OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Clinical Endocrinology is 6. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Obesity and polycystic ovary syndrome	124
Association of vitamin D deficiency with COVID‐19 infection severity: Systematic review and meta‐analysis	70
Society for Endocrinology guidelines for testosterone replacement therapy in male hypogonadism	57
Role of non‐thyroidal illness syndrome in predicting adverse outcomes in COVID‐19 patients predominantly of mild‐to‐moderate severity	55
Patient satisfaction and quality of life in hypothyroidism: An online survey by the british thyroid foundation	55
A review of the pathophysiology of functional hypothalamic amenorrhoea in women subject to psychological stress, disordered eating, excessive exercise or a combination of these factors	49
Central precocious puberty: Recent advances in understanding the aetiology and in the clinical approach	42
Clinical and biochemical discriminants between functional hypothalamic amenorrhoea (FHA) and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)	41
Oxytocin in young children with Prader‐Willi syndrome: Results of a randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled, crossover trial investigating 3 months of oxytocin	38
The enigma of persistent symptoms in hypothyroid patients treated with levothyroxine: A narrative review	37
Society for Endocrinology UK Guidance on the initial evaluation of a suspected difference or disorder of sex development (Revised 2021)	36
Childhood obesity: A review of current and future management options	36
Sleep, circadian rhythms, and type 2 diabetes mellitus	36
TSH receptor specific monoclonal autoantibody K1‐70^TM targeting of the TSH receptor in subjects with Graves' disease and Graves' orbitopathy—Results from a phase I clinical trial	34
Effects of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms on the prognosis of COVID‐19	33
Approach to androgen excess in women: Clinical and biochemical insights	31
Interpretation of reproductive hormones before, during and after the pubertal transition—Identifying health and disordered puberty	31
Molecular genetic testing in the management of pituitary disease	30
Clinical lessons learned in constitutional hypopituitarism from two decades of experience in a large international cohort	29
Update on the clinical management of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1	29
Ultrasonography‐guided radiofrequency ablation vs. surgery for the treatment of solitary T1bN0M0 papillary thyroid carcinoma: A comparative study	29
Exendin‐4‐based imaging in insulinoma localization: Systematic review and meta‐analysis	28
Comparison of radiofrequency ablation and microwave ablation for benign thyroid nodules: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	27
Long‐term efficacy and safety of gonadotropin‐releasing hormone analog treatment in children with idiopathic central precocious puberty: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	26
Suppurative thyroiditis: Systematic review and clinical guidance	26

Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: Is active surveillance always enough?	26
Increased risk of dementia in hypothyroidism: A Danish nationwide register‐based study	26
Exercise training and reproductive outcomes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A pilot randomized controlled trial	25
Comparison of long‐term antithyroid drugs versus radioactive iodine or surgery for Graves' disease: A review of the literature	24
Head‐to‐head comparison between ¹⁸F‐DOPA PET/CT and ⁶⁸Ga‐DOTA peptides PET/CT in detecting intestinal neuroendocrine tumours: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	24
Growth‐differentiation‐factor 15 levels in obese and healthy pregnancies: Relation to insulin resistance and insulin secretory function	24
Trabecular bone score and bone mineral density in patients with long‐term controlled acromegaly	23
COVID‐19‐related thyroiditis: A novel disease entity?	23
Sex differences in acromegaly at diagnosis: A nationwide cohort study and meta‐analysis of the literature	22
Copeptin assays in children for the differential diagnosis of polyuria‐polydipsia syndrome and reference levels in hospitalized children	22
Treatments targeting neuroendocrine dysfunction in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)	22
Male pituitary–gonadal axis dysfunction in post‐acute COVID‐19 syndrome—Prevalence and associated factors: A Mediterranean case series	22
Genetic disorders of thyroid development, hormone biosynthesis and signalling	21
Can COVID‐19 immunisation cause subacute thyroiditis?	20
Evaluating tertiary adrenal insufficiency in rheumatology patients on long‐term systemic glucocorticoid treatment	20
High prevalence and a long delay in the diagnosis of primary aldosteronism among patients with young‐onset hypertension	19
Challenges in diagnosis and understanding of natural history of polycystic ovary syndrome	18
Endocrine disorders in obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome: A bidirectional relationship	18
Vaccine‐induced thrombosis and thrombocytopenia with bilateral adrenal haemorrhage	17
