Cristina Ponte

7.8k total citations · 8 hit papers
83 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Cristina Ponte is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Rheumatology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Cristina Ponte has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 47 papers in Rheumatology and 13 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Cristina Ponte's work include Vasculitis and related conditions (61 papers), Otitis Media and Relapsing Polychondritis (23 papers) and Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (12 papers). Cristina Ponte is often cited by papers focused on Vasculitis and related conditions (61 papers), Otitis Media and Relapsing Polychondritis (23 papers) and Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (12 papers). Cristina Ponte collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, United Kingdom and United States. Cristina Ponte's co-authors include Raashid Luqmani, Wolfgang Schmidt, Peter C. Grayson, Ravi Suppiah, Joanna Robson, Peter A. Merkel, Richard A. Watts, Anthea Craven, Andrew Judge and Andrew Hutchings and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases and BioMed Research International.

In The Last Decade

Cristina Ponte

78 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

  1. EULAR recommendations for the use of imaging in large vessel vasculitis in clinical practice
    2018 577 citations Christian Dejaco, Sofía Ramiro et al. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases profile →
  2. 2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
    2022 244 citations Peter C. Grayson, Cristina Ponte et al. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases profile →
  3. 2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology classification criteria for granulomatosis with polyangiitis
    2022 212 citations Joanna Robson, Peter C. Grayson et al. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases profile →
  4. 2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology classification criteria for microscopic polyangiitis
    2022 176 citations Ravi Suppiah, Joanna Robson et al. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases profile →
  5. 2022 American College of Rheumatology/EULAR classification criteria for giant cell arteritis
    2022 150 citations Cristina Ponte, Peter C. Grayson et al. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases profile →
  6. 2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis
    2022 111 citations Joanna Robson, Peter C. Grayson et al. profile →
  7. 2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Eosinophilic Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis
    2022 110 citations Peter C. Grayson, Cristina Ponte et al. profile →
  8. 2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Microscopic Polyangiitis
    2022 95 citations Ravi Suppiah, Joanna Robson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cristina Ponte Portugal 27 2.6k 1.7k 663 662 423 83 3.0k
Joanna Robson United Kingdom 27 2.3k 0.9× 1.5k 0.9× 634 1.0× 580 0.9× 346 0.8× 92 2.8k
Ravi Suppiah United Kingdom 26 2.3k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 619 0.9× 648 1.0× 405 1.0× 53 2.6k
Christian Pagnoux Canada 33 2.7k 1.1× 1.5k 0.9× 663 1.0× 808 1.2× 428 1.0× 192 3.5k
Aladdin J Mohammad Sweden 28 2.1k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 584 0.9× 469 0.7× 440 1.0× 80 2.4k
Sebastian Unizony United States 27 2.2k 0.9× 1.9k 1.1× 863 1.3× 303 0.5× 313 0.7× 75 3.0k
Chetan Mukhtyar United Kingdom 20 3.2k 1.3× 1.7k 1.0× 1.0k 1.5× 954 1.4× 608 1.4× 71 3.7k
Matthew D. Morgan United Kingdom 21 2.0k 0.8× 952 0.5× 761 1.1× 631 1.0× 594 1.4× 41 2.8k
Tanaz A. Kermani United States 27 1.9k 0.8× 1.5k 0.9× 592 0.9× 221 0.3× 401 0.9× 75 2.4k
Hasan Yazıcı Türkiye 19 2.1k 0.8× 1.8k 1.0× 578 0.9× 600 0.9× 422 1.0× 57 3.4k
E. Reinhold‐Keller Germany 31 3.0k 1.2× 1.6k 0.9× 794 1.2× 1.4k 2.1× 386 0.9× 74 3.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ponte, Cristina, et al.. (2025). The Role of Imaging in Monitoring Large Vessel Vasculitis: A Comprehensive Review. Biomolecules. 15(11). 1505–1505.
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Monti, Sara, Cristina Ponte, Valentin Sebastian Schäfer, et al.. (2025). The giant cell arteritis (GCA) ultrasound score (OGUS) at diagnosis and after initial treatment predicts future relapses in GCA patients: results of a multicentre prospective study. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 84(5). 823–832. 4 indexed citations
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Hellmich, Bernhard, Benjamin Terrier, Apostolos Bossios, et al.. (2025). EGPAware: a European Delphi consensus study on red flags for suspicion of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis. 2(1). 9–18.
