OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Renal Failure is 28. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Association between circulatory complement activation and hypertensive renal damage: a case–control study	127
Lost dwell time and cycler alarms in inpatient automated peritoneal dialysis at a tertiary care hospital	68
Comment on ‘the clinical evaluation of the triglyceride-glucose index as a risk factor for coronary artery disease and severity of coronary artery stenosis in patients with chronic kidney disease’	67
Innovative management of peritoneal catheter malfunction caused by omental wrapping: exploration the modified low-temperature plasma ablation blade in vivo and	63
Serum hydroxycotinine was associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD): a cross-sectional study based on NHANES	59
Comparison of bioimpedance equations and dual-energy X-ray for assessment of fat free mass in a Chinese dialysis population	49
Hyperkalemia burden and treatment patterns in Chinese patients on hemodialysis: final analysis of a prospective multicenter cohort study (PRECEDE-K)	48
Bibliometric analysis of sacubitril/valsartan in the management of chronic kidney disease (2013–2025)	43
Elevated atherogenic index of plasma is associated with increased cardiorenal syndrome prevalence: a cross-sectional study	41
Incidence and risk factors for recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis after kidney transplantation: a meta-analysis	41
Association between renal function and memory-related disease: evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study	38
Causal relationship between gastroesophageal reflux disease and IgA nephropathy: a Mendelian randomization analysis	37
Prediction of intradialytic hypotension based on heart rate variability and skin sympathetic nerve activity using LASSO-enabled feature selection: a two-center study	36
Research progress on histone deacetylases in peritoneal dialysis-associated peritoneal fibrosis	35
Prediction of peripheral blood lymphocyte subpopulations after renal transplantation	33
The prognostic impact of net ultrafiltration intensity in critically ill patients receiving continuous renal replacement therapy: a multivariable and propensity-matched analysis	33
Sodium aescinate protects renal ischemia-reperfusion and pyroptosis through AKT/NLRP3 signaling pathway	32
Letter to the editor: “Association of Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index with short-term mortality in patients with severe acute kidney injury: retrospective cohort study”	32
Proton pump inhibitor use and cardiovascular risk, all-cause, and cardiovascular mortality across baseline eGFR categories: a longitudinal study	31
Dihydromyricetin protects against cisplatin-induced renal injury and mitochondria-mediated apoptosis via the EGFR/HSP27/STAT3 signaling pathway	30
It is not only fluids: the impact of hydration protocols used for the prevention of contrast nephropathy on renal oxygenation	30
Study on the regulation of renal tubular cell apoptosis by SIRT1/NF-κB signaling pathway in septic acute kidney injury	30
The combination of left ventricular ejection fraction and end-diastolic diameter and outcomes in peritoneal dialysis patients: a multicenter retrospective study	29
Influencing factors for residual kidney function in incident peritoneal dialysis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis	29
Immune cells mediate the effect of plasma lipidomes on IgA nephropathy: a Mendelian randomization study	29

Prolonging calcineurin inhibitor therapy post kidney allograft failure: a prospective study	29
A bibliometric analysis of publications in Renal Failure in the last three decades	29
Visit-to-visit ultrafiltration volume variability predicts all-cause mortality in patients receiving hemodialysis	28
Correlation between ultrafiltration rate and hemoglobin level and erythropoietin response in hemodialysis patients	28
Comparison of citrate anticoagulation strategies in hemodialysis patients at high risk of bleeding: a prospective observational cohort study	28