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Claire Bombardier

Claire Bombardier

University of Toronto
Canada

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2025

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Best Female Scientists

D-Index
126
Citations
123814
World Ranking
406
National Ranking
11

Medicine

D-Index
126
Citations
128174
World Ranking
2867
National Ranking
115

Claire Bombardier publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Claire Bombardier sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 440 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Claire Bombardier D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Claire Bombardier sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 126 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Claire Bombardier is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and primarily works in the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on Rheumatology. Their research encompasses a range of subfields, including Immunology, Genetics, Hematology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

Bombardier's recent publications reflect sustained contributions to rheumatology and autoimmune disorders. Notable papers include:

  • Canadian Rheumatology Association Living Guidelines for the Pharmacological Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis With Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (2022, The Journal of Rheumatology)
  • Patient preferences for maintenance therapy in Crohn's disease: A discrete-choice experiment (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • Late-onset rheumatoid arthritis has a similar time to remission as younger-onset rheumatoid arthritis: results from the Ontario Best Practices Research Initiative (2022, Arthritis Research & Therapy)
  • Disease activity trajectories for early and established rheumatoid arthritis: Real-world data from a rheumatoid arthritis cohort (2022, PLoS ONE)
  • Health care costs of rheumatoid arthritis: A longitudinal population study (2021, PLoS ONE)

Their frequent co-authors include Mohammad Movahedi, Angela Cesta, Edward Keystone, Janet Pope, and X. Li, demonstrating collaboration with researchers active in related fields.

Publishing regularly in highly specialized journals, Bombardier has multiple works appearing in venues with a focus on rheumatological conditions and autoimmune diseases. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • The Journal of Rheumatology
  • Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
  • PLoS ONE
  • ACR Open Rheumatology

The core topics of Bombardier's research consistently address the following areas:

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Hepatitis C virus research

Overall, Claire Bombardier's work illustrates a multidisciplinary engagement spanning clinical management guidelines, patient preference analyses, disease progression studies, and health economics concerning rheumatic and autoimmune diseases.

Best Publications

  • The American College of Rheumatology 1990 Criteria for the Classification of Fibromyalgia. Report of the Multicenter Criteria Committee.

    Frederick Wolfe;Hugh A. Smythe;Muhammad B. Yunus;Robert M. Bennett

  • Guidelines for the process of cross-cultural adaptation of self-report measures.

    Dorcas E. Beaton;Claire Bombardier;Francis Guillemin;Marcos Bosi Ferraz

  • Cross-cultural adaptation of health-related quality of life measures: literature review and proposed guidelines.

    Francis Guillemin;Claire Bombardier;Dorcas Beaton

  • Derivation of the SLEDAI. A disease activity index for lupus patients. The Committee on Prognosis Studies in SLE.

    C. Bombardier;D. D. Gladman;M. B. Urowitz;D. Caron

  • Development of an upper extremity outcome measure: The DASH (disabilities of the arm, shoulder, and head)

    Pamela L. Hudak;Peter C. Amadio;Claire Bombardier;Claire Bombardier

  • Comparison of Upper Gastrointestinal Toxicity of Rofecoxib and Naproxen in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Claire Bombardier;Loren Laine;Alise Reicin;Deborah Shapiro

  • American college of rheumatology preliminary definition of improvement in rheumatoid arthritis

    David T. Felson;David T. Felson;Jennifer J. Anderson;Jennifer J. Anderson;Maarten Boers;Claire Bombardier;Claire Bombardier

  • Assessing Bias in Studies of Prognostic Factors

    Jill A Hayden;Danielle A van der Windt;Jennifer L Cartwright;Pierre Côté

  • The American College of Rheumatology preliminary core set of disease activity measures for rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials. The Committee on Outcome Measures in Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials.

    Felson Dt;Anderson Jj;Boers M;Bombardier C

  • 2012 Update of the 2008 American College of Rheumatology recommendations for the use of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs and biologic agents in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

    Jasvinder A. Singh;Daniel E. Furst;Aseem Bharat;Jeffrey R. Curtis

  • Updated method guidelines for systematic reviews in the cochrane collaboration back review group.

    Maurits van Tulder;Andrea Furlan;Claire Bombardier;Lex Bouter

  • Measuring the whole or the parts?: Validity, reliability, and responsiveness of the disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand outcome measure in different regions of the upper extremity

    Dorcas E. Beaton;Dorcas E. Beaton;Jeffrey N. Katz;Jeffrey N. Katz;Anne H. Fossel;James G. Wright;James G. Wright

  • Risk for Serious Gastrointestinal Complications Related to Use of Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs: A Meta-analysis

    Sherine E. Gabriel;Liisa Jaakkimainen;Claire Bombardier

  • 2009 updated method guidelines for systematic reviews in the Cochrane Back Review Group

    Andrea D. Furlan;Victoria Pennick;Claire Bombardier;Maurits van Tulder

  • Vascular and upper gastrointestinal effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: Meta-analyses of individual participant data from randomised trials

    Colin Baigent;N. Bhala;J. Emberson;A. Merhi

  • Outcome measures for low back pain research. A proposal for standardized use.

    Richard A. Deyo;Michele Battie;A. J. H. M. Beurskens;Claire Bombardier

  • Evaluation of the quality of prognosis studies in systematic reviews.

    Jill A Hayden;Pierre Côté;Claire Bombardier

  • Multidisciplinary rehabilitation for chronic low back pain: systematic review.

    Jaime Guzmán;Rosmin Esmail;Kaija Karjalainen;Antti Malmivaara

  • Risk for Serious Gastrointestinal Complications Related to Use of Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs

    Sherine E. Gabriel;Liisa Jaakkimainen;Claire Bombardier

  • The development of a comorbidity index with physical function as the outcome.

    Dianne L. Groll;Teresa To;Claire Bombardier;James G. Wright

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Tugwell
Peter Tugwell University of Ottawa
Pierre Côté
Pierre Côté University of Ontario Institute of Technology
George Tomlinson
George Tomlinson University of Toronto
James G. Wright
James G. Wright University of Toronto
Janet E. Pope
Janet E. Pope University of Western Ontario
Gillian A. Hawker
Gillian A. Hawker University of Toronto
David T. Felson
David T. Felson Boston University
Charles H. Goldsmith
Charles H. Goldsmith Simon Fraser University
Maxime Dougados
Maxime Dougados Hôpital Cochin
Désirée van der Heijde
Désirée van der Heijde Leiden University Medical Center

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