OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Kidney International is 56. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
In This Issue	2344
Table of Contents	850
Subscription Information	452
Taking the A(llorecognition) train: connecting passenger T cells to DSA	278
in this issue	261
Thirsty encounters of the third kind	239
Misuse of the Cox proportional hazards model and alternative approaches in kidney outcome research	223
Identification of the gut microbial enzyme turning the urine yellow	216
A pig kidney supporting human physiology	201
Gene editing: a near future for the treatment of genetic kidney diseases	181
Title Page	162
Proximal-tubule molecular relay from early Protein diaphanous homolog 1 to late Rho-associated protein kinase 1 regulates kidney function in obesity-induced kidney damage	151
Editorial Board	148
Editorial Board	144
Subscription Information	139
Including APOL1 alleles and ancestry adjustments improve a genome-wide polygenic CKD score	135
In this issue	126
Editorial Board	120
Should we consider calcimimetics as a therapeutic option for nephrotic syndrome?	106
A single approach to targeting transferrin receptor 2 corrects iron and erythropoietic defects in murine models of anemia of inflammation and chronic kidney disease	100
The authors reply:	99
Improving frozen section evaluation of procurement donor kidney biopsies and reducing the discard rate: a promising role for artificial intelligence	96
Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin is elevated in children with acute kidney injury and sickle cell anemia, and predicts mortality	96
Unexpected metabolic effects of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors	95
Seeing through the density of dense deposit disease	95

Unlocking the full potential of human pluripotent stem cell–derived kidney organoids through bioengineering	93
Enhancing kidney organoid maturity with inducible vascularization: another step forward for in vitro modeling	93
On the relevance of thrombomodulin variants in atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome	89
Endothelial but not systemic ferroptosis inhibition protects from antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody–induced crescentic glomerulonephritis	85
Trans-ethnic genome-wide association study of blood metabolites in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) study	83
New advances in endocrine hypertension: from genes to biomarkers	83
Blood pressure adaptation in vertebrates: comparative biology	81
Kidney protective mechanisms of SGLT2 inhibitors: evidence for a hemodynamic effect	80
Multi-omics and imaging mass cytometry characterization of human kidneys to identify pathways and phenotypes associated with impaired kidney function	80
Challenges in the development of novel methodologies for measuring glomerular filtration rate	79
Monoclonal immunoglobulin crystalline nephropathies	77
The single-cell landscape of the human vein after arteriovenous fistula creation and implications for maturation failure	75
Epigenetic alterations and memory: key players in the development/progression of chronic kidney disease promoted by acute kidney injury and diabetes	74
Glomerular-tubular crosstalk via cold shock Y-box binding protein-1 in the kidney	71
Function follows form: the quest for the best prognostic imaging biomarker in ADPKD	71
Women and kidney health: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference	70
Dysfunction of the circadian clock in the kidney tubule leads to enhanced kidney gluconeogenesis and exacerbated hyperglycemia in diabetes	67
Kidney supportive care: every nephrologist’s business	66
Ttc21b deficiency attenuates autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease in a kidney tubular- and maturation-dependent manner	66
Caloric restriction reduces the pro-inflammatory eicosanoid 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid to protect from acute kidney injury	64
Giving monocytes their due: how CD47–SIRP-α reframes allograft rejection	62
Rationale and design of the Nephrotic Syndrome Study Network (NEPTUNE) Match in glomerular diseases: designing the right trial for the right patient, today	61
Identifying strategies for disseminating research to patients with chronic kidney disease and caregivers: a workshop report	60
Expanding the perspective: addressing additional limitations in cardiovascular risk assessment of immunosuppressive therapies	60
Corrigendum to “Effects of dialysate potassium concentration of 3.0 mmol/l with sodium zirconium cyclosilicate on dialysis-free days versus dialysate potassium concentration of 2.0 mmol/l alone on rat	59
Mitochondrial ROS connects P2X7-mediated Ca2+ influx with IL-1α release by monocytes upon chronic tissue damage	59
Corrigendum to “Executive summary of the KDIGO 2024 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of ANCA–Associated Vasculitis.” Kidney International 2024;105(3):447–449	59
Protein kinase ROCK1 activates mitochondrial fission linking to oxidative stress and muscle atrophy	58
Editorial Board	57
Improving the management of chronic kidney disease in primary care by enhancing laboratory reports with additional information and follow-up procedures	56
Erdheim-Chester disease: hairy kidney and coated aorta	56