 | Proteobacteria: microbial signature of dysbiosis in gut microbiota Na-Ri Shin, Tae Woong Whon, Jin‐Woo Bae · Trends in biotechnology | 22 Jul 2015 | 4,155 |
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