OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers in Endocrinology is 86. 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
Favorable Genotypes of Type III Interferon Confer Risk of Dyslipidemia in the Population With Obesity	655
Sleeve gastrectomy attenuated diabetes-related cognitive decline in diabetic rats	418
Association between contralateral adrenal and hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis in benign adrenocortical tumors	410
Thyroid Function, Inflammatory Response, and Glucocorticoids in COVID-19	332
Editorial: Innovative Therapies in Bone Biology: What Can Be Learned From Rare Bone Diseases?	293
Editorial: Special 2021 Frontiers in Endocrinology collection for the 100th anniversary of insulin discovery	284
Editorial: Novel and emerging therapies for the treatment of obesity and related disorders	277
Editorial: Unraveling the complex interplay between aging, immunity, metabolites, and metabolism in endocrine-related cancers	277
Editorial: miRNAs and their role in endocrine cancer progression: from prognosis to treatment	264
Tandem mass tag-based proteomic profiling revealed potential therapeutic targets and mechanisms of liraglutide for the treatment of impaired glucose tolerance	248
Associations between seminal plasma osteopontin level and sperm motility in infertile men with asthenozoospermia	246
Editorial: Insights in endocrinology of aging: 2021	243
Time in target range for systolic blood pressure and stroke in people with and without diabetes: the Kailuan prospective cohort study	239
Editorial: Rare musculoskeletal disorders: disease mechanisms and therapies	211
Editorial: Subclinical thyroid disease: present knowledge and future direction	203
Editorial: TCM approaches in cellular endocrinology	202
Standardizing CRISPR-Cas13 knockdown technique to investigate the role of cdh2 gene in pituitary development through growth hormone expression and transcription factors	201
Editorial: The role of the gut microbiota on bone mass in health and disease	198
A novel germline (c.314T>A) SDHB variant in metastatic paraganglioma: case report and literature review	195
Editorial: Influence of sleep and recurrent circadian disruption on cardiometabolic health, wellbeing, and safety: from shiftwork to Monday mornings	189
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	186
Editorial: Redox signaling and homeostasis in the control of metabolism: a systemic interplay between central and peripheral effectors	185
Growth hormone stimulates lipolysis in mice but not in adipose tissue or adipocyte culture	174
Association between the minimal model of hip structure and risk of hip fracture in Chinese adults	162
Editorial: Bone-organ axis: an expanding universe	159

Editorial: Deciphering the immunological and neuronal regulators of diabesity	158
Analysis of scene-guided camera assistance in transaxillary gasless endoscopic thyroidectomy: a minor improvement in operative technique	155
Association between the atherogenic index of plasma and abdominal aortic calcification: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2013–2014	152
Clinical features combined with ultrasound characteristics to predict TERT promoter mutations in papillary thyroid carcinoma: a single-center study over the past 5 years	150
Editorial: Immunoendocrine system from physiology to pathology	145
Characteristics of changes in plasma proteome profiling after sleeve gastrectomy	144
Association between circulating resistin levels and thyroid dysfunction: A systematic review and meta-analysis	138
Association between life’s essential 8 and male biochemical androgen deficiency: evidence from NHANES 2013–2016	135
Editorial: The roles and mechanisms of hepatokines, adipokines and myokines in the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)	133
Genetic characterization of a rare case of pheochromocytoma in a pulmonary transplant patient	132
Editorial: The potential effects and mechanisms of Chinese traditional medicine on bone homeostasis and remodeling, volume II	130
Editorial: Exercise intervention on metabolic syndrome: focus on pyroptosis	129
Mitochondrial oxygen metabolism as a potential predictor of weight loss after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for class III obesity	128
N-linoleyltyrosine ameliorates high-fat diet-induced obesity in C57BL/6 mice via cannabinoid receptor regulation	127
Effectiveness and safety of GnRH antagonist originator and generic in real-world clinical practice: a retrospective cohort study	125
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	123
The differential impacts of environmental air pollution exposure on the risk of placenta previa and placenta accreta in twin pregnancies	120
Association of hemoglobin-to-red cell distribution width ratio with diabetic retinopathy risk and severity	120
Editorial: Diagnosis, prevention and treatment in diabetic nephropathy, volume II	118
Dual specificity phosphatase 1 as a non-invasive circulating biomarker candidate in preeclampsia	118
Editorial: Cartilage assessment using quantitative MRI	117
Sex-specific effect of P2Y2 purinergic receptor on glucose metabolism during acute inflammation	116
