Ursula Fearon

12.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
166 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Ursula Fearon is a scholar working on Rheumatology, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ursula Fearon has authored 166 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Rheumatology, 60 papers in Immunology and 54 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ursula Fearon's work include Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (73 papers), Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research (34 papers) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (30 papers). Ursula Fearon is often cited by papers focused on Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies (73 papers), Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research (34 papers) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (30 papers). Ursula Fearon collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United States and United Kingdom. Ursula Fearon's co-authors include Douglas J. Veale, Monika Biniecka, Trudy McGarry, Mary Canavan, Chin Teck Ng, Oliver FitzGerald, Barry Bresnihan, Carl Orr, Wei Gao and Ronan Mullan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Ursula Fearon

159 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The role of metabolism in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis

2017 550 citations Ursula Fearon et al. profile →
Hypoxia, oxidative stress and inflammation

2018 443 citations Trudy McGarry, Monika Biniecka et al. profile →
The pathogenesis of psoriatic arthritis

2018 394 citations Douglas J. Veale, Ursula Fearon The Lancet profile →
Hypoxia, mitochondrial dysfunction and synovial invasiveness in rheumatoid arthritis

2016 332 citations Ursula Fearon, Mary Canavan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ursula Fearon Ireland	54	3.8k	3.0k	2.7k	1.3k	1.3k	166	8.4k
Marije I. Koenders Netherlands	51	2.6k 0.7×	3.6k 1.2×	3.2k 1.2×	812 0.6×	1.4k 1.2×	169	8.4k
Andrew Filer United Kingdom	49	2.7k 0.7×	2.5k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	838 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	176	7.2k
Fons A. J. van de Loo Netherlands	51	3.4k 0.9×	2.9k 1.0×	3.2k 1.2×	809 0.6×	1.7k 1.4×	148	8.6k
Anca I. Catrina Sweden	49	4.6k 1.2×	2.5k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	852 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	135	9.1k
Ian P. Wicks Australia	55	2.0k 0.5×	4.4k 1.5×	2.9k 1.1×	738 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	175	9.2k
Thomas Pap Germany	48	3.6k 1.0×	1.4k 0.5×	3.4k 1.3×	692 0.5×	1.7k 1.4×	199	8.1k
Erik Lubberts Netherlands	57	3.4k 0.9×	6.9k 2.3×	2.6k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	2.3k 1.8×	139	11.5k
Hani El‐Gabalawy Canada	44	2.9k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	633 0.5×	939 0.7×	148	6.8k
Ewa Paleolog United Kingdom	46	1.6k 0.4×	1.5k 0.5×	2.3k 0.9×	829 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	123	6.6k
Wan‐Uk Kim South Korea	45	2.0k 0.5×	2.0k 0.7×	2.1k 0.8×	509 0.4×	920 0.7×	197	6.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hanlon, Megan M., Ursula Fearon, & Ellen M. Gravallese. (2026). Synovial Tissue Macrophage Heterogeneity in Rheumatoid Arthritis. European Journal of Immunology. 56(1). e70124–e70124.

Distler, Jörg H. W., et al.. (2023). OP0106 SYNOVIAL IMPRINTING OF SKIN-DERIVED IMMUNE CELLS INITIATES SPREADING OF INFLAMMATION FROM SKIN TO JOINT IN PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 82. 71–71.

Najm, Aurélie, Benjamin Ory, Thibaut Quillard, et al.. (2020). MicroRNA‐17‐5p Reduces Inflammation and Bone Erosions in Mice With Collagen‐Induced Arthritis and Directly Targets the JAK/STAT Pathway in Rheumatoid Arthritis Fibroblast‐like Synoviocytes. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 72(12). 2030–2039. 85 indexed citations

Murray, Kieran, Matthew Turk, Eamonn Molloy, et al.. (2020). COVID-19 and rheumatic musculoskeletal disease patients: infection rates, attitudes and medication adherence in an Irish population. Lara D. Veeken. 60(2). 902–906. 18 indexed citations