Effects of daily administration of melatonin before bedtime on fasting insulin, glucose and insulin sensitivity in healthy adults and patients with metabolic diseases. A systematic review and meta‐ana	17
Long‐term efficacy and safety of percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) in cystic thyroid nodules: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	17
Physiological changes in pregnancy and their influence on the endocrine investigation	16
Clinical management of pregnancy in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: An expert opinion	16
The diagnosis and management of subclinical hypothyroidism is assay‐dependent– Implications for clinical practice	16
The effects of glucagon‐like peptide (GLP)‐1 receptor agonists on weight and glycaemic control in Prader–Willi syndrome: A systematic review	16
Cardiometabolic profile and urinary metabolomic alterations in non‐functioning adrenal incidentalomas: A review	15
Long‐term health outcomes in young women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A narrative review	15
Bilateral multifocality, a marker for aggressive disease, is not an independent prognostic factor for papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: A propensity score matching analysis	15
Suboptimal accuracy of ultrasound and ultrasound‐based risk stratification systems in detecting medullary thyroid carcinoma should not be overlooked. Findings from a systematic review with meta‐analys	15
Menstrual cycle regularity as a predictor for heart disease and diabetes: Findings from a large population‐based longitudinal cohort study	15
Cardiac phenotype in familial partial lipodystrophy	15
Should pituitary carcinoma be treated using a NET‐like approach? A case of complete remission of a metastatic malignant prolactinoma with multimodal therapy including immunotherapy	14
Arginine‐stimulated copeptin in children and adolescents	14
Risk stratification of indeterminate thyroid nodules using ultrasound and machine learning algorithms	14
How do I diagnose Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young in my patients?	14
SRY‐negative 46,XX testicular/ovotesticular DSD: Long‐term outcomes and early blockade of gonadotropic axis	14
NR5A1 c.991‐1G > C splice‐site variant causes familial 46,XY partial gonadal dysgenesis with incomplete penetrance	14
Effects of testosterone treatment, with and without exercise training, on ambulatory blood pressure in middle‐aged and older men	14
Preoperative detection of the TERT promoter mutations in papillary thyroid carcinomas	13
Osilodrostat in Cushing's disease: The risk of delayed adrenal insufficiency should be carefully monitored	13
Genetic and clinical aspects of paediatric pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas	13
Iodine status in UK–An accidental public health triumph gone sour	13
ChAdOx1 SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination: A putative precipitant of adrenal crises	13
Changes in cortisol levels by continuous positive airway pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea: Meta‐analysis of 637 individuals	13
Presentation and outcomes of adrenal ganglioneuromas: A cohort study and a systematic review of literature	13
Clinical efficacy of lenvatinib for the treatment of radioiodine‐refractory thyroid carcinoma: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of clinical trials	13
Epigenomic and somatic mutations of pituitary tumors with clinical and pathological correlations in 111 patients	13
Starting age of oestrogen‐progestin therapy is negatively associated with bone mineral density in young adults with Turner syndrome independent of age and body mass index	13
Mutation based approaches to the treatment of anaplastic thyroid cancer	13
Plasma creatine and incident type 2 diabetes in a general population‐based cohort: The PREVEND study	13

Use of thyroid hormones in hypothyroid and euthyroid patients: A THESIS questionnaire survey of UK endocrinologists	13
Syndromic Forms of Hyperinsulinaemic Hypoglycaemia—A 15‐year follow‐up Study	12
Thyroid function and dysfunction in preterm infants—Challenges in evaluation, diagnosis and therapy	12
Natural history of polycystic ovary syndrome: A systematic review of cardiometabolic outcomes from longitudinal cohort studies	12
Health‐related quality of life in hypothyroidism—A population‐based study, the WHO MONICA Project	12
PET detectives: Molecular imaging for phaeochromocytomas and paragangliomas in the genomics era	12
Use of liothyronine (T3) in hypothyroidism: Joint British Thyroid Association/Society for endocrinology consensus statement	12
Antithyroid drug therapy in pregnancy and risk of congenital anomalies: Systematic review and meta‐analysis	11
The use of growth hormone therapy in adults with Prader‐Willi syndrome: A systematic review	11
Causal relationships between birth weight, childhood obesity and age at menarche: A two‐sample Mendelian randomization analysis	11
Relationship between de novo lipogenesis and serum sex hormone binding globulin in humans	11
Effects of inulin‐type fructans with different degrees of polymerization on inflammation, oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A randomized, double‐bli	11
