Ruth Wittoek

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Ruth Wittoek is a scholar working on Rheumatology, Pharmacology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruth Wittoek has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Rheumatology, 12 papers in Pharmacology and 11 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Ruth Wittoek's work include Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (32 papers), Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (30 papers) and Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments (10 papers). Ruth Wittoek is often cited by papers focused on Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (32 papers), Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (30 papers) and Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments (10 papers). Ruth Wittoek collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, France and Netherlands. Ruth Wittoek's co-authors include Gust Verbruggen, Dirk Elewaut, Bert Vander Cruyssen, Philippe Carron, M. Kloppenburg, Féline P B Kroon, Patrick Calders, Ans Van Ginckel, Roberta Ramonda and I.K. Haugen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Ruth Wittoek

60 papers receiving 1.5k 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. 2018 update of the EULAR recommendations for the management of hand osteoarthritis
    2018 308 citations M. Kloppenburg, Féline P B Kroon et al. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ruth Wittoek Belgium 18 1.2k 487 408 175 161 61 1.6k
Win Min Oo Australia 19 946 0.8× 282 0.6× 522 1.3× 275 1.6× 162 1.0× 52 1.4k
W.E. van Spil Netherlands 20 1.2k 1.0× 421 0.9× 416 1.0× 148 0.8× 219 1.4× 41 1.5k
Florent Eymard France 16 890 0.7× 253 0.5× 403 1.0× 175 1.0× 157 1.0× 50 1.2k
B Canesi Italy 13 721 0.6× 233 0.5× 260 0.6× 92 0.5× 93 0.6× 24 1.2k
Marion C Kortekaas Netherlands 15 956 0.8× 199 0.4× 435 1.1× 202 1.2× 31 0.2× 31 1.2k
R. W. Moskowitz United States 14 720 0.6× 416 0.9× 349 0.9× 108 0.6× 115 0.7× 28 1.2k
Junlong Zhong China 12 635 0.5× 192 0.4× 511 1.3× 130 0.7× 153 1.0× 32 1.2k
G. McDaniel United States 16 953 0.8× 243 0.5× 469 1.1× 175 1.0× 221 1.4× 28 1.4k
Karen Ellegaard Denmark 22 830 0.7× 150 0.3× 376 0.9× 197 1.1× 43 0.3× 60 1.2k
M. Dougados France 7 1.3k 1.1× 261 0.5× 318 0.8× 82 0.5× 43 0.3× 9 1.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ruth Wittoek

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All Works

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Venken, Koen, Frederik Stevenaert, Yann Abraham, et al.. (2024). Shared lung and joint T cell repertoire in early rheumatoid arthritis driven by cigarette smoking. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 84(3). 409–420. 1 indexed citations
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Wittoek, Ruth, et al.. (2024). RANKL blockade for erosive hand osteoarthritis: a randomized placebo-controlled phase 2a trial. Nature Medicine. 30(3). 829–836. 26 indexed citations
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Wyngaert, Karsten Vanden, et al.. (2021). Association between knee inflammation and knee pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 30(4). 516–534. 91 indexed citations
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Ferrero, S., Ruth Wittoek, Éric Fontas, et al.. (2021). Methotrexate treatment in hand osteoarthritis refractory to usual treatments: A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 51(4). 831–838. 37 indexed citations
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Haugen, I.K., David T. Felson, Abhishek Abhishek, et al.. (2020). Development of classification criteria for hand osteoarthritis: comparative analyses of persons with and without hand osteoarthritis. RMD Open. 6(2). e001265–e001265. 13 indexed citations
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Jans, Lennart, Min Chen, Dirk Elewaut, et al.. (2020). MRI-based Synthetic CT in the Detection of Structural Lesions in Patients with Suspected Sacroiliitis: Comparison with MRI. Radiology. 298(2). 343–349. 119 indexed citations
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Wittoek, Ruth, Féline P B Kroon, Burak Kundakci, et al.. (2019). Report from the Hand Osteoarthritis Working Group at OMERACT 2018: Update on Core Instrument Set Development. The Journal of Rheumatology. 46(9). 1183–1187. 9 indexed citations
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Kloppenburg, M., Charles Peterfy, I.K. Haugen, et al.. (2018). Phase IIa, placebo-controlled, randomised study of lutikizumab, an anti-interleukin-1α and anti-interleukin-1β dual variable domain immunoglobulin, in patients with erosive hand osteoarthritis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 78(3). 413–420. 130 indexed citations
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Kloppenburg, M., Roberta Ramonda, Klaus Bobacz, et al.. (2018). Etanercept in patients with inflammatory hand osteoarthritis (EHOA): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 77(12). 1757–1764. 125 indexed citations
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Kloppenburg, M., Roberta Ramonda, Wing‐Yee Kwok, et al.. (2017). Randomised, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate clinical efficacy and structure modifying properties of subcutaneous etanercept in patients with erosive inflammatory hand osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 25. S8–S8. 3 indexed citations
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Kroon, Féline P B, Ruth Wittoek, Klaus Bobacz, et al.. (2016). Effect of Etanercept on Several Soluble Biomarkers in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Patients with Erosive Hand Osteoarthritis. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1 indexed citations
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Verbruggen, Gust, et al.. (2015). Clinical and radiological factors associated with erosive radiographic progression in hand osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 23(12). 2129–2133. 9 indexed citations
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Smith, Vanessa, et al.. (2014). Sustained response to tocilizumab in a patient with relapsing polychondritis with aortic involvement: a case based review. Clinical Rheumatology. 34(1). 189–193. 22 indexed citations
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Verbruggen, Gust, Ruth Wittoek, Bert Vander Cruyssen, & Dirk Elewaut. (2011). Tumour necrosis factor blockade for the treatment of erosive osteoarthritis of the interphalangeal finger joints: a double blind, randomised trial on structure modification. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 71(6). 891–898. 158 indexed citations
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Wittoek, Ruth, Lennart Jans, Valérie Lambrecht, et al.. (2010). Reliability and construct validity of ultrasonography of soft tissue and destructive changes in erosive osteoarthritis of the interphalangeal finger joints: a comparison with MRI. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 70(2). 278–283. 63 indexed citations
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Wittoek, Ruth, et al.. (2008). Agreement between evidence and Belgian rheumatologists' experience on the use of DMARDs for arthritis and/or enthesitis in ankylosing spondylitis. Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology. 26(4). 742–742. 2 indexed citations
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Wittoek, Ruth, Bert Vander Cruyssen, E. Maheu, & Gust Verbruggen. (2008). Cross-cultural adaptation of the Dutch version of the Functional Index for Hand Osteoarthritis (FIHOA) and a study on its construct validity. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 17(5). 607–612. 23 indexed citations
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Wittoek, Ruth, et al.. (2008). Agreement between evidence and Belgian rheumatologists' experience on HLA B27 determination in patients with specific imaging features in ankylosing spondylitis. Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology. 26(4). 732–732. 1 indexed citations

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