OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Clinical Endocrinology is 26. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Low serum 25‐hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) levels in patients hospitalized with COVID‐19 are associated with greater disease severity	140
Obesity and polycystic ovary syndrome	109
Prevalence of thyroid eye disease in Graves’ disease: A meta‐analysis and systematic review	80
COVID‐19 and diabetes: Insulin requirements parallel illness severity in critically unwell patients	64
Association of vitamin D deficiency with COVID‐19 infection severity: Systematic review and meta‐analysis	62
Role of non‐thyroidal illness syndrome in predicting adverse outcomes in COVID‐19 patients predominantly of mild‐to‐moderate severity	53
Patient satisfaction and quality of life in hypothyroidism: An online survey by the british thyroid foundation	51
Society for Endocrinology guidelines for testosterone replacement therapy in male hypogonadism	46
A review of the pathophysiology of functional hypothalamic amenorrhoea in women subject to psychological stress, disordered eating, excessive exercise or a combination of these factors	44
Central precocious puberty: Recent advances in understanding the aetiology and in the clinical approach	38
A review of the tumour spectrum of germline succinate dehydrogenase gene mutations: Beyond phaeochromocytoma and paraganglioma	37
Association between polycystic ovary syndrome and the vaginal microbiome: A case‐control study	36
Clinical and biochemical discriminants between functional hypothalamic amenorrhoea (FHA) and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)	35
Oxytocin in young children with Prader‐Willi syndrome: Results of a randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled, crossover trial investigating 3 months of oxytocin	34
The enigma of persistent symptoms in hypothyroid patients treated with levothyroxine: A narrative review	32
Prevalence of latent and overt polyautoimmunity in autoimmune thyroid disease: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	31
A systematic review of antiandrogens and feminization in transgender women	30
Presentation, disease progression and outcomes of adrenal gland metastases	30
Effects of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms on the prognosis of COVID‐19	30
Sleep, circadian rhythms, and type 2 diabetes mellitus	29
Childhood obesity: A review of current and future management options	28
Society for Endocrinology UK Guidance on the initial evaluation of a suspected difference or disorder of sex development (Revised 2021)	28
TSH receptor specific monoclonal autoantibody K1‐70^TM targeting of the TSH receptor in subjects with Graves' disease and Graves' orbitopathy—Results from a phase I clinical trial	27
Ultrasonography‐guided radiofrequency ablation vs. surgery for the treatment of solitary T1bN0M0 papillary thyroid carcinoma: A comparative study	26
Approach to androgen excess in women: Clinical and biochemical insights	26

Genetic testing for hereditary hyperparathyroidism and familial hypocalciuric hypercalcaemia in a large UK cohort	26
A practical algorithm to predict postsurgical recurrence and progression of pituitary neuroendocrine tumours (PitNET)s	26