James Witter

16.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
29 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

James Witter is a scholar working on Rheumatology, Physiology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, James Witter has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Rheumatology, 9 papers in Physiology and 4 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in James Witter's work include Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (5 papers), Vasculitis and related conditions (4 papers) and Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (3 papers). James Witter is often cited by papers focused on Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (5 papers), Vasculitis and related conditions (4 papers) and Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (3 papers). James Witter collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. James Witter's co-authors include Bernhard Hellmich, Peter A. Merkel, David Jayne, Raashid Luqmani, Hasan Yazıcı, John D. Reveille, Michael H. Weisman, H. Raspe, Wolfgang L. Gross and Chetan Mukhtyar and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Reviews Drug Discovery.

In The Last Decade

James Witter

29 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

EULAR recommendations for the management of primary small and medium vessel vasculitis

2008 618 citations Chetan Mukhtyar, Loı̈c Guillevin et al. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases profile →
EULAR recommendations for the management of large vessel vasculitis

2008 431 citations Chetan Mukhtyar, Loı̈c Guillevin et al. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James Witter United States	21	1.7k	1.4k	743	495	427	29	3.2k
Robert W. Simms United States	39	1.0k 0.6×	980 0.7×	337 0.5×	295 0.6×	928 2.2×	87	5.5k
Erika Gromnica‐Ihle Germany	32	860 0.5×	2.9k 2.1×	412 0.6×	431 0.9×	1.0k 2.4×	87	4.7k
Alexandros A. Drosos Greece	35	351 0.2×	2.0k 1.5×	907 1.2×	179 0.4×	1.0k 2.3×	127	4.2k
Michal Yaron Israel	31	257 0.2×	1.0k 0.7×	307 0.4×	115 0.2×	454 1.1×	163	2.9k
Inmaculada del Rincón United States	26	437 0.3×	2.7k 2.0×	175 0.2×	143 0.3×	773 1.8×	45	3.8k
Silvano Adami Italy	46	335 0.2×	1.4k 1.0×	392 0.5×	176 0.4×	438 1.0×	142	8.5k
Kathy Nicholls Australia	37	313 0.2×	1.1k 0.8×	1.9k 2.6×	88 0.2×	406 1.0×	164	4.2k
Mark Fisher United States	40	883 0.5×	145 0.1×	403 0.5×	149 0.3×	510 1.2×	159	4.4k
Pierre Lévy France	32	533 0.3×	244 0.2×	248 0.3×	483 1.0×	172 0.4×	115	3.2k
Kentaro Yamashita Japan	30	581 0.3×	191 0.1×	377 0.5×	480 1.0×	156 0.4×	153	3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Witter

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bartlett, Susan J., James Witter, David Cella, & Sara Ahmed. (2017). Montreal Accord on Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) use series – Paper 6: creating national initiatives to support development and use—the PROMIS example. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 89. 148–153. 15 indexed citations

Ahmed, Sara, Patrick Ware, William Gardner, et al.. (2017). Montreal Accord on Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) use series – Paper 8: patient-reported outcomes in electronic health records can inform clinical and policy decisions. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 89. 160–167. 24 indexed citations

Witter, James. (2016). Introduction: PROMIS a first look across diseases. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 73. 87–88. 10 indexed citations

Witter, James. (2016). The Promise of Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System—Turning Theory into Reality. Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America. 42(2). 377–394. 46 indexed citations

Fries, James F., et al.. (2013). Item Response Theory, Computerized Adaptive Testing, and PROMIS: Assessment of Physical Function. The Journal of Rheumatology. 41(1). 153–158. 147 indexed citations

Bruehl, Stephen, A. Vania Apkarian, Jane C. Ballantyne, et al.. (2013). Personalized Medicine and Opioid Analgesic Prescribing for Chronic Pain: Opportunities and Challenges. Journal of Pain. 14(2). 103–113. 89 indexed citations

Reveille, John D., James Witter, & Michael H. Weisman. (2012). Prevalence of axial spondylarthritis in the United States: Estimates from a cross‐sectional survey. Arthritis Care & Research. 64(6). 905–910. 165 indexed citations

Weisman, Michael H., James Witter, & John D. Reveille. (2012). The prevalence of inflammatory back pain: population-based estimates from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009–10. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 72(3). 369–373. 64 indexed citations

Tugwell, Peter, Ingemar F. Petersson, Maarten Boers, et al.. (2011). Domains Selection for Patient-Reported Outcomes: Current Activities and Options for Future Methods. The Journal of Rheumatology. 38(8). 1702–1710. 14 indexed citations

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Bingham, Clifton O., Christoph Pohl, Thasia Woodworth, et al.. (2009). Developing a Standardized Definition for Disease “Flare” in Rheumatoid Arthritis (OMERACT 9 Special Interest Group): Table 1.. The Journal of Rheumatology. 36(10). 2335–2341. 94 indexed citations

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Mukhtyar, Chetan, Loı̈c Guillevin, María C. Cid, et al.. (2008). EULAR recommendations for the management of primary small and medium vessel vasculitis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 68(3). 310–317. 618 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mukhtyar, Chetan, Loı̈c Guillevin, María C. Cid, et al.. (2008). EULAR recommendations for the management of large vessel vasculitis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 68(3). 318–323. 431 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mukhtyar, Chetan, Oliver Floßmann, Bernhard Hellmich, et al.. (2007). Outcomes from studies of antineutrophil cytoplasm antibody associated vasculitis: a systematic review by the European League Against Rheumatism systemic vasculitis task force. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 67(7). 1004–1010. 304 indexed citations

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Hellmich, Bernhard, Oliver Floßmann, W L Gross, et al.. (2006). EULAR recommendations for conducting clinical studies and/or clinical trials in systemic vasculitis: focus on anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody-associated vasculitis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 66(5). 605–617. 454 indexed citations

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Dionne, Raymond A., Linda M. Bartoshuk, Jeffrey S. Mogil, & James Witter. (2005). Individual responder analyses for pain: does one pain scale fit all?. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 26(3). 125–130. 84 indexed citations

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Dionne, Raymond A. & James Witter. (2003). NIH-FDA Analgesic Drug Development Workshop: Translating Scientific Advances into Improved Pain Relief. Clinical Journal of Pain. 19(3). 139–147. 9 indexed citations

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Witter, James & Lee S. Simon. (2003). Chronic pain and fibromyalgia: the regulatory perspective☆. Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology. 17(4). 541–546. 1 indexed citations

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Krane, Stephen M., Michael H. Byrne, Vincent Lemaître, et al.. (1996). Different Collagenase Gene Products Have Different Roles in Degradation of Type I Collagen. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(45). 28509–28515. 90 indexed citations

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Poole, A. Robin, et al.. (1990). Inflammation and cartilage metabolism in rheumatoid arthritis. Studies of the Blood Markers Hyaluronic Acid, Orosomucoid, and Keratan Sulfate. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 33(6). 790–799. 76 indexed citations

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Witter, James, S.J. Gatley, & Edward Balish. (1979). Distribution of Nitrogen-13 from Labeled Nitrate ( ¹³ NO ₃ ^- ) in Humans and Rats. Science. 204(4391). 411–413. 42 indexed citations

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