Andra Bălănescu

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Andra Bălănescu is a scholar working on Rheumatology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Andra Bălănescu has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Rheumatology, 19 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 19 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Andra Bălănescu's work include Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (32 papers), Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments (23 papers) and Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases (13 papers). Andra Bălănescu is often cited by papers focused on Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (32 papers), Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments (23 papers) and Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases (13 papers). Andra Bălănescu collaborates with scholars based in Romania, Italy and France. Andra Bălănescu's co-authors include Violeta Bojincă, Denisa Predețeanu, Tanja Stamm, Vira Tseluyko, Françis Guillemin, Annette de Thurah, Karen Walker‐Bone, Javier Rodríguez‐Carrio, Annelies Boonen and Lucía Silva-Fernández and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Andra Bălănescu

71 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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 threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2021 EULAR recommendations regarding lifestyle behaviours and work participation to prevent progression of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases

2022 126 citations James M. Gwinnutt, Maud Wieczorek et al. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andra Bălănescu Romania	18	645	397	224	162	155	79	1.2k
João Carlos Tavares Brenol Brazil	22	824 1.3×	468 1.2×	237 1.1×	251 1.5×	77 0.5×	64	1.4k
A.J. Lehman Canada	12	765 1.2×	212 0.5×	225 1.0×	125 0.8×	81 0.5×	30	1.2k
Wendy Marder United States	21	908 1.4×	540 1.4×	114 0.5×	245 1.5×	92 0.6×	52	1.6k
Chiara Crotti Italy	17	501 0.8×	231 0.6×	176 0.8×	113 0.7×	159 1.0×	56	1.1k
Simon M. Helfgott United States	22	682 1.1×	323 0.8×	207 0.9×	124 0.8×	148 1.0×	46	1.5k
Jorge Iván Gámez-Nava Mexico	25	916 1.4×	388 1.0×	197 0.9×	234 1.4×	128 0.8×	107	1.8k
Wataru Yamamoto Japan	20	535 0.8×	193 0.5×	308 1.4×	233 1.4×	355 2.3×	119	1.6k
Luca Navarini Italy	20	539 0.8×	456 1.1×	185 0.8×	190 1.2×	102 0.7×	92	1.4k
Amy M. DeLozier United States	20	879 1.4×	364 0.9×	224 1.0×	123 0.8×	231 1.5×	52	1.8k
Collette McCourt United Kingdom	9	547 0.8×	369 0.9×	109 0.5×	65 0.4×	93 0.6×	27	1.0k

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Yazji, Salim, Philip Helliwell, Andra Bălănescu, et al.. (2025). Association Between Patient Perception of Disease Status and Different Components of the Minimal Disease Activity Criteria in Psoriatic Arthritis. The Journal of Rheumatology. 52(4). jrheum.2024–1149. 1 indexed citations

Niță, Cristina, L. Groşeanu, Daniela Opriș-Belinski, et al.. (2024). Calcinosis in Rheumatic Disease Is Still an Unmet Need: A Retrospective Single-Center Study. Diagnostics. 14(6). 637–637. 1 indexed citations

Munteanu, Constantin, Aurelian Anghelescu, Cristina Raluca Gh. Popescu, et al.. (2024). Rheumatoid Arthritis and COVID-19 at the Intersection of Immunology and Infectious Diseases: A Related PRISMA Systematic Literature Review. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(20). 11149–11149. 6 indexed citations

Leung, Ying Ying, Lihi Eder, Ana‐Maria Orbai, et al.. (2023). Association between obesity and likelihood of remission or low disease activity status in psoriatic arthritis applying index-based and patient-based definitions of remission: a cross-sectional study. RMD Open. 9(3). e003157–e003157. 7 indexed citations

Bălănescu, Andra, et al.. (2023). Eosinophilic Fasciitis: Current and Remaining Challenges. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(3). 1982–1982. 14 indexed citations

Opriș-Belinski, Daniela, et al.. (2023). The Translation, Validation and Cultural Adaptation of Questionnaires Assessing the Quality of Life and Fatigue among Patients with Sjogren’s Syndrome for the Romanian Context. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13(6). 1561–1576.