Dorris, Emma, Eimear Linehan, Michelle Trenkmann, et al.. (2019). Association of the Rheumatoid Arthritis Severity Variant rs26232 with the Invasive Activity of Synovial Fibroblasts. Cells. 8(10). 1300–1300. 6 indexed citations

Floudas, Achilleas, Mary Canavan, Monika Biniecka, et al.. (2019). Increased T Cell Plasticity With Dysregulation of Follicular Helper T, Peripheral Helper T, and Treg Cell Responses in Children With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Down Syndrome–Associated Arthritis. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 72(4). 677–686. 15 indexed citations

Fearon, Ursula, Cheryl Sweeney, Sharee A. Basdeo, et al.. (2018). The pathogenic role of dendritic cells in non-infectious anterior uveitis. Experimental Eye Research. 173. 121–128. 22 indexed citations

Najm, Aurélie, Carl Orr, Monika Biniecka, et al.. (2018). Knee joint synovitis: study of correlations and diagnostic performances of ultrasonography compared with histopathology. RMD Open. 4(1). e000616–e000616. 15 indexed citations

Veale, Douglas J. & Ursula Fearon. (2018). The pathogenesis of psoriatic arthritis. The Lancet. 391(10136). 2273–2284. 394 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gao, Wei, et al.. (2015). Tofacitinib regulates synovial inflammation in psoriatic arthritis, inhibiting STAT activation and induction of negative feedback inhibitors. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 75(1). 311–315. 125 indexed citations

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McGarry, Trudy, Mary Coerver- Connolly, Rebecca C. Coll, et al.. (2014). Novel Compound Cytokine Release Inhibitory Drug 3 (CRID3) Inhibits the NLRP3 Inflammasome in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 66. 2 indexed citations

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Fearon, Ursula & Douglas J. Veale. (2014). Key Challenges in Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Disease Translational Research. EBioMedicine. 1(2-3). 95–96.

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Biniecka, Monika, A. D. Kennedy, Chin Teck Ng, et al.. (2011). Successful tumour necrosis factor (TNF) blocking therapy suppresses oxidative stress and hypoxia-induced mitochondrial mutagenesis in inflammatory arthritis. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 13(4). R121–R121. 53 indexed citations

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Biniecka, Monika, Edward Fox, Wei Gao, et al.. (2011). Hypoxia induces mitochondrial mutagenesis and dysfunction in inflammatory arthritis. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 63(8). 2172–2182. 90 indexed citations

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Morán, E, Chin Teck Ng, T. Saber, et al.. (2011). IL-17A Expression Is Localised to Both Mononuclear and Polymorphonuclear Synovial Cell Infiltrates. PLoS ONE. 6(8). e24048–e24048. 52 indexed citations

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Mullan, Ronan, Jennifer B. McCormick, Mary Coerver- Connolly, et al.. (2010). A Role for the High-Density Lipoprotein Receptor SR-B1 in Synovial Inflammation via Serum Amyloid-A. American Journal Of Pathology. 176(4). 1999–2008. 48 indexed citations

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Connolly, M. Kari, Alessandra Marrelli, Mark C. Blades, et al.. (2010). Acute Serum Amyloid A Induces Migration, Angiogenesis, and Inflammation in Synovial Cells In Vitro and in a Human Rheumatoid Arthritis/SCID Mouse Chimera Model. The Journal of Immunology. 184(11). 6427–6437. 90 indexed citations

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Burgoyne, C H, Sarah Field, Andrew K. Brown, et al.. (2007). Abnormal T cell differentiation persists in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in clinical remission and predicts relapse. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 67(6). 750–757. 37 indexed citations

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Behrens, Frank, Burkhard Möller, Heinfried H. Radeke, et al.. (2005). Cytokines and inflammatory mediators [24-32]. British journal of rheumatology. 44(suppl_1). i37–i39. 1 indexed citations

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Fearon, Ursula, et al.. (2005). Angiogenesis in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis: Clues to disease pathogenesis. Current Rheumatology Reports. 7(4). 325–329. 52 indexed citations

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