Virginia Steen

39.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
200 papers, 16.9k citations indexed

About

Virginia Steen is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Dermatology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Virginia Steen has authored 200 papers receiving a total of 16.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 180 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 72 papers in Dermatology and 64 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Virginia Steen's work include Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases (177 papers), Dermatologic Treatments and Research (63 papers) and Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (51 papers). Virginia Steen is often cited by papers focused on Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases (177 papers), Dermatologic Treatments and Research (63 papers) and Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (51 papers). Virginia Steen collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Virginia Steen's co-authors include Thomas A. Medsger, Gregory R. Owens, Gerald P. Rodnan, Claudia Conte, Marc C. Hochberg, Donald L. Powell, Matthew H. Liang, Stanley R. Pillemer, Rosemarie Hirsch and Reva C. Lawrence and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Virginia Steen

200 papers receiving 16.3k citations

Hit Papers

Estimates of the prevalence of arthritis and selected mus... 1988 2026 2000 2013 1998 2004 2000 1988 2017 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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. Estimates of the prevalence of arthritis and selected musculoskeletal disorders in the United States
    1998 2.1k citations Virginia Steen et al. Arthritis & Rheumatism profile →
  2. Screening, Early Detection, and Diagnosis of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
    2004 676 citations Virginia Steen et al. CHEST Journal profile →
  3. Severe organ involvement in systemic sclerosis with diffuse scleroderma
    2000 668 citations Virginia Steen et al. Arthritis & Rheumatism profile →
  4. Clinical correlations and prognosis based on serum autoantibodies in patients with systemic sclerosis
    1988 470 citations Virginia Steen, Donald L. Powell et al. Arthritis & Rheumatism profile →
  5. Standardization of the Modified Rodnan Skin Score for Use in Clinical Trials of Systemic Sclerosis
    2017 320 citations Dinesh Khanna, Daniel E. Furst et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Virginia Steen United States 65 11.8k 6.0k 3.9k 3.7k 3.7k 200 16.9k
Yannick Allanore France 69 11.1k 0.9× 5.5k 0.9× 3.6k 0.9× 3.5k 1.0× 3.6k 1.0× 480 16.7k
Fredrick M. Wigley United States 62 7.0k 0.6× 4.0k 0.7× 2.5k 0.6× 2.7k 0.7× 2.1k 0.6× 222 12.3k
É. Hachulla France 78 7.6k 0.6× 8.3k 1.4× 2.3k 0.6× 6.1k 1.6× 4.6k 1.3× 677 22.4k
Luc Mouthon France 61 4.9k 0.4× 7.2k 1.2× 1.6k 0.4× 3.9k 1.1× 1.9k 0.5× 389 13.2k
Philip J. Clements United States 56 6.1k 0.5× 3.4k 0.6× 2.0k 0.5× 1.6k 0.4× 2.0k 0.5× 174 9.0k
Murray Baron Canada 51 5.3k 0.4× 2.3k 0.4× 2.0k 0.5× 1.4k 0.4× 2.0k 0.5× 309 8.7k
André Kahan France 52 4.9k 0.4× 2.5k 0.4× 1.2k 0.3× 2.5k 0.7× 1.5k 0.4× 246 8.8k
Jérôme Avouac France 55 4.9k 0.4× 2.2k 0.4× 1.6k 0.4× 2.1k 0.6× 1.5k 0.4× 253 8.3k
Gabriele Valentini Italy 44 4.3k 0.4× 1.6k 0.3× 1.5k 0.4× 1.8k 0.5× 1.4k 0.4× 232 6.8k
John D. Reveille United States 79 4.4k 0.4× 1.4k 0.2× 1.1k 0.3× 14.3k 3.8× 2.8k 0.8× 384 21.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Virginia Steen