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Luqmani, Raashid, et al.. (2024). The value of axillary, facial, occipital, subclavian and common carotid arteries ultrasound in the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis. Lara D. Veeken. 64(3). 1369–1376. 3 indexed citations
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Bösch, Philipp, Milena Bond, Christian Dejaco, et al.. (2023). OP0188 IMAGING IN DIAGNOSIS, MONITORING AND OUTCOME PREDICTION OF LARGE VESSEL VASCULITIS: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW INFORMING THE 2023 UPDATE OF THE EULAR RECOMMENDATIONS. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 82. 124–125. 2 indexed citations
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Macieira, Carla, Vítor Teixeira, Ana Maria Rodrigues, et al.. (2023). Anxiety and depression in patients with giant cell arteritis. Rheumatology Advances in Practice. 8(1). rkae013–rkae013.
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Martins, A., Ana Catarina Duarte, Maria João Salvador, et al.. (2023). POS1307 NINTEDANIB IN RHEUMATIC DISEASE-ASSOCIATED INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE – A MULTICENTRE NATIONWIDE COHORT STUDY. 1001–1002. 2 indexed citations
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Robson, Joanna, Peter C. Grayson, Cristina Ponte, et al.. (2022). 2022 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology classification criteria for granulomatosis with polyangiitis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 81(3). 315–320. 212 indexed citations breakdown →
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Robson, Joanna, Peter C. Grayson, Cristina Ponte, et al.. (2021). 2020 American College of Rheumatology/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Eosinophilic Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 1 indexed citations
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Grayson, Peter C., Cristina Ponte, Ravi Suppiah, et al.. (2021). 2021 American College of Rheumatology /European League Against Rheumatism Classification Criteria for Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 1 indexed citations
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Ponte, Cristina, Sara Monti, Carlo Alberto Scirè, et al.. (2021). Ultrasound halo sign as a potential monitoring tool for patients with giant cell arteritis: a prospective analysis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 80(11). 1475–1482. 42 indexed citations
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Monti, Sara, Ana Águeda, Raashid Luqmani, et al.. (2019). Systematic literature review informing the 2018 update of the EULAR recommendation for the management of large vessel vasculitis: focus on giant cell arteritis. RMD Open. 5(2). e001003–e001003. 47 indexed citations
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Águeda, Ana, Sara Monti, Raashid Luqmani, et al.. (2019). Management of Takayasu arteritis: a systematic literature review informing the 2018 update of the EULAR recommendation for the management of large vessel vasculitis. RMD Open. 5(2). e001020–e001020. 43 indexed citations
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Santos, María José, Helena Canhão, Ana Filipa Mourão, et al.. (2018). Reuma.pt contribution to the knowledge of immune-mediated systemic rheumatic diseases.. PubMed. 42(3). 232–239. 5 indexed citations
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Araújo, Filipe, Alexandre Sepriano, Filipa Teixeira, et al.. (2018). The Portuguese Society of Rheumatology position paper on the use of biosimilars - 2017 update.. PubMed. 42(3). 219–228. 6 indexed citations
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Ponte, Cristina, Sara Monti, Surjeet Singh, et al.. (2017). HISTOLOGY FINDINGS IN GIANT CELL ARTERITIS (GCA) AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ULTRASOUND RESULTS: ANALYSIS OF DATA FROM THE TABUL STUDY (TEMPORAL ARTERY BIOPSY VS ULTRASOUND IN DIAGNOSIS OF GIANT CELL ARTERITIS). Lara D. Veeken. 56. 56–57.
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Monti, Sara, Alberto Floris, Cristina Ponte, et al.. (2017). The proposed role of ultrasound in the management of giant cell arteritis in routine clinical practice. Lara D. Veeken. 57(1). 112–119. 49 indexed citations
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Ponte, Cristina, et al.. (2015). Giant cell arteritis: Current treatment and management. World Journal of Clinical Cases. 3(6). 484–484. 42 indexed citations
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Singh, Shivank, Jennifer Piper, Andrew Hutchings, et al.. (2014). Early Halo Sign Features on Ultrasound Examination of Treated Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis.. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 66. 4 indexed citations

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