OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers in Nutrition is 78. 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
How does young adults’ dietary and health-related quality of life vary by food security and household income?	351
Nutritional intervention in end-stage renal disease: a clinical trial study	282
Relationship between starch fine structure and simulated oral processing of cooked japonica rice	271
Editorial: Novel developments for promoting health through microbiota modulation	266
Association of dietary patterns with the risk of central obesity in Chinese adults: the China Nutrition and Health Surveillance 2015–2017	246
The association between dietary fat quality and quantity and hospitalization duration in COVID-19 in Iranian patients: a cross-sectional study	246
Effects of acetylated distarch phosphate on the physicochemical characteristics and stability of the oyster sauce system	222
Editorial: Novel delivery systems of flavors and essential oils: exploring potential health applications in foods	218
Abnormal serum phosphorus was associated with the outcome of community-acquired pneumonia	206
Differences in time–intensity sensory profiles of sweet taste intensity of glucose between older and young adults	205
Updating the fatty acid profiles of retail bovine milk in China based on an improved GC-MS method: implications for nutrition	200
Association between homocysteine and blood pressure in the NHANES 2003–2006: the mediating role of Vitamin C	197
Body composition: a crucial factor in downstaging and postoperative complications of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for gastric cancer	179
A cross-sectional study of dietary and urinary soy isoflavones about coal-burning fluorosis in Guizhou, China	168
Implementation of sugar-sweetened beverages tax and its perception among public health stakeholders. A study from Poland	164
Effects of low-GI biscuits as pre-loads or mid-meal snacks on post-prandial glycemic excursions in women with recent gestational diabetes: A protocol for a randomized crossover trial and an extended t	159
The association of visceral fat metabolism score with hyperuricemia—evidence from NHANES 1999–2018	154
Cross-sectional association between plasma aldosterone concentration and cognitive performance by mini-mental state examination in community dwellers	140
Associations of dietary sources of antioxidant intake and NAFLD: NHANES 2017–2020 and Mendelian randomization	139
Economic and health impacts of the Change4Life Food Scanner app: Findings from a randomized pilot and feasibility study	138
Editorial: Baby foods: Quality, safety, technology, and regulation	137
Editorial: Insights into food science and technology in Latin America	135
Nutritional interventions in adult fibrostenotic Crohn’s disease: A systematic review	127
Independent and joint impacts of high body mass index and aging on global burden of chronic kidney disease: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021	125
Enhancing micronutrient bioavailability in wheat grain through organic fertilizer substitution	125

Editorial: Databases and nutrition, volume III	124
Impact of feeding habits on the development of language-specific processing of phonemes in brain: An event-related potentials study	123
Dendrobium huoshanense C. Z. Tang & S. J. Cheng alleviates atherosclerosis by reducing lipid and improving vascular endothelial dysfunction	122
Prognostic value of the CIPA nutritional screening tool in over 30,000 hospitalized patients: a retrospective study (2014–2022)	120
Association of Serum Retinol Concentrations With Metabolic Syndrome Components in Iranian Children and Adolescents: The CASPIAN-V Study	120
The relationship between watermelon consumption and sarcopenia in an elderly general population: findings from the Tianjin chronic low-grade systemic inflammation and health study	120
Micronutrient inadequacy in Europe: the overlooked role of food supplements in health resilience	116
Symptoms during initiation of a ketogenic diet: a scoping review of occurrence rates, mechanisms and relief strategies	113
The promotion mechanism of prebiotics for probiotics: A review	112
The impact of body composition and fat distribution on blood pressure in young and middle-aged adults	112
The balanced unsaturated fatty acid supplement constituted by woody edible oils improved lipid metabolism and gut microbiota in high-fat diet mice	110
A review of extraction, purification, structural properties and biological activities of legumes polysaccharides	109
Genetic diet interactions of ACE: the increased hypertension predisposition in the Latin American population	108
Capsaicin: beyond TRPV1	106
Folate (vitamin B9) content analysis in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)	106
Serum albumin-carcinoembryonic antigen ratio as an effective clinical tool for predicting recurrence and overall survival in patients with rectal cancer	103
Algal oil alleviates antibiotic-induced intestinal inflammation by regulating gut microbiota and repairing intestinal barrier	103
