Vanessa Smith

19.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
254 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Vanessa Smith is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Dermatology and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Vanessa Smith has authored 254 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 211 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 93 papers in Dermatology and 51 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Vanessa Smith's work include Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases (201 papers), Dermatologic Treatments and Research (76 papers) and Inflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis (39 papers). Vanessa Smith is often cited by papers focused on Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases (201 papers), Dermatologic Treatments and Research (76 papers) and Inflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis (39 papers). Vanessa Smith collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Italy and United States. Vanessa Smith's co-authors include Maurizio Cutolo, Alberto Sulli, Carmen Pizzorni, Sabrina Paolino, Oscar L. Lopez, Steven T. DeKosky, Daniel Kaufer, Timothy Shelley, Jeffrey L. Cummings and Filip De Keyser and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Vanessa Smith

238 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

Validation of the NPI-Q, a Brief Clinical Form of the Neu... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 2019 2022 2019 400 800 1.2k
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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. Validation of the NPI-Q, a Brief Clinical Form of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory
    2000 1.4k citations Vanessa Smith et al. profile →
  2. Macrophage M1/M2 polarization and rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review
    2019 328 citations Samuele Tardito, Stefano Soldano et al. Autoimmunity Reviews profile →
  3. Systemic sclerosis
    2022 276 citations Elizabeth R. Volkmann, Vanessa Smith et al. profile →
  4. Pathophysiology of systemic sclerosis: current understanding and new insights
    2019 240 citations Maurizio Cutolo, Stefano Soldano et al. Expert Review of Clinical Immunology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Vanessa Smith Belgium 44 4.9k 2.3k 1.4k 1.4k 1.4k 254 8.4k
Murray Baron Canada 51 5.3k 1.1× 2.0k 0.8× 1.4k 1.0× 2.3k 1.7× 2.0k 1.5× 309 8.7k
Alberto Sulli Italy 55 4.4k 0.9× 2.4k 1.0× 2.0k 1.4× 850 0.6× 1.0k 0.8× 268 9.0k
Maureen D. Mayes United States 62 9.3k 1.9× 3.2k 1.4× 3.2k 2.3× 4.0k 2.9× 2.7k 2.0× 227 14.3k
Jaap Fransen Netherlands 46 1.5k 0.3× 417 0.2× 1.8k 1.3× 533 0.4× 538 0.4× 144 8.6k
Serge Poiraudeau France 53 2.6k 0.5× 457 0.2× 224 0.2× 330 0.2× 948 0.7× 287 9.0k
Ingrid van der Mei Australia 43 6.2k 1.3× 514 0.2× 1.8k 1.3× 128 0.1× 719 0.5× 209 8.5k
Søren Jacobsen Denmark 64 1.8k 0.4× 249 0.1× 2.7k 1.9× 696 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 327 13.8k
Fabiola Atzeni Italy 56 1.1k 0.2× 306 0.1× 2.8k 2.0× 749 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 425 13.5k
‬‬‬‬Abdulla Watad Israel 42 645 0.1× 552 0.2× 1.5k 1.1× 340 0.2× 613 0.4× 235 5.3k
Beat A. Michel Switzerland 68 2.8k 0.6× 855 0.4× 3.3k 2.4× 8.7k 6.3× 1.2k 0.9× 205 20.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Campitiello, Rosanna, Stefano Soldano, Emanuele Gotelli, et al.. (2024). The intervention of macrophages in progressive fibrosis characterizing systemic sclerosis: A systematic review. Autoimmunity Reviews. 23(10). 103637–103637. 10 indexed citations
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Mostmans, Yora, Marcus Maurer, Bertrand Richert, et al.. (2024). Chronic spontaneous urticaria: Evidence of systemic microcirculatory changes. Clinical and Translational Allergy. 14(1). e12335–e12335. 4 indexed citations
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Kuwana, Masataka, Jérôme Avouac, Anna‐Maria Hoffmann‐Vold, et al.. (2024). Development of a multivariable prediction model for progression of systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease. RMD Open. 10(3). e004240–e004240. 2 indexed citations
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Vulsteke, Jean‐Baptiste, Vanessa Smith, Carolien Bonroy, et al.. (2023). Autoantibodies against the NineTeen complex and U5 RNP in systemic sclerosis. Journal of Autoimmunity. 139. 103056–103056. 1 indexed citations
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Salah, Afif Ben, Taco W. Kuijpers, Vanessa Smith, et al.. (2023). Dysregulated endothelial cell markers in systemic lupus erythematosus: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Inflammation. 20(1). 18–18. 9 indexed citations
