Maarten Boers

61.2k citations

468 papers · 32.7k indexed · 13 hit papers · h-index 79

Impact in

Rheumatology top 0.01%
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
- Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments
Hematology top 0.05%
- Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research

Papers in

Rheumatology 311
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies 268
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research 113
- Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments 38
Hematology 70
- Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research 66

Co-authors: Peter Tugwell L.M. Bouter George A. Wells Beverley Shea Jeremy Grimshaw Candyce Hamel Henrica C. W. de Vet Arianne P. Verhagen
Journals: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (81 papers)The Journal of Rheumatology (47 papers)Lara D. Veeken (28 papers)Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism (17 papers)Journal of Clinical Epidemiology (17 papers)
Partner nations: Netherlands United States Canada

In The Last Decade

Maarten Boers

455 papers receiving 31.5k citations

Hit Papers

13 papers align trajectories log scale

COSMIN Risk of Bias tool to assess the quality of studies on reliability or measurement error of outcome measurement instruments: a Delphi study 2020 · 319 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2020 BMC Medical Research Methodology
2018 Journal of Pain
2017 Pain
2016 Trials
2015 European Spine Journal
2014 Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
2009 Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
2007 BMC Medical Research Methodology
2002 The Lancet
1998 Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
1997 The Lancet
1995 Arthritis & Rheumatism
1993 Arthritis & Rheumatism

