| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | The american rheumatism association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1988 | 18,339 |
| 2 | The 1982 revised criteria for the classification of systemic lupus erythematosus | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1982 | 12,163 |
| 3 | Updating the American college of rheumatology revised criteria for the classification of systemic lupus erythematosus | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1997 | 9,579 |
| 4 | Radiological Assessment of Osteo-Arthrosis | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 1957 | 9,474 |
| 5 | The american college of rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of fibromyalgia | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1990 | 7,828 |
| 6 | 2010 Rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria: An American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism collaborative initiative | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2010 | 6,781 |
| 7 | Development of criteria for the classification and reporting of osteoarthritis: Classification of osteoarthritis of the knee | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1986 | 5,701 |
| 8 | Modified disease activity scores that include twenty-eight-joint counts development and validation in a prospective longitudinal study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1995 | 5,078 |
| 9 | Validation study of WOMAC: a health status instrument for measuring clinically important patient relevant outcomes to antirheumatic drug therapy in patients with osteoarthritis of the hip or knee | Journal of Rheumatology | 1988 | 4,991 |
| 10 | Evaluation of Diagnostic Criteria for Ankylosing Spondylitis | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1984 | 4,902 |
| 11 | Preliminary criteria for the classification of systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1980 | 4,858 |
| 12 | 2012 Revised International Chapel Hill Consensus Conference Nomenclature of Vasculitides | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2013 | 4,839 |
| 13 | Classification criteria for Sjogren's syndrome: a revised version of the European criteria proposed by the American-European Consensus Group | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 2002 | 4,586 |
| 14 | Derivation of the sledai. A disease activity index for lupus patients | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1992 | 4,086 |
| 15 | Estimates of the prevalence of arthritis and other rheumatic conditions in the United States: Part II | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2008 | 4,029 |
| 16 | Measurement of patient outcome in arthritis | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1980 | 3,946 |
| 17 | Derivation and validation of the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2012 | 3,838 |
| 18 | Nomenclature of Systemic Vasculitides | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1994 | 3,714 |
| 19 | EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis with synthetic and biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: 2016 update | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 2017 | 3,366 |
| 20 | Measures of adult pain: Visual Analog Scale for Pain (VAS Pain), Numeric Rating Scale for Pain (NRS Pain), McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ), Short‐Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF‐MPQ), Chronic Pain Grade Scale (CPGS), Short Form‐36 Bodily Pain Scale (SF‐36 BPS), and Measure of Intermittent and Constant Osteoarthritis Pain (ICOAP) | Arthritis Care and Research | 2011 | 3,177 |
| 21 | 2010 Rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria: an American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism collaborative initiative | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 2010 | 2,994 |
| 22 | The American College of Rheumatology Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia and Measurement of Symptom Severity | Arthritis Care and Research | 2010 | 2,964 |
| 23 | Classification criteria for psoriatic arthritis: Development of new criteria from a large international study | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2006 | 2,811 |
| 24 | Scleroderma (systemic sclerosis): classification, subsets and pathogenesis | Journal of Rheumatology | 1988 | 2,742 |
| 25 | The development of Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society classification criteria for axial spondyloarthritis (part II): validation and final selection | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 2009 | 2,713 |
| 26 | American college of rheumatology preliminary definition of improvement in rheumatoid arthritis | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1995 | 2,531 |
| 27 | International consensus statement on preliminary classification criteria for definite antiphospholipid syndrome: Report of an International workshop | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1999 | 2,512 |
| 28 | International League of Associations for Rheumatology classification of juvenile idiopathic arthritis: second revision, Edmonton, 2001 | Journal of Rheumatology | 2004 | 2,443 |
| 29 | The global burden of hip and knee osteoarthritis: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2010 study | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 2014 | 2,433 |
| 30 | 2013 Classification Criteria for Systemic Sclerosis: An American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism Collaborative Initiative | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2013 | 2,359 |
| 31 | OARSI recommendations for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis, Part II: OARSI evidence-based, expert consensus guidelines | Osteoarthritis and Cartilage | 2008 | 2,316 |
| 32 | The shared epitope hypothesis. an approach to understanding the molecular genetics of susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1987 | 2,302 |
