| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Global and regional diabetes prevalence estimates for 2019 and projections for 2030 and 2045: Results from the International Diabetes Federation Diabetes Atlas, 9th edition | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2019 | 5,764 |
| 2 | Global estimates of the prevalence of diabetes for 2010 and 2030 | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2010 | 5,566 |
| 3 | IDF Diabetes Atlas: Global estimates of diabetes prevalence for 2017 and projections for 2045 | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2018 | 4,761 |
| 4 | IDF Diabetes Atlas: Global estimates for the prevalence of diabetes for 2015 and 2040 | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2017 | 4,032 |
| 5 | Global estimates of diabetes prevalence for 2013 and projections for 2035 | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2014 | 3,465 |
| 6 | IDF Diabetes Atlas: Global estimates of the prevalence of diabetes for 2011 and 2030 | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2011 | 3,195 |
| 7 | IDF Diabetes Atlas: Global, regional and country-level diabetes prevalence estimates for 2021 and projections for 2045 | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2022 | 2,873 |
| 8 | Intensive insulin therapy prevents the progression of diabetic microvascular complications in Japanese patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: a randomized prospective 6-year study | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 1995 | 2,814 |
| 9 | Inflammation as a link between obesity, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2014 | 1,420 |
| 10 | Advanced glycation endproducts—role in pathology of diabetic complications | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2005 | 1,222 |
| 11 | Global healthcare expenditure on diabetes for 2010 and 2030 | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2010 | 858 |
| 12 | Appropriate waist circumference cutoff points for central obesity in Korean adults | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2007 | 756 |
| 13 | Relationship of obesity and visceral adiposity with serum concentrations of CRP, TNF-α and IL-6 | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2005 | 739 |
| 14 | The magnitude of association between overweight and obesity and the risk of diabetes: A meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2010 | 573 |
| 15 | Report of the Committee on the classification and diagnostic criteria of diabetes mellitus | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2002 | 567 |
| 16 | Diagnostic criteria and classification of hyperglycaemia first detected in pregnancy: A World Health Organization Guideline | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2014 | 561 |
| 17 | Prevention of type 2 diabetes by lifestyle intervention: a Japanese trial in IGT males | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2005 | 524 |
| 18 | COVID-19 and diabetes: Knowledge in progress | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2020 | 519 |
| 19 | Global and regional estimates and projections of diabetes-related health expenditure: Results from the International Diabetes Federation Diabetes Atlas, 9th edition | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2020 | 501 |
| 20 | Painful diabetic polyneuropathy: epidemiology, pain description, and quality of life | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2000 | 497 |
| 21 | Barriers to diabetes management: Patient and provider factors | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2011 | 491 |
| 22 | Annual incidence and relative risk of diabetes in people with various categories of dysglycemia: A systematic overview and meta-analysis of prospective studies | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2007 | 471 |
| 23 | Global estimates of the prevalence of hyperglycaemia in pregnancy | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2014 | 470 |
| 24 | Too much sitting – A health hazard | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2012 | 458 |
| 25 | Global Guideline for Type 2 Diabetes | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2014 | 454 |
| 26 | Insulin effects in muscle and adipose tissue | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2011 | 434 |
| 27 | The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab)—methods and response rates | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2002 | 431 |
| 28 | Global estimates of undiagnosed diabetes in adults | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2014 | 423 |
| 29 | Comparison of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells with bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells for treatment of diabetic critical limb ischemia and foot ulcer: A double-blind, randomized, controlled trial | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2011 | 407 |
| 30 | Validation of the insulin sensitivity index (ISI0,120): comparison with other measures | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2000 | 404 |
| 31 | Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in an urban population: Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2003 | 404 |
| 32 | Diabetes and depression: Global perspectives | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2010 | 388 |
| 33 | TyG index performs better than HOMA in a Brazilian population: A hyperglycemic clamp validated study | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2011 | 380 |
| 34 | Mortality attributable to diabetes in 20–79 years old adults, 2019 estimates: Results from the International Diabetes Federation Diabetes Atlas, 9th edition | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2020 | 364 |
| 35 | Serum irisin levels in new-onset type 2 diabetes | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2013 | 350 |
| 36 | Characterization of three isoforms of mammalian peroxiredoxin that reduce peroxides in the presence of thioredoxin | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 1999 | 345 |
| 37 | Monocytes from type 2 diabetic patients have a pro-inflammatory profile | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2007 | 338 |
| 38 | Diabetes in the young – a global view and worldwide estimates of numbers of children with type 1 diabetes | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2014 | 321 |
| 39 | Worldwide estimates of incidence, prevalence and mortality of type 1 diabetes in children and adolescents: Results from the International Diabetes Federation Diabetes Atlas, 9th edition | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2019 | 321 |
| 40 | Mortality attributable to diabetes: Estimates for the year 2010 | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2010 | 312 |
| 41 | Metabolic syndrome in urban Asian Indian adults—a population study using modified ATP III criteria | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2003 | 298 |
| 42 | Efficacy and tolerability of vildagliptin monotherapy in drug-naïve patients with type 2 diabetes | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2007 | 295 |
| 43 | IDF diabetes Atlas: Global estimates of undiagnosed diabetes in adults for 2021 | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2022 | 282 |
| 44 | Cognitive dysfunction in older subjects with diabetes mellitus: impact on diabetes self-management and use of care services | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2000 | 281 |
| 45 | Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments: a simple, effective and inexpensive screening device for identifying diabetic patients at risk of foot ulceration | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 1991 | 276 |
| 46 | Sleep-disordered breathing and type 2 diabetes | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2008 | 276 |
| 47 | Insulin secretion capacity in the development from normal glucose tolerance to type 2 diabetes | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2004 | 272 |
| 48 | Impact of fasting and postprandial glycemia on overall glycemic control in type 2 diabetes | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2007 | 267 |
| 49 | COVID-19, diabetes mellitus and ACE2: The conundrum | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 2020 | 267 |
| 50 | Postprandial hyperglycaemia and α-glucosidase inhibitors | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice | 1998 | 264 |