Dietary Antioxidant Indices in Relation to All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Among Adults With Diabetes: A Prospective Cohort Study	103
Dietary patterns and indicators of cardiometabolic risk among rural adolescents: A cross-sectional study at 15-year follow-up of the MINIMat cohort	102
Plant-derived alginate polysaccharide hydrogels in sport and exercise nutrition: implications for carbohydrate metabolism, gastrointestinal integrity, exercise recovery, and athletic performance	101
The impact of dietary fiber on colorectal cancer patients based on machine learning	99
Nutritional composition and health benefits of peas—a bibliometric research	99
Defining the evolving field of culinary medicine across multiple domains	99
Dietary intake, nutritional status and healthcare characteristics of mothers and newborn infants in a prospective cohort study (CHAMP) from a malnutrition-endemic region of Pakistan	98
Safety and effectiveness of diet and detox teas for weight loss: a mini-review	98
Methionine ameliorates intestinal injury in senescence-accelerated mouse prone-8 mice by reducing sulfate-reducing bacteria and enhancing barrier function	97
Chrononutrition behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic and its relationship with body weight among college students	96
Acidipropionibacterium acidipropionici, a propionate-producing bacterium, contributes to GPR41 signaling and metabolic regulation in high-fat diet-induced obesity in mice	95
Measurement of sarcopenia in lung cancer inpatients and its association with frailty, nutritional risk, and malnutrition	94
Identification and virtual screening of novel anti-inflammatory peptides from broccoli fermented by Lactobacillus strains	94
Structural analysis of type 3 resistant starch from Canna edulis during in vitro simulated digestion and its post-digested residue impact on human gut microbiota	93
Food-derived dihydromyricetin and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a preclinical systematic review and meta-analysis	92
Culinary strategies to manage glycemic response in people with type 2 diabetes: A narrative review	91
Comparison of physicochemical and in vitro hypoglycemic activity of bamboo shoot dietary fibers from different regions of Yunnan	90
Statistical Optimization of Novel Medium to Maximize the Yield of Exopolysaccharide From Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus ZFM216 and Its Immunomodulatory Activity	90
Effects of post-fermentation on the flavor compounds formation in red sour soup	88
A multi-network comparative analysis of whole-transcriptome and translatome reveals the effect of high-fat diet on APP/PS1 mice and the intervention with Chinese medicine	87
Sweetness preference and its impact on energy intake and body weight – a review of evidence	87
Prevention and treatment of catheter-related venous thrombosis in long-term parenteral nutrition: A SINuC position statement	85
Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and associated risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality among middle-aged and older adults in the United States	83
Use of the term whole grain on the label of processed and ultra-processed foods based on cereals and pseudocereals in Brazil	83
Association between intake of flavanones and the overweight/obesity and central obesity in children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study from the NHANES database	83
Vitamin C intake potentially lowers total cholesterol to improve endothelial function in diabetic patients at increased risk of cardiovascular disease: A systematic review of randomized controlled tri	82
Postoperative parenteral glutamine supplementation improves the short-term outcomes in patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery: A propensity score matching study	82
Gut-brain axis in adolescent depression: a systematic review of psychological implications and behavioral interventions	81
The relationship between central obesity and risk of breast cancer: a dose–response meta-analysis of 7,989,315 women	81
A blueprint for vitamin D fortification in sugar: stability and health impact	80
The role of vitamin C in the prevention of pancreatic cancer: a systematic-review	79
Use of Preventable Risk Integrated Model on behavioral risk factors: a scoping review and bibliometric analysis	78
Reduced phosphorus is associated with older age and hypoalbuminemia. Risk factors for all-cause mortality in peritoneal dialysis patients	78

Impacts of sarcopenia on adverse events and prognosis in Chinese patients with esophageal cancer undergoing chemoradiotherapy	78
The impact of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy on nutritional status and survival in cervical esophageal cancer patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy	78
Association of weight-adjusted waist index with preserved ratio impaired spirometry and all-cause mortality	78
Editorial: Nutritional management of patients with inborn errors of metabolism	78