OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Digestive Diseases is 3. 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
2019 Novel coronavirus infection and gastrointestinal tract	270
Gut microbiota in ulcerative colitis: insights on pathogenesis and treatment	124
Fusobacterium nucleatum exacerbates colitis by damaging epithelial barriers and inducing aberrant inflammation	73
Digestive system involvement of novel coronavirus infection: Prevention and control infection from a gastroenterology perspective	51
Chinese consensus on diagnosis and treatment in inflammatory bowel disease (2018, Beijing)	45
The relationship between gastric cancer, its precancerous lesions and bile reflux: A retrospective study	38
Systematic review and meta‐analysis: Association of a pre‐illness Western dietary pattern with the risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease	38
Consensus for management of portal vein thrombosis in liver cirrhosis (2020, Shanghai)	37
The use of combination biological or small molecule therapy in inflammatory bowel disease: A retrospective cohort study	34
Epidemiology of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in non‐obese populations: Meta‐analytic assessment of its prevalence, genetic, metabolic, and histological profiles	33
Liver damage at admission is an independent prognostic factor for COVID‐19	29
Role of NLRP3 inflammasome in liver disease	26
Efficacy and safety of fecal microbiota transplantation for treating patients with ulcerative colitis: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	24
Accuracy of artificial intelligence‐assisted detection of esophageal cancer and neoplasms on endoscopic images: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	24
Prevalence and risk factors for gallstone disease: A population‐based cross‐sectional study	22
The fate of myofibroblasts during the development of fibrosis in Crohn's disease	21
Bile reflux is an independent risk factor for precancerous gastric lesions and gastric cancer: An observational cross‐sectional study	21
Practice guidance for diagnosis and treatment of pancreatitis‐related splanchnic vein thrombosis (Shenyang, 2020)	21
The epidemiology and quality of life of functional gastrointestinal disorders according to Rome III vs Rome IV criteria: A cross‐sectional study in primary care	19
Consensus on the diagnosis and treatment of hepatic fibrosis (2019)	17
Histological scores in inflammatory bowel disease	17
Evaluation of the modified computed tomography severity index (MCTSI) and computed tomography severity index (CTSI) in predicting severity and clinical outcomes in acute pancreat	15
Metabolic modulation during intestinal fibrosis	15
Efficacy and safety of fecal microbiota transplantation by washed preparation in patients with moderate to severely active ulcerative colitis	15
Efficacy and safety of drugs for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis	15

Sex‐based differences in fecal short‐chain fatty acid and gut microbiota in irritable bowel syndrome patients	14
Functional dyspepsia leads to more healthcare utilization in secondary care compared with other functional gastrointestinal disorders	14
A randomized, multicenter and noninferiority study of amoxicillin plus berberine vs tetracycline plus furazolidone in quadruple therapy for Helicobacter pylori rescue treatment	14
Chinese expert consensus on gastroesophageal reflux disease in 2020	14
The role of cytokine and immune responses in intestinal fibrosis	13
Epidemiology of fibrostenosing inflammatory bowel disease	13
Saccharomyces cerevisiae may serve as a probiotic in colorectal cancer by promoting cancer cell apoptosis	12
Endoscopic submucosal dissection versus endoscopic mucosal resection for rectal carcinoid tumor. A meta‐analysis and meta‐regression with single‐arm analysis	12
Susceptibility‐guided quadruple therapy is not superior to medication history‐guided therapy for the rescue treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection: A randomized controlled trial	12
Beneficial effects of lactitol on the composition of gut microbiota in constipated patients	12
The importance and impact of recognizing metabolic dysfunction‐associated fatty liver disease in patients with chronic hepatitis C	12
Risk factors for sinistral portal hypertension and related variceal bleeding in patients with chronic pancreatitis	11
Symptomatic features and prognosis of 932 hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in Wuhan	11
The expression of seven key genes can predict distant metastasis of colorectal cancer to the liver or lung	11
The role of intestinal mast cell infiltration in irritable bowel syndrome	11
Bleeding after endoscopic submucosal dissection of gastric lesions	11
Radioembolization vs sorafenib in locally advanced hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombosis: A propensity score and Bayesian analysis	11
The therapeutic benefits of combined sorafenib and transarterial chemoembolization for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma	9
The etiology of achalasia: An immune‐dominant disease	9
Multicenter prospective study to validate a new transient elastography device for staging liver fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B	9
Implementation of WeChat‐based patient–doctor interaction in the management of Helicobacter pylori infection: A propensity score matching analysis	9
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 infection and the gut–liver axis	9
Liver and serum adiponectin levels in non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease	8
