OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of World Journal of Diabetes 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Investigating the specificity of endothelin-traps as a potential therapeutic tool for endothelin-1 related disorders	127
Network pharmacology and molecular dynamics study of the effect of the Astragalus-Coptis drug pair on diabetic kidney disease	121
Bidirectional link between periodontitis and systemic inflammation in diabetic retinopathy	116
Endothelial impairment evaluation by peripheral arterial tonometry in pediatric endocrinopathies: A narrative review	115
Diabetes and fatty liver: Involvement of incretin and its benefit for fatty liver management	102
Promise of the gut microbiota in prevention and traditional Chinese medicine treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy	82
Interactions between diabetes and COVID-19: A narrative review	79
Boron-containing compounds as labels, drugs, and theranostic agents for diabetes and its complications	66
Stem cell exosomes: New hope for recovery from diabetic brain hemorrhage	60
Examining the association between delay discounting, delay aversion and physical activity in Chinese adults with type-2 diabetes mellitus	55
Long-term effects of gestational diabetes mellitus on the pancreas of female mouse offspring	54
Efficacy of multigrain supplementation in type 2 diabetes mellitus: A pilot study protocol for a randomized intervention trial	54
Partners in diabetes epidemic: A global perspective	53
Multi-omics: Opportunities for research on mechanism of type 2 diabetes mellitus	53
Clinical study on the effect of jejunoileal side-to-side anastomosis on metabolic parameters in patients with type 2 diabetes	52
Effectiveness and safety of traditional Chinese medicine decoction for diabetic gastroparesis: A network meta-analysis	49
Effect of sitagliptin combined with Yiqi yangyin huoxue decoction on clinical efficacy and hemorheology in early diabetic nephropathy	48
Jejunoileal side-to-side anastomosis: New hope for patients with type 2 diabetes?	46
Plantamajoside: A potentially novel botanical agent for diabetes mellitus management	43
Single nucleotide variations in the development of diabetic foot ulcer: A narrative review	40
Comprehensive review on diabetic foot ulcers and neuropathy: Treatment, prevention and management	40
Elevated waist-to-hip ratio, as an abdominal obesity index, predicts the risk of diabetic kidney injury	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
Control of modifiable risk factors and major adverse cardiovascular events in people with peripheral artery disease and diabetes	34

Growth hormone improves insulin resistance in visceral adipose tissue after duodenal-jejunal bypass by regulating adiponectin secretion	34
AT1 receptor downregulation: A mechanism for improving glucose homeostasis	33
Application value of high-pressure-resistant peripherally inserted central catheters in enhanced computer tomography of diabetic patients with malignant tumors	33
Diabetes patients with comorbidities had unfavorable outcomes following COVID-19: A retrospective study	32
Association between cardiorespiratory fitness level and insulin resistance in adolescents with various obesity categories	32
Enhancing metformin efficacy with cholecalciferol and taurine in diabetes therapy: Potential and limitations	30