OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Nephrology is 26. 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
Pregnancy-related acute kidney injury at high altitude: a retrospective observational study in a single center	129
Relationship between renal function and blood pressure dipping status in renal transplant recipients: a longitudinal study	84
Characterizing the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on adults with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: a cross-sectional study	66
Cognitive behavioural therapy self-help intervention preferences among informal caregivers of adults with chronic kidney disease: an online cross-sectional survey	53
Purslane-induced oxalate nephropathy: case report and literature review	43
Quantitative sonographic assessment of quadriceps muscle thickness for fall injury prediction in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis: an observational cohort study	41
Tuberculosis dissemination in kidney transplant recipient treated with anti-CD40 monoclonal antibody: a case report	38
Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis infected with the Providencia stuartii: a case report and literature review	38
Diagnostic accuracy and clinical usefulness of erythrocyte creatine content to predict the improvement of anaemia in patients receiving maintenance haemodialysis	36
A comparative study of postadrenalectomy hyperuricemia and renal impairment in patients with unilateral primary aldosteronism: does histopathology subtype matter?	36
A stepwise data interpretation process for renal amyloidosis typing by LMD-MS	36
A very complicated UTI: malakoplakia following E. coli urinary tract infection	36
Investigating the relationship between quality of life and hope in family caregivers of hemodialysis patients and related factors	35
A potential link between AQP3 and SLC14A1 gene expression level and clinical parameters of maintenance hemodialysis patients	33
The outcome of thrombotic microangiopathy in kidney transplant recipients	32
Management of kidney transplant recipients for primary care practitioners	32
Sexually dimorphic response to tobacco in the development of chronic kidney disease: a systematic review	31
Correction to: Clinical covariates influencing clinical outcomes in primary membranous nephropathy	31
Lived experiences of people with chronic kidney disease on maintenance dialysis: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies	30
Lifetime progression of IgA nephropathy: a retrospective cohort study with extended long-term follow-up	29
Clinical value of noninvasive lens advanced glycation end product detection in early screening and severity evaluation of patients with diabetic kidney disease	28
The importance of a multidisciplinary approach in two tricky cases: the perfect match for Fabry disease	28
Association of abdominal aortic calcification with cognitive impairment in peritoneal dialysis patients	27
Perirenal fat differs in patients with chronic kidney disease receiving different vitamin D-based treatments: a preliminary study	27
Is central venous catheter in haemodialysis still the main factor of mortality after hospitalization?	26

Autonomic neuropathy in dialysis patients – investigations with a new symptom score (COMPASS 31)	26
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	26