OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Kidney International is 57. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
In This Issue	3255
Table of Contents	1009
Subscription Information	553
Taking the A(llorecognition) train: connecting passenger T cells to DSA	345
in this issue	318
Thirsty encounters of the third kind	293
Misuse of the Cox proportional hazards model and alternative approaches in kidney outcome research	288
Title Page	252
Editorial Board	246
Editorial Board	197
Including APOL1 alleles and ancestry adjustments improve a genome-wide polygenic CKD score	160
Should we consider calcimimetics as a therapeutic option for nephrotic syndrome?	152
Function follows form: the quest for the best prognostic imaging biomarker in ADPKD	149
Endothelial but not systemic ferroptosis inhibition protects from antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody–induced crescentic glomerulonephritis	135
Enhancing kidney organoid maturity with inducible vascularization: another step forward for in vitro modeling	131
Kidney protective mechanisms of SGLT2 inhibitors: evidence for a hemodynamic effect	119
Unexpected metabolic effects of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors	116
Seeing through the density of dense deposit disease	115
Ttc21b deficiency attenuates autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease in a kidney tubular- and maturation-dependent manner	114
On the relevance of thrombomodulin variants in atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome	111
Monoclonal immunoglobulin crystalline nephropathies	109
Improving frozen section evaluation of procurement donor kidney biopsies and reducing the discard rate: a promising role for artificial intelligence	107
Kidney supportive care: every nephrologist’s business	106
The authors reply:	105
Editorial Board	104

Blood pressure adaptation in vertebrates: comparative biology	102
Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin is elevated in children with acute kidney injury and sickle cell anemia, and predicts mortality	100
Identification of the gut microbial enzyme turning the urine yellow	97
Glomerular-tubular crosstalk via cold shock Y-box binding protein-1 in the kidney	95
A pig kidney supporting human physiology	86
Unlocking the full potential of human pluripotent stem cell–derived kidney organoids through bioengineering	83
Challenges in the development of novel methodologies for measuring glomerular filtration rate	81
Proximal-tubule molecular relay from early Protein diaphanous homolog 1 to late Rho-associated protein kinase 1 regulates kidney function in obesity-induced kidney damage	79
Rationale and design of the Nephrotic Syndrome Study Network (NEPTUNE) Match in glomerular diseases: designing the right trial for the right patient, today	76
New advances in endocrine hypertension: from genes to biomarkers	74
Women and kidney health: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference	73
Multi-omics and imaging mass cytometry characterization of human kidneys to identify pathways and phenotypes associated with impaired kidney function	72
A single approach to targeting transferrin receptor 2 corrects iron and erythropoietic defects in murine models of anemia of inflammation and chronic kidney disease	72
Autoimmunoglobulin-triggered extracellular vesicles as new players in membranous nephropathy: friends or foes?	71
Giving monocytes their due: how CD47–SIRP-α reframes allograft rejection	70
Podocyte-derived endothelin-1 and endothelial cell endothelin A receptors are essential for glomerular injury in mouse models of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis	69
The single-cell landscape of the human vein after arteriovenous fistula creation and implications for maturation failure	68
Gene editing: a near future for the treatment of genetic kidney diseases	66
Epigenetic alterations and memory: key players in the development/progression of chronic kidney disease promoted by acute kidney injury and diabetes	66
Identifying strategies for disseminating research to patients with chronic kidney disease and caregivers: a workshop report	65
Executive Summary of the KDIGO 2026 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Anemia in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)	65
Caloric restriction reduces the pro-inflammatory eicosanoid 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid to protect from acute kidney injury	65
Expanding the perspective: addressing additional limitations in cardiovascular risk assessment of immunosuppressive therapies	64
Felzartamab: a magic bullet to treat microvascular rejection?	63
Phenotype first: a data-driven approach to genetic penetrance	63
A genomic deep field view of hypertension	61
Editorial Board	60
Erdheim-Chester disease: hairy kidney and coated aorta	59
Sexual dimorphism of age and nephron segment specific gene expression in mouse kidneys: insights from multi-omic and spatial analysis	59
Improving the management of chronic kidney disease in primary care by enhancing laboratory reports with additional information and follow-up procedures	59
Kidney-resident macrophages limit toxin-induced inflammation through their hallmark functions	57
Mitochondrial ROS connects P2X7-mediated Ca2+ influx with IL-1α release by monocytes upon chronic tissue damage	57
Machine learning does not outperform traditional statistical modelling for kidney allograft failure prediction	57