OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Clinical Nephrology is 2. 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
Determinants of the serum phosphate concentration in chronic kidney disease	44
Practical considerations for vancomycin dosing in hemodialysis patients: Perspectives from the nephrology stewardship pharmacist	23
Effect of vitamin D sterols on bone histology in pre-dialysis patients: A prospective controlled study	19
Peritoneal dialysis-related complication: Can diagnostic accuracy be achieved at low iodinated contrast media dose using dual-layer spectral detector CT?	15
Rituximab treatment in resistant lupus nephritis: A single-center prospective study	13
Rituximab with tacrolimus for relapsing diffuse podocytopathy in adulthood: A therapeutic option	12
Authors’ response to comment to “Severe acute kidney injury caused by decompression sickness syndrome” 2022; 97: 298-304. doi: 10.5414/CN110662	12
Renal manifestations of immune checkpoint inhibitors in the pediatric population	9
Higher serum trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) levels are associated with increased visceral fat in hemodialysis patients	8
Comparison of clinicopathological characteristics and medium-term kidney outcomes in adults with mixed class III/IV with class V and pure proliferative lupus nephritis in a developing country	8
A single-center experience of post-transplant atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome	8
Correlation between indole-3-acetic acid and left ventricular hypertrophy in hemodialysis patients	8
Impact of atrial fibrillation on the risk for new-onset chronic kidney disease and all-cause mortality: A prospective cohort study	7
Dissecting causal relationships between gut microbiota, inflammatory factors, and acute kidney injury: A Mendelian randomization study	7
Better late than never: Diagnosis of recurrent atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome	7
Clinical profile, treatment response, and outcomes in adult primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: A single-center experience	7
Pre-dialysis levels of inflammation and endotoxin in people receiving hemodialysis are not associated with blood pressure variability	7
Short- and long-term outcomes of early initiation of peritoneal dialysis following catheter insertion	7
Does hydration status influence kidney volume in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease?	7
Renal histology of Fanconi syndrome associated with adefovir dipivoxil: A case report	7
A subtle presentation of acute interstitial nephritis with a peculiar etiology	6
Unraveling hypertension through mineralocorticoid receptor activation in Cushing’s syndrome: A case report	6
Late onset granulomatous interstitial nephritis after booster dose of COVID-19 vaccination: Case report and review of literature	6
Combining telemedicine and in-person visits to deliver care to patients with severe chronic kidney disease (CKD): Lessons learned from COVID-19	6
Severe acute kidney injury caused by decompression sickness syndrome	6

Low-solute hyponatremia in a kidney transplant recipient	5
Laparoscopic-based renal sympathetic denervation for the management of refractory hypertension in patients with end-stage renal disease: A case series of three patients	5
Prediction and phenotyping of long COVID in kidney transplant recipients: A cross-sectional study	5
Incremental peritoneal dialysis: Is it better for preservation of residual kidney function and clinical outcomes?	5
Implication of acute tubular injury in minimal change nephrotic syndrome	5
Ochrobactrum anthropi infection in dialysis patients: A case report and literature summary	4
Effect of Kidney transplantation on cyst growth in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease	4
Application of artificial intelligence and machine learning for risk stratification acute kidney injury among hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients: PCRRT ICONIC AI Initiative Group Meeting	4
Association of tumor necrosis factor receptors 1 and 2 with kidney volume and function in patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease	4
Long-term benefits of switching from oral to intravenous calcimimetics in patients on hemodialysis	4
A comparative analysis of kidney allograft outcomes in steroid use versus steroid discontinuation after basiliximab and ATG induction: A UNOS database study	4
Body composition indices as predictors of humoral response to mRNA vaccination against COVID-19 in patients on maintenance hemodialysis	4
Potentially inappropriate medication in patients with chronic kidney disease and elderly patients	4
Comment to “Familial polycystic kidneys with no genetic confirmation: Are we sure it is ADPKD?”. Clin Nephrol. 2023; 99: 149 – 152	4
