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Martin Rudwaleit

Martin Rudwaleit

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Medicine

D-Index
83
Citations
26591
World Ranking
15558
National Ranking
196

Martin Rudwaleit 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 Martin Rudwaleit sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 289 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Martin Rudwaleit 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 Martin Rudwaleit sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 83 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Martin Rudwaleit is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a focus on rheumatology. Their research spans several related subfields, including immunology, orthopedics and sports medicine, hematology, and ophthalmology.

Their work primarily addresses topics such as spondyloarthritis studies and treatments, rheumatoid arthritis research and therapies, psoriasis treatment and pathogenesis, bone and joint diseases, autoimmune and inflammatory disorders research, ocular diseases and Behçet's syndrome, and systemic lupus erythematosus research.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Martin Rudwaleit include the following:

  • ASAS-EULAR recommendations for the management of axial spondyloarthritis: 2022 update (2022), published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Efficacy and safety of bimekizumab in axial spondyloarthritis: results of two parallel phase 3 randomised controlled trials (2023), published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Goodbye to the term 'ankylosing spondylitis', hello 'axial spondyloarthritis': time to embrace the ASAS-defined nomenclature (2023), published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Deep learning for detection of radiographic sacroiliitis: achieving expert-level performance (2021), published in Arthritis Research & Therapy
  • Data-driven definitions for active and structural MRI lesions in the sacroiliac joint in spondyloarthritis and their predictive utility (2021), published in Lara D. Veeken

Frequent co-authors of Martin Rudwaleit are:

  • Denis Poddubnyy (41 publications)
  • Xenofon Baraliakos (32 publications)
  • Joachim Sieper (32 publications)
  • Walter P. Maksymowych (24 publications)
  • Hildrun Haibel (23 publications)

Martin Rudwaleit's research has been published most frequently in the following venues:

  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (45 publications)
  • RMD Open (11 publications)
  • Lara D. Veeken (10 publications)
  • Zeitschrift für Rheumatologie (9 publications)
  • Revue du Rhumatisme (6 publications)

The body of work produced by Martin Rudwaleit reflects a concentrated focus on inflammatory and autoimmune conditions related to joints and connective tissue, particularly axial spondyloarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Their collaborations and publication record indicate active engagement across multiple leading journals in the field of rheumatology and related disciplines.

Best Publications

  • 2016 update of the ASAS-EULAR management recommendations for axial spondyloarthritis

    Désirée van der Heijde;Sofia Ramiro;Robert Landewé;Xenofon Baraliakos

  • Prevalence of spondylarthropathies in HLA‐B27 positive and negative blood donors

    Jürgen Braun;Mathias Bollow;Gerold Remlinger;Ulrich Eggens

  • Ankylosing spondylitis: an overview.

    J Sieper;J Braun;M Rudwaleit;A Boonen

  • The early disease stage in axial spondylarthritis: results from the German Spondyloarthritis Inception Cohort.

    Martin Rudwaleit;Hildrun Haibel;Xenofon Baraliakos;Joachim Listing

  • Treating axial spondyloarthritis and peripheral spondyloarthritis, especially psoriatic arthritis, to target: 2017 update of recommendations by an international task force

    Josef S Smolen;Monika Schöls;Jürgen Braun;Maxime Dougados

  • The challenge of diagnosis and classification in early ankylosing spondylitis: do we need new criteria?

    Martin Rudwaleit;Muhammad A. Khan;Joachim Sieper

  • Inflammatory back pain in ankylosing spondylitis: a reassessment of the clinical history for application as classification and diagnostic criteria.

    Martin Rudwaleit;Anke Metter;Joachim Listing;Joachim Sieper

  • Treating spondyloarthritis, including ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis, to target: recommendations of an international task force

    Josef S. Smolen;Jürgen Braun;Maxime Dougados;Paul Emery

  • Six‐month results of a double‐blind, placebo‐controlled trial of etanercept treatment in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis

    J. Brandt;A. Khariouzov;J. Listing;H. Haibel

  • 2010 Update of the international ASAS recommendations for the use of anti-TNF agents in patients with axial spondyloarthritis

    Désirée van der Heijde;Joachim Sieper;Walter P Maksymowych;Maxime Dougados

  • Baseline radiographic damage, elevated acute-phase reactant levels, and cigarette smoking status predict spinal radiographic progression in early axial spondylarthritis

    Denis Poddubnyy;Hildrun Haibel;Joachim Listing;Elisabeth Märker-Hermann

  • Defining active sacroiliitis on MRI for classification of axial spondyloarthritis: update by the ASAS MRI working group

    Robert G W Lambert;Pauline A C Bakker;Désirée van der Heijde;Ulrich Weber

  • Rates and predictors of radiographic sacroiliitis progression over 2 years in patients with axial spondyloarthritis

    Denis Poddubnyy;Martin Rudwaleit;Hildrun Haibel;Joachim Listing

  • Efficacy of adalimumab in the treatment of axial spondylarthritis without radiographically defined sacroiliitis: Results of a twelve-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial followed by an open-label extension up to week fifty-two†

    Hildrun Haibel;Martin Rudwaleit;Joachim Listing;Frank Heldmann

  • Effect of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on radiographic spinal progression in patients with axial spondyloarthritis: results from the German Spondyloarthritis Inception Cohort

    Denis Poddubnyy;Martin Rudwaleit;Hildrun Haibel;Joachim Listing

  • Altered skeletal expression of sclerostin and its link to radiographic progression in ankylosing spondylitis.

    Heiner Appel;Gisela Ruiz-Heiland;Joachim Listing;Jochen Zwerina

  • Concepts and epidemiology of spondyloarthritis

    Joachim Sieper;Martin Rudwaleit;Muhammed Asim Khan;Jürgen Braun

  • Clinical response to discontinuation of anti-TNF therapy in patients with ankylosing spondylitis after 3 years of continuous treatment with infliximab.

    Xenofon Baraliakos;Joachim Listing;Jan Brandt;Angela Zink

  • The relationship between inflammation and new bone formation in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

    Xenofon Baraliakos;Joachim Listing;Martin Rudwaleit;Joachim Sieper

  • Ankylosing Spondylitis and Axial Spondyloarthritis.

    Martin Rudwaleit;Robert Landewé;Joachim Sieper

Frequent Co-Authors

Joachim Sieper
Joachim Sieper Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Jürgen Braun
Jürgen Braun Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet
Robert Landewé
Robert Landewé University of Amsterdam
Joachim Listing
Joachim Listing Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Désirée van der Heijde
Désirée van der Heijde Leiden University Medical Center
Xenofon Baraliakos
Xenofon Baraliakos Ruhr University Bochum
Maxime Dougados
Maxime Dougados Hôpital Cochin
Walter P. Maksymowych
Walter P. Maksymowych University of Alberta
Andreas Radbruch
Andreas Radbruch German Rheumatism Research Centre
Mikkel Østergaard
Mikkel Østergaard University of Copenhagen

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