| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | What do we know about chronic kidney disease in India: first report of the Indian CKD registry | BMC Nephrology | 2012 | 282 |
| 2 | Chronic kidney disease of uncertain aetiology: prevalence and causative factors in a developing country | BMC Nephrology | 2013 | 277 |
| 3 | Is hyperuricemia an independent risk factor for new-onset chronic kidney disease?: a systematic review and meta-analysis based on observational cohort studies | BMC Nephrology | 2014 | 267 |
| 4 | Overview of the Alberta Kidney Disease Network | BMC Nephrology | 2009 | 221 |
| 5 | Fluid overload in the ICU: evaluation and management | BMC Nephrology | 2016 | 215 |
| 6 | A systematic review of the prevalence and determinants of nonadherence to phosphate binding medication in patients with end-stage renal disease | BMC Nephrology | 2008 | 214 |
| 7 | Epidemiology and risk factors of chronic kidney disease in India – results from the SEEK (Screening and Early Evaluation of Kidney Disease) study | BMC Nephrology | 2013 | 212 |
| 8 | Renal association clinical practice guideline on Anaemia of Chronic Kidney Disease | BMC Nephrology | 2017 | 179 |
| 9 | Incidence, timing and outcome of AKI in critically ill patients varies with the definition used and the addition of urine output criteria | BMC Nephrology | 2017 | 168 |
| 10 | Frailty and falls among adult patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis: a prospective cohort study | BMC Nephrology | 2013 | 167 |
| 11 | Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug induced acute kidney injury in the community dwelling general population and people with chronic kidney disease: systematic review and meta-analysis | BMC Nephrology | 2017 | 160 |
| 12 | Serum free light chain measurement aids the diagnosis of myeloma in patients with severe renal failure | BMC Nephrology | 2008 | 159 |
| 13 | KNOW-CKD (KoreaN cohort study for Outcome in patients With Chronic Kidney Disease): design and methods | BMC Nephrology | 2014 | 156 |
| 14 | A novel model of adenine-induced tubulointerstitial nephropathy in mice | BMC Nephrology | 2013 | 153 |
| 15 | The burden of comorbidity in people with chronic kidney disease stage 3: a cohort study | BMC Nephrology | 2015 | 146 |
| 16 | International Collaboration for the Epidemiology of eGFR in Low and Middle Income Populations - Rationale and core protocol for the Disadvantaged Populations eGFR Epidemiology Study (DEGREE) | BMC Nephrology | 2017 | 145 |
| 17 | Quality of life, mental health and health beliefs in haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients: Investigating differences in early and later years of current treatment | BMC Nephrology | 2008 | 143 |
| 18 | Atrial fibrillation in chronic dialysis patients in the United states: risk factors for hospitalization and mortality | BMC Nephrology | 2003 | 142 |
| 19 | Relationship between sclerostin and cardiovascular calcification in hemodialysis patients: a cross-sectional study | BMC Nephrology | 2013 | 142 |
| 20 | The pathophysiology of hyperuricaemia and its possible relationship to cardiovascular disease, morbidity and mortality | BMC Nephrology | 2013 | 141 |
| 21 | Global dimensions of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu): a modern era environmental and/or occupational nephropathy? | BMC Nephrology | 2015 | 141 |
| 22 | Urate lowering therapy to improve renal outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease: systematic review and meta-analysis | BMC Nephrology | 2015 | 140 |
| 23 | The assessment, serial evaluation, and subsequent sequelae of acute kidney injury (ASSESS-AKI) study: design and methods | BMC Nephrology | 2010 | 139 |
| 24 | Incidence and outcomes of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery using either criteria of the RIFLE classification | BMC Nephrology | 2015 | 135 |
| 25 | Long-term risk of chronic kidney disease and mortality in children after acute kidney injury: a systematic review | BMC Nephrology | 2014 | 134 |
| 26 | Effect of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists on proteinuria and progression of chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis | BMC Nephrology | 2016 | 134 |
| 27 | Renal Association Clinical Practice Guideline on Haemodialysis | BMC Nephrology | 2019 | 129 |
| 28 | Detecting chronic kidney disease in population-based administrative databases using an algorithm of hospital encounter and physician claim codes | BMC Nephrology | 2013 | 128 |
| 29 | The role of klotho in chronic kidney disease | BMC Nephrology | 2018 | 128 |
| 30 | Renal association clinical practice guideline in post-operative care in the kidney transplant recipient | BMC Nephrology | 2017 | 126 |
| 31 | Pregnancy outcomes in women with kidney transplant: Metaanalysis and systematic review | BMC Nephrology | 2019 | 125 |
| 32 | Clinical practice guideline on pregnancy and renal disease | BMC Nephrology | 2019 | 124 |
| 33 | Association of kidney function with inflammatory and procoagulant markers in a diverse cohort: A cross-sectional analysis from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) | BMC Nephrology | 2008 | 123 |
| 34 | Simultaneous exposure to multiple heavy metals and glyphosate may contribute to Sri Lankan agricultural nephropathy | BMC Nephrology | 2015 | 122 |
| 35 | A systematic review of patient and health system characteristics associated with late referral in chronic kidney disease | BMC Nephrology | 2008 | 120 |
| 36 | Involvement of inflammation-related miR-155 and miR-146a in diabetic nephropathy: implications for glomerular endothelial injury | BMC Nephrology | 2014 | 115 |
| 37 | Burden of chronic kidney disease on the African continent: a systematic review and meta-analysis | BMC Nephrology | 2018 | 115 |
| 38 | Chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology in Sri Lanka: is cadmium a likely cause? | BMC Nephrology | 2011 | 114 |
| 39 | Predictors of high sensitivity cardiac troponin T in chronic kidney disease patients: a cross-sectional study in the chronic renal insufficiency cohort (CRIC) | BMC Nephrology | 2013 | 114 |
| 40 | Polymorphisms of the insertion / deletion ACE and M235T AGT genes and hypertension: surprising new findings and meta-analysis of data | BMC Nephrology | 2005 | 113 |
| 41 | The “phosphorus pyramid”: a visual tool for dietary phosphate management in dialysis and CKD patients | BMC Nephrology | 2015 | 112 |
| 42 | Effect of exercise training and dopamine agonists in patients with uremic restless legs syndrome: a six-month randomized, partially double-blind, placebo-controlled comparative study | BMC Nephrology | 2013 | 111 |
| 43 | Timing, causes, predictors and prognosis of switching from peritoneal dialysis to hemodialysis: a prospective study | BMC Nephrology | 2009 | 110 |
| 44 | Indoxyl sulfate, a uremic toxin, downregulates renal expression of Nrf2 through activation of NF-κB | BMC Nephrology | 2013 | 108 |
| 45 | Association of C-reactive protein, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and interleukin-6 with chronic kidney disease | BMC Nephrology | 2015 | 106 |
| 46 | An in vitroassessment of panel of engineered nanomaterials using a human renal cell line: cytotoxicity, pro-inflammatory response, oxidative stress and genotoxicity | BMC Nephrology | 2013 | 105 |
| 47 | Dephosphorylated-uncarboxylated Matrix Gla protein concentration is predictive of vitamin K status and is correlated with vascular calcification in a cohort of hemodialysis patients | BMC Nephrology | 2014 | 104 |
| 48 | The 6R’s of drug induced nephrotoxicity | BMC Nephrology | 2017 | 103 |
| 49 | Proton pump inhibitors are associated with increased risk of development of chronic kidney disease | BMC Nephrology | 2016 | 102 |
| 50 | Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes in Spain: PERCEDIME2 study | BMC Nephrology | 2013 | 100 |