Improving human mesenchymal stem cell-derived hepatic cell energy metabolism by manipulating glucose homeostasis and glucocorticoid signaling	115
Association of triglyceride glucose body mass index with osteoporosis risks in a large Chinese adult cohort	115
Association of self-reported sleep duration with leukocyte telomere length in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients	115
Reduced expression in preterm birth of sFLT-1 and PlGF with a high sFLT-1/PlGF ratio in extracellular vesicles suggests a potential biomarker	115
Risk stratification and predictive value of glucose variability for the development of post-acute pancreatitis diabetes mellitus	114
Cord blood vitamin A and vitamin D levels in relation to physical growth in exclusively breastfed infants aged 0-6 months	113
Description of thyroid disorders the year before conception: a population-based study	112
Dysregulated autophagy at the nexus of type 2 diabetes mellitus and pancreatic cancer pathogenesis	111
Mediterranean diet adherence and tirzepatide: real-world evidence on adiposity indices and insulin resistance beyond weight loss	109
Role of follicle-stimulating hormone receptor polymorphism in predicting ovarian response to letrozole in women with polycystic ovary syndrome during ovulation induction	109
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	109
Correction: Temporal expression patterns of genes related to sex steroid action in sexually dimorphic nuclei during puberty	109
Study on the relationship between homocysteine and general metabolic indexes in healthy population in Hebei Province, China	105
A pilot study evaluating differences in muscle tissue saturation and blood flow between older adults with and without sarcopenia	105
MitraClip intervention for Sheehan syndrome complicated by dilated cardiomyopathy and valvular insufficiency: a case report and literature review	104
Case Report: Adrenocortical adenoma harboring atypical subclinical Cushing’s syndrome with dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate transferase and cytochrome b5 expression in tumor cells	104
Role of miRNA-regulated type H vessel formation in osteoporosis	104
The relationship between postoperative parathormone suppression and surgical cure in primary hyperparathyroidism	104
Autoimmune thyroid disease disrupts immune homeostasis in the endometrium of unexplained infertility women—a single-cell RNA transcriptome study during the implantation window	103
The efficacy of alendronate for the treatment of thalassemia-associated osteoporosis: a randomized controlled trial	102
Correlation between serum vitamin levels and gestational diabetes mellitus	102
Subtle perturbations of ovarian steroidogenesis in patients classified as Poseidon Group 3. Which consequences for therapeutic strategy?	98
Peripheral artery disease mediating the effect of metabolic syndrome related diseases on lower limb ulcers: Mendelian randomization analysis	97
Klotho in diabetes mellitus: research progress and clinical implications	97
Investigating the association between fasting insulin, erythrocytosis and HbA1c through Mendelian randomization and observational analyses	97
Evaluation of hormonal and circulating inflammatory biomarker profiles in the year following bariatric surgery	95
Is it possible to achieve an acceptable disease control by dietary therapy alone in Berardinelli Seip type 1? Experience from a case report	94
Editorial: Bone marrow adiposity - contributions to bone, aging and beyond	94

Editorial: Monoclonal gammopathies of clinical significance: Clinical and therapeutic implications	93
Across-species benefits of adrenalectomy on congenital generalized lipoatrophic diabetes: a review	91
Investigating serum iodine nutritional levels and their correlation with thyroid function in adult patients with Graves’ hyperthyroidism at different treatment stages	91
In vitro assessment of pancreatic hormone secretion from isolated porcine islets	89
IRX3 plays an important role in the pathogenesis of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease by regulating hepatic lipid metabolism	89
Commentary: Effect of gluten-free diet on autoimmune thyroiditis progression in patients with no symptoms or histology of celiac disease: a meta-analysis	88
Serum uric acid: creatinine ratio (UCR) is associated with recurrence of atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation	88
Lymphatic metastasis of papillary thyroid carcinoma: mechanism and clinicopathological physiology	88
Performance of a dual-hormone closed-loop system versus insulin-only closed-loop system in adolescents with type 1 diabetes. A single-blind, randomized, controlled, crossover trial	87
Fibroblast growth factor 21 is expressed and secreted from skeletal muscle following electrical stimulation via extracellular ATP activation of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway	87
Connexin 43 (Cx43) regulates high-glucose-induced retinal endothelial cell angiogenesis and retinal neovascularization	86
Association between blood lead levels and parathyroid hormone among United States adolescents aged 12–19: a cross-sectional study	86
Body mass index and glioma risk: A prospective multicenter study	86