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Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
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Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

0300-9742

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/irhe20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Immunology 146 34 49 12
Medicine 1884 98 119 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 166
Documents by Best Scientists*: 177
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 7
SCIMAGO H-index: 88
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.798
Impact Factor: 2.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology?

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology was organized to reinforce research efforts on Internal medicine, Rheumatoid arthritis, Immunology, Arthritis and Surgery. Issues in Internal medicine were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Gastroenterology and Endocrinology. The concepts on Rheumatoid arthritis presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Dermatology, Synovial fluid, Physical therapy and Pathology.

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology explores research in Physical therapy and the adjacent study of Severity of illness. Presentations on Immunology include those discussing Antibody, Autoimmune disease, Lupus erythematosus, Systemic disease and Autoantibody. Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology connects the study in Autoimmune disease with the closely related area of Immunopathology.

Discussions in Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology are anchored in the subject of Lupus erythematosus and the similar topic of Connective tissue disease. It is mostly focused on Surgery, specifically Chemotherapy.

  • Internal medicine (41.00%)
  • Rheumatoid arthritis (32.55%)
  • Immunology (26.79%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Prevalence and incidence of shoulder pain in the general population; a systematic review. (680 citations)
  • Indexes of Severity for Osteoarthritis of the Hip and Knee: Validation–Value in Comparison with Other Assessment Tests (674 citations)
  • The natural history of the frozen shoulder syndrome. (485 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology:

The published papers explore disciplines such as Internal medicine, Rheumatoid arthritis, Physical therapy, Surgery and Arthritis. While Internal medicine is the key highlight in the journal articles, thet also covered some subjects on Gastroenterology and Pathology. Research in Rheumatoid arthritis tackled in falls within the umbrella of Immunology.

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:

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology mainly deals with areas of study such as Internal medicine, MEDLINE, Rheumatoid arthritis, Disease and In patient. It dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Internal medicine and Gastroenterology. While the primary focus in the journal is MEDLINE, it also dissects topics surrounding Physical therapy and Osteoarthritis as a whole.

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology holds forums on Rheumatoid arthritis that merges themes from other disciplines such as Health care and Ultrasound. Dermatology and Immunology are some topics wherein Disease research discussed in Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology have an impact. The work tackled in the journal goes beyond the discipline of Immunology as it also encompasses Vasculitis.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Short-term transcutaneous non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation may reduce disease activity and pro-inflammatory cytokines in rheumatoid arthritis: results of a pilot study (7 citations)
  • Association between inflammasome-related polymorphisms and psoriatic arthritis. (5 citations)
  • Nailfold videocapillaroscopy: a novel possible surrogate marker for the evaluation of peripheral microangiopathy in pulmonary arterial hypertension. (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 Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Marjatta Leirisalo-Repo (49 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Hannu Kautiainen (35 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Mikkel Østergaard (35 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Gunnar Husby (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kristian Stengaard-Pedersen (32 papers) published 1 paper 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 Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Lund University (152 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Helsinki University Central Hospital (104 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Copenhagen (98 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Karolinska Institutet (97 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Helsinki (92 papers) published 8 papers 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, 12.90% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 25.19% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.19% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.37% of all publications and 59.26% 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

  • Short-term transcutaneous non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation may reduce disease activity and pro-inflammatory cytokines in rheumatoid arthritis: results of a pilot study

    Asbjørn Mohr Drewes;C Brock;S E Rasmussen;H J Møller

    (2021)
    72 Citations
  • Pamidronate in chronic non-bacterial osteomyelitis: a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled pilot trial.

    C M Andreasen;A G Jurik;A G Jurik;B W Deleuran;B W Deleuran;H C Horn

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Validation and characterization of venous thromboembolism diagnoses in the Swedish National Patient Register among patients with rheumatoid arthritis

    (2022)
    23 Citations
  • Adherence to metformin and the onset of rheumatoid arthritis: a population-based cohort study

    ME Naffaa;V Rosenberg;A Watad;A Watad;S Tiosano;S Tiosano

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • Interval prolongation of etanercept in rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and psoriatic arthritis: a randomized controlled trial

    (2022)
    21 Citations
  • Anti-Ro52/TRIM21 is independently associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension and mortality in a cohort of systemic sclerosis patients.

    A. Y.S. Lee;A. Y.S. Lee;K. A. Patterson;D. J. Tan;M. E. Wilson

    (2021)
    20 Citations
  • Elevated adiponectin predicts the development of rheumatoid arthritis in subjects with obesity.

    Y Zhang;M. Peltonen;Johanna C. Andersson-Assarsson;Per-Arne Svensson

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Population-based study of patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome and lymphoma: lymphoma subtypes, clinical characteristics, and gender differences.

    L Vasaitis;G Nordmark;E Theander;C Backlin

    (2020)
    18 Citations

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