OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care is 28. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Cre/CysC ratio may predict muscle composition and is associated with glucose disposal ability and macrovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes	99
Role of 2-hour plasma glucose in assessing pre-diabetes risk: insights from the vitamin D and type 2 diabetes (D2d) study cohort	94
Association of body indices and risk of mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes	70
Biobanking in Latinos: current status, principles for conduct, and contribution of a new biobank, El Banco por Salud, designed to improve the health of Latino patients of Mexican ancestry with type 2	62
Association between RDW-SD and prognosis across glycemic status in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy	58
Glycemic efficacy and safety of the SGLT2 inhibitor ertugliflozin in patients with type 2 diabetes and stage 3 chronic kidney disease: an analysis from the VERTIS CV randomized trial	56
Cardiovascular disease risk factors and their associations with inflammation among US adolescents: NHANES, 2015 to March 2020	53
Diagnostic accuracy of the 5.07 monofilament test for diabetes polyneuropathy: influence of age, sex, neuropathic pain and neuropathy severity	53
Changes in granule mobility and age contribute to changes in insulin secretion after desensitization or rest	50
Diabetes technologies for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes are highly dependent on coverage and reimbursement: results from a worldwide survey	50
Characterization of the zebrafish as a model of ATP-sensitive potassium channel hyperinsulinism	50
Effects of insonification on repairing the renal injury of diabetic nephropathy rats	49
Longitudinal associations between family conflict, parent engagement, and metabolic control in children with recent-onset type 1 diabetes	47
Co-segregation analysis and functional trial in vivo of candidate genes for monogenic diabetes	42
Offloading devices for neuropathic foot ulcers in adult persons with type 1 or type 2 diabetes: a rapid review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis of randomized controlled trials	41
Effects of concurrent aerobic and strength training in patients with type 2 diabetes: Bayesian pairwise and dose-response meta-analysis	39
Association of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and diabetic nephropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes: a Mendelian randomization study	34
Plasma advanced glycation end products and the subsequent risk of microvascular complications in type 1 diabetes in the DCCT/EDIC	33
Prevalence of non-diabetic kidney disease and inability of clinical predictors to differentiate it from diabetic kidney disease: results from a prospectively performed renal biopsy study	32
Developing a health economic model for Asians with type 2 diabetes based on the Japan Diabetes Complications Study and the Japanese Elderly Diabetes Intervention Trial	32
Painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy: real-world comparison between topical treatment with lidocaine 700 mg medicated plaster and oral treatments	32
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist use is associated with lower blood ferritin levels in people with type 2 diabetes and hemochromatosis: a nationwide register-based study	31
Real-world weight change, adherence, and discontinuation among patients with type 2 diabetes initiating glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists in the UK	30
Serum isthmin-1 levels are positively and independently correlated with albuminuria in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus	30
Association of hemoglobin A1c time in range with risk for diabetes complications	30

Early increase in HbA1c trajectory predicts development of severe microangiopathy in patients with type 1 diabetes: the VISS study	29
Comparative risk of type 2 diabetes development between women with gestational diabetes and women with impaired glucose tolerance over two decades: a multiethnic prospective cohort in New Zealand	28
Unfavorable social determinants of health and risk of mortality in adults with diabetes: findings from the National Health Interview Survey	28