OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Endocrinology and Metabolism is 9. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Risk of Diabetes Mellitus in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: A Nationwide Cohort Study	201
Active Surveillance for Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma as an Acceptable Management Option with Additional Benefits: A Comprehensive Systematic Review	61
Impact of Antidiabetic Drugs on Clinical Outcomes of COVID-19: A Nationwide Population-Based Study	50
Recent Updates to Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diabetes Mellitus	49
Inhibition of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 during Serum Deprivation Increases Hepatic Gluconeogenesis via the AMPK/AKT/FOXO Signaling Pathway	47
DPP-4 Inhibitor in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patient with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Achieving Two Goals at Once?	46
A Comprehensive Assessment of the Harms of Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy for Thyroid Nodules: A Systematic Review	44
Short-Chain Fatty Acids Attenuate Renal Fibrosis and Enhance Autophagy of Renal Tubular Cells in Diabetic Mice Through the HDAC2/ULK1 Axis	40
Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Based Therapies: A New Horizon in Obesity Management	38
Real-World Safety and Effectiveness of Denosumab in Patients with Osteoporosis: A Prospective, Observational Study in South Korea	37
The Physiological Functions and Polymorphisms of Type II Deiodinase	35
Irisin Attenuates Hepatic Stellate Cell Activation and Liver Fibrosis in Bile Duct Ligation Mice Model and Improves Mitochondrial Dysfunction	33
Aging as Entropy: A Quantifiable Framework	32
Triglyceride-Glucose Index Predicts Future Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Diseases: A 16-Year Follow-up in a Prospective, Community-Dwelling Cohort Study	32
Nutrient-Stimulated Hormone-Based Therapies: Transforming Obesity Management	31
Acute Suppurative Thyroiditis as a Presentation of Disseminated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection in an Adult with Type 1 Diabetes	30
Sex-Specific Cardiovascular Risks and Mortality in Patients with Panhypopituitarism: A Nationwide Cohort Study	30
Calorie Restriction and Bone Health: Lessons from Bariatric Metabolic Surgery	30
The Modified S-GRAS Scoring System for Prognosis in Korean with Adrenocortical Carcinoma	29
Multiomics Approach to Acromegaly: Unveiling Translational Insights for Precision Medicine	29
Clinical Manifestations of Malignant Struma Ovarii: A Retrospective Case Series in a Tertiary Hospital in Korea	28
Unstimulated Highly Sensitive Thyroglobulin <0.2 ng/mL: Insufficient to Predict Stimulated Thyroglobulin <1 ng/mL?	28
Partial Deletion of Perk Improved High-Fat Diet-Induced Glucose Intolerance in Mice	28
The Benefits Of Continuous Glucose Monitoring In Pregnancy	27
Exploring Sex Differences in Type 2 Diabetes via a Male-Dominant Beta-Cell Cluster from Single-Cell Pancreatic Sequencing of Public Datasets	27

Seaweed and Iodine Intakes and SLC5A5 rs77277498 in Relation to Thyroid Cancer	25
Prenatal Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances, Maternal Thyroid Dysfunction, and Child Autism Spectrum Disorder	23
Glucocorticoid-Induced Hyperglycemia: A Neglected Problem	23
Thyroid Function across the Lifespan: Do Age-Related Changes Matter?	23
Update from the 2022 World Health Organization Classification of Thyroid Tumors: A Standardized Diagnostic Approach	22
Acquired Forms of Fibroblast Growth Factor 23-Related Hypophosphatemic Osteomalacia	22
Usefulness of Real-Time Quantitative Microvascular Ultrasonography for Differentiation of Graves’ Disease from Destructive Thyroiditis in Thyrotoxic Patients	22
Reference Standards for C-Peptide in Korean Population: A Korean Endocrine Hormone Reference Standard Data Center Study	21
Survival Comparison of Incidentally Found versus Clinically Detected Thyroid Cancers: An Analysis of a Nationwide Cohort Study	21
Young-Onset Diabetes in East Asians: From Epidemiology to Precision Medicine	20