Clinical and ultrasonic risk factors for high‐volume central lymph node metastasis in cN0 papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: A retrospective study and meta‐analysis	11
Prolactinoma in childhood and adolescence—Tumour size at presentation predicts management strategy: Single centre series and a systematic review and meta‐analysis	11
Prognostic value of lymph node ratio in children and adolescents with papillary thyroid cancer	11
Natural history and surgical outcome of Rathke's cleft cysts—A study from the Swedish Pituitary Registry	11
Coagulation factor dysregulation in polycystic ovary syndrome is an epiphenomenon of obesity	10
Longitudinal changes over three years in sex steroid hormone levels in women aged 70 years and over	10
A prospective comparison of ACR‐TIRADS and EU‐TIRADS in thyroid nodule assessment for FNA‐US	10
Pituitary incidentalomas in paediatric population: Incidence and characteristics	10
Prevalence of sarcopenia after remission of hypercortisolism and its impact on HRQoL	10
Diagnosis experiences of adolescents with polycystic ovary syndrome: Cross‐sectional study	10
Thyroid‐stimulating hormone levels and incident depression: Results from the ELSA‐Brasil study	10
Characteristics of bone metabolism in postmenopausal women with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus	10
SDHC phaeochromocytoma and paraganglioma: A UK‐wide case series	10
Genetics of pubertal delay	10
Which parameters predict the beneficial effect of GnRHa treatment on height in girls with central precocious puberty?	10
Trends in costs and prescribing for liothyronine and levothyroxine in England and wales 2011–2020	10
Copeptin is increased by nausea and vomiting during hypertonic saline infusion in healthy individuals	10
Association between plasma aldosterone and markers of tubular and glomerular damage in primary aldosteronism	10
Combined T4 + T3 therapy versus T4 monotherapy effect on psychological health in hypothyroidism: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	10
COVID‐19‐related adrenal haemorrhage: Multicentre UK experience and systematic review of the literature	10
The impact of ageing and menopause in women with polycystic ovary syndrome	10
Medullary thyroid cancer with ectopic Cushing's syndrome: A multicentre case series	10
Female infertility in the era of obesity: The clash of two pandemics or inevitable consequence?	9
Clonidine suppression test for a reliable diagnosis of pheochromocytoma: When to use	9
Clinicopathological indicators for TERT promoter mutation in papillary thyroid carcinoma	9
Longitudinal changes in serum testosterone and sex hormone‐binding globulin in men aged 40–69 years from the UK Biobank	9
Contrast‐enhanced 3D‐T2‐weighted SPACE sequence for MRI detection and localization of adrenocorticotropin (ACTH)‐secreting pituitary microadenomas	9
Circulating chemerin level is associated with metabolic, biochemical and haematological parameters—A population‐based study	9
A survey on the psychological impact and access to health care of thyroid patients during the first SARS‐COV‐2 lockdown	9
Expanding genetic spectrum and discriminatory role of steroid profiling by LC‐MS/MS in 11β‐hydroxylase deficiency	9
Central hypothyroidism improves with age in very young children with Prader‐Willi syndrome	9
Increased incidence of Graves' disease during the SARS‐CoV2 pandemic	9
A survey of the young person’s experience of Graves’ disease and its management	9
Association of hypothyroidism with outcomes in hospitalized adults with COVID‐19: Results from the International SCCM Discovery Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study (VIRUS): COVID‐1	9
Preoperative prediction of granulation pattern subtypes in GH‐secreting pituitary adenomas	9
Diurnal salivary androstenedione and 17‐hydroxyprogesterone levels in healthy volunteers for monitoring treatment efficacy of patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia	9
Comparison of ambulatory blood pressure between patients with primary aldosteronism and other forms of hypertension	9
Molecular determinants of enhanced response to somatostatin receptor ligands after debulking in large GH‐producing adenomas	9
Ultrasound‐guided thermal ablation for papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: A systematic review	8
Associations between hyperthyroidism and adverse obstetric and neonatal outcomes: A study of a population database including almost 17,000 women with hyperthyroidism	8
Elevated serum uric acid is a facilitating mechanism for insulin resistance mediated accumulation of visceral adipose tissue	8
Association of urinary free cortisol with bone formation in patients with mild autonomous cortisol secretion	8
Revisiting the role of surgery in the treatment of Graves’ disease	8
The effect of hormone replacement therapy on cognition and mood	8
Compensated hypogonadism in men with sickle cell disease	8
What are predictors of impaired quality of life in patients with hypoparathyroidism?	8
Distant metastasis in medullary thyroid carcinoma: Clinical outcomes and implications of T stage	8
