Standout Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The bone–cartilage unit in osteoarthritis
    2010 503 citations Rik Lories, Frank P. Luyten Nature Reviews Rheumatology profile →
  2. Proof of concept: enthesitis and new bone formation in spondyloarthritis are driven by mechanical strain and stromal cells
    2013 317 citations Peggy Jacques, Stijn Lambrecht et al. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases profile →
  3. Enthesitis: from pathophysiology to treatment
    2017 316 citations Georg Schett, Rik Lories et al. Nature Reviews Rheumatology profile →
  4. Ankylosing spondylitis: an autoimmune or autoinflammatory disease?
    2021 202 citations Daniele Mauro, Ranjeny Thomas et al. Nature Reviews Rheumatology profile →
  5. Fundamentals of osteoarthritis: Inflammatory mediators in osteoarthritis
    2023 100 citations Silvia Monteagudo, Rik Lories et al. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage profile →

Immediate Impact

3 by Nobel laureates 20 from Science/Nature 68 hit
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Citing Papers

Osteoarthritis
2025 Hit
RUNX2 promotes fibrosis via an alveolar-to-pathological fibroblast transition
2025 HitNature
4 intermediate papers

Works of Rik Lories being referenced

Fundamentals of osteoarthritis: Inflammatory mediators in osteoarthritis
2023 Hit
Bone Morphogenetic Protein signaling in joint homeostasis and disease
2005
and 7 more

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Rik Lories 5.5k 2.3k 2.0k 1.3k 1.0k 237 8.3k
Jochen Zwerina 4.8k 0.9× 4.8k 2.1× 2.3k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 1.3k 1.3× 229 12.1k
Eric Veys 6.9k 1.2× 1.1k 0.5× 3.1k 1.6× 2.2k 1.7× 518 0.5× 181 9.3k
B Amor 4.6k 0.8× 610 0.3× 1.8k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 753 0.8× 172 7.2k
J Sany 4.8k 0.9× 1.4k 0.6× 1.8k 0.9× 2.9k 2.2× 303 0.3× 216 9.6k
Malcolm Smith 2.7k 0.5× 1.3k 0.5× 1.9k 1.0× 606 0.5× 301 0.3× 162 6.1k
David E. Woolley 2.1k 0.4× 2.0k 0.9× 2.2k 1.1× 651 0.5× 291 0.3× 125 7.3k
Jürgen Rech 3.7k 0.7× 1.3k 0.6× 2.5k 1.3× 1.2k 0.9× 427 0.4× 187 6.9k
Renate E. Gay 3.9k 0.7× 5.5k 2.4× 3.5k 1.8× 1.2k 0.9× 266 0.3× 174 13.4k
Gerd‐Rüdiger Burmester 4.5k 0.8× 1.1k 0.5× 3.1k 1.6× 1.4k 1.0× 164 0.2× 154 8.7k
Susan R. Rittling 4.8k 0.9× 5.2k 2.3× 1.4k 0.7× 494 0.4× 516 0.5× 119 10.5k

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