Bone Loss after Solid Organ Transplantation: A Review of Organ-Specific Considerations	20
Protective Effect of Delta-Like 1 Homolog Against Muscular Atrophy in a Mouse Model	20
Treatment of Hypoparathyroidism by Re-Establishing the Effects of Parathyroid Hormone	20
No More NAFLD: The Term Is Now MASLD	20
Recent Changes in the Incidence of Thyroid Cancer in Korea between 2005 and 2018: Analysis of Korean National Data	20
Alterations in Adipose Tissue and Adipokines in Heterozygous APE1/Ref-1 Deficient Mice	19
Total Thyroidectomy: Resection of Two Organs, Not Just One	19
Forty Years Together, New Leap Forward! The 40th Anniversary of the Korean Endocrine Society	19
All That Glitters Is Not Gold: The Same Sleep Time, but Different Diabetogenic Outcomes	19
Rising Incidence and Comorbidities of Endogenous Hypothyroidism in Republic of Korea from 2004 to 2018: A Nationwide Population Study	18
Utilizing Immunoglobulin G4 Immunohistochemistry for Risk Stratification in Patients with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Associated with Hashimoto Thyroiditis	18
Increased Risk of Hip Fracture in Patients with Acromegaly: A Nationwide Cohort Study in Korea	17
Updates on Paget’s Disease of Bone	16
Discrepancies in Dapagliflozin Response in Terms of Glycemic Control and Body Weight Reduction	16
Subacute Thyroiditis in the Time of COVID-19	16
Early Dose Escalation of Tirzepatide after Switching from Semaglutide in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus	16
Association among Current Smoking, Alcohol Consumption, Regular Exercise, and Lower Extremity Amputation in Patients with Diabetic Foot: Nationwide Population-Based Study	16
Novel and Advanced Ultrasound Techniques for Thyroid Thermal Ablation	16
Long-Term Prognosis and Systemic Impact of Acromegaly: Analyses Utilizing Korean National Health Insurance Data	15
Long-Term Changes in the Mortality Rates of Thyroid Cancer in Korea: Analysis of Korean National Data from 1985 to 2020	15
Reframing the Paradigm: A Nuanced Approach to Prolactinoma Management	15
The Levothyroxine Odyssey: Navigating the Path of Survivorship in Thyroid Cancer	15
Dynamic Risk Model for the Medical Treatment of Graves’ Hyperthyroidism according to Treatment Duration	14
Long-Term Cumulative Exposure to High γ-Glutamyl Transferase Levels and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study	14
Extra-Glycemic Effects of Anti-Diabetic Medications: Two Birds with One Stone?	14
Nuclear Factor-Kappa B Regulation of Osteoclastogenesis and Osteoblastogenesis	14
A Narrative Review of the 2023 Korean Thyroid Association Management Guideline for Patients with Thyroid Nodules	14
Causal Associations of Cardiovascular Proteins and Diabetic Nephropathy Revealed by Mediation and Phenome-Wide Mendelian Randomization	14
Treatment Patterns and Preferences for Graves’ Disease in Korea: Insights from a Nationwide Cohort Study	13
Glucocorticoids as a Double-Edged Sword in the Treatment of COVID-19: Mortality and Severity of COVID-19 in Patients Receiving Long-Term Glucocorticoid Therapy	13
Bone Mineral Density Screening Interval and Transition to Osteoporosis in Asian Women	13
Bridging Gaps Amidst Limited Evidence for Glucocorticoid-Induced Adrenal Insufficiency	13
Corrigendum: Affiliation Correction. Development and Validation of a Risk Scoring System Derived from Meta-Analyses for Papillary Thyroid Cancer	13
Safety and Effectiveness of Pravastatin in Korean Patients with Dyslipidemia Based on the Cardiovascular Risk Classification: Pooled Analysis of Four Observational Studies	12
Effectiveness of a Social Networking Site Based Automatic Mobile Message Providing System on Glycemic Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus	12
Glucagon: Physiological and Pharmacological Functions and Pathophysiological Significance in Type 2 Diabetes	12
Acromegaly and Bone: An Update	12
Selective Agonists of Thyroid Hormone Receptor Beta: Promising Tools for the Treatment of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease	12
Renal Protection of Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonist, Finerenone, in Diabetic Kidney Disease	12