A retrospective study of mineral and bone disorder in kidney transplant recipients: Single-center experience	4
Effects of intravenous iron therapy on mortality and hospitalization of hemodialysis patients: A prospective cohort study in Korea	4
Kidney cysts in patients with HOGA1 variants	4
Low immunoglobulin G concentrations are not associated with an increased risk of peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis	4
Use of bisphosphonates in chronic kidney disease is associated with cardiovascular death	4
Clinical characteristics and genotype-phenotype correlation for patients with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease and PKHD1 mutations	4
Nutritional and psychological sequelae of COVID-19 infection in maintenance hemodialysis patients	4
B cell-driven reduced-dose rituximab as induction therapy for 2 patients with ANCA-associated renal vasculitis: A case series	4
Renal injury associated with MYH9 disorder with 5773delG mutation: A case report	3
Application of improved glomerular filtration rate estimation by a neural network model in patients with neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction	3
Anxiety and depression in patients with primary glomerulopathies	3
Anti-nephrin antibodies in minimal change disease: Case report series	3
Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis: A rare presentation in systemic sclerosis	3
Post-COVID-19 complement-mediated TMA: A case report	3
Current use, training, and barriers in point-of-care ultrasound in nephrology: A national survey of VA medical centers	3
Hematuria after COVID-19 vaccination: A case report	3
Predictive role of red blood cell distribution width to platelet ratio combined mean platelet volume in patients with microscopic polyangiitis	3
Current status of exercise and its impact on quality of life in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis in the post-COVID-19 period	3
Clinicopathological features and outcomes of PLA2R-related membranous nephropathy with renal glycosuria	3
A case of constrictive pericarditis diagnosed for hypotension occurring after two years on hemodialysis	3
Effects of dexmedetomidine administration on outcomes in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury: A propensity score-matching analysis	3
Age and sex-specific association between dyslipidemia treatment and mortality in elderly Korean hemodialysis patients: A retrospective cohort study by the Korean Society of Geriatric Nephrology	3
Early outcomes of kidney transplant recipients from donors with severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia: A report of 5 cases	3
Dose response of PTH and FGF23 to paricalcitol in patients with end-stage renal failure on chronic intermittent hemodialysis	3
Influenza vaccination-associated cryoglobulinemic vasculitis	3
Preoperative dapagliflozin use and cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury: A single-center retrospective cohort study	3
Risk factors for low humoral response to BNT-162b2 in hemodialysis patients	3
Efficacy and safety analysis of sodium zirconium cyclosilicate and calcium polystyrene sulfonate on rapid reduction of potassium in moderate to severe hyperkalemia patients with chronic kidney disease	3
The relationship between sclerostin and atherosclerosis and arterial stiffness in kidney transplant recipients	3
Tolvaptan vs. somatostatin in the treatment of ADPKD: A review of the literature	3
Relationship between donated kidney volume determined by ultrasound adjusted for clinical factors and 1-month and 1-year creatinine clearance: A retrospective study	3
Need for symptom monitoring in IgA nephropathy patients post COVID-19 vaccination	3
Impact of obesity on vascular calcification in patients with chronic kidney disease	2
The kidney transplant rate is outpaced by the rate of readmission for complications	2
Diet quality, unprocessed plant-based foods, and vascular function in adults with CKD: Secondary analysis of a pilot randomized clinical trial	2
The nonlinear correlation between total bilirubin and lumbar spine bone mineral density in patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis	2

Post-transplant idiopathic immune complex membrano-proliferative glomerulonephritis: Characteristics and outcomes	2
Wide intra- and inter-racial variation of end-stage kidney disease risk and transplant rate in pre-emptively listed kidney transplant candidates	2
Comparison of BACTEC versus conventional enrichment medium for peritoneal dialysate fluid culture	2
Impact of dietary counseling on Mediterranean diet principles on dietary fiber intake and serum uremic toxins in patients treated with peritoneal dialysis: A pilot study	2
