Sophia Steer

8.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
62 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Sophia Steer is a scholar working on Rheumatology, Immunology and Hematology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sophia Steer has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Rheumatology, 14 papers in Immunology and 12 papers in Hematology. Recurrent topics in Sophia Steer's work include Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (35 papers), Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (24 papers) and Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research (10 papers). Sophia Steer is often cited by papers focused on Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (35 papers), Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (24 papers) and Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research (10 papers). Sophia Steer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand. Sophia Steer's co-authors include Faith Matcham, Matthew Hotopf, Lauren Rayner, David L. Scott, Sam Norton, Ian C. Scott, Ann W Morgan, Jane Worthington, P Wordsworth and Gabrielle Kingsley and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nature Genetics and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Sophia Steer

60 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

The prevalence of depression in rheumatoid arthritis: a s... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2014 200 400 600
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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. The prevalence of depression in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    2013 643 citations Faith Matcham, Lauren Rayner et al. Lara D. Veeken profile →
  2. The impact of rheumatoid arthritis on quality-of-life assessed using the SF-36: A systematic review and meta-analysis
    2014 360 citations Faith Matcham, Ian C. Scott et al. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sophia Steer United Kingdom 30 1.8k 725 682 471 442 62 3.5k
Alexandros A. Drosos Greece 35 2.0k 1.1× 1.0k 1.4× 584 0.9× 299 0.6× 808 1.8× 127 4.2k
Erika Gromnica‐Ihle Germany 32 2.9k 1.6× 1.0k 1.4× 989 1.5× 226 0.5× 422 1.0× 87 4.7k
Chenglong Han United States 32 2.0k 1.1× 1.5k 2.0× 892 1.3× 373 0.8× 269 0.6× 118 3.5k
Kim Hørslev‐Petersen Denmark 39 2.8k 1.5× 735 1.0× 981 1.4× 115 0.2× 498 1.1× 194 4.6k
H. K. Ronday Netherlands 33 3.1k 1.7× 437 0.6× 1.3k 1.9× 175 0.4× 488 1.1× 63 4.4k
Barri J. Fessler United States 39 3.7k 2.1× 2.3k 3.2× 384 0.6× 300 0.6× 979 2.2× 63 5.4k
Angelika Jahreis United States 25 881 0.5× 1.9k 2.6× 627 0.9× 123 0.3× 675 1.5× 40 3.5k
Michal Yaron Israel 31 1.0k 0.6× 454 0.6× 220 0.3× 283 0.6× 225 0.5× 163 2.9k
John G. Hanly Canada 42 4.1k 2.3× 1.9k 2.7× 491 0.7× 406 0.9× 1.0k 2.3× 137 5.8k
Johanna M. W. Hazes Netherlands 29 2.0k 1.1× 1.2k 1.6× 787 1.2× 101 0.2× 360 0.8× 81 3.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sophia Steer

