OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers in Endocrinology is 85. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Favorable Genotypes of Type III Interferon Confer Risk of Dyslipidemia in the Population With Obesity	630
Sleeve gastrectomy attenuated diabetes-related cognitive decline in diabetic rats	402
Association between contralateral adrenal and hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis in benign adrenocortical tumors	395
Thyroid Function, Inflammatory Response, and Glucocorticoids in COVID-19	340
Editorial: Innovative Therapies in Bone Biology: What Can Be Learned From Rare Bone Diseases?	308
Editorial: Special 2021 Frontiers in Endocrinology collection for the 100th anniversary of insulin discovery	280
The effect of G0S2 on insulin sensitivity: A proteomic analysis in a G0S2-overexpressed high-fat diet mouse model	275
Cooperative targeting of PARP-1 domains to regulate metabolic and developmental genes	272
Editorial: Unraveling the complex interplay between aging, immunity, metabolites, and metabolism in endocrine-related cancers	270
Editorial: Novel and emerging therapies for the treatment of obesity and related disorders	255
Editorial: miRNAs and their role in endocrine cancer progression: from prognosis to treatment	245
Tandem mass tag-based proteomic profiling revealed potential therapeutic targets and mechanisms of liraglutide for the treatment of impaired glucose tolerance	237
Associations between seminal plasma osteopontin level and sperm motility in infertile men with asthenozoospermia	236
Editorial: Insights in endocrinology of aging: 2021	226
Time in target range for systolic blood pressure and stroke in people with and without diabetes: the Kailuan prospective cohort study	213
Editorial: Rare musculoskeletal disorders: disease mechanisms and therapies	198
Editorial: Subclinical thyroid disease: present knowledge and future direction	197
Editorial: TCM approaches in cellular endocrinology	194
Standardizing CRISPR-Cas13 knockdown technique to investigate the role of cdh2 gene in pituitary development through growth hormone expression and transcription factors	193
A novel germline (c.314T>A) SDHB variant in metastatic paraganglioma: case report and literature review	186
Editorial: The role of the gut microbiota on bone mass in health and disease	186
Editorial: Influence of sleep and recurrent circadian disruption on cardiometabolic health, wellbeing, and safety: from shiftwork to Monday mornings	180
Editorial: Redox signaling and homeostasis in the control of metabolism: a systemic interplay between central and peripheral effectors	178
Anastrozole monotherapy further improves near-adult height after the initial combined treatment with leuprorelin and anastrozole in early-maturing girls with compromised growth prediction: results fro	178
Growth hormone stimulates lipolysis in mice but not in adipose tissue or adipocyte culture	166

Association between the minimal model of hip structure and risk of hip fracture in Chinese adults	154
Editorial: Bone-organ axis: an expanding universe	154
Editorial: Deciphering the immunological and neuronal regulators of diabesity	152
Analysis of scene-guided camera assistance in transaxillary gasless endoscopic thyroidectomy: a minor improvement in operative technique	149
Association between the atherogenic index of plasma and abdominal aortic calcification: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2013–2014	145
Clinical features combined with ultrasound characteristics to predict TERT promoter mutations in papillary thyroid carcinoma: a single-center study over the past 5 years	141
Editorial: Immunoendocrine system from physiology to pathology	136
Characteristics of changes in plasma proteome profiling after sleeve gastrectomy	135
Association between circulating resistin levels and thyroid dysfunction: A systematic review and meta-analysis	133
Association between life’s essential 8 and male biochemical androgen deficiency: evidence from NHANES 2013–2016	131
Editorial: The roles and mechanisms of hepatokines, adipokines and myokines in the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)	130
Genetic characterization of a rare case of pheochromocytoma in a pulmonary transplant patient	129
Editorial: The potential effects and mechanisms of Chinese traditional medicine on bone homeostasis and remodeling, volume II	129
Editorial: Exercise intervention on metabolic syndrome: focus on pyroptosis	127
Mitochondrial oxygen metabolism as a potential predictor of weight loss after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for class III obesity	123
N-linoleyltyrosine ameliorates high-fat diet-induced obesity in C57BL/6 mice via cannabinoid receptor regulation	121
Association Between Fat Mass or Fat Fibrotic Gene Expression and Polyneuropathy in Subjects With Obesity: A Korean Metabolic Bariatric Surgery Cohort	120
Effectiveness and safety of GnRH antagonist originator and generic in real-world clinical practice: a retrospective cohort study	119
Ultra rapid lispro improves postprandial glucose control versus lispro in combination with basal insulin: a study based on CGM in type 2 diabetes in China	117
