Rodney Bluestone

7.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
155 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Rodney Bluestone is a scholar working on Rheumatology, Immunology and Nephrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rodney Bluestone has authored 155 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Rheumatology, 37 papers in Immunology and 26 papers in Nephrology. Recurrent topics in Rodney Bluestone's work include Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid (22 papers), Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (14 papers) and Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments (13 papers). Rodney Bluestone is often cited by papers focused on Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid (22 papers), Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (14 papers) and Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments (13 papers). Rodney Bluestone collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Rodney Bluestone's co-authors include Carl M. Pearson, Paul I. Terasaki, Lawrence P. McAdam, Leonard S. Goldberg, James R. Klinenberg, Allan L. Metzger, Peng Fan, Harold E. Paulus, Robert I. Morris and E. G. L. Bywaters and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Rodney Bluestone

148 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

High Association of an HL-A Antigen, W27, with Ankylosing... 1973 2026 1990 2008 1973 1976 1976 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

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. High Association of an HL-A Antigen, W27, with Ankylosing Spondylitis
    1973 1.1k citations Paul I. Terasaki, Rodney Bluestone et al. profile →
  2. Relapsing polychondritis: prospective study of 23 patients and a review of the literature.
    1976 669 citations Rodney Bluestone, Carl M. Pearson et al. PubMed profile →
  3. RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS
    1976 595 citations Rodney Bluestone, Carl M. Pearson et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rodney Bluestone United States 35 3.0k 1.2k 1.2k 589 560 155 5.4k
P Godeau France 41 2.8k 0.9× 981 0.8× 633 0.5× 1.1k 1.9× 626 1.1× 489 7.2k
Peter F. Köhler United States 32 967 0.3× 1.2k 1.0× 475 0.4× 299 0.5× 411 0.7× 71 3.2k
John G. Curd United States 37 703 0.2× 875 0.7× 756 0.7× 702 1.2× 584 1.0× 94 3.8k
L B van de Putte Netherlands 35 3.5k 1.1× 1.2k 1.0× 320 0.3× 314 0.5× 969 1.7× 79 5.2k
G. R. V. Hughes United Kingdom 41 4.9k 1.6× 1.9k 1.6× 257 0.2× 647 1.1× 1.9k 3.4× 120 6.9k
John L. Decker United States 40 4.9k 1.6× 2.4k 2.0× 261 0.2× 940 1.6× 745 1.3× 106 7.9k
René‐Marc Flipo France 38 2.8k 0.9× 674 0.6× 393 0.3× 903 1.5× 798 1.4× 212 4.7k
Atsuo Taniguchi Japan 37 2.5k 0.8× 542 0.5× 494 0.4× 593 1.0× 609 1.1× 195 4.1k
Yaniv Sherer Israel 41 2.8k 0.9× 2.4k 2.0× 272 0.2× 549 0.9× 1.1k 1.9× 135 6.0k
David E. Yocum United States 33 2.4k 0.8× 1.3k 1.1× 399 0.3× 318 0.5× 790 1.4× 89 4.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bluestone, Rodney. (1980). Practical rheumatology : diagnosis and management. Addison-Wesley eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Bluestone, Rodney. (1979). Physical examination of the joints. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 22(4). 431–431. 7 indexed citations
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Bluestone, Rodney. (1979). Diagnosis of rheumatic disease. Postgraduate Medicine. 65(3). 78–87. 1 indexed citations
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Wallace, Daniel J., Dennis Goldfinger, Richard A. Gatti, et al.. (1979). Plasmapheresis and lymphoplasmapheresis in the management of rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 22(7). 703–710. 76 indexed citations
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Fan, Peng, David Tak Yan Yu, Philip J. Clements, & Rodney Bluestone. (1978). Human monocyte-lymphocyte interaction: Rosette formation between monocytes and lymphoblastoid cell lines. Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology. 9(3). 363–370. 3 indexed citations
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Bluestone, Rodney, et al.. (1977). Peripheral nerve entrapments.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 127(4). 299–313. 3 indexed citations
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Bluestone, Rodney, et al.. (1977). Foreword. Clinics in Rheumatic Diseases. 3(3). 383–383. 1 indexed citations
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Weisbart, Richard H., et al.. (1975). Human polymorphonuclear leucocyte migration inhibitory factor. Evidence for antigen dependency.. PubMed. 29(2). 223–30. 5 indexed citations
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Weisbart, Richard H., Rodney Bluestone, & Leonard S. Goldberg. (1975). Cellular immunity to autologous IgG in rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatoid-like disorders. Clinical & Experimental Immunology. 20(3). 409. 11 indexed citations
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Massry, Shaul G., Rodney Bluestone, James R. Klinenberg, & Jack W. Coburn. (1975). Abnormalities of the musculoskeletal system in hemodialysis patients. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 4(4). 321–349. 32 indexed citations
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Weisbart, Richard H., et al.. (1975). Macrophage-lymphocyte clustering in rheumatoid arthritis.. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 34(1). 38–42. 3 indexed citations
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Edmonds, John, Robert I. Morris, Allan L. Metzger, et al.. (1974). Follow-up study of juvenile chronic polyarthritis with particular reference to histocompatibility antigen W. 27.. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 33(4). 289–292. 63 indexed citations
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Campion, David S., Rodney Bluestone, & James R. Klinenberg. (1974). Displacement by uricosuric agents of sodium urate bound to human serum albumin. Biochemical Pharmacology. 23(11). 1653–1657. 11 indexed citations
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Champion, G. David, et al.. (1973). Simultaneous pharmacokinetics of indomethacin in serum and synovial fluid.. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 32(5). 433–435. 76 indexed citations
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Goldberg, Leonard S., et al.. (1972). Retention of antigen by rabbit synovial macrophages.. PubMed Central. 53(6). 608–11. 5 indexed citations
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Weinstein, Arthur, et al.. (1972). Metabolism of the third component of complement (C3) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 15(1). 49–56. 38 indexed citations
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Bluestone, Rodney, et al.. (1970). Treatment of systemic sclerosis with D-penicillamine. A new method of observing the effects of treatment.. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 29(2). 153–158. 53 indexed citations
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Bluestone, Rodney, et al.. (1967). PREGNANCY AND HOMOZYGOUS HAEMOGLOBIN C DISEASE. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 74(5). 694–696. 3 indexed citations
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Bluestone, Rodney, et al.. (1965). TREATMENT OF HEART-BLOCK WITH LONG-ACTING ISOPRENALINE. The Lancet. 285(7399). 1299–1301. 11 indexed citations
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Bluestone, Rodney, et al.. (1965). LONG-TERM ENDOCARDIAL PACING FOR HEART-BLOCK. The Lancet. 286(7407). 307–312. 52 indexed citations

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