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All Works

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Traylor, Matthew, Rachel Knevel, Jing Cui, et al.. (2019). Genetic associations with radiological damage in rheumatoid arthritis: Meta-analysis of seven genome-wide association studies of 2,775 cases. PLoS ONE. 14(10). e0223246–e0223246. 12 indexed citations
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Matcham, Faith, James Galloway, Matthew Hotopf, et al.. (2018). The Impact of Targeted Rheumatoid Arthritis Pharmacologic Treatment on Mental Health. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 70(9). 1377–1391. 41 indexed citations
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Matcham, Faith, Rebecca Davies, Matthew Hotopf, et al.. (2018). The relationship between depression and biologic treatment response in rheumatoid arthritis: An analysis of the British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register. Lara D. Veeken. 57(5). 835–843. 82 indexed citations
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Matcham, Faith, Sam Norton, Sophia Steer, & Matthew Hotopf. (2016). Usefulness of the SF-36 Health Survey in screening for depressive and anxiety disorders in rheumatoid arthritis. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 17(1). 224–224. 83 indexed citations
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Ibrahim, Fowzia, Ian C. Scott, Sardar Bahadur, et al.. (2016). Changing clinical patterns in rheumatoid arthritis management over two decades: sequential observational studies. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 17(1). 44–44. 17 indexed citations
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Matcham, Faith, Ian C. Scott, Lauren Rayner, et al.. (2014). The impact of rheumatoid arthritis on quality-of-life assessed using the SF-36: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 44(2). 123–130. 360 indexed citations breakdown →
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Matcham, Faith, Lauren Rayner, Sophia Steer, & Matthew Hotopf. (2014). Comment on: The prevalence of depression in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis: reply. Lara D. Veeken. 53(3). 578–579. 25 indexed citations
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Matcham, Faith, Lauren Rayner, Sophia Steer, & Matthew Hotopf. (2013). The prevalence of depression in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lara D. Veeken. 52(12). 2136–2148. 643 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rayner, Lauren, Faith Matcham, Jane Hutton, et al.. (2013). Embedding integrated mental health assessment and management in general hospital settings: feasibility, acceptability and the prevalence of common mental disorder. General Hospital Psychiatry. 36(3). 318–324. 63 indexed citations
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Scott, Ian C., Seth Seegobin, Sophia Steer, et al.. (2013). Predicting the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Its Age of Onset through Modelling Genetic Risk Variants with Smoking. PLoS Genetics. 9(9). e1003808–e1003808. 55 indexed citations
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Chiu, Yee, Andrew J.K. Östör, Anthony Hammond, et al.. (2012). Access to the next wave of biologic therapies (Abatacept and Tocilizumab) for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in England and Wales. Clinical Rheumatology. 31(6). 1005–1012. 5 indexed citations
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Mackie, Sarah, John Taylor, Sarah Twigg, et al.. (2012). Relationship between area-level socio-economic deprivation and autoantibody status in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: multicentre cross-sectional study. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 71(10). 1640–1645. 15 indexed citations
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Griffin, Sarah J., David L. Scott, & Sophia Steer. (2011). INTRODUCING CATS HAS NOT REDUCED RHEUMATOLOGY OUTPATIENT ACTIVITY: EXPERIENCE FROM AN INNER CITY ENVIRONMENT. Lara D. Veeken. 50. 62–63. 1 indexed citations
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Scott, Ian C., Sophia Steer, Cathryn M. Lewis, & Andrew P. Cope. (2011). Precipitating and perpetuating factors of rheumatoid arthritis immunopathology – linking the triad of genetic predisposition, environmental risk factors and autoimmunity to disease pathogenesis. Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology. 25(4). 447–468. 39 indexed citations
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Eyre, Stephen, Anne Hinks, John Bowes, et al.. (2010). Overlapping genetic susceptibility variants between three autoimmune disorders: rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes and coeliac disease. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 12(5). R175–R175. 78 indexed citations
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Taib, Wan Rohani Wan, Deborah J. Smyth, Marilyn E. Merriman, et al.. (2010). The PTPN22 Locus and Rheumatoid Arthritis: No Evidence for an Effect on Risk Independent of Arg620Trp. PLoS ONE. 5(10). e13544–e13544. 15 indexed citations
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Barton, Anne, Stephen Eyre, Xiayi Ke, et al.. (2009). Identification of AF4/FMR2 family, member 3 (AFF3) as a novel rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility locus and confirmation of two further pan-autoimmune susceptibility genes. Human Molecular Genetics. 18(13). 2518–2522. 61 indexed citations
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Orozco, Gisela, Anne Hinks, Stephen Eyre, et al.. (2009). Combined effects of three independent SNPs greatly increase the risk estimate for RA at 6q23. Human Molecular Genetics. 18(14). 2693–2699. 75 indexed citations
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Prescott, Natalie J., Sheila Fisher, Reenal Pattni, et al.. (2005). A general autoimmunity gene (PTPN22) is not associated with inflammatory bowel disease in a British population. Tissue Antigens. 66(4). 318–320. 28 indexed citations

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