Jingbo Niu

22.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
284 papers, 17.1k citations indexed

About

Jingbo Niu is a scholar working on Rheumatology, Surgery and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Jingbo Niu has authored 284 papers receiving a total of 17.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 193 papers in Rheumatology, 140 papers in Surgery and 95 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Jingbo Niu's work include Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (173 papers), Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies (90 papers) and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (72 papers). Jingbo Niu is often cited by papers focused on Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (173 papers), Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies (90 papers) and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes (72 papers). Jingbo Niu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Jingbo Niu's co-authors include David T. Felson, Yuqing Zhang, Ali Guermazi, Michael C. Nevitt, David J. Hunter, Frank W. Roemer, Tuhina Neogi, Cora E. Lewis, James C. Torner and Piran Aliabadi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Annals of Internal Medicine and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Jingbo Niu

272 papers receiving 16.7k 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.

Synovitis detected on magnetic resonance imaging and its relation to pain and cartilage loss in knee osteoarthritis

2007 414 citations David J. Hunter, Jingbo Niu et al. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases profile →
Increasing Prevalence of Knee Pain and Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: Survey and Cohort Data

2011 402 citations Yuqing Zhang, Jingbo Niu et al. Annals of Internal Medicine profile →
Prevalence of abnormalities in knees detected by MRI in adults without knee osteoarthritis: population based observational study (Framingham Osteoarthritis Study)

2012 363 citations Jingbo Niu, Daichi Hayashi et al. profile →
The Prevalence of Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis in China: Results From the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study

2015 336 citations Jingbo Niu, Yuqing Zhang et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jingbo Niu United States	74	11.7k	8.8k	4.6k	3.1k	2.4k	284	17.1k
Joanne M. Jordan United States	50	11.1k 0.9×	6.7k 0.8×	2.7k 0.6×	1.6k 0.5×	4.1k 1.7×	242	17.3k
Timothy E. McAlindon United States	57	9.5k 0.8×	5.1k 0.6×	2.2k 0.5×	2.1k 0.7×	3.2k 1.4×	252	13.4k
Nigel Arden United Kingdom	68	9.9k 0.8×	10.9k 1.2×	2.2k 0.5×	4.0k 1.3×	4.1k 1.7×	408	22.4k
Anita E. Wluka Australia	62	7.2k 0.6×	5.4k 0.6×	3.4k 0.7×	2.1k 0.7×	2.5k 1.0×	377	12.2k
Tuhina Neogi United States	57	7.8k 0.7×	4.2k 0.5×	1.6k 0.3×	1.2k 0.4×	2.3k 1.0×	384	13.6k
Leena Sharma United States	67	10.4k 0.9×	10.2k 1.2×	6.2k 1.3×	1.9k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	172	16.5k
M. Kloppenburg Netherlands	63	9.2k 0.8×	4.0k 0.5×	1.5k 0.3×	1.5k 0.5×	2.9k 1.2×	412	13.6k
Reva C. Lawrence United States	14	7.2k 0.6×	3.2k 0.4×	1.4k 0.3×	832 0.3×	2.2k 0.9×	18	10.9k
Rosemarie Hirsch United States	21	6.1k 0.5×	2.7k 0.3×	1.0k 0.2×	710 0.2×	2.0k 0.8×	36	10.3k
George Peat United Kingdom	53	4.4k 0.4×	3.0k 0.3×	1.9k 0.4×	1.6k 0.5×	2.9k 1.2×	212	10.1k

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Winkelmayer, Wolfgang C., Kevin F. Erickson, Pascale Khairallah, et al.. (2025). Effectiveness and Safety of Apixaban Initiation Following Newly-Diagnosed Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Kidney Failure on Hemodialysis. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 87(3). 313–323.

Niu, Jingbo, Abiodun Oluyomi, Susie Q. Lew, et al.. (2025). Utilization of Telemedicine for Patients Receiving In-Center Hemodialysis in the United States. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 36(7). 1380–1390.

