OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Renal Failure 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Association between circulatory complement activation and hypertensive renal damage: a case–control study	127
Lost dwell time and cycler alarms in inpatient automated peritoneal dialysis at a tertiary care hospital	68
Comment on ‘the clinical evaluation of the triglyceride-glucose index as a risk factor for coronary artery disease and severity of coronary artery stenosis in patients with chronic kidney disease’	67
Innovative management of peritoneal catheter malfunction caused by omental wrapping: exploration the modified low-temperature plasma ablation blade in vivo and	63
Serum hydroxycotinine was associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD): a cross-sectional study based on NHANES	59
Comparison of bioimpedance equations and dual-energy X-ray for assessment of fat free mass in a Chinese dialysis population	49
Hyperkalemia burden and treatment patterns in Chinese patients on hemodialysis: final analysis of a prospective multicenter cohort study (PRECEDE-K)	48
Bibliometric analysis of sacubitril/valsartan in the management of chronic kidney disease (2013–2025)	43
Elevated atherogenic index of plasma is associated with increased cardiorenal syndrome prevalence: a cross-sectional study	41
Incidence and risk factors for recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis after kidney transplantation: a meta-analysis	41
Association between renal function and memory-related disease: evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study	38
Causal relationship between gastroesophageal reflux disease and IgA nephropathy: a Mendelian randomization analysis	37
Prediction of intradialytic hypotension based on heart rate variability and skin sympathetic nerve activity using LASSO-enabled feature selection: a two-center study	36
Research progress on histone deacetylases in peritoneal dialysis-associated peritoneal fibrosis	35
Prediction of peripheral blood lymphocyte subpopulations after renal transplantation	33
The prognostic impact of net ultrafiltration intensity in critically ill patients receiving continuous renal replacement therapy: a multivariable and propensity-matched analysis	33
Letter to the editor: “Association of Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index with short-term mortality in patients with severe acute kidney injury: retrospective cohort study”	32
Sodium aescinate protects renal ischemia-reperfusion and pyroptosis through AKT/NLRP3 signaling pathway	32
Proton pump inhibitor use and cardiovascular risk, all-cause, and cardiovascular mortality across baseline eGFR categories: a longitudinal study	31
It is not only fluids: the impact of hydration protocols used for the prevention of contrast nephropathy on renal oxygenation	30
Study on the regulation of renal tubular cell apoptosis by SIRT1/NF-κB signaling pathway in septic acute kidney injury	30
Dihydromyricetin protects against cisplatin-induced renal injury and mitochondria-mediated apoptosis via the EGFR/HSP27/STAT3 signaling pathway	30
Immune cells mediate the effect of plasma lipidomes on IgA nephropathy: a Mendelian randomization study	29
Prolonging calcineurin inhibitor therapy post kidney allograft failure: a prospective study	29
A bibliometric analysis of publications in Renal Failure in the last three decades	29

The combination of left ventricular ejection fraction and end-diastolic diameter and outcomes in peritoneal dialysis patients: a multicenter retrospective study	29
Influencing factors for residual kidney function in incident peritoneal dialysis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis	29
Correlation between ultrafiltration rate and hemoglobin level and erythropoietin response in hemodialysis patients	28
Comparison of citrate anticoagulation strategies in hemodialysis patients at high risk of bleeding: a prospective observational cohort study	28
Visit-to-visit ultrafiltration volume variability predicts all-cause mortality in patients receiving hemodialysis	28