| 1 | 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 | 3,192 |
| 2 | The American College of Rheumatology Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia and Measurement of Symptom Severity | Arthritis Care and Research | 2010 | 2,641 |
| 3 | 2019 American College of Rheumatology/Arthritis Foundation Guideline for the Management of Osteoarthritis of the Hand, Hip, and Knee | Arthritis Care and Research | 2020 | 1,309 |
| 4 | 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 | 1,168 |
| 5 | Measures of anxiety: State‐Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale‐Anxiety (HADS‐A) | Arthritis Care and Research | 2011 | 1,138 |
| 6 | 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 | 1,080 |
| 7 | Measures of knee function: International Knee Documentation Committee (IKDC) Subjective Knee Evaluation Form, Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS), Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score Physical Function Short Form (KOOS‐PS), Knee Outcome Survey Activities of Daily Living Scale (KOS‐ADL), Lysholm Knee Scoring Scale, Oxford Knee Score (OKS), Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC), Activity Rating Scale (ARS), and Tegner Activity Score (TAS) | Arthritis Care and Research | 2011 | 896 |
| 8 | 2021 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis | Arthritis Care and Research | 2021 | 807 |
| 9 | Measures of depression and depressive symptoms: Beck Depression Inventory‐II (BDI‐II), Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES‐D), Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and Patient Health Questionnaire‐9 (PHQ‐9) | Arthritis Care and Research | 2011 | 694 |
| 10 | 2020 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Management of Gout | Arthritis Care and Research | 2020 | 617 |
| 11 | Hyperuricemia and incident hypertension: A systematic review and meta‐analysis | Arthritis Care and Research | 2011 | 517 |
| 12 | Rheumatoid arthritis disease activity measures: American College of Rheumatology recommendations for use in clinical practice | Arthritis Care and Research | 2012 | 508 |
| 13 | 2012 American College of Rheumatology guidelines for management of gout. Part 2: Therapy and antiinflammatory prophylaxis of acute gouty arthritis | Arthritis Care and Research | 2012 | 491 |
| 14 | Hyperuricemia and coronary heart disease: A systematic review and meta‐analysis | Arthritis Care and Research | 2010 | 483 |
| 15 | Number of Persons With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis in the US: Impact of Race and Ethnicity, Age, Sex, and Obesity | Arthritis Care and Research | 2016 | 456 |
| 16 | Measures of adult shoulder function: Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand Questionnaire (DASH) and Its Short Version (QuickDASH), Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI), American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) Society Standardized Shoulder Assessment Form, Constant (Murley) Score (CS), Simple Shoulder Test (SST), Oxford Shoulder Score (OSS), Shoulder Disability Questionnaire (SDQ), and Western Ontario Shoulder Instability Index (WOSI) | Arthritis Care and Research | 2011 | 438 |
| 17 | Distinctions Between Diagnostic and Classification Criteria? | Arthritis Care and Research | 2015 | 359 |
| 18 | Measures of hip function and symptoms: Harris Hip Score (HHS), Hip Disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HOOS), Oxford Hip Score (OHS), Lequesne Index of Severity for Osteoarthritis of the Hip (LISOH), and American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) Hip and Knee Questionnaire | Arthritis Care and Research | 2011 | 355 |
| 19 | Lifetime Risk and Age at Diagnosis of Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis in the US | Arthritis Care and Research | 2013 | 336 |
| 20 | Measures of physical performance assessments: Self‐Paced Walk Test (SPWT), Stair Climb Test (SCT), Six‐Minute Walk Test (6MWT), Chair Stand Test (CST), Timed Up & Go (TUG), Sock Test, Lift and Carry Test (LCT), and Car Task | Arthritis Care and Research | 2011 | 324 |
| 21 | Global Prevalence of Spondyloarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Regression Analysis | Arthritis Care and Research | 2016 | 317 |
| 22 | Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Immune‐Related Adverse Events Due to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Systematic Review of the Literature | Arthritis Care and Research | 2017 | 305 |
| 23 | Lifetime Medical Costs of Knee Osteoarthritis Management in the United States: Impact of Extending Indications for Total Knee Arthroplasty | Arthritis Care and Research | 2015 | 304 |
| 24 | Fibromyalgia Prevalence, Somatic Symptom Reporting, and the Dimensionality of Polysymptomatic Distress: Results From a Survey of the General Population | Arthritis Care and Research | 2013 | 302 |
| 25 | Minimum clinically important improvement and patient acceptable symptom state in pain and function in rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, chronic back pain, hand osteoarthritis, and hip and knee osteoarthritis: Results from a prospective multinational study | Arthritis Care and Research | 2012 | 299 |
| 26 | Epidemiology of Chronic Low Back Pain in US Adults: Data From the 2009–2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey | Arthritis Care and Research | 2016 | 299 |
| 27 | Measures of adult and juvenile dermatomyositis, polymyositis, and inclusion body myositis: Physician and Patient/Parent Global Activity, Manual Muscle Testing (MMT), Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ)/Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (C‐HAQ), Childhood Myositis Assessment Scale (CMAS), Myositis Disease Activity Assessment Tool (MDAAT), Disease Activity Score (DAS), Short Form 36 (SF‐36), Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ), Physician Global Damage, Myositis Damage Index (MDI), Quantitative Muscle T | Arthritis Care and Research | 2011 | 289 |
