World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
BMC Rheumatology
H-index 16

BMC Rheumatology

2520-1026

Published by: Springer

https://bmcrheumatol.biomedcentral.com/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 1778 93 88 14

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 142
Documents by Best Scientists*: 120
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 25
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.805
Impact Factor: 2.5

Top Publications

  • Patient and public involvement in research: a review of practical resources for young investigators

    (2023)
    63 Citations
  • Diagnosis of Behçet’s disease: clinical characteristics, diagnostic criteria, and differential diagnoses

    Mina Kiafar;Mina Kiafar;Seyedeh Tahereh Faezi;Amir Kasaeian;Azarakhsh Baghdadi

    (2021)
    39 Citations
  • The PD-1:PD-L1 axis in Inflammatory Arthritis

    Mary Canavan;Mary Canavan;Achilleas Floudas;Achilleas Floudas;Douglas J. Veale;Ursula Fearon;Ursula Fearon

    (2021)
    35 Citations
  • Macrophage activation syndrome in a patient with adult-onset Still’s disease following first COVID-19 vaccination with BNT162b2

    (2021)
    27 Citations
  • The association between rheumatoid arthritis and periodontal disease in a population-based cross-sectional case-control study.

    Stefan Renvert;Johan Sanmartin Berglund;Rutger Gösta Persson;Rutger Gösta Persson;Maria K. Söderlin

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced inflammatory arthritis: a qualitative study identifying unmet patient needs and care gaps

    Laura C. Cappelli;Suzanne M. Grieb;Ami A. Shah;Clifton O. Bingham

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • Muscle B mode ultrasound and shear-wave elastography in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (SWIM): criterion validation against MRI and muscle biopsy findings in an incident patient cohort

    (2022)
    21 Citations
  • COVID-19 as a putative trigger of anti-MDA5-associated dermatomyositis with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) requiring lung transplantation, a case report

    (2022)
    16 Citations
  • Web-based information on the treatment of the mouth in systemic sclerosis.

    Ismail Abdouh;Ismail Abdouh;Stephen Porter;Stefano Fedele;Stefano Fedele;Nadia Elgendy

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Rheumatic disease patient decision-making about COVID-19 vaccination: a qualitative analysis

    (2022)
    16 Citations

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