OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Obesity is 30. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Neuroimaging and modulation in obesity and diabetes research: 10th anniversary meeting	123
Can we measure food intake in humans?	115
Work- and mental health-related events and body mass index trajectories during the Covid-19 lockdown. Evidence from the lifelines cohort study in the Netherlands	105
Correction to: Neuroimaging and modulation in obesity and diabetes research: 10th anniversary meeting	76
Correction to: Response to Comment on “Gestational body weight gain and risk of low birth weight or macrosomia in women of Japan: a nationwide cohort study”	64
The Universal Eating Monitor (UEM): objective assessment of food intake behavior in the laboratory setting	61
Genetic variations in adiponectin levels and dietary patterns on metabolic health among children with normal weight versus obesity: the BCAMS study	56
Changes in abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue thickness associate with disease and anthropometric factors	54
Major adverse cardiovascular events among patients with type-2 diabetes, a nationwide cohort study comparing primary metabolic and bariatric surgery to GLP-1 receptor agonist treatment	51
Obesity and the cost of living crisis	48
Homeostasis and food craving in obesity: a functional MRI study	47
Effect of physical activity intervention on weight change in rural older Chinese: a cluster randomized controlled trial	47
Early childhood adversity and body mass index in childhood and adolescence: linking registry data on adversities with school health records of 53,401 children from Copenhagen	46
A higher proportion of small adipocytes is associated with increased visceral and ectopic lipid accumulation during weight gain in response to overfeeding in men	46
Emergence of the adolescent obesity epidemic in the United States: five-decade visualization with humanoid avatars	44
Association between adiposity distribution and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, adipokines, interleukins and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1	42
Causality of abdominal obesity on cognition: a trans-ethnic Mendelian randomization study	42
Study on weight loss outcomes after bariatric surgery to determine a metric least influenced by preoperative BMI	41
Weighted burden analysis in 200,000 exome-sequenced subjects characterises rare variant effects on BMI	38
Associations between maternal pre-pregnancy BMI and mean diffusivity of the hippocampus and amygdala in infants	37
The armadillo-repeat containing X-linked protein 3, ARMCX3, is a negative regulator of the browning of adipose tissue associated with obesity	36
Adiposity and cancer: a Mendelian randomization analysis in the UK biobank	35
Correction to: Growth differentiating factor-15 and adiposity in young adults: The African-PREDICT study	34
Third trimester cortisol is positively associated with gestational weight gain in pregnant women with class one obesity	34
Deoxyguanosine kinase mutation F180S is associated with a lean phenotype in mice	34

Obesity and metabolic syndrome in adults with a 22q11.2 microdeletion	34
Four weeks treatment with the GLP-1 receptor analogue liraglutide lowers liver fat and concomitantly circulating glucagon in individuals with overweight	33
Locking ourselves into the past: the DentalSlim Diet Control device and an incomplete understanding of obesity	31
What internet- and mobile-based interventions are currently available for adults with overweight or obesity experiencing symptoms of depression? A systematic review	31
What is the evidence regarding the safety of new obesity pharmacotherapies	30
Association of plasma chemerin with all-cause and disease-specific mortality – results from a population-based study	30