Thyrotoxic Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis: Pathophysiological Mechanisms	12

Impact of Glucose Metabolism Status on the Association between Apolipoprotein A-I and Ischemic Risk in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: A Large-Sample Cohort Study	11
A Key Metabolic Regulator of Bone and Cartilage Health	11
Associations of Alcohol Consumption with All-Cause and Cancer Mortalities in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Nationwide Population Cohort Study	11
Initial Combination Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes	11
Repeated Low High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and the Risk of Thyroid Cancer: A Nationwide Population- Based Study in Korea	11
Adequate Dose of Levothyroxine for Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Suppression after Total Thyroidectomy in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer	11
Clinicopathological Features and Molecular Signatures of Lateral Neck Lymph Node Metastasis in Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma	11
Re-Increasing Trends in Thyroid Cancer Incidence after a Short Period of Decrease in Korea: Reigniting the Debate on Ultrasound Screening	11
Efficacy of Gemigliptin Add-on to Dapagliflozin and Metformin in Type 2 Diabetes Patients: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study (SOLUTION)	11
Association of the Preoperative Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) Score with Clinicopathological Characteristics in Patients with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma	11
Medical Treatment of Cushing’s Syndrome	11
Overcoming Therapeutic Inertia as the Achilles’ Heel for Improving Suboptimal Diabetes Care: An Integrative Review	11
Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitor Enhances Hepatic Gluconeogenesis and Reduces Lipid Accumulation via AMPK-SIRT1 Activation and Autophagy Induction	11
For the Forthcoming Winning Shot in the Battle against Cushing Disease	10
Diagnostic Accuracy of Preoperative Radiologic Findings in Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma: Discrepancies with the Postoperative Pathologic Diagnosis and Implications for Clinical Outcomes	10
Association of Steatotic Liver Disease with Retinal Vascular Occlusion: The Influence of Obesity in a Large Health Screening Cohort	10
Metabolite Changes during the Transition from Hyperthyroidism to Euthyroidism in Patients with Graves’ Disease	10
The Characteristics and Risk of Mortality in the Elderly Korean Population	10
Innovative Lipid-Lowering Strategies: RNA-Based, Small Molecule, and Protein-Based Therapies	10
A Nomogram for End-Stage Renal Disease Prediction in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Nationwide Cohort Study in Korea	10
Unveiling Risk Factors for Treatment Failure in Patients with Graves’ Disease: A Nationwide Cohort Study in Korea	10
The Presence of Clonal Hematopoiesis Is Negatively Associated with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy in Type 2 Diabetes	10
Impact of Antidiabetic Drugs on Clinical Outcomes of COVID-19: A Nationwide Population-Based Study	10
Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Type 2 Diabetes: Further Insights into the Power of Weight Loss and Exercise	9
The Severity of Diabetes and the Risk of Diabetic Foot Amputation: A National Cohort Study	9
Gemigliptin Alleviates Succinate-Induced Hepatic Stellate Cell Activation by Ameliorating Mitochondrial Dysfunction	9
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and Endocrine Disorders: A Position Statement from the Korean Endocrine Society	9
Risk for Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus after COVID-19 among Korean Adults: A Nationwide Matched Cohort Study	9
Effects of Progranulin Deficiency on Inflammation and Fibrosis in the Kidneys and Liver of Diabetic Mice Fed a High-Fat Diet	9
In Vitro Investigation of HIF-1α as a Therapeutic Target for Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathy	9
High TRAb Titer at Diagnosis Predicts Persistent Positivity and Relapse in Graves’ Disease after Prolonged Antithyroid Therapy	9