| 33 | OARSI guidelines for the non-surgical management of knee osteoarthritis | Osteoarthritis and Cartilage | 2014 | 2,298 |
| 34 | Estimates of the prevalence of arthritis and selected musculoskeletal disorders in the United States | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1998 | 2,294 |
| 35 | American College of Rheumatology 2012 recommendations for the use of nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic therapies in osteoarthritis of the hand, hip, and knee | Arthritis Care and Research | 2012 | 2,281 |
| 36 | The European Spondylarthropathy Study Group Preliminary Criteria for the Classification of Spondylarthropathy | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1991 | 2,120 |
| 37 | The global burden of low back pain: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2010 study | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 2014 | 2,091 |
| 38 | The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of giant cell arteritis | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1990 | 2,068 |
| 39 | Osteoarthritis: A disease of the joint as an organ | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2012 | 2,055 |
| 40 | The development and initial validation of the systemic lupus international collaborating clinics/American college of rheumatology damage index for systemic lupus erythematosus | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1996 | 2,042 |
| 41 | A new approach to defining disease status in ankylosing spondylitis: the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index | Journal of Rheumatology | 1994 | 2,026 |
| 42 | A systematic review of the global prevalence of low back pain | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2012 | 2,007 |
| 43 | Role of proinflammatory cytokines in the pathophysiology of osteoarthritis | Nature Reviews Rheumatology | 2011 | 1,973 |
| 44 | The prevalence and characteristics of fibromyalgia in the general population | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1995 | 1,951 |
| 45 | Estimates of the prevalence of arthritis and other rheumatic conditions in the United States: Part I | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2008 | 1,918 |
| 46 | Systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity index 2000 | Journal of Rheumatology | 2002 | 1,911 |
| 47 | The American College of Rheumatology nomenclature and case definitions for neuropsychiatric lupus syndromes | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1999 | 1,885 |
| 48 | 2015 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis | Arthritis and Rheumatology | 2016 | 1,880 |
| 49 | The American College of Rheumatology criteria for the classification and reporting of osteoarthritis of the hip | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1991 | 1,879 |
| 50 | EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis with synthetic and biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: 2019 update | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 2020 | 1,860 |
| 51 | Recommendations for the medical management of osteoarthritis of the hip and knee: 2000 update | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2000 | 1,844 |
| 52 | The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of churg‐strauss syndrome (allergic granulomatosis and angiitis) | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1990 | 1,838 |
| 53 | The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of takayasu arteritis | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1990 | 1,799 |
| 54 | Osteoarthritis cartilage histopathology: grading and staging | Osteoarthritis and Cartilage | 2006 | 1,755 |
| 55 | OARSI guidelines for the non-surgical management of knee, hip, and polyarticular osteoarthritis | Osteoarthritis and Cartilage | 2019 | 1,746 |
| 56 | Antiphospholipid syndrome: Clinical and immunologic manifestations and patterns of disease expression in a cohort of 1,000 patients | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2002 | 1,736 |
| 57 | Articular cartilage repair: basic science and clinical progress. A review of the current status and prospects | Osteoarthritis and Cartilage | 2002 | 1,715 |
| 58 | Treating rheumatoid arthritis to target: recommendations of an international task force | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 2010 | 1,711 |
| 59 | 2013 classification criteria for systemic sclerosis: an American college of rheumatology/European league against rheumatism collaborative initiative | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 2013 | 1,705 |
| 60 | EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis with synthetic and biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs: 2013 update | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 2014 | 1,688 |
| 61 | 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) | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 2003 | 1,661 |
| 62 | Multipotent mesenchymal stem cells from adult human synovial membrane | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2001 | 1,638 |
| 63 | The PREMIER study: A multicenter, randomized, double-blind clinical trial of combination therapy with adalimumab plus methotrexate versus methotrexate alone or adalimumab alone in patients with early, aggressive rheumatoid arthritis who had not had previous methotrexate treatment | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2006 | 1,634 |
| 64 | The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of wegener's granulomatosis | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1990 | 1,620 |
| 65 | Adalimumab, a fully human anti–tumor necrosis factor α monoclonal antibody, for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in patients taking concomitant methotrexate: The ARMADA trial | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2003 | 1,612 |
| 66 | 1958 Revision of diagnostic criteria for rheumatoid arthritis | Bulletin on the Rheumatic Diseases | 1958 | 1,598 |
