OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Kidney Diseases is 2. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
A Cohort Study of the Long-Term Influences of SARS-CoV-2 on Kidney Allograft Outcomes in Chinese Recipients: 1-Year Follow-Up Experience	57
Infective Endocarditis in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis: A Current Review	38
Metabolic Insights into Urinary Stone Formation: Evidence from Mendelian Randomization, Clinical, and in vivo Studies	32
Acknowledgement to Reviewers	31
Activated Platelets, the Booster of Chronic Kidney Disease and Cardiovascular Complications	30
Advancing Cardiorenal Interaction: From Pathophysiological Paradigms to Novel Therapeutic Strategies	25
Role and Mechanisms of Tyro3 in Podocyte Biology and Glomerular Disease	25
Should More Patients with Kidney Failure Bring Treatment Home? What We Have Learned from COVID-19	21
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance: A Molecular Middle Earth between Oncology, Nephrology, and Pathology	21
Pharmacokinetic Aspects of Hydroxychloroquine and Its Relationship to Efficacy in Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy	20
Iron Supplements Concomitant within Hypoxia-Inducible Factor Prolyl Hydroxylase Domain Inhibitors in the Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease Anemia	19
Acknowledgement to the Reviewers	18
Contents Vol. 9, 2023	18
Interferon-Stimulated Genes: Novel Targets in Renal Pathogenesis	17
Predicting Adverse Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients Using an Interpretable Model Based on Shear-Wave Elastography	16
Clinicopathological Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with Crescentic Lupus Nephritis	16
Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling and Congenital Abnormalities of Kidney and Urinary Tract	16
Artificial Intelligence Models in Diagnosis and Treatment of Kidney Diseases: Current Status and Prospects	16
Predictive Value of Serum Hepcidin Levels for the Risk of Incident End-Stage Kidney Disease in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: The KNOW-CKD	16
SENP3 Aggravates Renal Tubular Epithelial Cell Apoptosis in Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Acute Kidney Injury via deSUMOylation of Drp1	15
A Prognostic Index for Deceased Donor Kidneys and Criteria for Identifying Suitable Candidates for Kidney Transplantation from Expanded Criteria Donors with Prolonged Waiting Times	15
Pathological Connections between Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Chronic Kidney Disease	14
Front & Back Matter	14
Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic Era: Vulnerabilities, Interventions, and Vaccination Strategies in Kidney Replacement Therapy Populations	14
Immunogenicity and Safety of the Three-Dose COVID-19 Vaccine Regimen in Patients Receiving Renal Replacement Therapy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	14

Exosomes in Diabetic Kidney Disease	13
Intra-Brain and Plasma Levels of L-Serine Are Associated with Cognitive Status in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease	13
suPAR: An Inflammatory Mediator for Kidneys	12
Enarodustat for the Treatment of Anemia in Chinese Patients with Non-Dialysis Chronic Kidney Disease: A Phase 3 Trial	12
Treatment of Membranous Nephropathy in Chinese Patients: Comparison of Rituximab and Intravenous Cyclophosphamide with Steroids	11
Genetical predicted causal relationship between gut microbiota and different types of kidney diseases	11
UCP2-driven fatty acid oxidation promotes macrophage M2 polarization and renal fibrosis	11
Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Drive Kidney Stone Formation	10
NANLING: Roxadustat effectiveness/safety in chronic kidney disease-associated anemia with peritoneal dialysis	10
Preservation of Urinary Podocyte Markers in Diabetic Kidney Disease by Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitor Therapy	10
Clinical Characteristics and the Prognostic Impact of Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Patients with Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in the Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective, Single-Center St	10
Chronic Kidney Disease and Cognitive Impairment: The Kidney-Brain Axis	10
Rivaroxaban for Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Patients with Nephrotic Syndrome: A Single-Arm, Prospective Study	9
Roxadustat for Patients with Posttransplant Anemia: A Narrative Review	9
Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Roxadustat versus Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents in Patients Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis: A Real-World Cohort Study	8
Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Peritoneal Environment and New Insights into Fibrosis in a Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Patient: A Longitudinal Self-Controlled Study from Dialysis Init	8
Influence of SGLT2i on renal progression in CKD patients: A multicenter real-world study in China	8
Association of Serum Unsaturated Fatty Acid Patterns with the Risk of Diabetic Nephropathy	7
Inhibition of P2Y2 Attenuates Cisplatin-Induced AKI via Reduced Oxidative Stress, Inflammation and Cell Death	7
Peripheral Neuropathy Associated with Higher Mortality in Population with Chronic Kidney Disease: National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys	7
Erratum	7
Phase Separation in Kidney Diseases: Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease and Beyond	6
Finerenone in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and Type 2 Diabetes: The FIDELIO-DKD Subgroup from China	6
Deciphering Intercellular Communication of the Immune Landscape within Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease Microenvironment at Single-Cell Resolution	6
Association between Acute Kidney Injury and Dementia: A Multi-Database Cohort Study	6
Precision Treatment of IgA Nephropathy Based on a New Framework: Angiorenal Protection, Immunity Inhibition, B-Cell/Plasma-Cell Modulation, and Complement Inhibition	6
Front & Back Matter	6
