| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Gadolinium – a specific trigger for the development of nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis? | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2006 | 1,649 |
| 2 | Arterial media calcification in end-stage renal disease: impact on all-cause and cardiovascular mortality | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2003 | 1,554 |
| 3 | Arterial stiffening and vascular calcifications in end‐stage renal disease | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2000 | 904 |
| 4 | What is the role of albumin in proteinuric glomerulopathies? | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2004 | 825 |
| 5 | Are there two types of malnutrition in chronic renal failure? Evidence for relationships between malnutrition, inflammation and atherosclerosis (MIA syndrome) | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2000 | 701 |
| 6 | Microvesicles derived from human adult mesenchymal stem cells protect against ischaemia-reperfusion-induced acute and chronic kidney injury | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2011 | 697 |
| 7 | Regional citrate versus systemic heparin for anticoagulation in critically ill patients on continuous venovenous haemofiltration: a prospective randomized multicentre trial | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2011 | 657 |
| 8 | Oxidative stress in end-stage renal disease: an emerging threat to patient outcome | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2003 | 636 |
| 9 | Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes guidelines on anaemia management in chronic kidney disease: a European Renal Best Practice position statement | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2013 | 628 |
| 10 | Association between delayed graft function and allograft and patient survival: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2008 | 617 |
| 11 | Asymmetric dimethyl-arginine (ADMA) response to inflammation in acute infections | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2007 | 592 |
| 12 | Morphology of coronary atherosclerotic lesions in patients with end-stage renal failure | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2000 | 575 |
| 13 | Changes in the volume status of haemodialysis patients are reflected in sublingual microvascular perfusion | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2009 | 569 |
| 14 | Outcome and risk factors for left ventricular disorders in chronic uraemia | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 1996 | 548 |
| 15 | The mortality risk of overhydration in haemodialysis patients | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2009 | 542 |
| 16 | Dialysis or not? A comparative survival study of patients over 75 years with chronic kidney disease stage 5 | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2007 | 537 |
| 17 | Chronic kidney disease as cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2005 | 523 |
| 18 | When do we need competing risks methods for survival analysis in nephrology? | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2013 | 510 |
| 19 | Acute renal failure following cardiac surgery | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 1999 | 501 |
| 20 | A comparison of the RIFLE and AKIN criteria for acute kidney injury in critically ill patients | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2008 | 494 |
| 21 | The ADVANCE study: a randomized study to evaluate the effects of cinacalcet plus low-dose vitamin D on vascular calcification in patients on hemodialysis | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2011 | 491 |
| 22 | A comparison between cystatin C, plasma creatinine and the Cockcroft and Gault formula for the estimation of glomerular filtration rate | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2003 | 476 |
| 23 | Vascular access use and outcomes: an international perspective from the dialysis outcomes and practice patterns study | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2008 | 476 |
| 24 | EBPG on Vascular Access | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2007 | 475 |
| 25 | The malnutrition, inflammation, and atherosclerosis (MIA) syndrome - the heart of the matter | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2002 | 473 |
| 26 | Uric acid and chronic kidney disease: which is chasing which? | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2013 | 466 |
| 27 | Pruritus in haemodialysis patients: international results from the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2006 | 464 |
| 28 | Foreword | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2004 | 461 |
| 29 | A European Renal Best Practice (ERBP) position statement on the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Clinical Practice Guidelines on Acute Kidney Injury: Part 1: definitions, conservative management and contrast-induced nephropathy | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2012 | 460 |
| 30 | The incidence of primary glomerulonephritis worldwide: a systematic review of the literature | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2011 | 452 |
| 31 | EBPG Guideline on Nutrition | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2007 | 442 |
| 32 | ESRD patients in 2004: global overview of patient numbers, treatment modalities and associated trends | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2005 | 432 |
| 33 | Successful haemodialysis in sotalol-induced torsade de pointes in a patient with progressive renal failure | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 1997 | 423 |
| 34 | A multi-centre evaluation of the RIFLE criteria for early acute kidney injury in critically ill patients | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2007 | 423 |
| 35 | Adolphe Quetelet (1796 1874) the average man and indices of obesity | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2007 | 415 |
| 36 | Serum iPTH, calcium and phosphate, and the risk of mortality in a European haemodialysis population | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2011 | 412 |
| 37 | Mortality and cardiovascular events in online haemodiafiltration (OL-HDF) compared with high-flux dialysis: results from the Turkish OL-HDF Study | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2013 | 411 |
| 38 | Post Catheterisation Vein Stenosis in Haemodialysis: Comparative Angiographic Study of 50 Subdavian and 50 Internal Jugular Accesses | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 1991 | 410 |
| 39 | Update on adverse drug events associated with parenteral iron | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2006 | 405 |
| 40 | Clinical practice guideline on diagnosis and treatment of hyponatraemia | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2014 | 404 |
| 41 | p-Cresyl sulphate and indoxyl sulphate predict progression of chronic kidney disease | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2011 | 390 |
| 42 | Body mass index and mortality in ‘healthier’ as compared with ‘sicker’ haemodialysis patients: results from the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2001 | 389 |
| 43 | Anaemia in haemodialysis patients of five European countries: association with morbidity and mortality in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2004 | 384 |
| 44 | Long-term follow-up of kidney donors: a longitudinal study | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 1997 | 380 |
| 45 | Free p-cresylsulphate is a predictor of mortality in patients at different stages of chronic kidney disease | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2010 | 371 |
| 46 | Therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stem cell-derived microvesicles | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2012 | 362 |
| 47 | Treatment of stenosis and thrombosis in haemodialysis fistulas and grafts by interventional radiology | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2000 | 356 |
| 48 | NF- B activation and overexpression of regulated genes in human diabetic nephropathy | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2004 | 352 |
| 49 | Kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1): a urinary biomarker and much more | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2009 | 348 |
| 50 | Lower risk for cardiovascular mortality in oral 1 -hydroxy vitamin D3 users in a haemodialysis population | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2004 | 346 |
