OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Hepatology International is 36. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
The safety profile of endoscopic variceal ligation in patients with esophageal varices	173
Platelets in acute liver failure: an innocent bystander or instigator?	149
Metabolically healthy obese and MAFLD: does weight status alone matter?	88
Beyond left versus right: from puncture site selection to clinical strategy in TIPS	83
Midodrine plus propranolol versus propranolol alone in preventing first bleed in patients with cirrhosis and severe ascites: a randomized controlled trial	65
Clinical trial endpoints for metabolic dysfunction and alcohol associated steatotic liver disease	62
Clathrin light chain A facilitates small extracellular vesicle uptake to promote hepatocellular carcinoma progression	61
Tenofovir alafenamide-related hyperlipidemia and cardiovascular risk	60
Defining the evaluation standards for the cholangiocytic component in cHCC-CCA: a pathology-based perspective	59
Precision medicine for G-CSF in ACLF: the biomarker gap	58
N-terminal propeptide of type 3 collagen-based sequential algorithm can identify high-risk steatohepatitis and fibrosis in MAFLD	54
Antioxidant, selenium and risk of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, more than causality	51
Comment on “Diabetes mellitus is linked to higher mortality in alcohol‑related acute‑on‑chronic liver failure”	51
Response to: “Is laparoscopic hepatectomy superior to laparotomic hepatectomy? The debate continues”	50
Can living donor liver transplantation provide similar outcomes to deceased-donor liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma? A systematic review and meta-analysis	49
Distinct on-treatment HCC risks associated with different decompensation events in HBV patients with cirrhosis	46
Small extracellular vesicles derived from lipotoxic hepatocytes transport FASN to promote hepatic stellate cell activation	45
Methodological reflections on vasoconstrictor use in refractory ascites: bridging trial rigor and real-world relevance	45
Noninvasive risk stratification of liver nodule development in Fontan-associated liver disease using liver stiffness measurement	45
Comment on “Comparison of diagnostic criteria for fatty liver disease in assessing cardiac dysfunction: a cross-sectional study”	44
Pure laparoscopic versus open left lateral hepatectomy in pediatric living donor liver transplantation: a review and meta-analysis	44
Letter to the Editor: Comparison of diagnostic criteria for fatty liver disease in assessing cardiac dysfunction: a cross-sectional study	43
Predictive value of soluble PD-1 for HBsAg loss in HbeAg-negative patients with chronic hepatitis B: results from a prospective study	43
Antibiotic prophylaxis in upper gastrointestinal bleeding with Child-Pugh A cirrhosis: need for objective infection markers and broader studies	43
Comment on “Machine learning prediction of rapid HBsAg seroclearance at week 24 in inactive carriers treated with pegylated interferon”	43

Efficacy and safety of durvalumab rechallenge in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma patients refractory to prior anti-PD-1 therapy	42
Good outcomes of living donor liver transplant in primary sclerosing cholangitis: an experience from North India	41
The promise of incretin-based pharmacotherapies for metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease	40
Exosome GLUT1 derived from hepatocyte identifies the risk of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and fibrosis	40
p53 regulates glucose metabolic reprogramming in MASLD-related hepatocellular carcinoma via modulating mitochondrial pyruvate carriers	40
Development of nomograms to predict outcomes for large hepatocellular carcinoma after liver resection	39
The impact of an increased Fibrosis-4 index and the severity of hepatic steatosis on mortality in individuals living with diabetes	39
Impact of CT-relevant skeletal muscle parameters on post-liver transplantation survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma	39
Commentary on “Comparison of relaxed verses standard cut-offs of rotational thromboelastometry for guiding blood product use before invasive procedures in advanced cirrhosis: a randomized controlled t	38
Breaking bottlenecks: the future of hepatocellular carcinoma clinical trials and therapeutic targets	38
Reply to: “developing real‑world prognostic models for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: CRAFITY, mALF and beyond”	37