OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Obesity Research & Clinical Practice is 15. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Low prenatal resting energy expenditure and high energy intake predict high gestational weight gain in pregnant women with overweight/obesity	82
Natural histories of metabolite BMI phenotypes and their impacts on cardiovascular disease risk over a decade-long follow-up	48
First year infant weight trajectories predict overweight/obesity at age 2 in a diverse population	46
Vitamin B12 supplementation orally and intramuscularly in people with obesity undergoing gastric bypass	28
The relationship between visceral adiposity and cardiometabolic risk in Chinese women with polycystic ovary syndrome	26
Platform introducing individually tailored variability in nerve stimulations and dietary regimen to prevent weight regain following weight loss in patients with obesity	25
The impact of being overweight on the mobility, temporal-spatial and kinematic aspects of gait in children with cerebral palsy	23
A qualitative investigation of the need for and feasibility of weight loss programs on university campuses	23
Approach to duodenal pathology in bariatric surgery: Transit bipartition as an option	22
Intrapartum antibiotic use is associated with higher child body mass index (BMI) z-score at 4 years of age	22
COVID-19 severity in obese patients: Potential mechanisms and molecular targets for clinical intervention	21
Association between N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide and maximal functional capacity in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: The modifying role of obesity	19
Metabolic syndrome screening using visceral adipose tissue (VAT) from opportunistic MRI locations in a multi-ethnic population	17
Abdominal visceral-to-subcutaneous fat ratio in the prediction of metabolic syndrome risk in Japanese Americans followed prospectively for 10-years loses information	16
Non-albumin proteinuria marks tubular involvement and is associated with arterial stiffness in subjects affected by severe obesity	15
Clinical insights about Lipedema: Awareness and clinical perception	15
Trajectories of body mass index before the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in a cohort of Taiwanese adults	15