OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Nephrology is 3. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Hyponatremia is associated with poor outcome in COVID-19	96
Playing with variety; enjoying heterogeneity in the garden of nephrology: JN spring issue 2021	37
Calcium carbonate-enriched cheese to improve nutrition, compliance and phosphorus control in patients on kidney replacement therapy	31
The mystery of black lungs in a patient with calciphylaxis	29
Urinary Growth Differentiation Factor-15 (GDF15) levels as a biomarker of adverse outcomes and biopsy findings in chronic kidney disease	29
Osmotic demyelination syndrome and thoughts on its prevention	28
Peri-operative risk factors of chronic kidney disease after liver transplantation	28
FSGS in Chinese twins with a de novo PAX2 mutation: a case report and review of the literature	27
Where are we now? Emerging opportunities and challenges in the management of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients with non-dialysis chronic kidney disease	26
NGAL/hepcidin-25 ratio and AKI subtypes in patients following cardiac surgery: a prospective observational study	26
Serum sodium trajectory during AKI and mortality risk	23
Pregnancy and delivery in women receiving maintenance hemodialysis in Japan: analysis of potential risk factors for neonatal and maternal complications	23
Nephroplex: a kidney-focused NGS panel highlights the challenges of PKD1 sequencing and identifies a founder BBS4 mutation	22
Estimation of childhood nephrotic syndrome incidence: data from the atlanta metropolitan statistical area and meta-analysis of worldwide cases	20
The floating kidney: an unusual complication of nephrotic syndrome	19
Rapidly progressive kidney dysfunction and crystal casts associated with adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (APRT) deficiency–lessons for the clinical nephrologist	18
Lessons for the clinical nephrologist: a midsummer night’s cluster of hypernatremia cases	18
The frail world of haemodialysis patients in the COVID-19 pandemic era: a systematic scoping review	17
Prediction of risk factors and outcomes of neonatal acute kidney injury	15
Membranous nephropathy in a patient with COVID-19 infection	15
Hyperkalemia excursions and risk of mortality and hospitalizations in hemodialysis patients: results from DOPPS-Italy	14
An unusual case of acute kidney injury in a patient with IgA paraproteinemia. Lessons for the clinical nephrologist	13
The role of Plasma Renin Activity in prenatally diagnosed non-obstructed hydronephrosis at risk for surgery—an observational study	13
Direct oral anticoagulants and chronic kidney disease: it is time to be brave	13
Association of serum bicarbonate with graft survival and mortality in kidney transplant recipients	12

Detection of pre-existing SARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells in unexposed renal transplant patients	12
Art in the ward: nephrology picture	12
Calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease involving “the largest” Bursa in the human body	11
Impact of chloride-rich crystalloids on sepsis-associated community-acquired acute kidney injury recovery in critically ill patients	11
Acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients with Covid-19 infection is associated with ventilatory management with elevated positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP)	10
The global incidence and mortality of contrast-associated acute kidney injury following coronary angiography: a meta-analysis of 1.2 million patients	10
Recovering histological sections for ultrastructural diagnosis of glomerular diseases through the pop-off technique	9
Calcifediol supplementation in adults on hemodialysis: a randomized controlled trial	9
What have we learnt from the COVID-19 epidemic? Considerations of a troubled editor after two troubled years	9
Correction to: The global incidence and mortality of contrast-associated acute kidney injury following coronary angiography: a meta-analysis of 1.2 million patients	8
Plasmatic osteopontin and vascular access dysfunction in hemodialysis patients: a cross-sectional, case–control study (The OSMOSIS Study)	8
Kidney transplant in patients with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome in the anti-C5 era: single-center experience with tailored Eculizumab	8
Using an international online forum to explore perspectives of caregivers of patients with chronic kidney disease	8
Efficacy of systematic coronavirus screening by PCR and viral cultures in addition to triage in limiting the spread of SARS-CoV-2 within a hemodialysis unit	8
A long-term nationwide study on chronic kidney disease-related mortality in Italy: trends and associated comorbidity	8
Correction to: Endolymphatic sac enlargement in an infant with metabolic acidosis	7
Biopsy findings after detection of de novo donor-specific antibodies in renal transplant recipients: a single center experience	7
Postnatal assessment for renal dysfunction in women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy	7