Penile and digital calciphylaxis: A case report and literature review	2
Lenalidomide-induced refractory hypocalcemia in a patient with chronic kidney disease and multiple myeloma: case report and review of the literature	2
Peritoneal dialysis in neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus: A case report integrating proteomic insights into complement-mediated mechanisms	2
Assessment of a hemodialysis E-curriculum in postgraduate nephrology education: A pilot mixed methods study	2
Spontaneous remission of de novo membranous nephropathy in post-allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patients: A report of two cases	2
Two cases of fetal hyperechogenic kidneys who had HNF1-β gene variation	2
Impact of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis over the past decade	2
Diagnostic dilemma of bowel perforation in a peritoneal dialysis patient with encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis	2
Catheter-related bloodstream infection rates: Comparing cuffed vs. uncuffed catheters in a nationwide series of small children on chronic hemodialysis	2
Home call during nephrology fellowship: Burden or benefit?	2
Gabapentinoid dosing and adverse events in patients with chronic kidney disease	2
Relationship of serum albumin at initiation of incident peritoneal dialysis with cardiovascular and overall survival	2
Fibrillary glomerulonephritis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis: A case report and review of the literature	2
A rare case of overlap syndrome: ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis with membranous nephropathy and IgA deposition	2
Clinical and pathological correlation between urinary exosome miR-223 and IgAN patients	2
Comparison of clinical and pathological features of secondary IgA nephropathy of ankylosing spondylitis and primary IgA nephropathy	2
Single-center experience on catheterrelated sepsis in tunneled central venous catheters in hemodialysis patients	2
Echocardiographic changes after arteriovenous fistula creation in hemodialysis patients	2
Pneumocystis pneumonia in patients with primary nephrotic syndrome	2
BK virus nephropathy in a native kidney of a lung transplant patient: A case report and literature review	2
Nomogram analysis of the influencing factors of rapid renal decline in patients with biopsy-proven diabetic nephropathy in type 2 diabetes	2
Renal interstitial inflammation predicts IgA nephropathy progression via multiple machine learning models	2
Unplanned dialysis initiation in patients known to renal services: A case-control study	2
Secondary thrombotic microangiopathy following CNI and mTOR inhibitor toxicity after COVID-19 therapy with nirmatrelvir/ritonavir in a kidney transplant patient	2
Metabolic health in the Slovenian national cohort of kidney transplant patients	2
Gastric Burkitt’s monomorphic post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder after kidney transplantation: A case report	2
The efficacy and safety of low-dose roxadustat in combination with recombinant human erythropoietin for treating hemodialysis patients with moderate anemia: A retrospective cohort study	2
Spectrum of biopsy-based renal disease in an elderly Turkish population	2
Non-crystalline light chain proximal tubulopathy associated with monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance: A case report and review of the literature	2
Physical functional capacity assessment in children with chronic kidney disease: A cross sectional observational study	2
Comparative efficacy of ravulizumab and eculizumab in the treatment of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome: An indirect comparison using clinical trial data	2
Diagnosis and genotype-phenotype correlation in patients with PKD1/TSC2 contiguous gene deletion syndrome	2
Free vitamin D is independently associated with systolic blood pressure in diabetic patients with impaired kidney function	2
Magnesium in chronic hemodialysis	2
SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection in a cohort of hospitalized kidney transplant recipients: Risk factors of severity	2
Hyperaldosteronism secondary to spontaneous renal artery dissection (renovascular): A case report and review of the literature	2
Urinary thiosulfate level in pregnant women	2
The incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of acute kidney injury after minor lower-limb amputations	2
Effect of renal function on serum pro-gastrin-releasing peptide expression and its clinical relevance	2
Drug-induced acute tubulointerstitial nephritis: Serial C-reactive protein measurements might predict the course of acute kidney injury	2
Sarcopenia, an overlooked diagnosis in kidney transplant recipients	2