OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Clinical Kidney Journal is 31. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Impact of the COVID pandemic on vascular access creation for haemodialysis in 16 Spanish haemodialysis centres	130
Correction to: Accelerated versus watchful waiting strategy of kidney replacement therapy for acute kidney injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials	95
Use of eHealth and remote patient monitoring: a tool to support home dialysis patients, with an emphasis on peritoneal dialysis	84
Associations between depressive symptoms and disease progression in older patients with chronic kidney disease: results of the EQUAL study	70
Efficacy and safety of telitacicept, a BLyS/APRIL dual inhibitor, in the treatment of IgA nephropathy: a retrospective case–control study	68
Prolonged normothermic perfusion: a promising approach to kidney transplantation	62
Interaction of general obesity and abdominal obesity with frailty in patients with chronic kidney disease: a nationally representative analysis	53
The use of SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists in older patients: a debate on approaches in CKD and non-CKD populations	52
Association between frailty and bone health in early-stage chronic kidney disease: a study from the population-based CARTaGENE cohort	47
Recent advances in pathogenetic concepts and disease modeling of IgA nephropathy	47
Can exercise improve outcomes for frail haemodialysis patients?	47
Causal relationships between immune cell phenotypes and primary glomerular diseases: genetic evidence from bidirectional Mendelian randomization study	46
Circulating miR-129-3p in combination with clinical factors predicts vascular calcification in hemodialysis patients	44
Bilateral nephrectomy in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease patients before or after renal transplantation: data from a retrospective cohort study	42
Correction to: Recognition of intraglomerular histological features with deep learning in protocol transplant biopsies and their association with kidney function and prognosis	42
Toward acid- and heparin-free dialysis: the regional anticoagulation approach	41
Risk factors for acute kidney injury and kidney relapse in patients with lupus podocytopathy	40
Biomarkers in clinical epidemiology studies	38
Meet and greet but avoid the heat: a reflection on the carbon footprint of congresses prompted by ERA2023	38
Risk factors for steroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head in children with immune kidney disease	37
Differentiating primary and secondary FSGS using non-invasive urine biomarkers	36
Informal caregiver burden in dialysis care and how it relates to patients’ health-related quality of life and symptoms	36
Ten tips on how to manage kidney health in migrants and refugees	36
Performance of the race-free CKD-EPI creatinine-based eGFR equation in a Danish cohort with measured GFR	35
Probability of chronic kidney disease and associated risk factors in Chinese adults: a cross-sectional study of 9 million Chinese adults in the Meinian Onehealth screening survey	34

Non-invasive assessment of IgA nephropathy severity with [18F]AlF-NOTA-FAPI-04 PET/CT imaging	33
Standardization of serum creatinine is essential for accurate use of unbiased estimated GFR equations: evidence from three cohorts matched on renal function	33
More dissimilarities than affinities between DNAJB11-PKD and ADPKD	33
Alleviating symptoms in patients undergoing long-term hemodialysis: a focus on chronic kidney disease-associated pruritus	33
A puzzling renal Fanconi syndrome	32
But how green is it actually? Calculating the environmental footprint of Kidney care environmental optimisations within haemodialysis	32
Machine learning models for predicting acute kidney injury: a systematic review and critical appraisal	31
Plant-based diets for CKD patients: fascinating, trendy, but feasible? A green nephrology perspective	31
Donor-derived membranous nephropathy	31