Correction to: Renal histology across the stages of chronic kidney disease	7
Heterogeneity is a common ground in familial hypomagnesemia with hypercalciuria and nephrocalcinosis caused by CLDN19 gene mutations	7
The impact of phosphate lowering agents on clinical and laboratory outcomes in chronic kidney disease patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	7
Pregnancy-triggered atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS): a Global aHUS Registry analysis	7
Significance of regulatory T cells in children with idiopathic nephrotic syndrome	7
Low skeletal muscle mass by computerized tomography is associated with increased mortality risk in end-stage kidney disease patients on hemodialysis	6
Routine assessment of kidney urea clearance, dialysis dose and protein catabolic rate in the once-weekly haemodialysis regimen	6
National Cardiovascular Data Registry-Acute Kidney Injury (NCDR) vs. Mehran risk models for prediction of contrast-induced nephropathy and need for dialysis after coronary angiography in a German pati	6
More than ancillary records: clinical implications of renal pathology examination in tumor nephrectomy specimens	6
Low-dose aspirin for the prevention of severe preeclampsia in patients with chronic kidney disease: a retrospective study	6
Acute renal replacement therapy in critically ill octogenarian or older patients: prognostic factors and renal outcomes	5
End of the year issue: is a magic pill on its way? We can always dream	5
Expanding the variability of the ADPKD-GANAB clinical phenotype in a family of Italian ancestry	5
Engaging medical students and residents in nephrology education: an updated scoping review	5
Cat on a hot tin roof (a nephrology zebra)	5
Flavonoids and ω3-polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in renal transplant recipients: new arguments from COVID-19	4
Baseline endothelial-related biomarkers in hemodialysis patients and risk of developing severe SARS-Cov-2 infection	4
Estimation of kidney function in patients with primary neuromuscular diseases: is serum cystatin C a better marker of kidney function than creatinine?	4
In-center nocturnal hemodialysis improves health-related quality of life for patients with end-stage renal disease	4
Acute kidney injury: epidemiology and course in critically ill children	4
Destructuring glomerular diseases with structured deposits: challenges in the precision medicine era	4
Contraceptive use among women with kidney transplants in the United States	4
Maternal and neonatal outcomes of pregnancy complicated by urolithiasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Survivors of COVID-19 mostly recover from tubular proteinuria and acute kidney injury after hospital discharge	4
Lessons for the clinical nephrologist: recurrent pregnancy-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) with a known complement mutation and features of preeclampsia; a diagnostic and therapeutic dilem	4
Reconsidering adsorption in hemodialysis: is it just an epiphenomenon? A narrative review	4
Patient and staff experiences of remote kidney healthcare: lessons learnt from COVID-19	3
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis mimicking cancer: a diagnostic dilemma	3
Therapeutic advances in ADPKD: the future awaits	3
Correction to: National Cardiovascular Data Registry-Acute Kidney Injury (NCDR) vs. Mehran risk models for prediction of contrast-induced nephropathy and need for dialysis after coronary angiography i	3
Electrocardiographic parameters of left ventricular hypertrophy and prediction of mortality in hemodialysis patients	3
Correction to: Prediction of risk factors and outcomes of neonatal acute kidney injury	3

Post-dialysis fatigue and survival in patients on chronic hemodialysis	3
Analysis of the association between emergency dialysis start in patients with end-stage kidney disease and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, proton-pump inhibitors, and iodinated contrast agents	3
Impact of self-reported walking habit on slower decline in renal function among the general population in a longitudinal study: the Japan Specific Health Checkups (J-SHC) Study	3
Psychosocial factors affecting patients with end-stage kidney disease and the impact of the social worker	3
Efficacy and side effect profile of two CMV prophylaxis strategies in high and intermediate risk kidney transplant recipients – a multicentre national study	3
A deep-learning model to continuously predict severe acute kidney injury based on urine output changes in critically ill patients	3
Gout: a papal disease—a historical review of 25 gouty popes (34-2005 AD)	3
Returning to dialysis after kidney allograft loss: conflicting survival benefit beyond transplant-naïve maintenance dialysis patients	3
A young woman with proteinuria and hypertension in pregnancy: is what looks and smells like preeclampsia always preeclampsia?	3
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on depressive symptoms in Japanese patients undergoing hemodialysis	3