OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Nephrology is 25. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
A comparative study of postadrenalectomy hyperuricemia and renal impairment in patients with unilateral primary aldosteronism: does histopathology subtype matter?	154
Tuberculosis dissemination in kidney transplant recipient treated with anti-CD40 monoclonal antibody: a case report	100
Association of abdominal aortic calcification with cognitive impairment in peritoneal dialysis patients	61
Diagnostic accuracy and clinical usefulness of erythrocyte creatine content to predict the improvement of anaemia in patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis	49
A stepwise data interpretation process for renal amyloidosis typing by LMD-MS	49
The outcome of thrombotic microangiopathy in kidney transplant recipients	43
Correction to: Clinical covariates influencing clinical outcomes in primary membranous nephropathy	43
Correction: Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate versus sodium polystyrene sulfonate for treatment of hyperkalemia in hemodialysis patients: a randomized clinical trial	41
The importance of a multidisciplinary approach in two tricky cases: the perfect match for Fabry disease	41
Clinical features of COVID-19 among patients with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis in the context of high vaccination coverage during the omicron surge period: a retrospective cohort study	40
Associations between depressive and anxiety symptoms and incident kidney failure in patients with diabetic nephropathy	40
Is central venous catheter in haemodialysis still the main factor of mortality after hospitalization?	36
Autonomic neuropathy in dialysis patients – investigations with a new symptom score (COMPASS 31)	35
Use of proton pump inhibitors and macrolide antibiotics and risk of acute kidney injury: a self-controlled case series study	34
Investigating the relationship between quality of life and hope in family caregivers of hemodialysis patients and related factors	33
SARS-CoV-2 in dialysis patients and the impact of vaccination	33
Lifetime progression of IgA nephropathy: a retrospective cohort study with extended long-term follow-up	33
The relationship between multiple plasma biomarker levels and renal disease activity in Fabry disease	32
A potential link between AQP3 and SLC14A1 gene expression level and clinical parameters of maintenance hemodialysis patients	31
Purslane-induced oxalate nephropathy: case report and literature review	30
The relationship between urinary albumin to creatinine ratio and all-cause mortality in the elderly population in the Chinese community: a 10-year follow-up study	30
Prediction model for probability of deceased donor kidney transplantation among transplant candidates in waiting list	30
Hydroxychloroquine sulfate for IgA nephropathy: mechanisms and therapeutic potential in improving proteinuria and alleviating disease progression - a literature review	29
The effect of oral melatonin on the quality of life, sleep and blood pressure of hemodialysis patients: a randomized clinical trial	28
Diagnostic value of triglyceride and cystatin C ratio in diabetic kidney disease: a retrospective and prospective cohort study based on renal biopsy	25

Sexually dimorphic response to tobacco in the development of chronic kidney disease: a systematic review	25
Immunomodulatory effect of CD71+ erythroid cells in patients with kidney failure	25