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1	Systematic reviews of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs): table templates for effective communication Quality of Life Research ·Ellen B. M. Elsman, Maarten Boers, Caroline B. Terwee, Dorcas Beaton, Inger L. Abma, Olalekan Lee Aiyegbusi, Alessandro Chiarotto, Kirstie Haywood, Karen Matvienko‐Sikar, Ava Mehdipour, Daniëlla M. Oosterveer, Lidwine B. Mokkink, Martin Offringa	2025	0
2	Long-term effectiveness of a lifestyle intervention for rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis: 1-year follow-up of the ‘Plants for Joints’ randomised clinical trial RMD Open ·Carlijn A. Wagenaar, Wendy Walrabenstein, Marike van der Leeden, Franktien Turkstra, Martijn Gerritsen, Jos W. R. Twisk, Maarten Boers, M. van der Esch, Henriët van Middendorp, Peter J.M. Weijs, Dirkjan van Schaardenburg	2024	11
3	Self-monitoring combined with patient-initiated care in RA patients with low disease activity: cost-effectiveness analysis of an RCT Lara D. Veeken ·Bart Seppen, Marjolein J.E. Greuter, Jimmy Wiegel, Marieke M. ter Wee, Maarten Boers, Michael T. Nurmohamed, Wouter H Bos	2023	3
4	Low dose, add-on prednisolone in patients with rheumatoid arthritis aged 65+: the pragmatic randomised, double-blind placebo-controlled GLORIA trial Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases ·Maarten Boers, Linda Hartman, Daniela Opriș-Belinski, Reinhard Bos, Marc R. Kok, José António Pereira da Silva, Eduard N. Griep, Ruth Klaasen, Cornelia F Allaart, Paul Baudoin, Hennie G. Raterman, Zoltán Szekanecz, Frank Buttgereit, P. Masaryk, L Thomas Klausch, Sabrina Paolino, A. Schilder, Willem F. Lems, Maurizio Cutolo, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2022	83
5	Whole-Body Macrophage Positron Emission Tomography Imaging for Disease Activity Assessment in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis The Journal of Rheumatology ·N. J. F. Verweij, J. De Jongh, Marieke M. ter Wee, Gerben J.C. Zwezerijnen, Maqsood Yaqub, Alexandre E. Voskuyl, Adriaan A. Lammertsma, Dirkjan van Schaardenburg, Maarten Boers, Willem F. Lems, Conny J. van der Laken	2022	1
6	Early prediction of treatment response in rheumatoid arthritis by quantitative macrophage PET RMD Open ·N. J. F. Verweij, Gerben J.C. Zwezerijnen, Marieke M. ter Wee, J. De Jongh, Maqsood Yaqub, Dirkjan van Schaardenburg, Adriaan A. Lammertsma, Alexandre E. Voskuyl, Willem F. Lems, Maarten Boers, Conny van der Laken	2022	7
7	High Prevalence of Previously Undiagnosed Axial Spondyloarthritis in Patients Referred With Anterior Uveitis and Chronic Back Pain: The SpEYE Study The Journal of Rheumatology ·Rianne E. van Bentum, Frank D. Verbraak, Sanne Wolf, Jenny V Ongkosuwito, Maarten Boers, Hongyu Tan, Irene E. van der Horst‐Bruinsma	2022	6
8	Optimising both disease control and glucocorticoid dosing is essential for bone protection in patients with rheumatic disease Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases ·Edgar Wiebe, Dörte Huscher, Désireé Schaumburg, Andriko Palmowski, Sandra Hermann, Thomas Buttgereit, Robert Biesen, Gerd R Burmester, Yannick Palmowski, Maarten Boers, John H. Stone, Christian Dejaco, Frank Buttgereit	2022	36
9	Smartphone‐Assisted Patient‐Initiated Care Versus Usual Care in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Low Disease Activity: A Randomized Controlled Trial Arthritis & Rheumatology ·Bart Seppen, Jimmy Wiegel, Marieke M. ter Wee, Dirkjan van Schaardenburg, Leo D. Roorda, Michael T. Nurmohamed, Maarten Boers, Wouter H Bos	2022	41
10	Improving domain definition and outcome instrument selection: Lessons learned for OMERACT from imaging Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism ·Maria Antonietta D’Agostino, Dorcas Beaton, Lara Maxwell, Sam Michel Cembalo, Alison M. Hoens, Catherine Hofstetter, Codruța Zăbălan, Paul Bird, Robin Christensen, Maarten de Wit, Andréa S. Doria, Walter P. Maksymowych, Win Min Oo, Mikkel Østergaard, Teodora Şerban, Victor S. Sloan, Lene Terslev, Marion A. van Rossum, Philip G. Conaghan, Maarten Boers	2021	12
11	Antirheumatic drugs for cardiovascular disease prevention: the case for colchicine RMD Open ·Willem F. Lems, Maarten Boers, Ronald van Vollenhoven, Michael T. Nurmohamed	2021	2
12	Cardiovascular Event Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis Compared with Type 2 Diabetes: A 15-year Longitudinal Study The Journal of Rheumatology ·Rabia Agca, Luuk H G A Hopman, Koen J.C. Laan, Vokko P. van Halm, Mike J.L. Peters, Yvo M. Smulders, Joost Dekker, Giel Nijpels, Coen D.A. Stehouwer, Alexandre E. Voskuyl, Maarten Boers, Willem F. Lems, Michael T. Nurmohamed	2019	35
13	Glucocorticoids for rheumatoid arthritis in the era of targeted therapies Reumatología Clínica ·Maarten Boers	2019	1
14	Association Between Participant Retention and the Proportion of Included Elderly People in Rheumatology Trials: Results From a Series of Exploratory Meta‐Regression Analyses Arthritis Care & Research ·Andriko Palmowski, Sabrina Mai Nielsen, Thomas Buttgereit, Yannick Palmowski, Maarten Boers, Robin Christensen, Frank Buttgereit	2019	3
15	Applicability of trials in rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of trial populations showing adequate proportion of women, but underrepresentation of elderly people Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism ·Andriko Palmowski, Thomas Buttgereit, Yannick Palmowski, Sabrina Mai Nielsen, Maarten Boers, Robin Christensen, Frank Buttgereit	2018	24
16	Successful reduction of overexposure in patients with rheumatoid arthritis with high serum adalimumab concentrations: an open-label, non-inferiority, randomised clinical trial Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases ·M. l’Ami, C. Krieckaert, Michael T. Nurmohamed, Ronald van Vollenhoven, Theo Rispens, Maarten Boers, Gertjan Wolbink	2017	53
17	Cardiovascular events in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis: a meta-analysis of observational studies Lara D. Veeken ·Eline Houben, E. Lars Penne, Alexandre E. Voskuyl, Joost W van der Heijden, René H.J. Otten, Maarten Boers, Tiny Hoekstra	2017	63
18	Cost-utility of COBRA-light versus COBRA therapy in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: the COBRA-light trial RMD Open ·Marieke M. ter Wee, Veerle M.H. Coupé, Debby den Uyl, Birgit S. Blomjous, Esmee Kooijmans, P. J. S. M. Kerstens, Michael T. Nurmohamed, Dirkjan van Schaardenburg, Alexandre E. Voskuyl, Maarten Boers, Willem F. Lems	2017	5
19	The patient perspective on absence of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis: a survey to identify key domains of patient-perceived remission Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases ·L. van Tuyl, M. Sadlonova, Sarah Hewlett, B. Davis, Caroline Flurey, Niti Goel, Laure Gossec, Cecilie Heegaard Brahe, Catherine Hill, Wijnanda Hoogland, John Kirwan, Merete Lund Hetland, Dirkjan van Schaardenburg, Josef S Smolen, Tanja Stamm, Marieke Voshaar, George A. Wells, Maarten Boers	2016	67
20	Traditional Versus Up-Front [ ¹⁸ F] Fluorodeoxyglucose–Positron Emission Tomography Staging of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Dutch Cooperative Randomized Study Journal of Clinical Oncology ·Gerarda J.M. Herder, Henk Kramer, Otto S. Hoekstra, Egbert F. Smit, Jan Pruim, Harm van Tinteren, Emile F.I. Comans, Paul Verboom, Carin A. Uyl‐de Groot, Alle Welling, Marinus A. Paul, Maarten Boers, Pieter E. Postmus, G. J. J. Teule, Harry J.M. Groen	2006	108

About Maarten Boers

Maarten Boers is a scholar working on Rheumatology, Hematology, Family Practice, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and Pathology and Forensic Medicine, having authored 468 papers that have together received 32.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (268 papers), Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (113 papers), Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research (66 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (60 papers), Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment (47 papers), Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments (38 papers), Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods (38 papers) and Delphi Technique in Research (36 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Rheumatology (14.5k citations), Hematology (5.1k citations), Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty (1.8k citations), Pharmacology (3.1k citations) and Pathology and Forensic Medicine (3.2k citations). Maarten Boers has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Peter Tugwell, L.M. Bouter, George A. Wells, Beverley Shea, Jeremy Grimshaw, Candyce Hamel, Henrica C. W. de Vet, Arianne P. Verhagen, Neil Andersson and Ben A. C. Dijkmans. Their work appears in journals such as Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, The Journal of Rheumatology, Lara D. Veeken, Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism and Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.

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