A relook at the 8th edition of the AJCC TNM staging system of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: A SEER‐based study	8
Challenges in the diagnosis and management of glucocorticoid‐induced osteoporosis in younger and older adults	8
Insulin‐like growth factor‐1, growth hormone and disease outcomes in acromegaly: A population study	8
Factors influencing the reference interval of thyroid‐stimulating hormone in healthy adults: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	8
Oral contraceptives (OCs) in combination with metformin versus OCs alone on metabolism in nonobese polycystic ovary syndrome: A meta‐analysis and systematic review of randomized controlled trials	8
Preconception thyroid‐stimulating hormone levels and adverse pregnancy outcomes	8
Cost‐effectiveness analysis of screening for primary aldosteronism in China	8
Risk factors for haemodynamic instability and its prolongation during laparoscopic adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma	8
Sex‐independent timing of the onset of central puberty revealed by nocturnal luteinizing hormone concentrations	8
The prevalence of acromegaly is higher than previously reported: Changes over a three‐decade period	8
How to manage weight loss in women with obesity and PCOS seeking fertility?	8
Pre‐ and postoperative ⁶⁸Ga‐DOTATOC positron emission tomography for hormone‐secreting pituitary neuroendocrine tumours	8
Microarchitectural parameters and bone mineral density in patients with tumour‐induced osteomalacia by HR‐pQCT and DXA	8
Bone mineral density and trabecular bone score in patients with 21‐hydroxylase deficiency after glucocorticoid treatment	7
The dietary inflammatory index is directly associated with polycystic ovary syndrome: A case‐control study	7
The influence of incidental detection of thyroid nodule on thyroid cancer risk and prognosis—A systematic review	7
Adrenal venous sampling for lateralization of cortisol hypersecretion in patients with bilateral adrenal masses	7
Risk stratification of adrenal masses by [¹⁸F]FDG PET/CT: Changing tactics	7
Clinical relevance of serum immunoglobulin G4 in glucocorticoid therapy of Graves’ ophthalmopathy	7
Bone‐density testing interval and transition to osteoporosis in differentiated thyroid carcinoma patients on TSH suppression therapy	7
Age‐specific thyrotropin references decrease over‐diagnosis of hypothyroidism in elderly patients in iodine‐excessive areas	7

Genetics of monogenic disorders of calcium and bone metabolism	7
The utility of a random growth hormone level in determining neonatal growth hormone sufficiency	7
Older age does not influence the success of weight loss through the implementation of lifestyle modification	7
Persistent weight gain between 0 and 4 years of age is associated with higher dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate levels at 7 years old: Data from the Generation XXI birth cohort	7
Addition of 3‐methoxytyramine or chromogranin A to plasma free metanephrines as the initial test for pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma: Which is the best diagnostic strategy	7
Identification of clinical factors related to antibody‐mediated immune response to the subfornical organ	7
Withdrawal of dopamine agonist treatment in patients with hyperprolactinaemia: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	7
Impaired steroid hormone feedback in polycystic ovary syndrome: Evidence from preclinical models for abnormalities within central circuits controlling fertility	7
Development and pilot testing of a conversation aid to support the evaluation of patients with thyroid nodules	7
Metformin and testosterone replacement therapy inversely associated with hormone‐associated cancers (prostate, colorectal and male breast cancers) among older White and Black men	7
Determinants of hypercalciuria and renal calcifications in chronic hypoparathyroidism: A cross‐sectional study	7
The risk of chronic kidney disease development in adult patients with chronic hypoparathyroidism treated with rhPTH(1‐84): A retrospective cohort study	7
Comparison of 4D computed tomography and F‐18 fluorocholine PET for localisation of parathyroid lesions in primary hyperparathyroidism: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	7
Assessment of medication adherence in children and adults with congenital adrenal hyperplasia and the impact of knowledge and self‐management	7
Clinical value of molecular markers as diagnostic and prognostic tools to guide treatment of thyroid cancer	7
Combined oral contraceptive pill compared with no medical treatment in the management of polycystic ovary syndrome: A systematic review	7
Differing performance of two assays for the measurement of anti‐Mullerian hormone in premenopausal women: A cross‐sectional study	7
Expression of CYP11B1 and CYP11B2 in adrenal adenoma correlates with clinical characteristics of primary aldosteronism	7
Sex difference in patients with controlled acromegaly—A multicentre survey	7
Patient‐parent perceptions of transition readiness in Turner syndrome and associated factors	6
Effect of pharmacological interventions on lipid profiles and C‐reactive protein in polycystic ovary syndrome: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	6