Trends of stomach cancer survival: A systematic review of survival rates from population‐based cancer registration	8
Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty with argon plasma coagulation: A novel technique	8
Role of non‐inflammatory factors in intestinal fibrosis	8
Surgical treatment of intestinal stricture in inflammatory bowel disease	8
Cross‐sectional imaging for assessing intestinal fibrosis in Crohn's disease	8
CD8⁺ T cells actively penetrate hepatocytes via the CD44/p‐ERM/F‐actin pathway in autoimmune hepatitis	7
Novel biomarkers for the diagnosis and prognosis of gallbladder cancer	7
Endoscopic retrograde appendicitis therapy (ERAT) vs appendectomy for acute uncomplicated appendicitis: A prospective multicenter randomized clinical trial	7
Associations between potential causal factors and colorectal cancer risk: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of Mendelian randomization studies	7
Mucosal healing in intestinal Behçet's disease: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	7
Intestinal stricture in Crohn's disease: A 2020 update	7
Risk factors for overt hepatic encephalopathy after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt creation in patients with liver cirrhosis	7
Unraveling the identity of gastric cardiac cancer	7
Diagnostic accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound with artificial intelligence for gastrointestinal stromal tumors: A meta‐analysis	6
Polyglycolic acid sheets decrease post‐endoscopic submucosal dissection bleeding in early gastric cancer: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	6
Non‐obese patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease may use a lower liver stiffness cut‐off to assess fibrosis stages	6
Prevalence of celiac disease in China: Meta‐analysis and serological survey in high‐risk populations	6
Role of free radical scavenging activity of vasoactive intestinal peptide in the attenuation of mitochondrial dysfunction to ameliorate dextran sulphate sodium‐induced colitis in mice: Implications in	6
Expert consensus on the clinical application of high‐frequency electrosurgery in digestive endoscopy (2020, Shanghai)	6
Chinese consensus on prevention of colorectal neoplasia (2021, Shanghai)	6
AMPK activation alleviated dextran sulfate sodium‐induced colitis by inhibiting ferroptosis	5
Association of body fat distribution and metabolic syndrome with the occurrence of colorectal adenoma: A case‐control study	5
Epidemiological trends and clinical characteristic of NAFLD/MAFLD in Asia	5
Clinical outcomes of hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy combined with tyrosine kinase inhibitors and anti‐PD‐1 immunotherapy for unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma	5
Non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease to metabolic dysfunction‐associated fatty liver disease: Conceptual changes for clinicians, researchers and patients	5
Real‐time use of a computer‐aided system for polyp detection during colonoscopy, an ambispective study	5
Circular RNA circ_0006089 promotes the progression of gastric cancer by regulating the miR‐143‐3p/PTBP3 axis and PI3K/AKT signaling pathwa	5

The strategy and efficacy of prophylaxis against hepatitis B virus recurrence after liver transplantation for HBV‐related diseases in the era of potent nucleos(t)ide analogues: A meta‐analysis	5
Prevalence and clinical features of bile acid diarrhea in patients with chronic diarrhea	5
Primary hepatic mucosa‐associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma with hepatocellular carcinoma: A case report and literature review	5
The role of amygdala neuropsin/serpinb6 pathway in the regulation of gastric hypersensitivity and anxiety by electroacupuncture	5
Dietary habits and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma among hepatitis B surface antigen carriers: A prospective cohort study in China	5
Hamartomatous polyposis syndrome associated malignancies: Risk, pathogenesis and endoscopic surveillance	5
Serum syndecan‐4 is associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease	5
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in patients treated with a balloon tamponade for variceal hemorrhage without response to high doses of vasoactive drugs: A real‐world multicenter retrospe	5
Intestinal fibrosis: The Achilles heel of inflammatory bowel diseases?	5
The emerging microbiome‐based approaches to IBD therapy: From SCFAs to urolithin A	5
Quantifying the rate of recurrence of postoperative Crohn's disease with biological therapy. A meta‐analysis	5
Inter‐observer variability of experts and trainees for the diagnosis of reflux esophagitis: Comparison of linked color imaging, blue laser imaging, and white light imaging	5
Endoscopic management of stricturing Crohn's disease	5
Conservative management of spontaneous intra‐abdominal abscess in Crohn's disease: Outcome and prognostic factors	5
Comparison of primary anastomosis and staged surgery in emergency treatment of complicated Crohn's disease	5
Cronkhite–Canada syndrome: An investigation in clinical features and pathogenesis	5
Prognostic effect of a novel long noncoding RNA signature and comparison with clinical staging systems for patients with hepatitis B virus‐related hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatectomy	4
Effect of oral simethicone on the quality of colonoscopy: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials	4
Endoscopic retrieval of a huge gastric trichobezoar using a polypectomy snare and an electrosurgical knife: A case report	4
