OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Nephrology 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
The importance of a multidisciplinary approach in two tricky cases: the perfect match for Fabry disease	92
Immunomodulatory effect of CD71+ erythroid cells in patients with kidney failure	80
Sexually dimorphic response to tobacco in the development of chronic kidney disease: a systematic review	76
Association between job characteristics and kidney function among men: a cross-sectional analysis of the Rafsanjan cohort study	69
The relationship between multiple plasma biomarker levels and renal disease activity in Fabry disease	55
SARS-CoV-2 in dialysis patients and the impact of vaccination	54
Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha and nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 as biomarkers of renal scarring in children with congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract: a prospective ca	52
Autonomic neuropathy in dialysis patients – investigations with a new symptom score (COMPASS 31)	50
A potential link between AQP3 and SLC14A1 gene expression level and clinical parameters of maintenance hemodialysis patients	49
The relationship between social support, psychological distress, and patient activation in peritoneal dialysis patients: a cross-sectional study	47
Therapeutic strategies for olfactory impairment in patients with chronic kidney disease: a systematic review	47
Clinical value of noninvasive lens advanced glycation end product detection in early screening and severity evaluation of patients with diabetic kidney disease	44
A comparative study of postadrenalectomy hyperuricemia and renal impairment in patients with unilateral primary aldosteronism: does histopathology subtype matter?	39
Risk factors associated with acute kidney injury in a pediatric intensive care unit in Addis Ababa Ethiopia: case-control study	37
Transplant centers’ prophylaxis and monitoring strategies: a key determinant of current herpes and polyomavirus incidences – results from the DZIF kidney transplant cohort	37
Correction to: Clinical covariates influencing clinical outcomes in primary membranous nephropathy	37
Correction: Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate versus sodium polystyrene sulfonate for treatment of hyperkalemia in hemodialysis patients: a randomized clinical trial	37
Tuberculosis dissemination in kidney transplant recipient treated with anti-CD40 monoclonal antibody: a case report	36
Clinical features of COVID-19 among patients with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis in the context of high vaccination coverage during the omicron surge period: a retrospective cohort study	36
Late-onset renal TMA and tubular injury in cobalamin C disease: a report of three cases and literature review	31
A young woman with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis and persistent hypocomplementemia: a case report	31
A very complicated UTI: malakoplakia following E. coli urinary tract infection	30
Impact of early initiation of renin-angiotensin blockade on renal function and clinical outcomes in patients with hypertensive emergency: a retrospective cohort study	30
Diagnostic accuracy and clinical usefulness of erythrocyte creatine content to predict the improvement of anaemia in patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis	30
Renometabolic disorder in experimental rat model of polycystic ovarian syndrome is reversed by acetate-mediated inhibition of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4	30

Impact of occult renal dysfunction on postoperative acute kidney injury and late prognosis in elderly patients undergoing coronary artery bypass	30
Serum and plasma levels of Ba, but not those of soluble C5b-9, might be affected by renal function in chronic kidney disease patients	29
The outcome of thrombotic microangiopathy in kidney transplant recipients	29
Patient monitoring in a pragmatic, multicenter trial of incremental hemodialysis: early experience from the TwoPlus randomized controlled trial	28