OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
“Effect of calcifediol treatment and best available therapy versus best available therapy on intensive care unit admission and mortality among patients hospitalized for COVID-19: A pilot randomized cl	482
Vitamin D and survival in COVID-19 patients: A quasi-experimental study	164
Vitamin D receptor stimulation to reduce acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in patients with coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 infections	112
Vitamin D and intestinal homeostasis: Barrier, microbiota, and immune modulation	110
Abdominal Obesity, Adipokines and Non-communicable Diseases	77
Principal results of the VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL (VITAL) and updated meta-analyses of relevant vitamin D trials	72
Therapeutic and prognostic role of vitamin D for COVID-19 infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 43 observational studies	68
The role of diosgenin in diabetes and diabetic complications	64
Bifidobacterium pseudolongum reduces triglycerides by modulating gut microbiota in mice fed high-fat food	61
Vitamin D/VDR attenuate cisplatin-induced AKI by down-regulating NLRP3/Caspase-1/GSDMD pyroptosis pathway	61
Adipose tissue estrogen production and metabolism in premenopausal women	44
Daily and seasonal mitochondrial protection: Unraveling common possible mechanisms involving vitamin D and melatonin	44
Vitamin D in pregnancy: Where we are and where we should go	44
Molecular docking, anti-proliferative activity and induction of apoptosis in human liver cancer cells treated with androstane derivatives: Implication of PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway	41
From a single steroid to the steroidome: Trends and analytical challenges	40
Depression-like behaviors are accompanied by disrupted mitochondrial energy metabolism in chronic corticosterone-induced mice	34
Nutritional rickets: Historic overview and plan for worldwide eradication	32
The role of adrenal derived androgens in castration resistant prostate cancer	32
Quercetin exerts antidepressant and cardioprotective effects in estrogen receptor α-deficient female mice via BDNF-AKT/ERK1/2 signaling	31
Vitamin D supplementation prior to or during COVID-19 associated with better 3-month survival in geriatric patients: Extension phase of the GERIA-COVID study	31
1α, 25 Dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)2D) inhibits the T cell suppressive function of myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSC)	31
Determination of the steroid profile in alternative matrices by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry	31
Molecular mechanisms of posaconazole- and itraconazole-induced pseudohyperaldosteronism and assessment of other systemically used azole antifungals	31
Systemic distribution of progesterone receptor subtypes in human tissues	30
Effect of androgen excess and glucocorticoid exposure on metabolic risk profiles in patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency	30

The Vitamin D Assessment (ViDA) study – Design and main findings	29
Synthesis and anti–tumour, immunomodulating activity of diosgenin and tigogenin conjugates	29
Oral manifestations of magnesium and vitamin D inadequacy	28