COVID‐19: A strong call for remote medicine in inflammatory bowel disease	4
Efficacy and safety of a novel submucosal injection solution for endoscopic resection in porcine models	4
One‐year outcome of patients with cirrhosis who developed spontaneous bacterial empyema: A cohort study	4
Prevalence and risk factors of covert hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhotic patients: A multicenter study in China	4
Efficacy and safety of linaclotide in patients with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation: Chinese sub‐cohort analysis of a phase III, randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled tria	4
Polysubstance use in inflammatory bowel disease	4
Biosimilars in inflammatory bowel disease	4
Invariant natural killer T cells: Not to be ignored in liver disease	4
Long‐term liver cancer incidence and mortality trends in the Changning District of Shanghai, China	4
Clinical guideline on magnetically controlled capsule gastroscopy (2021 edition)	4
Vitamin E supplementation in the treatment on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): Evidence from an umbrella review of meta‐analysis on randomized controlled trials	4
Second‐look endoscopy‐guided therapy under sedation prevents early rebleeding after variceal ligation for acute variceal bleeding	4
Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of chronic gastritis inChina(2022,Shanghai)	4
Factors affecting the accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound‐guided fine needle aspiration for the diagnosis of small (≤20 mm) pancreatic lesions	4
Efficacy and safety of endoscopic submucosal tunnel dissection vs endoscopic submucosal dissection for early superficial upper gastrointestinal precancerous lesions and tumors: A meta‐analysis	4
Magnetic sphincter augmentation in treating refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	4
Efficacy and safety of lubiprostone for the treatment of functional constipation in Chinese adult patients: A multicenter, randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled trial	4
Marked thickening of muscularis mucosae and submucosa in the gastric cardia: A histopathological study of 110 surgical resection cases	3
Mucosectomy device‐assisted endoscopic resection of gastric subepithelial lesions	3
Pancreatic duct stents	3
A case of antiprogrammed death‐ligand 1 antibody‐induced multisystem immune‐related adverse events with pancreatitis and steroid‐resistant sclerosing cholangitis	3
Vonoprazan is noninferior to proton pump inhibitors in bismuth‐containing quadruple therapy for the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection: A propensity score matching analysis	3
Fecal microbiota transplantation may reduce the mortality of patients with severe and fulminant Clostridioides difficile infection compared to standard‐of‐care antibiotics in a community hospit	3
Endoscopic treatment of gastric antral vascular ectasia in real‐life settings: Argon plasma coagulation or endoscopic band ligation?	3
Long‐term outcomes and risk factors of recurrent biliary obstruction after permanent endoscopic biliary stenting for choledocholithiasis in high‐risk patients	3
Sex differences in symptoms, high‐resolution manometry values and efficacy of peroral endoscopic myotomy in Chinese patients with achalasia	3
Endoscopic submucosal dissection for colorectal laterally spreading tumors: Clinical outcomes and predictors of technical difficulty	3
Targeting BRCA‐mutant biliary tract cancer: Current evidence and future perspectives	3
Cost‐effectiveness analysis of a community‐based colorectal cancer screening program in Shanghai, China	3
The important role of immunization in alcoholic and non‐alcoholic chronic liver disease: A population‐based study	3
Effects of age, sex and pathological type on the risk of multiple polyps: A Chinese teaching hospital study	3
Association between morphological features of necrotizing pancreatitis on endoscopic ultrasound and outcomes of the endoscopic transmural step‐up approach	3
Per‐oral pancreatoscopy‐guided lithotripsy for the endoscopic management of pancreatolithiasis: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	3
Melanosis coli: A factor not associated with histological progression of colorectal polyps	3
Inverted colonic diverticulum: An endoscopic examination and presentation	3
Impact of auricular percutaneous electrical nerve field stimulation on gut microbiome in adolescents with irritable bowel syndrome: A pilot study	3
Development and validation of a nomogram for esophagogastric variceal bleeding in liver cirrhosis: A cohort study in 1099 cases	3
Safety and efficacy of prophylactic gastric open peroral endoscopic myotomy for prevention of post‐ESD stenosis: A case series (with video)	3
Agreement of gastroenterologists in traditional Chinese medical differential diagnosis of functional dyspepsia compared with traditional Chinese medical practitioners: A prospective, multicenter study	3
The neutrophil‐to‐lymphocyte ratio represents a systemic inflammation marker and reflects the relationship with 90‐day mortality in non‐cirrhotic chronic severe hepatitis	3
Esophagogastric junction contractile integral abnormalities in patients with proton pump inhibitor‐refractory symptoms	3
Effect of metronidazole resistance on Helicobacter pylori eradication regimens	3
Clinicopathological characteristics of signet‐ring cell carcinoma derived from gastric fovelar epithelium	3
Safety and efficacy of endoscopic ultrasound‐guided gastroenterostomy for gastric outlet obstruction in different sites: A single‐center retrospective study	3