| 28 | Measures of fatigue: Bristol Rheumatoid Arthritis Fatigue Multi‐Dimensional Questionnaire (BRAF MDQ), Bristol Rheumatoid Arthritis Fatigue Numerical Rating Scales (BRAF NRS) for Severity, Effect, and Coping, Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire (CFQ), Checklist Individual Strength (CIS20R and CIS8R), Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), Functional Assessment Chronic Illness Therapy (Fatigue) (FACIT‐F), Multi‐Dimensional Assessment of Fatigue (MAF), Multi‐Dimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI), Pediatric Quality Of Life (Ped | Arthritis Care and Research | 2011 | 285 |
| 29 | Systematic review and meta‐analysis: Anti–tumor necrosis factor α therapy and cardiovascular events in rheumatoid arthritis | Arthritis Care and Research | 2011 | 283 |
| 30 | Prevalence of Fibromyalgia: A Population‐Based Study in Olmsted County, Minnesota, Utilizing the Rochester Epidemiology Project | Arthritis Care and Research | 2013 | 267 |
| 31 | Overall and Cause‐Specific Mortality in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Meta‐Analysis of Observational Studies | Arthritis Care and Research | 2014 | 264 |
| 32 | Adult measures of general health and health‐related quality of life: Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36‐Item (SF‐36) and Short Form 12‐Item (SF‐12) Health Surveys, Nottingham Health Profile (NHP), Sickness Impact Profile (SIP), Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 6D (SF‐6D), Health Utilities Index Mark 3 (HUI3), Quality of Well‐Being Scale (QWB), and Assessment of Quality of Life (AQOL) | Arthritis Care and Research | 2011 | 254 |
| 33 | Phase II study of tofacitinib (CP‐690,550) combined with methotrexate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and an inadequate response to methotrexate | Arthritis Care and Research | 2011 | 251 |
| 34 | Measures of psoriatic arthritis: Tender and Swollen Joint Assessment, Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI), Nail Psoriasis Severity Index (NAPSI), Modified Nail Psoriasis Severity Index (mNAPSI), Mander/Newcastle Enthesitis Index (MEI), Leeds Enthesitis Index (LEI), Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada (SPARCC), Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Enthesis Score (MASES), Leeds Dactylitis Index (LDI), Patient Global for Psoriatic Arthritis, Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI), Psoriatic Arthri | Arthritis Care and Research | 2011 | 250 |
| 35 | Systematic review of the epidemiology of systemic lupus erythematosus in the Asia‐Pacific region: Prevalence, incidence, clinical features, and mortality | Arthritis Care and Research | 2012 | 246 |
| 36 | Epidemiology of humerus fractures in the United States: nationwide emergency department sample, 2008 | Arthritis Care and Research | 2012 | 245 |
| 37 | Measures of symptoms and disease status in ankylosing spondylitis: Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS), Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life Scale (ASQoL), Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI), Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI), Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Global Score (BAS‐G), Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index (BASMI), Dougados Functional Index (DFI), and Health Assessment Questionnaire for the Spondylarthropathies (HAQ‐S) | Arthritis Care and Research | 2011 | 244 |
| 38 | Do patients with non‐radiographic axial spondylarthritis differ from patients with ankylosing spondylitis? | Arthritis Care and Research | 2012 | 240 |
| 39 | Validation of a new pediatric joint scoring system from the International Hemophilia Prophylaxis Study Group: Validity of the hemophilia joint health score | Arthritis Care and Research | 2011 | 238 |
| 40 | Anti–Melanoma Differentiation–Associated Protein 5–Associated Dermatomyositis: Expanding the Clinical Spectrum | Arthritis Care and Research | 2013 | 236 |
| 41 | Alternative Methods for Defining Osteoarthritis and the Impact on Estimating Prevalence in a US Population‐Based Survey | Arthritis Care and Research | 2016 | 228 |
| 42 | Utility of Anti–Melanoma Differentiation–Associated Gene 5 Antibody Measurement in Identifying Patients With Dermatomyositis and a High Risk for Developing Rapidly Progressive Interstitial Lung Disease: A Review of the Literature and a Meta‐Analysis | Arthritis Care and Research | 2013 | 227 |
| 43 | A longitudinal study to explain the pain‐depression link in older adults with osteoarthritis | Arthritis Care and Research | 2011 | 223 |
| 44 | Effect of Methotrexate, Anti–Tumor Necrosis Factor α, and Rituximab on the Immune Response to Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccines in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis | Arthritis Care and Research | 2014 | 218 |
| 45 | Predicting outcomes of lupus nephritis with tubulointerstitial inflammation and scarring | Arthritis Care and Research | 2011 | 217 |
| 46 | Electronic medical records for discovery research in rheumatoid arthritis | Arthritis Care and Research | 2010 | 216 |
| 47 | Measures of functional status and quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis: Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ), Modified Health Assessment Questionnaire (MHAQ), Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire (MDHAQ), Health Assessment Questionnaire II (HAQ‐II), Improved Health Assessment Questionnaire (Improved HAQ), and Rheumatoid Arthritis Quality of Life (RAQoL) | Arthritis Care and Research | 2011 | 214 |
| 48 | Tocilizumab for the treatment of large‐vessel vasculitis (giant cell arteritis, Takayasu arteritis) and polymyalgia rheumatica | Arthritis Care and Research | 2012 | 214 |
| 49 | Validation of the Rheumatic Disease Comorbidity Index | Arthritis Care and Research | 2015 | 214 |
| 50 | Gait modification strategies for altering medial knee joint load: A systematic review | Arthritis Care and Research | 2011 | 213 |