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Hysa, Elvis, Emanuele Gotelli, Sabrina Paolino, et al.. (2023). Temporomandibular disorders in immune-mediated rheumatic diseases of the adult: A systematic review. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. 61. 152215–152215. 8 indexed citations
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Rodrı́guez-Reyna, Tatiana Sofia, Faye N. Hant, Maurizio Cutolo, & Vanessa Smith. (2023). Training the Next Generation of Rheumatologists. Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America. 49(2). 425–444.
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Foeldvari, Ivan, Kathryn S. Torok, Jordi Antón, et al.. (2023). Best clinical practice in the treatment of juvenile systemic sclerosis: expert panel guidance - the result of the International Hamburg Consensus Meeting December 2022. Expert Review of Clinical Immunology. 20(4). 387–404. 2 indexed citations
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Volkmann, Elizabeth R., Zsuzsanna H. McMahan, Vanessa Smith, et al.. (2023). Risk of Malnutrition in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis‐Associated Interstitial Lung Disease Treated With Nintedanib in the Randomized, Placebo‐Controlled SENSCIS Trial. Arthritis Care & Research. 75(12). 2501–2507. 4 indexed citations
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Khanna, Dinesh, Christopher P. Denton, Daniel E. Furst, et al.. (2023). A 24‐Week, Phase IIa, Randomized, Double‐Blind, Placebo‐Controlled Study of Ziritaxestat in Early Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 75(8). 1434–1444. 15 indexed citations
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Smith, Vanessa, et al.. (2023). Correlations between capillary density and degree of skin pigmentation in healthy children analysed by nailfold video capillaroscopy. Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. 13(6). 3938–3947. 5 indexed citations
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Pacini, Greta, Monica Pendolino, Carmen Pizzorni, et al.. (2022). Understanding the value of non-specific abnormal capillary dilations in presence of Raynaud’s phenomenon: a detailed capillaroscopic analysis. RMD Open. 8(2). e002449–e002449. 9 indexed citations
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Hysa, Elvis, Emanuele Gotelli, Carmen Pizzorni, et al.. (2022). Microvascular capillaroscopic abnormalities and occurrence of antinuclear autoantibodies in patients with sarcoidosis. Rheumatology International. 42(12). 2199–2210. 5 indexed citations
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Vanhaecke, Amber, Maurizio Cutolo, Oliver Distler, et al.. (2022). Nailfold capillaroscopy in SSc: innocent bystander or promising biomarker for novel severe organ involvement/progression?. Lara D. Veeken. 61(11). 4384–4396. 22 indexed citations
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Bakker, Jaap, Annette Grummels, Suzana Jordan, et al.. (2021). Anticentromere Antibody Levels and Isotypes and the Development of Systemic Sclerosis. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 73(12). 2338–2347. 18 indexed citations
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Talarico, Rosaria, Stefano Bombardieri, Gerd R Burmester, et al.. (2020). Clinical practice guidelines adherence, knowledge and awareness in rare and complex connective tissue diseases across Europe: results from the first ERN ReCONNET survey. RMD Open. 6(2). e001344–e001344. 8 indexed citations
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Ruaro, Barbara, Stefano Soldano, Vanessa Smith, et al.. (2019). Correlation between circulating fibrocytes and dermal thickness in limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis patients: a pilot study. Rheumatology International. 39(8). 1369–1376. 43 indexed citations
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Melsens, Karin, Filip De Keyser, Saskia Decuman, et al.. (2017). Assessment of sensitivity to change of the European Scleroderma Study Group activity index.. PubMed. 34 Suppl 100(5). 148–151. 6 indexed citations
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Avouac, Jérôme, Vanessa Smith, Barbara Ruiz, et al.. (2012). Low circulating endothelial progenitor cell levels and high VEGF serum levels are associated with the late nailfold capillaroscopic pattern in systemic sclerosis. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 2 indexed citations
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Smith, Vanessa, Carmen Pizzorni, Filip De Keyser, et al.. (2010). Reliability of the qualitative and semiquantitative nailfold videocapillaroscopy assessment in a systemic sclerosis cohort: a bi-centre study. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 2 indexed citations

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