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All Works

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Chung, Leland W.K., Richard M. Silver, Virginia Steen, et al.. (2025). Belumosudil in diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis: a randomized, double-blind, open-label extension, placebo-controlled, phase 2 study. Lara D. Veeken. 64(7). 4299–4308. 1 indexed citations
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Saketkoo, Lesley Ann, Jessica Gordon, Kim Fligelstone, et al.. (2023). Patient Experience of Systemic Sclerosis–Related Calcinosis. Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America. 49(2). 463–481. 2 indexed citations
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Khanna, Dinesh, Paul H. Caldron, Richard W. Martin, et al.. (2022). Adipose‐Derived Regenerative Cell Transplantation for the Treatment of Hand Dysfunction in Systemic Sclerosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Arthritis & Rheumatology. 74(8). 1399–1408. 20 indexed citations
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Frech, Tracy, Shervin Assassi, Jessica Gordon, et al.. (2022). The Collaborative National Quality and Efficacy Registry for Scleroderma: association of medication use on gastrointestinal tract symptoms in early disease and the importance of tobacco cessation. Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology. 41(8). 1632–1638. 1 indexed citations
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Hudson, Marie, Cybele Ghossein, & Virginia Steen. (2021). Scleroderma renal crisis. La Presse Médicale. 50(1). 104063–104063. 18 indexed citations
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Fligelstone, Kim, Thomas K. French, Jessica Gordon, et al.. (2016). SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS RELATED CALCINOSIS: PATIENTS PROVIDE WHAT SPECIALISTS WANT TO LEARN.. PubMed. 167(3). 158–9. 6 indexed citations
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Hosing, Chitra, Richard A. Nash, Peter A. McSweeney, et al.. (2010). Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis Participating in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Trials in the United States. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 17(5). 674–681. 15 indexed citations
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Belch, J. J. F., David Fiorentino, Ariane L. Herrick, et al.. (2008). MQX-503, a novel topical nitroglycerin formulation, improves severity of symptoms associated with Raynaud's phenomenon. Discovery Research Portal (University of Dundee). 58(9). 622–622. 4 indexed citations
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Steen, Virginia, et al.. (2008). Exercise-Induced Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis*. CHEST Journal. 134(1). 146–151. 95 indexed citations
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Steen, Virginia, Christopher P. Denton, Janet Pope, & Marco Matucci‐Cerinic. (2006). Digital ulcers: overt vascular disease in systemic sclerosis. Lara D. Veeken. 48(suppl_3). iii19–iii24. 162 indexed citations
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Schachna, Lionel, Thomas A. Medsger, James H. Dauber, et al.. (2006). Lung transplantation in scleroderma compared with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 54(12). 3954–3961. 101 indexed citations
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Steen, Virginia. (2003). Scleroderma renal crisis. Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America. 29(2). 315–333. 131 indexed citations
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Seibold, James R., Joseph H. Korn, Robert W. Simms, et al.. (2000). Recombinant Human Relaxin in the Treatment of Scleroderma. Annals of Internal Medicine. 44 indexed citations
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Steen, Virginia, et al.. (1996). Thallium perfusion defects predict subsequent cardiac dysfunction in patients with systemic sclerosis. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 39(4). 677–681. 54 indexed citations
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Steen, Virginia, et al.. (1990). Outcome of Renal Crisis in Systemic Sclerosis: Relation to Availability of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) Inhibitors. Annals of Internal Medicine. 113(5). 352–357. 280 indexed citations
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Banner, Barbara F., et al.. (1989). Normotensive renal failure in systemic sclerosis. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 32(9). 1128–1134. 160 indexed citations
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Kostis, William J., James R. Seibold, Darya Turkevich, et al.. (1988). Prognostic importance of cardiac arrhythmias in systemic sclerosis. The American Journal of Medicine. 84(6). 1007–1015. 102 indexed citations
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Steen, Virginia, Donald L. Powell, & Thomas A. Medsger. (1988). Clinical correlations and prognosis based on serum autoantibodies in patients with systemic sclerosis. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 31(2). 196–203. 470 indexed citations breakdown →

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