OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome is 30. 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
GRP78 protein metabolism in obese and diabetic rats: a study of its role in metabolic disorders	132
Identification of mutations that causes glucose-6-phosphate transporter defect in tunisian patients with glycogenosis type 1b	87
Investigating CR1 as an indicated Gene for mild cognitive impairment in type 2 diabetes mellitus	80
Association between the triglyceride–glucose index and acute kidney injury in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary: a retrospective analysis of the MIMIC-IV database	67
Correction to: Development of models to predict 10-30-year cardiovascular disease risk using the Da Qing IGT and diabetes study	60
The impact of obesity in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study	57
MRI adipose tissue segmentation and quantification in R (RAdipoSeg)	54
Unveiling the role of lipopolysaccharide-related genes in diabetic retinopathy: identification of key biomarkers and immune infiltration analysis	53
A review of reusable insulin pens and features of TouStar—a new reusable pen with a dedicated cartridge	53
Triglyceride glucose index–body mass index as a predictor of coronary artery disease severity in patients with H-type hypertension across different glucose metabolic states	52
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol predicts coronary artery calcification events in patients with type 2 diabetes: a longitudinal study	52
17-year follow-up of association between telomere length and all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality in individuals with metabolic syndrome: results from the NHANES database prospective cohort s	46
Global burden of chronic liver disease due to NAFLD from 2012 to 2021: A trend, decomposition, and health inequality analysis	44
Association between lipoprotein(a) and diabetic peripheral neuropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis	43
Effect of atherogenic index of plasma and triglyceride-glucose index on early neurological deterioration of patients with large artery atherosclerotic ischemic stroke	43
From background diabetic retinopathy to its proliferative stage. What is the role of gut microbiota in the trajectory of DR? a Mendelian randomization study with mediation analysis	42
Preclinical evidence of the effect of icariin on diabetic nephropathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis	40
Association of caffeine intake with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in diabetes and prediabetes	38
Plin5: A potential therapeutic target for type 2 diabetes mellitus	38
Overestimation and underestimation of youths’ health-related quality of life are associated with youth and caregiver positive screens for depression: results of a population-based study among youths w	34
Identification of circulating inflammation cytokines as a mediator of gut microbiota and type 2 diabetes mellitus: a Mendelian randomization study	34
Plasma aryl hydrocarbon receptor associated with epicardial adipose tissue in men: a cross-sectional study	33
The relationship of platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio with cognitive decline in T2DM	33
Association of the stress hyperglycemia ratio with coronary artery disease complexity as assessed by the SYNTAX score in patients with acute coronary syndrome	33
Correction: Semaglutide restores astrocyte-vascular interactions and blood-brain barrier integrity in a model of diet-induced metabolic syndrome	33

Chronic supplementation of noni in diabetic type 1-STZ rats: effects on glycemic levels, kidney toxicity and exercise performance	31
Nature’s blueprint for sugar metabolism: translating bee and ant strategies into human diabetes therapies	31
The effect of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease and diabetic kidney disease on the risk of hospitalization of heart failure in type 2 diabetes: a retrospective cohort study	30
Non-linear association of a novel inflammation-lipid composite marker CRP/HDL with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes: findings from a comprehensive national cross-sectional study	30
An affordable approach to classifying type 2 diabetes based on fasting plasma glucose, TyG index and BMI: a retrospective cohort study of NHANES Data from 1988 to 2014	30
Reclassification of type 2 diabetes to type 1 diabetes in Asturias (Spain) between 2011 and 2020	30
The association of changes in the Chinese visceral adiposity index and cardiometabolic diseases: a cohort study	30