OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Diabetes & Vascular Disease Research is 8. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
The association between osteoprotegerin and arterial stiffness in a 10-year longitudinal study of patients with type 2 diabetes	48
Longitudinal profiling and tracking stability in the Singapore study of macro-angiopathy and microvascular reactivity in type 2 diabetes cohort	32
Progression of insulin resistance in individuals with type 1 diabetes: A retrospective longitudinal study on individuals from Thailand	28
The role of high mobility group box-1 on the development of diabetes complications: A plausible pharmacological target	28
MicroRNA-451a downregulation in liraglutide-treated individuals with diabetes: A potential cardiovascular protective mechanism	25
Serum microRNAs: A potential blood-based diagnostic biomarkers for diabetic kidney disease in Emirati patients with type 2 diabetes	19
Predictive value of lncRNA DBH-AS1 for cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with coronary heart disease	18
Disruption of COMMD1 accelerates diabetic atherosclerosis by promoting glycolysis	16
Plasma proteomics reveals an improved cardio-metabolic profile in patients with type 2 diabetes post-liraglutide treatment	15
RNA-based diagnostic innovations: A new frontier in diabetes diagnosis and management	15
High serum Bhlhe40 levels are associated with subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional study	13
Coronary artery calcium score and coronary computed tomography angiography predict one-year mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes and peripheral artery disease undergoing partial foot amputation	13
Use of flash glucose monitoring is associated with HbA1c reduction in type 2 diabetes managed with basal insulin in Canada: A real-world prospective observational study	13
“Arterial stiffness is not associated with changes in the circadian pattern of blood pressure in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction”	13
Molecular mechanisms of diabetic heart disease: Insights from transcriptomic technologies	12
Lipoprotein (a) as a predictor of diabetic retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review	12
Association of hemoglobin glycation index with prognosis of coronary artery disease after percutaneous coronary intervention: A retrospective cohort study	12
TyG-BMI and hypertension in Normoglycemia subjects in Japan: A cross-sectional study	11
Health care registers can be instrumental for endpoint capture in clinical diabetes trials: example of microvascular complications in Swedish patients with type 2 diabetes	11
Mitochondrial mitophagy protection combining rivaroxaban and aspirin in high glucose-exposed human coronary artery endothelial cell. An in vitro study	10
Ten-year incidence of post-transplant Diabetes Mellitus in renal transplant patients	10
Cardiometabolic risk factors, peripheral arterial tonometry and metformin in adults with type 1 diabetes participating in the REducing with MetfOrmin Vascular Adverse Lesions trial	10
Trends in cardiovascular burden and mortality among adults with prediabetes in the US, 1999–2018	10
Temporal trends in minor and major lower extremity amputation in people with type 2 diabetes: The Fremantle Diabetes Study	9
Shared and specific biological signalling pathways for diabetic retinopathy, peripheral neuropathy and nephropathy by high-throughput sequencing analysis	9

Epicardial adipose tissue and right ventricular function in type 2 diabetes mellitus using two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography	9
Diabetes mellitus does not alter mortality or hospitalisation risk in patients with newly diagnosed heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: Time to rethink pathophysiological models of disease	9
Early diagnosis value of lncRNA SNHG14 combined with miR-493-5p in gestational diabetes mellitus and its correlation with pregnancy outcome	8
Diabetic nephropathy ameliorated in patients with normal home blood pressure compared to those with isolated high home systolic blood pressure: A 5-year prospective cohort study among patients with ty	8
Glycemic control and outcome after carotid intervention in patients with T2D: A Swedish nationwide cohort study	8
Function outperforms morphology in the assessment of muscular contribution to insulin sensitivity in premenopausal women	8
Visceral adipose tissue accumulation and risk of organ complications among individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A two-sample Mendelian randomization study	8