OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Journal of Obesity is 33. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Effect of physical activity intervention on weight change in rural older Chinese: a cluster randomized controlled trial	110
Homeostasis and food craving in obesity: a functional MRI study	98
Neuroimaging and modulation in obesity and diabetes research: 10th anniversary meeting	86
Computed-tomography-based predictive scores of surgical complications to help decision-making in enrolling obese patients in kidney transplantation list	79
Anti-inflammatory effect of fish oil in human adipose tissue	72
A higher proportion of small adipocytes is associated with increased visceral and ectopic lipid accumulation during weight gain in response to overfeeding in men	68
Can we measure food intake in humans?	67
Work- and mental health-related events and body mass index trajectories during the Covid-19 lockdown. Evidence from the lifelines cohort study in the Netherlands	60
Adiposity and cancer: a Mendelian randomization analysis in the UK biobank	57
Associations between maternal pre-pregnancy BMI and mean diffusivity of the hippocampus and amygdala in infants	54
Genetic variations in adiponectin levels and dietary patterns on metabolic health among children with normal weight versus obesity: the BCAMS study	52
Correction to: Neuroimaging and modulation in obesity and diabetes research: 10th anniversary meeting	51
Weighted burden analysis in 200,000 exome-sequenced subjects characterises rare variant effects on BMI	50
Emergence of the adolescent obesity epidemic in the United States: five-decade visualization with humanoid avatars	49
Correction to: Response to Comment on “Gestational body weight gain and risk of low birth weight or macrosomia in women of Japan: a nationwide cohort study”	48
Study on weight loss outcomes after bariatric surgery to determine a metric least influenced by preoperative BMI	46
Early childhood adversity and body mass index in childhood and adolescence: linking registry data on adversities with school health records of 53,401 children from Copenhagen	45
The Universal Eating Monitor (UEM): objective assessment of food intake behavior in the laboratory setting	45
Obesity and metabolic syndrome in adults with a 22q11.2 microdeletion	44
Causality of abdominal obesity on cognition: a trans-ethnic Mendelian randomization study	44
Major adverse cardiovascular events among patients with type-2 diabetes, a nationwide cohort study comparing primary metabolic and bariatric surgery to GLP-1 receptor agonist treatment	43
The armadillo-repeat containing X-linked protein 3, ARMCX3, is a negative regulator of the browning of adipose tissue associated with obesity	42
Obesity and the cost of living crisis	40
Does the built environment have independent obesogenic power? Urban form and trajectories of weight gain	40
Third trimester cortisol is positively associated with gestational weight gain in pregnant women with class one obesity	40

Deoxyguanosine kinase mutation F180S is associated with a lean phenotype in mice	38
Correction to: Growth differentiating factor-15 and adiposity in young adults: The African-PREDICT study	38
Four weeks treatment with the GLP-1 receptor analogue liraglutide lowers liver fat and concomitantly circulating glucagon in individuals with overweight	37
Locking ourselves into the past: the DentalSlim Diet Control device and an incomplete understanding of obesity	36
Correction: Association of BMI category with change in children’s physical activity between ages 6 and 11 years: a longitudinal study	36
Associations of childhood BMI, general and visceral fat mass with metabolite profiles at school-age	36
What internet- and mobile-based interventions are currently available for adults with overweight or obesity experiencing symptoms of depression? A systematic review	35
Association of plasma chemerin with all-cause and disease-specific mortality – results from a population-based study	34
What is the evidence regarding the safety of new obesity pharmacotherapies	33
Obesity affects brain cortex gene expression in an APOE genotype and sex dependent manner	33
Association of body mass index and weight change with pneumonia mortality in a Japanese population: Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study	33