| 67 | Antibodies against cyclic citrullinated peptide and IgA rheumatoid factor predict the development of rheumatoid arthritis | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2003 | 1,574 |
| 68 | Therapeutic efficacy of multiple intravenous infusions of anti-tumor necrosis factor ? monoclonal antibody combined with low-dose weekly methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1998 | 1,560 |
| 69 | Specific autoantibodies precede the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis: A study of serial measurements in blood donors | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2004 | 1,534 |
| 70 | Studies with pain rating scales. | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 1978 | 1,488 |
| 71 | Preliminary criteria for the classification of Sjögren's syndrome. Results of a prospective concerted action supported by the European community | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1993 | 1,477 |
| 72 | 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 | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2006 | 1,462 |
| 73 | The self-administered comorbidity questionnaire: A new method to assess comorbidity for clinical and health services research | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2003 | 1,442 |
| 74 | A new approach to defining functional ability in ankylosing spondylitis: the development of the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index | Journal of Rheumatology | 1994 | 1,433 |
| 75 | EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis with synthetic and biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 2010 | 1,429 |
| 76 | Development and validation of the european league against rheumatism response criteria for rheumatoid arthritis: Comparison with the preliminary american college of rheumatology and the world health organization/international league against rheumatism criteria | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1996 | 1,414 |
| 77 | 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 | Arthritis Care and Research | 2012 | 1,413 |
| 78 | The American college of rheumatology preliminary core set of disease activity measures for rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1993 | 1,388 |
| 79 | Prevalence of gout and hyperuricemia in the US general population: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007-2008 | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2011 | 1,385 |
| 80 | Development and evaluation of a scale to measure perceived self-efficacy in people with arthritis | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1989 | 1,367 |
| 81 | The prevalence of knee osteoarthritis in the elderly. the framingham osteoarthritis study | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1987 | 1,346 |
| 82 | The Epidemiology of low back pain | Best Practice and Research in Clinical Rheumatology | 2010 | 1,340 |
| 83 | OARSI recommendations for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis | Osteoarthritis and Cartilage | 2010 | 1,330 |
| 84 | Psoriatic arthritis | Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1973 | 1,327 |
| 85 | Articular mobility in an African population. | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 1973 | 1,324 |
| 86 | Criteria for the diagnosis of familial mediterranean fever | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1997 | 1,318 |
| 87 | Comparison of human stem cells derived from various mesenchymal tissues: Superiority of synovium as a cell source | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2005 | 1,314 |
| 88 | Guidelines for the management of rheumatoid arthritis: 2002 Update | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2002 | 1,311 |
| 89 | American College of Rheumatology 2008 recommendations for the use of nonbiologic and biologic disease‐modifying antirheumatic drugs in rheumatoid arthritis | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2008 | 1,311 |
| 90 | The Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society classification criteria for peripheral spondyloarthritis and for spondyloarthritis in general | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 2011 | 1,302 |
| 91 | Comprehensive diagnostic criteria for IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD), 2011 | Modern Rheumatology | 2012 | 1,294 |
| 92 | Preliminary criteria for the classification of the acute arthritis of primary gout | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 1977 | 1,277 |
| 93 | A phase III, randomized, placebo-controlled study of belimumab, a monoclonal antibody that inhibits B lymphocyte stimulator, in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2011 | 1,277 |
| 94 | 2012 American College of Rheumatology guidelines for management of gout. Part 1: Systematic nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic therapeutic approaches to hyperuricemia | Arthritis Care and Research | 2012 | 1,268 |
| 95 | 2019 update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of systemic lupus erythematosus | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 2019 | 1,265 |
| 96 | A Direct Spectrophotometric Microassay for Sulfated Glycosaminoglycans in Cartilage Cultures | Connective Tissue Research | 1982 | 1,255 |
| 97 | The diagnostic properties of rheumatoid arthritis antibodies recognizing a cyclic citrullinated peptide | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2000 | 1,250 |
| 98 | Clinical and radiographic outcomes of four different treatment strategies in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (the BeSt study): A randomized, controlled trial | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2005 | 1,247 |
| 99 | Changes in causes of death in systemic sclerosis, 1972-2002 | Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases | 2007 | 1,246 |
| 100 | Whole-Organ Magnetic Resonance Imaging Score (WORMS) of the knee in osteoarthritis | Osteoarthritis and Cartilage | 2004 | 1,242 |