Gwinnutt, James M., Maud Wieczorek, Javier Rodríguez‐Carrio, et al.. (2022). Effects of diet on the outcomes of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs): systematic review and meta-analyses informing the 2021 EULAR recommendations for lifestyle improvements in people with RMDs. RMD Open. 8(2). e002167–e002167. 40 indexed citations

Wieczorek, Maud, James M. Gwinnutt, Andra Bălănescu, et al.. (2022). Smoking, alcohol consumption and disease-specific outcomes in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs): systematic reviews informing the 2021 EULAR recommendations for lifestyle improvements in people with RMDs. RMD Open. 8(1). e002170–e002170. 46 indexed citations

Bălănescu, Andra, Gustavo Citera, Virginia Pascual‐Ramos, et al.. (2022). Infections in patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving tofacitinib versus tumour necrosis factor inhibitors: results from the open-label, randomised controlled ORAL Surveillance trial. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 81(11). 1491–1503. 43 indexed citations

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Gwinnutt, James M., Maud Wieczorek, Giulio Cavalli, et al.. (2022). Effects of physical exercise and body weight on disease-specific outcomes of people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs): systematic reviews and meta-analyses informing the 2021 EULAR recommendations for lifestyle improvements in people with RMDs. RMD Open. 8(1). e002168–e002168. 45 indexed citations

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Gwinnutt, James M., Maud Wieczorek, Andra Bălănescu, et al.. (2022). 2021 EULAR recommendations regarding lifestyle behaviours and work participation to prevent progression of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 82(1). 48–56. 126 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wieczorek, Maud, Suzanne Verstappen, Polina Putrik, et al.. (2022). Association of vocational interventions and work-related factors with disease and work outcomes in people with RMDs: A systematic review. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 58. 152135–152135. 5 indexed citations

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Bellando-Randone, Silvia, Emanuel Della‐Torre, & Andra Bălănescu. (2021). The role of interleukin-17 in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis: Pro-fibrotic or anti-fibrotic?. Journal of Scleroderma and Related Disorders. 6(3). 227–235. 6 indexed citations

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Coates, Laura C., Danielle E Robinson, Ana‐Maria Orbai, et al.. (2021). What influences patients’ opinion of remission and low disease activity in psoriatic arthritis? Principal component analysis of an international study. Lara D. Veeken. 60(11). 5292–5299. 6 indexed citations

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Leung, Ying Ying, Ana‐Maria Orbai, Maarten de Wit, et al.. (2020). Comparing the Patient‐Reported Physical Function Outcome Measures in a Real‐Life International Cohort of Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis. Arthritis Care & Research. 73(4). 593–602. 10 indexed citations

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Gossec, Laure, Maarten de Wit, Rossana Scrivo, et al.. (2019). SAT0635 PATIENT-PERCEIVED RESIDUAL BURDEN OF PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS IN PATIENTS IN REMISSION/LOW DISEASE: AN ANALYSIS OF 444 PATIENTS. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 78. 1415–1415. 3 indexed citations

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Predețeanu, Denisa, Andra Bălănescu, Florian Berghea, et al.. (2017). ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY-ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS IN “REAL LIFE” – SERIES OF CLINICAL CASES IN A ROMANIAN REFERENCE CENTER. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 26(4). 164–168. 1 indexed citations

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Gudu, Tania, Ruxandra Ionescu, L. Groşeanu, et al.. (2016). Low vitamin D status in systemic sclerosis and the impact on disease phenotype. European Journal of Rheumatology. 3(2). 50–55. 44 indexed citations

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Bălănescu, Andra, Eugen Feist, G Wolfram, et al.. (2013). Efficacy and safety of tanezumab added on to diclofenac sustained release in patients with knee or hip osteoarthritis: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, multicentre phase III randomised clinical trial. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 73(9). 1665–1672. 76 indexed citations

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Bălănescu, Andra, Eugen Radu, Roxana Nat, et al.. (2002). Co‐stimulatory and adhesion molecules of dendritic cells in rheumatoid arthritis. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 6(3). 415–425. 20 indexed citations

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