Preoperative imaging in primary hyperparathyroidism: Are ¹¹C‐Choline PET/CT and ^99mTc‐MIBI/¹²³Iodide subtraction SPECT/CT interchangeable or do they supplement each ot	6
Impact of persistent subclinical hypothyroidism on clinical outcomes in non‐ST‐segment elevation acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention	6
Reassessment of predictive values of ACTH‐stimulated serum 21‐deoxycortisol and 17‐hydroxyprogesterone to identify CYP21A2 heterozygote carriers and nonclassic subjects	6
High prevalence of coronary artery calcification and increased risk for coronary artery disease in patients with Sheehan syndrome—A case–control study	6
Mass spectrometry‐based cortisol profiling during adrenal venous sampling reveals misdiagnosis for subtyping primary aldosteronism	6
Iatrogenic hypoglycaemia following glucose‐insulin infusions for the treatment of hyperkalaemia	6
Tobacco smoking and risk of thyroid cancer according to BRAF^V600E mutational subtypes	6
Mild and asymptomatic SARS‐CoV‐2 infection is not associated with progression of thyroid dysfunction or thyroid autoimmunity	6
Differences in the ultrasonographic appearance of thyroid nodules after radiofrequency ablation	6
Different clinicopathologic features predispose to different patterns of distant metastasis with heterogeneous short‐term prognosis in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer	6
High DHEAS in girls and metabolic features throughout pubertal maturation	6
The incidence of brain lesions in central precocious puberty: The main cause for Chinese boys was idiopathic	6
Predictive factors for thyroid complications after radiation therapy—data from a cohort of cancer patients closely followed since they were irradiated	6
Apparent failed and discordant adrenal vein sampling: A potential confounding role of cortisol cosecretion?	6
Hypertriglyceridemia‐induced pancreatitis treated with continuous insulin infusion—Case series	6
Towards precision medicine for clinically non‐functioning pituitary tumours	6
Paediatric patients with Cushing disease and negative pituitary MRI have a higher risk of nonremission after transsphenoidal surgery	6
Normocalcemic primary hyperparathyroidism: 99mTc SestaMibi SPECT/CT results compare with hypercalcemic hyperparathyroidism	6
The prognostic value of lymph node metastasis and the eighth edition of AJCC for patients with anaplastic thyroid cancer	6
Long‐term response to cabergoline and multi‐modal treatment in men with macroprolactinoma: Does size really matter?	6
Standardization of thyroid ultrasound reporting in the community setting decreases biopsy rates	6
Thyroid nodules in childhood‐onset Hashimoto's thyroiditis: Frequency, risk factors, follow‐up course and genetic alterations of thyroid cancer	6
Effect of estradiol on cognition in men undergoing androgen deprivation therapy: A randomized placebo‐controlled trial	6
Maternal hypothyroidism and adverse outcomes of pregnancy	6
The impact of adherence and therapy regimens on quality of life in patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia	6
Progression to prediabetes or diabetes in young Korean women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A longitudinal observational study	6
Causal relationship between polycystic ovary syndrome and coronary artery disease: A Mendelian randomisation study	6
Growth and relationship of phenotypic characteristics with gonadal pathology and tumour risk in patients with 45, X/46, XY mosaicism	6
Long‐term outcomes in corticosteroid‐refractory Graves' orbitopathy treated with tocilizumab	6
National differences in cost analysis of Afirma Genomic sequencing classifier	6
Obesity due to melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) deficiency is associated with delayed gastric emptying	6
Outcomes of 756 patients with differentiated thyroid cancer and excellent response to treatment: An evidence‐based paradigm for long‐term surveillance strategies	6
Serum kisspeptin, neurokinin B and inhibin B levels can be used as alternative parameters to distinguish idiopathic CPP from premature thelarche in the early stages of puberty	6
Characterisation of the urinary steroid profile of patients with nonfunctioning adrenal incidentalomas: A matched controlled cross‐sectional study	6
Predictors of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy in women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome: The Australian Longitudinal Study of Women's Health	6
Postradioiodine Graves' management: The PRAGMA study	6
The clinical outcomes of COVID‐19 infection in patients with a history of thyroid cancer: A nationwide study	6
Steroidogenesis in patients with adrenal incidentalomas: Extended steroid profile measured by liquid chromatography‐mass spectrometry after ACTH stimulation and dexamethasone suppression	6
Morning serum cortisol is superior to salivary cortisone and cortisol in predicting normal adrenal function in suspected adrenal insufficiency	6
Bone microarchitecture, bone mineral density and bone turnover in association with glycemia and insulin action in women with prior gestational diabetes	6