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Maxime Dougados

Maxime Dougados

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2025
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Medicine
France
2026

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Best Scientists

D-Index
185
Citations
183021
World Ranking
499
National Ranking
7

Medicine

D-Index
189
Citations
190157
World Ranking
260
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in France Leader Award

Overview

Maxime Dougados is affiliated with Hôpital Cochin in France and specializes in medical research, particularly in the field of Rheumatology. With 207 publications in Medicine, their work predominantly focuses on Rheumatology, Surgery, Hematology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, as well as Rehabilitation.

The research topics covered by Maxime Dougados include:

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research
  • Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments
  • Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments
  • Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Maxime Dougados demonstrate contributions across leading scientific journals with topics concentrating on inflammation, imaging, and joint diseases. Notable publications include:

  • Abatacept inhibits inflammation and onset of rheumatoid arthritis in individuals at high risk (ARIAA): a randomised, international, multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 2024, The Lancet
  • EULAR recommendations for intra-articular therapies, 2021, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • The provisional OMERACT ultrasonography score for giant cell arteritis, 2022, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • 2023 EULAR recommendations on imaging in diagnosis and management of crystal-induced arthropathies in clinical practice, 2024, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Criterion validity of ultrasound in the identification of calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposits at the knee: an OMERACT ultrasound study, 2020, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
  • Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound
  • Lara D. Veeken
  • RMD Open

Maxime Dougados has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, indicating active engagement within the research community. These frequent collaborators include:

  • Maria Antonietta D'Agostino
  • Lene Terslev
  • Ingrid Möller
  • Annamaria Iagnocco
  • Carlos Pineda

Best Publications

  • 2010 rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria: an American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism collaborative initiative.

    Daniel Aletaha;Tuhina Neogi;Alan J. Silman;Julia Funovits

  • EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis with synthetic and biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: 2016 update

    Josef S Smolen;Robert Landewé;Ferdinand C Breedveld;Maya Buch;Maya Buch

  • The development of Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society classification criteria for axial spondyloarthritis (part II): validation and final selection

    M Rudwaleit;D van der Heijde;R Landewé;J Listing

  • OARSI recommendations for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis, Part II: OARSI evidence-based, expert consensus guidelines

    W Zhang;R W Moskowitz;G Nuki;S Abramson

  • The European spondylarthropathy study group preliminary criteria for the classification of spondylarthropathy

    Dougados M;van der Linden S;Juhlin R;Huitfeldt B

  • Treating rheumatoid arthritis to target: recommendations of an international task force

    Josef S. Smolen;Daniel Aletaha;Johannes W J W Bijlsma;Ferdinand C Breedveld

  • EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis with synthetic and biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs

    Josef S. Smolen;Robert Landewé;Ferdinand C Breedveld;Maxime Dougados

  • Rituximab for rheumatoid arthritis refractory to anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy : Results of a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase III trial evaluating primary efficacy and safety at twenty-four weeks

    Stanley B Cohen;Paul Emery;Maria W Greenwald;Maxime Dougados

  • 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

  • EULAR Recommendations 2003: an evidence based approach to the management of knee osteoarthritis: Report of a Task Force of the Standing Committee for International Clinical Studies Including Therapeutic Trials (ESCISIT)

    K M Jordan;N K Arden;M Doherty;B Bannwarth

  • The Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) handbook: a guide to assess spondyloarthritis

    J. Sieper;M. Rudwaleit;X. Baraliakos;J. Brandt

  • The Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society classification criteria for peripheral spondyloarthritis and for spondyloarthritis in general

    M. Rudwaleit;D.M.F.M. van der Heijde;R.B.M. Landewé;N. Akkoc

  • American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Provisional Definition of Remission in Rheumatoid Arthritis for Clinical Trials

    David T. Felson;David T. Felson;Josef S. Smolen;George Wells;Bi Zhang

  • Abatacept for rheumatoid arthritis refractory to tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibition.

    Mark C Genovese;Jean-Claude Becker;Michael Schiff;Michael Luggen

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

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

  • Treating rheumatoid arthritis to target: 2014 update of the recommendations of an international task force

    Josef S Smolen;Ferdinand C Breedveld;Gerd R Burmester;Vivian Bykerk

  • OARSI recommendations for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis: part III: Changes in evidence following systematic cumulative update of research published through January 2009

    W Zhang;G Nuki;R W Moskowitz;S Abramson

  • 2010 update of the ASAS/EULAR recommendations for the management of ankylosing spondylitis

    J Braun;R van den Berg;X Baraliakos;H Boehm

  • Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis by selective inhibition of T-cell activation with fusion protein CTLA4Ig.

    Joel M Kremer;Rene Westhovens;Marc Leon;Eduardo Di Giorgio

  • EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis with synthetic and biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs

    J. S. Smolen;R. Landewé;F. C. Breedveld;M. Dougados

Frequent Co-Authors

Laure Gossec
Laure Gossec Sorbonne University
Robert Landewé
Robert Landewé University of Amsterdam
Désirée van der Heijde
Désirée van der Heijde Leiden University Medical Center
Paul Emery
Paul Emery University of Leeds
Bernard Combe
Bernard Combe University of Montpellier
Philippe Ravaud
Philippe Ravaud Université Paris Cité
Alain Saraux
Alain Saraux University of Western Brittany
Bruno Fautrel
Bruno Fautrel Université Paris Cité
Xavier Mariette
Xavier Mariette University of Paris-Saclay
Jean Sibilia
Jean Sibilia University of Strasbourg

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