OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Nephrology 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Urokinase prophylactic anticoagulation in children with nephrotic syndrome: a multicenter retrospective cohort study	124
Polycystic intrahepatic infection caused by Enterococcus casseliflavus: a case report and literature review	81
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis secondary to virus infection and followed by lupus nephritis recurrence in a renal transplantation pediatric recipient: a case report	63
Do outcomes for patients with hospital-acquired Acute Kidney Injury (H-AKI) vary across specialties in England?	58
Understand the difference between clinical measured ultrafiltrationand real ultrafiltration in peritoneal dialysis	53
A stepwise data interpretation process for renal amyloidosis typing by LMD-MS	48
Lifetime progression of IgA nephropathy: a retrospective cohort study with extended long-term follow-up	43
The utility of split function testing in determining recovery of glomerular filtration rate after living kidney donation: a cohort study	37
Survival in patients with CKD 3–5 after 12 months of exercise training – a post-hoc analysis of the RENEXC trial	37
Decrease in Escherichia-Shigella in the gut microbiota of ESKD patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis	37
Renal organic anion transporter 1: clinical relevance and the underlying mechanisms in chronic kidney disease	36
The impact of asymptomatic kidney stones on disease progression in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease	35
Primary and specialist care interaction and referral patterns for individuals with chronic kidney disease: a narrative review	34
Creatinine clearance/eGFR ratio: a simple index for muscle mass related to mortality in ICU patients	33
Perirenal fat differs in patients with chronic kidney disease receiving different vitamin D-based treatments: a preliminary study	31
Association between neutrophil percentage-to-albumin ratio and mortality in Hemodialysis patients: insights from a prospective cohort study	31
The impact of low dietary inflammatory index diet on clinical parameters in patients with chronic kidney disease: a retrospective comparative study	30
Polycythemia secondary to bilaterally enlarged kidneys in T-Cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a case report and literature review	30
Association of abdominal aortic calcification with cognitive impairment in peritoneal dialysis patients	30
Effects of gamified versus pedometer-based walking intervention on physical activity, fatigue, and sleep quality among hemodialysis patients: a quasi-experimental study	28
Effect of N-acetylcysteine on antimicrobials induced nephrotoxicity: a meta-analysis	28
Ketogenic diets and β-hydroxybutyrate in the prevention and treatment of diabetic kidney disease: current progress and future perspectives	28
A potential link between AQP3 and SLC14A1 gene expression level and clinical parameters of maintenance hemodialysis patients	27
Prevalence, microbiology, and outcome of peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis patients in vietnam: a multicenter study	27
Clinicopathological characteristics and predictors of outcome of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis: a retrospective study	27

Use of proton pump inhibitors and macrolide antibiotics and risk of acute kidney injury: a self-controlled case series study	26
The effect of intradialytic exercise on calcium, phosphorus and parathyroid hormone: a randomized controlled trial	26