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Current Opinion in Rheumatology
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Current Opinion in Rheumatology

1040-8711

Published by: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

https://journals.lww.com/co-rheumatology/pages/default.aspx

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Immunology 96 37 54 18
Medicine 903 80 106 25

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 122
Documents by Best Scientists*: 147
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 132
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.704
Impact Factor: 4.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Current Opinion in Rheumatology?

Current Opinion in Rheumatology was organized to reinforce research efforts on Immunology, Disease, Arthritis, Intensive care medicine and Internal medicine. Pathogenesis, Immune system, Autoantibody, Autoimmunity and Inflammation are some of the facets of Immunology tackled in it. In Current Opinion in Rheumatology, Epidemiology, Scleroderma and Bioinformatics are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Disease research.

Dermatology and Rheumatoid arthritis are some topics wherein Arthritis research discussed in Current Opinion in Rheumatology have an impact. It explores topics in Intensive care medicine which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Clinical trial and MEDLINE. Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of MEDLINE and the similar topic of Physical therapy.

Current Opinion in Rheumatology explores research in Physical therapy and the adjacent study of Osteoarthritis. The journal focuses on Internal medicine but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Gastroenterology, Endocrinology and Oncology.

  • Immunology (30.63%)
  • Disease (20.48%)
  • Arthritis (15.16%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Inflammation in osteoarthritis (803 citations)
  • Immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy, and X-linked inheritance (IPEX), a syndrome of systemic autoimmunity caused by mutations of FOXP3, a critical regulator of T-cell homeostasis. (515 citations)
  • The role of ambulatory mechanics in the initiation and progression of knee osteoarthritis. (445 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Current Opinion in Rheumatology:

Immunology, Disease, Arthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis and Pathology are the main subjects of interest in the most cited papers. Aside from discussions in Disease, the most cited publications also deal with the subject of Intensive care medicine which intersects with Physical therapy disciplines. The Arthritis research presented in the most cited papers focuses mostly on MEDLINE and, on occasion, topics in Osteoarthritis.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Internal medicine
  • Disease
  • Surgery

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal explores disciplines such as Disease, Intensive care medicine, Immunology, Internal medicine and Pathogenesis. Some problems in Disease that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Scleroderma, Pathological, Rheumatoid arthritis and Bioinformatics. While Intensive care medicine is the focus of Current Opinion in Rheumatology, it also provided insights into the studies of Clinical trial, MEDLINE, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Referral and Back pain.

Autoantibody, Immune system, Inflammation, T cell and Autoimmunity are among the areas of Immunology tackled. The study of Oncology and how it intertwines with concepts under Tocilizumab were explored in the presented Internal medicine research. The presented Pathogenesis research focuses mostly on Cytokine and, on occasion, topics in Cytotoxic T cell.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • COVID-19 and autoimmune diseases. (50 citations)
  • Recent advances in targeted drug delivery for treatment of osteoarthritis. (7 citations)
  • Global research collaboration in a pandemic-challenges and opportunities: the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance. (5 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Current Opinion in Rheumatology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • George C. Tsokos (18 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • John Varga (15 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Ingrid E. Lundberg (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • John H. Stone (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Joachim Sieper (12 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Current Opinion in Rheumatology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Mayo Clinic (67 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (66 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Michigan (57 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Harvard University (54 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (53 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 6.41% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 27.40% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 23.29% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.70% of all publications and 35.62% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • COVID-19 and autoimmune diseases.

    Yu Liu;Amr H. Sawalha;Qianjin Lu;Qianjin Lu

    (2021)
    483 Citations
  • The role of diet in hyperuricemia and gout.

    Chio Yokose;Natalie McCormick;Hyon K Choi

    (2021)
    67 Citations
  • Evolving concepts of the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis with focus on the early and late stages

    Frédéric Coutant;Pierre Miossec

    (2020)
    64 Citations
  • Double-negative T cells in autoimmune diseases.

    Hao Li;George C. Tsokos

    (2021)
    56 Citations
  • Contribution of monocytes and macrophages to the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis: recent insights and therapeutic implications.

    Alain Lescoat;Valérie Lecureur;John Varga

    (2021)
    54 Citations
  • Advances in the diagnosis, pathogenesis and treatment of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Erica Moore;Michelle W. Huang;Chaim Putterman;Chaim Putterman

    (2020)
    53 Citations
  • Benefits and promotion of physical activity in rheumatoid arthritis.

    Patricia Katz;Brian J Andonian;Kim M Huffman

    (2020)
    53 Citations

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