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Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America
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Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 1818 56 77 14

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 73
Documents by Best Scientists*: 95
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 103
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.119
Impact Factor: 2.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Rheumatic Diseases Clinics of North America?

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Immunology, Disease, Internal medicine, Rheumatoid arthritis and Intensive care medicine. It facilitated presentations on Immunology research, particularly Autoimmune disease, Immune system, Pathogenesis, Autoantibody and Lupus erythematosus. The Autoimmune disease study featured in it draws parallels with the field of Systemic disease.

Disease research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Dermatology and Scleroderma. In addition to Internal medicine research, the journal aims to explore topics under Gastroenterology and Endocrinology. Rheumatoid arthritis and Arthritis are closely related fields of research discussed in it.

The research on Intensive care medicine featured in it combines topics in other fields like Physical therapy, Clinical trial and Surgery. Rheumatic Diseases Clinics of North America facilitates discussions on Physical therapy that incorporate concepts from other fields like Osteoarthritis, Alternative medicine and MEDLINE. Vasculitis is a focus of the Pathology works in it.

  • Immunology (27.63%)
  • Disease (20.94%)
  • Internal medicine (18.26%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The epidemiology of rheumatoid arthritis. (612 citations)
  • Epidemiology of Gout (371 citations)
  • THE ROLE OF MUSCLE WEAKNESS IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF OSTEOARTHRITIS (344 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Rheumatic Diseases Clinics of North America:

The published papers mainly tackle studies in Immunology, Disease, Internal medicine, Arthritis and Pathology. The published articles facilitate discussions on Internal medicine that incorporate concepts from other fields like Endocrinology and Cardiology. The journal papers with studies in Arthritis featured incorporate elements of Surgery, Physical therapy, Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid arthritis.

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:

Rheumatic Diseases Clinics of North America was organized to reinforce research efforts on Intensive care medicine, Internal medicine, Systemic lupus erythematosus, Disease and Arthritis. Issues in Internal medicine were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Osteoarthritis, Rheumatic pain and MEDLINE. Some problems in Systemic lupus erythematosus that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Immunology, Systemic lupus, Belimumab, Lupus nephritis and Ethnic group.

Immunology research presented in Rheumatic Diseases Clinics of North America encompasses a variety of subjects, including Signal transduction and stat. It focuses on Disease but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Fibrosis, Drug, Pediatrics and Pathogenesis. The concepts on Cognitive behavioral therapy presented in Rheumatic Diseases Clinics of North America can also apply to other research fields, including Physical therapy and Rheumatoid arthritis.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The Power of Systems Biology: Insights on Lupus Nephritis from the Accelerating Medicines Partnership. (1 citations)
  • Basic Mechanisms of Pain in Osteoarthritis: Experimental Observations and New Perspectives. (1 citations)
  • Leveraging Telemedicine as an Approach to Address Rheumatic Disease Health Disparities. (1 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 Rheumatic Diseases Clinics of North America (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Michael H. Weisman (32 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Theodore Pincus (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tuulikki Sokka (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Richard S. Panush (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michelle Petri (13 papers) absent 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 Rheumatic Diseases Clinics of North America (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Harvard University (56 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Hospital for Special Surgery (45 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (43 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • National Institutes of Health (41 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Cleveland Clinic (40 papers) absent at the last 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, 3.85% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 30.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 26.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 26.00% of all publications and 18.00% 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.

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Top Publications

  • Racial/Ethnic, Socioeconomic, and Geographic Disparities in the Epidemiology of Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis.

    Leigh F. Callahan;Rebecca J. Cleveland;Kelli D. Allen;Yvonne Golightly

    (2021)
    75 Citations
  • Osteoarthritis Treatment Guidelines from Six Professional Societies

    (2022)
    41 Citations
  • Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Osteoarthritis Management.

    Angel M. Reyes;Jeffrey N. Katz

    (2021)
    41 Citations
  • Cancer and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Alexandra Ladouceur;Basile Tessier-Cloutier;Ann E. Clarke;Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman

    (2020)
    32 Citations
  • Cancer and Rheumatoid Arthritis.

    Xerxes Pundole;Maria E. Suarez-Almazor

    (2020)
    30 Citations
  • Racial Disparities in Systemic Sclerosis.

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • Disparities in Lupus and Lupus Nephritis Care and Outcomes Among US Medicaid Beneficiaries.

    Katherine P. Pryor;Medha Barbhaiya;Karen H. Costenbader;Candace H. Feldman

    (2021)
    26 Citations
  • Gender and Ethnic Inequities in Gout Burden and Management.

    Andrea Garcia Guillén;Leanne Te Karu;Jasvinder A. Singh;Nicola Dalbeth

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Kawasaki Disease and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children

    (2023)
    22 Citations
  • Socioeconomic Status, Health Care, and Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

    Kimberly DeQuattro;Edward Yelin

    (2020)
    20 Citations

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