OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of World Journal of Diabetes is 29. 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
Investigating the specificity of endothelin-traps as a potential therapeutic tool for endothelin-1 related disorders	179
Bidirectional link between periodontitis and systemic inflammation in diabetic retinopathy	174
Efficacy of multigrain supplementation in type 2 diabetes mellitus: A pilot study protocol for a randomized intervention trial	121
Long-term effects of gestational diabetes mellitus on the pancreas of female mouse offspring	101
Promise of the gut microbiota in prevention and traditional Chinese medicine treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy	90
Effectiveness and safety of traditional Chinese medicine decoction for diabetic gastroparesis: A network meta-analysis	71
Comprehensive review on diabetic foot ulcers and neuropathy: Treatment, prevention and management	69
Farrerol ameliorates diabetic cardiomyopathy by inhibiting ferroptosis via miR-29b-3p/SIRT1 signaling pathway in endothelial cells	67
Network pharmacology and molecular dynamics study of the effect of the Astragalus-Coptis drug pair on diabetic kidney disease	65
Diabetes and fatty liver: Involvement of incretin and its benefit for fatty liver management	63
Clinical study on the effect of jejunoileal side-to-side anastomosis on metabolic parameters in patients with type 2 diabetes	60
Jejunoileal side-to-side anastomosis: New hope for patients with type 2 diabetes?	58
Plantamajoside: A potentially novel botanical agent for diabetes mellitus management	47
Effect of sitagliptin combined with Yiqi yangyin huoxue decoction on clinical efficacy and hemorheology in early diabetic nephropathy	43
Boron-containing compounds as labels, drugs, and theranostic agents for diabetes and its complications	42
Examining the association between delay discounting, delay aversion and physical activity in Chinese adults with type-2 diabetes mellitus	42
Single nucleotide variations in the development of diabetic foot ulcer: A narrative review	40
Partners in diabetes epidemic: A global perspective	39
Stem cell exosomes: New hope for recovery from diabetic brain hemorrhage	39
Cut-off value of glycated hemoglobin A1c for detecting diabetic retinopathy in the Chinese population	37
Interactions between myoblasts and macrophages under high glucose milieus result in inflammatory response and impaired insulin sensitivity	35
Elevated waist-to-hip ratio, as an abdominal obesity index, predicts the risk of diabetic kidney injury	33
Enhancing metformin efficacy with cholecalciferol and taurine in diabetes therapy: Potential and limitations	32
Roles of transient receptor potential channel 6 in glucose-induced cardiomyocyte injury	31
Breaking the diabetes-depression cycle: Exploring shared mechanisms, neuroinflammation, and emerging interventions for metabolic-mood comorbidities	31

Atrial fibrillation and prediabetes: Interplay between left atrium and systemic diseases	31
Postprandial C-peptide is more relevant to hemoglobin A1c levels and diabetic microvascular complications than fasting C-peptide in type 2 diabetes	30
Application value of high-pressure-resistant peripherally inserted central catheters in enhanced computer tomography of diabetic patients with malignant tumors	29
Association between cardiorespiratory fitness level and insulin resistance in adolescents with various obesity categories	29
Growth hormone improves insulin resistance in visceral adipose tissue after duodenal-jejunal bypass by regulating adiponectin secretion	29