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Arthritis & Rheumatology
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Arthritis & Rheumatology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 98 573 887 71
Biology and Biochemistry 102 164 219 40

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1033
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1125
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 29
SCIMAGO H-index:
SCIMAGO SJR:
Impact Factor: 10.9

Top Publications

  • 2019 American College of Rheumatology/Arthritis Foundation Guideline for the Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hand, Hip, and Knee

    Sharon L. Kolasinski;Tuhina Neogi;Marc C. Hochberg;Carol Oatis

    (2020)
    1973 Citations
  • 2019 American College of Rheumatology/Arthritis Foundation Guideline for the Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hand, Hip, and Knee

    (2020)
    1346 Citations
  • 2020 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Management of Gout.

    John D. FitzGerald;Nicola Dalbeth;Ted Mikuls;Romina Brignardello-Petersen

    (2020)
    704 Citations
  • On the Alert for Cytokine Storm: Immunopathology in COVID-19.

    Lauren A Henderson;Scott W Canna;Grant S Schulert;Stefano Volpi

    (2020)
    690 Citations
  • 2020 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Management of Reproductive Health in Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases

    Lisa R. Sammaritano;Bonnie L. Bermas;Eliza E. Chakravarty;Christina Chambers

    (2020)
    654 Citations
  • The 2019 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Classification Criteria for IgG4-Related Disease.

    Zachary S Wallace;Ray P Naden;Suresh Chari;Hyon Choi

    (2020)
    590 Citations
  • 2021 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

    (2021)
    579 Citations
  • 2021 American College of Rheumatology/Vasculitis Foundation Guideline for the Management of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody–Associated Vasculitis

    Sharon A. Chung;Carol A. Langford;Mehrdad Maz;Andy Abril

    (2021)
    396 Citations

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