Association of Cumulative Remnant Cholesterol with Kidney Function Decline in Chinese Population: A Prospective Cohort Study	6
Patient Adherence and the Serum Phosphate, Calcium, and Intact Parathyroid Hormone Control in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: Effectiveness of Smart PD Care Program	6
Endothelial Vasoactive Pathways and Renal Outcomes: A Drug-Target Mendelian Randomization and Transcriptome-Wide Association Study	5
Impact of Arterial Calcification on Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Patients	5
Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis: The Update and Future Directions from Interventional Perspective	5
Renal Phenotype in Mitochondrial Diseases: A Multicenter Study	5
Pyroptosis: The Determinator of Cell Death and Fate in Acute Kidney Injury	5
Segmental Membranous Glomerulopathy in Adults	5
A Phase 3 Study of Enarodustat in Chinese Patients Undergoing Peritoneal Dialysis for Treatment of Anemia: the ENAROPERA Study	5
Contents Vol. 8, 2022	5
Stabilizing Hypoxia-Inducible Factor to Manage Anemia in Chronic Kidney Disease: From Basic Theory to Clinical Study	5
A Deep Insight into Ferroptosis in Renal Disease: Facts and Perspectives	5
Rapid Initiation of Peritoneal Dialysis by Automated Peritoneal Dialysis or Hemodialysis: A Randomized Clinical Trial	4
Erratum	4
Repeated Kidney Biopsy in Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis	4
Long Noncoding RNA MEG3-205/Let-7a/MyD88 Axis Promotes Renal Inflammation and Fibrosis in Diabetic Nephropathy	4
Correlation between Blood Uric Acid Fluctuation and Prognosis in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Combined with Hyperuricemia: A Multicenter Real-World Study	4
Alpinia galanga Essential Oil Mitigates Gentamicin-Induced Renal Injury: In silico and in vivo Studies	4
Identification of Risk Factors for Relapse following Rituximab Therapy in Children with Steroid-Sensitive Nephrotic Syndrome	4
Impact of Angiopoietin-2 on Kidney Diseases	4
Progress of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Renal Organoids in Clinical Application	4
From Physiology to Pathology: The Role of Mitochondria in Acute Kidney Injuries and Chronic Kidney Diseases	4
The Mechanism of Delayed Ischemic Preconditioning in Alleviating Acute Ischemia/Reperfusion Renal Injury through Treg Mediated by Immature CD11c<sup>+</sup> Dendritic Cells	4

Venous Thromboembolism in Kidney Diseases and Genetic Predisposition	4
Hydrogen: A Novel Treatment Strategy in Kidney Disease	4
Kidney Histopathology Features of Suspected Intra-Kidney Venous Thromboembolism in Patients with Primary Glomerulonephritis	4
Guideline Concordance of Chronic Kidney Disease Testing Remains Low in Patients with Diabetes and Hypertension: Real-World Evidence from a City in Northwest China	4
The Impact of Change in Body Roundness Index on the Clinical Outcome of New Peritoneal Dialysis Patients	3
Culture-Negative Peritonitis and the Latest Diagnostic Techniques	3
Extracellular vesicle-based urinary proteomic signatures predict remission and relapse in primary membranous nephropathy	3
Consensus Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Treat-To-Target Management of Osteoporosis in Chronic Kidney Disease Stages G4-G5D and Post-transplantation: An Initiat	3
Uric Acid and Atherosclerosis in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: Recent Progress, Mechanisms, and Prospect	3
Histone Modifications in Acute Kidney Injury	3
Front & Back Matter	3
Front & Back Matter	3
Updates on Hypoxia-Inducible Factor Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitors in the Treatment of Renal Anemia	3
Lysine Methyltransferases SMYD2 and SMYD3: Emerging Targets in Kidney Diseases	3
Develop and Validate a Risk Score in Predicting Renal Failure in Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis	3
The Bone-Vascular Axis: A Key Player in Chronic Kidney Disease Associated Vascular Calcification	3
Loss of JNK-Associated Leucine Zipper Protein Promotes Peritoneal Dialysis-Related Peritoneal Fibrosis	2
Development and Validation of a Nomogram for Renal Survival Prediction in Patients with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease	2
Impact of Angiotensin Receptor Blockers Use on In-Hospital Mortality in Community-Acquired Pneumonia Patients with Hypertension	2
Cognitive Impairment in Chronic Kidney Disease Is Associated with Glymphatic System Dysfunction	2
Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Inherited Kidney Diseases in Children	2
Recent Advances in miRNA Biomarkers for Diagnosis and Prognosis of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis	2
Non-invasive serum LOX: a prognostic signature for fibrosis progression and renal survival in IgA nephropathy	2
Metabolic Regulation of Fibroblast Activation and Proliferation during Organ Fibrosis	2
Metabolism of Polyamines and Kidney Disease: A Promising Therapeutic Target	2
Front & Back Matter	2
Finerenone in Primary IgA Nephropathy: A Matched Case-Control Study	2
Clinical Characteristics and Management of Patients with Secondary Hyperparathyroidism Undergoing Hemodialysis: A Feasibility Analysis of Electronic Health Records Using Natural Language Processing	2
Genetic Diagnosis and Treatment of Inherited Renal Tubular Acidosis	2
Subtypes of Intracranial Carotid Arteriosclerosis and Vascular Prognosis in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients	2
Excess Conventional Ultrafiltration Volume Increases Risk for Postoperative Cardiac Surgery-Associated Acute Kidney Injury	2
The Effect of Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1 on Acute Kidney Injury and Renal Tubular Epithelial Triglyceride Accumulation	2
Chronic Kidney Disease in Brazil: Current Status and Recommended Improvements	2
External Validation of the Post-Biopsy International IgA Nephropathy Prediction Tool Models over Extended Follow-Up in an Asian Cohort	2
Acknowledgement to Reviewers	2
Extracellular Vesicles That Herald the Scarcity of Oxygen	2
Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis in China: Epidemiology, Management, Prognosis, and Outlook	2