Association of hemoglobin-to-red cell distribution width ratio with diabetic retinopathy risk and severity	115
Editorial: Diagnosis, prevention and treatment in diabetic nephropathy, volume II	114
The differential impacts of environmental air pollution exposure on the risk of placenta previa and placenta accreta in twin pregnancies	114
Application of TyG index and carotid ultrasound parameters in the prediction of ischemic stroke	114
Editorial: Cartilage assessment using quantitative MRI	113
Dual specificity phosphatase 1 as a non-invasive circulating biomarker candidate in preeclampsia	113
Association between central thyroid hormone sensitivity and prediabetes: Tehran thyroid study	112
Role of B lymphocyte ratio in development of type 2 diabetes mellitus: results of a 7-year follow-up study	111
Association of self-reported sleep duration with leukocyte telomere length in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients	111
Sex-specific effect of P2Y2 purinergic receptor on glucose metabolism during acute inflammation	111
Improving human mesenchymal stem cell-derived hepatic cell energy metabolism by manipulating glucose homeostasis and glucocorticoid signaling	110
Association of triglyceride glucose body mass index with osteoporosis risks in a large Chinese adult cohort	109
Gender-Specific Association Between Sleep Duration and Body Mass Index in Rural China	109
Recent advances in biomarkers for diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis comorbidity: a comprehensive review	108
Reduced expression in preterm birth of sFLT-1 and PlGF with a high sFLT-1/PlGF ratio in extracellular vesicles suggests a potential biomarker	106
Exploring the multifaceted antitumor activity of axitinib in lung carcinoids	106
Mathematical Modeling of Free Thyroxine Concentrations During Methimazole Treatment for Graves’ Disease: Development and Validation of a Computer-Aided Thyroid Treatment Method	104
Cord blood vitamin A and vitamin D levels in relation to physical growth in exclusively breastfed infants aged 0-6 months	104
Description of thyroid disorders the year before conception: a population-based study	104
Risk stratification and predictive value of glucose variability for the development of post-acute pancreatitis diabetes mellitus	104
Agouti-related protein as the glucose signaling sensor in the central melanocortin circuits in regulating fish food intake	104
Baseline Testosterone Predicts Body Composition and Metabolic Response to Testosterone Therapy	101
Attitudes, weight stigma and misperceptions of weight loss strategies among patients living with obesity in the Lazio Region, Italy	100
A prospective cohort study on the association between neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios and gestational diabetes mellitus in Chinese pregnant women	100
Dysregulated autophagy at the nexus of type 2 diabetes mellitus and pancreatic cancer pathogenesis	98
Correction: Temporal expression patterns of genes related to sex steroid action in sexually dimorphic nuclei during puberty	98
Role of follicle-stimulating hormone receptor polymorphism in predicting ovarian response to letrozole in women with polycystic ovary syndrome during ovulation induction	96
Mediterranean diet adherence and tirzepatide: real-world evidence on adiposity indices and insulin resistance beyond weight loss	96
Study on the relationship between homocysteine and general metabolic indexes in healthy population in Hebei Province, China	95
Effect of Bailing capsule complicated with low-calcium peritoneal dialysis solution on residual renal function and microinflammatory status in peritoneal dialysis patients with chronic renal failure	95
A pilot study evaluating differences in muscle tissue saturation and blood flow between older adults with and without sarcopenia	95

Combined Effects of High-Intensity Aerobic Exercise Training and Ziziphus jujuba Extract on Tissue Nesfatin-1 in Rats	95
Clinical and neuroimaging characteristics of diabetic striatopathy: a case series report	92
Positive correlations between TyG and TyG-BMI indices and the risk of NAFLD and degree of liver fibrosis in patients undergoing PCI	90
Role of miRNA-regulated type H vessel formation in osteoporosis	90
Case Report: Adrenocortical adenoma harboring atypical subclinical Cushing’s syndrome with dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate transferase and cytochrome b5 expression in tumor cells	90
The relationship between postoperative parathormone suppression and surgical cure in primary hyperparathyroidism	87
MitraClip intervention for Sheehan syndrome complicated by dilated cardiomyopathy and valvular insufficiency: a case report and literature review	87
Correlation between serum vitamin levels and gestational diabetes mellitus	85
Autoimmune thyroid disease disrupts immune homeostasis in the endometrium of unexplained infertility women—a single-cell RNA transcriptome study during the implantation window	85
Associations between cardiovascular health and low thyroid function among US adults: a population-based study	85
The efficacy of alendronate for the treatment of thalassemia-associated osteoporosis: a randomized controlled trial	85