| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | A simplified disease activity index for rheumatoid arthritis for use in clinical practice | Rheumatology | 2003 | 818 |
| 2 | Measuring health-related quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis: validity, responsiveness and reliability of EuroQol (EQ-5D) | Rheumatology | 1997 | 661 |
| 3 | The prevalence of depression in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Rheumatology | 2013 | 638 |
| 4 | Understanding the dynamics: pathways involved in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis | Rheumatology | 2012 | 635 |
| 5 | Neutrophil function in inflammation and inflammatory diseases | Rheumatology | 2010 | 627 |
| 6 | Long‐term observations of vertebral osteoporotic fractures treated by percutaneous vertebroplasty | Rheumatology | 2000 | 623 |
| 7 | Transmembrane TNF- : structure, function and interaction with anti-TNF agents | Rheumatology | 2010 | 619 |
| 8 | Oral corticosteroids and fracture risk: relationship to daily and cumulative doses | Rheumatology | 2000 | 597 |
| 9 | Anti-TNF therapy is associated with an increased risk of serious infections in patients with rheumatoid arthritis especially in the first 6 months of treatment: updated results from the British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register with special emphasis on risks in the elderly | Rheumatology | 2011 | 564 |
| 10 | Synovial fibroblasts: key players in rheumatoid arthritis | Rheumatology | 2006 | 539 |
| 11 | Predictors of response to anti-TNF- therapy among patients with rheumatoid arthritis: results from the British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register | Rheumatology | 2006 | 533 |
| 12 | TWIN CONCORDANCE RATES FOR RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: RESULTS FROM A NATIONWIDE STUDY | Rheumatology | 1993 | 495 |
| 13 | BILAG 2004. Development and initial validation of an updated version of the British Isles Lupus Assessment Group's disease activity index for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus | Rheumatology | 2005 | 490 |
| 14 | Global prevalence of ankylosing spondylitis | Rheumatology | 2014 | 490 |
| 15 | The worldwide incidence and prevalence of systemic lupus erythematosus: a systematic review of epidemiological studies | Rheumatology | 2017 | 487 |
| 16 | Multidisciplinary treatment for chronic pain: a systematic review of interventions and outcomes | Rheumatology | 2008 | 486 |
| 17 | Sustained improvement in rheumatoid arthritis following a protocol designed to deplete B lymphocytes | Rheumatology | 2001 | 483 |
| 18 | British Society for Rheumatology and British Health Professionals in Rheumatology Guideline for the Management of Gout | Rheumatology | 2007 | 460 |
| 19 | STANFORD HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE MODIFIED TO ASSESS DISABILITY IN BRITISH PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS | Rheumatology | 1986 | 449 |
| 20 | A comparison of the efficacy and safety of leflunomide and methotrexate for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis | Rheumatology | 2000 | 434 |
| 21 | The pathogenesis of tendinopathy. A molecular perspective | Rheumatology | 2004 | 433 |
| 22 | The cellular pathobiology of the degenerate intervertebral disc and discogenic back pain | Rheumatology | 2008 | 411 |
| 23 | BSR and BHPR guidelines for the management of giant cell arteritis | Rheumatology | 2010 | 410 |
| 24 | The links between joint damage and disability in rheumatoid arthritis | Rheumatology | 2000 | 408 |
| 25 | The risk of infections associated with rheumatoid arthritis, with its comorbidity and treatment | Rheumatology | 2013 | 405 |
| 26 | Rheumatoid arthritis-related interstitial lung disease: associations, prognostic factors and physiological and radiological characteristics--a large multicentre UK study | Rheumatology | 2014 | 398 |
| 27 | Vitamin D deficiency in systemic lupus erythematosus: prevalence, predictors and clinical consequences | Rheumatology | 2008 | 396 |
| 28 | MAPKs and their relevance to arthritis and inflammation | Rheumatology | 2007 | 395 |
| 29 | Current concepts in the management of tendon disorders | Rheumatology | 2006 | 389 |
| 30 | Overview of the mucopolysaccharidoses | Rheumatology | 2011 | 384 |
| 31 | Juvenile localized scleroderma: clinical and epidemiological features in 750 children. An international study | Rheumatology | 2006 | 380 |
| 32 | THE INCIDENCE OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM: RESULTS FROM THE NORFOLK ARTHRITIS REGISTER | Rheumatology | 1994 | 377 |
| 33 | A new set of criteria for the diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever in childhood | Rheumatology | 2009 | 374 |
| 34 | SYNDROME OF THE BLACK SWAN | Rheumatology | 1987 | 370 |
| 35 | Classification of Non-Bacterial Osteitis: Retrospective study of clinical, immunological and genetic aspects in 89 patients | Rheumatology | 2007 | 370 |
| 36 | The frequency and outcome of lupus nephritis: results from an international inception cohort study | Rheumatology | 2016 | 370 |
| 37 | Trends in cardiovascular mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis over 50 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies | Rheumatology | 2009 | 366 |
| 38 | Factors associated with functional impairment in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis | Rheumatology | 2000 | 363 |
| 39 | THE CHONDROCYTE: A CELL UNDER PRESSURE | Rheumatology | 1994 | 356 |
| 40 | ACR/EULAR 2010 rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria | Rheumatology | 2012 | 353 |
| 41 | BSR and BHPR guideline on prescribing drugs in pregnancy and breastfeeding—Part I: standard and biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs and corticosteroids: Table 1 | Rheumatology | 2016 | 350 |
| 42 | TNFα—A PIVOTAL ROLE IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS? | Rheumatology | 1992 | 349 |
| 43 | Epidemiology of rheumatic diseases | Rheumatology | 2000 | 349 |
| 44 | Experience with rituximab in scleroderma: results from a 1-year, proof-of-principle study | Rheumatology | 2010 | 348 |
| 45 | Angiogenesis and nerve growth factor at the osteochondral junction in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis | Rheumatology | 2010 | 347 |
| 46 | Trends in mortality in patients with systemic sclerosis over 40 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies | Rheumatology | 2012 | 345 |
| 47 | Effect of annual intramuscular vitamin D on fracture risk in elderly men and women a population-based, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial | Rheumatology | 2007 | 343 |
| 48 | Pathogenesis of Raynaud's phenomenon | Rheumatology | 2005 | 339 |
| 49 | B-cell depletion in the treatment of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a longitudinal analysis of 24 patients | Rheumatology | 2005 | 339 |
| 50 | Preliminary assessment of the efficacy, tolerability and safety of a cannabis-based medicine (Sativex) in the treatment of pain caused by rheumatoid arthritis | Rheumatology | 2006 | 337 |