Melles, Ronald B., April Jorge, Michael F. Marmor, et al.. (2023). Hydroxychloroquine Dose and Risk for Incident Retinopathy. Annals of Internal Medicine. 176(2). 166–173. 24 indexed citations

Liu, Sai, Maria E. Montez‐Rath, Pascale Khairallah, et al.. (2022). Associations of Serum and Dialysate Potassium Concentrations With Incident Atrial Fibrillation in a Cohort Study of Older US Persons Initiating Hemodialysis for Kidney Failure. Kidney International Reports. 8(2). 305–316. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Tianzhong, Jingbo Niu, Han Chen, & Peng Wei. (2021). Estimation of total mediation effect for high-dimensional omics mediators. BMC Bioinformatics. 22(1). 414–414. 9 indexed citations

Niu, Jingbo, et al.. (2021). Patient Health Outcomes following Dialysis Facility Closures in the United States. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 32(10). 2613–2621. 5 indexed citations

Vangala, Chandan, Jingbo Niu, Maria E. Montez‐Rath, et al.. (2020). Hip Fracture Risk among Hemodialysis-Dependent Patients Prescribed Opioids and Gabapentinoids. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 31(6). 1325–1334. 13 indexed citations

Zhao, Changsheng, Xiaoping Gao, Qiang Liu, et al.. (2020). Associations of trochlea morphology and patellofemoral alignment with prevalent radiographic patellofemoral osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 28(6). 824–830. 10 indexed citations

Chang, Tara I., Sai Liu, Jingbo Niu, et al.. (2019). Blood Pressure and Incident Atrial Fibrillation in Older Patients Initiating Hemodialysis. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 14(7). 1029–1038. 9 indexed citations

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Vangala, Chandan, Jingbo Niu, Colin R. Lenihan, et al.. (2018). Proton Pump Inhibitors, Histamine-2 Receptor Antagonists, and Hip Fracture Risk among Patients on Hemodialysis. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 13(10). 1534–1541. 14 indexed citations

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Awan, Ahmed A., Jingbo Niu, Jenny S. Pan, et al.. (2018). Trends in the Causes of Death among Kidney Transplant Recipients in the United States (1996–2014). American Journal of Nephrology. 48(6). 472–481. 143 indexed citations

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Dai, Zhaoli, Jingbo Niu, Yuqing Zhang, Paul F. Jacques, & David T. Felson. (2017). Dietary intake of fibre and risk of knee osteoarthritis in two US prospective cohorts. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 76(8). 1411–1419. 56 indexed citations

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Neogi, Tuhina, et al.. (2017). Effect of bisphosphonate use on trajectories of MRI-based three-dimensional bone shape of the knee over four years. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 25. S58–S58. 1 indexed citations

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Sheehy, Lisa, Elsie Culham, Linda McLean, et al.. (2015). Validity and sensitivity to change of three scales for the radiographic assessment of knee osteoarthritis using images from the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study (MOST). Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 23(9). 1491–1498. 38 indexed citations

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Neogi, Tuhina, Laura Frey‐Law, Joachim Scholz, et al.. (2013). Sensitivity and sensitisation in relation to pain severity in knee osteoarthritis: trait or state?. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 74(4). 682–688. 168 indexed citations

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White, Daniel K., Jingbo Niu, & Yuqing Zhang. (2012). Is symptomatic knee osteoarthritis a risk factor for a trajectory of fast decline in gait speed? Results from a longitudinal cohort study. Arthritis Care & Research. 65(2). 187–194. 72 indexed citations

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Hayashi, Daichi, Martin Englund, Jingbo Niu, et al.. (2012). Knee malalignment is associated with an increased risk for incident and enlarging bone marrow lesions in the more loaded compartments: the MOST study. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 20(11). 1227–1233. 72 indexed citations

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Fayfman, Maya, Jingbo Niu, Yuqing Zhang, et al.. (2008). The relation of plasma homocysteine to radiographic knee osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 17(6). 766–771. 6 indexed citations

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Neogi, Tuhina, Michael C. Nevitt, Jingbo Niu, et al.. (2006). Lack of association between chondrocalcinosis and increased risk of cartilage loss in knees with osteoarthritis: Results of two prospective longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging studies. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 54(6). 1822–1828. 67 indexed citations

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Lo, Grace H., Yuqing Zhang, Christine E. McLennan, et al.. (2006). The ratio of medial to lateral tibial plateau bone mineral density and compartment-specific tibiofemoral osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 14(10). 984–990. 56 indexed citations

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