| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | History of Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents, the Development of Biosimilars, and the Future of Anemia Treatment in Nephrology | American Journal of Nephrology | 2017 | 814 |
| 2 | Obesity Paradox in End-Stage Kidney Disease Patients | Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases | 2014 | 281 |
| 3 | Latest consensus and update on protein-energy wasting in chronic kidney disease | Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care | 2015 | 210 |
| 4 | Incremental Hemodialysis, Residual Kidney Function, and Mortality Risk in Incident Dialysis Patients: A Cohort Study | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | 2016 | 186 |
| 5 | Dietary Restrictions in Dialysis Patients: Is There Anything Left to Eat? | Seminars in Dialysis | 2015 | 157 |
| 6 | The Obesity Paradox in Kidney Disease: How to Reconcile It With Obesity Management | Kidney International Reports | 2017 | 124 |
| 7 | Preservation of residual kidney function in hemodialysis patients: reviving an old concept | Kidney International | 2016 | 121 |
| 8 | Updates on the Management of Diabetes in Dialysis Patients | Seminars in Dialysis | 2014 | 116 |
| 9 | The Effects of High-Protein Diets on Kidney Health and Longevity | Journal of the American Society of Nephrology: JASN | 2020 | 113 |
| 10 | Intradialytic hypotension, blood pressure changes and mortality risk in incident hemodialysis patients | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2018 | 110 |
| 11 | A Randomized Trial of Magnesium Oxide and Oral Carbon Adsorbent for Coronary Artery Calcification in Predialysis CKD | Journal of the American Society of Nephrology: JASN | 2019 | 98 |
| 12 | Elevated high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and cardiovascular mortality in maintenance hemodialysis patients | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2014 | 84 |
| 13 | Effect of Age and Dialysis Vintage on Obesity Paradox in Long-term Hemodialysis Patients | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | 2014 | 81 |
| 14 | Thyroid functional disease: an under-recognized cardiovascular risk factor in kidney disease patients | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2015 | 80 |
| 15 | Serum creatinine level, a surrogate of muscle mass, predicts mortality in peritoneal dialysis patients | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2013 | 75 |
| 16 | Obesity Paradox in Advanced Kidney Disease: From Bedside to the Bench | Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases | 2018 | 73 |
| 17 | Red Cell Distribution Width and Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | 2016 | 70 |
| 18 | Dietary Approaches in the Management of Diabetic Patients with Kidney Disease | Nutrients | 2017 | 68 |
| 19 | Hypomagnesemia and Mortality in Incident Hemodialysis Patients | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | 2015 | 63 |
| 20 | Mortality Predictability of Body Size and Muscle Mass Surrogates in Asian vs White and African American Hemodialysis Patients | Mayo Clinic Proceedings | 2013 | 57 |
| 21 | Treatment frequency and mortality among incident hemodialysis patients in the United States comparing incremental with standard and more frequent dialysis | Kidney International | 2016 | 53 |
| 22 | Lymphocyte Cell Ratios and Mortality among Incident Hemodialysis Patients | American Journal of Nephrology | 2017 | 53 |
| 23 | Examining the robustness of the obesity paradox in maintenance hemodialysis patients: a marginal structural model analysis | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2016 | 51 |
| 24 | Serum uric acid, protein intake and mortality in hemodialysis patients | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2017 | 49 |
| 25 | Hemodialysis Disparities in African Americans: The Deeply Integrated Concept of Race in the Social Fabric of Our Society | Seminars in Dialysis | 2017 | 49 |
| 26 | The International Society of Renal Nutrition and Metabolism Commentary on the National Kidney Foundation and Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline for Nutrition in Chronic Kidney Disease | | 2021 | 49 |
| 27 | Sex Differences in Hospitalizations with Maintenance Hemodialysis | Journal of the American Society of Nephrology: JASN | 2017 | 47 |
| 28 | Impact of Obesity on Modality Longevity, Residual Kidney Function, Peritonitis, and Survival Among Incident Peritoneal Dialysis Patients | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | 2018 | 46 |
| 29 | Comparative Mortality–Predictability Using Alkaline Phosphatase and Parathyroid Hormone in Patients on Peritoneal Dialysis and Hemodialysis | Peritoneal Dialysis International | 2014 | 45 |
| 30 | Hyponatremia in the Dialysis Population | Kidney International Reports | 2019 | 42 |
| 31 | Lean Body Mass and Survival in Hemodialysis Patients and the Roles of Race and Ethnicity | | 2016 | 39 |
| 32 | Thyroid Functional Disease and Mortality in a National Peritoneal Dialysis Cohort | Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism | 2016 | 36 |
| 33 | Hyperphosphatemia is a combined function of high serum PTH and high dietary protein intake in dialysis patients | Kidney International Supplements | 2013 | 34 |
| 34 | Racial–ethnic disparities in mortality and kidney transplant outcomes among pediatric dialysis patients | Pediatric Nephrology | 2017 | 32 |
| 35 | Volume Balance and Intradialytic Ultrafiltration Rate in the Hemodialysis Patient | Current Heart Failure Reports | 2017 | 30 |
| 36 | Changes in Markers of Mineral and Bone Disorders and Mortality in Incident Hemodialysis Patients | American Journal of Nephrology | 2016 | 29 |
| 37 | Dialysate Potassium and Mortality in a Prospective Hemodialysis Cohort | American Journal of Nephrology | 2018 | 29 |
| 38 | Is incremental hemodialysis ready to return on the scene? From empiricism to kinetic modelling | Journal of Nephrology | 2017 | 28 |
| 39 | Association of Ultrafiltration Rate with Mortality in Incident Hemodialysis Patients | Nephron | 2018 | 27 |
| 40 | Association of Growth Differentiation Factor 15 with Mortality in a Prospective Hemodialysis Cohort | CardioRenal Medicine | 2017 | 25 |
| 41 | Incremental dialysis for preserving residual kidney function—Does one size fit all when initiating dialysis? | Seminars in Dialysis | 2018 | 25 |
| 42 | Vascular access placement and mortality in elderly incident hemodialysis patients | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2020 | 24 |
| 43 | Estimated GFR at Dialysis Initiation and Mortality in Children and Adolescents | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | 2019 | 22 |
| 44 | Serum Ferritin Variations and Mortality in Incident Hemodialysis Patients | American Journal of Nephrology | 2017 | 18 |
| 45 | Concurrence of Serum Creatinine and Albumin With Lower Risk for Death in Twice-Weekly Hemodialysis Patients | | 2017 | 18 |
| 46 | Precision Medicine in the Transition to Dialysis and Personalized Renal Replacement Therapy | Seminars in Nephrology | 2018 | 18 |
| 47 | Association of Pre-ESRD Serum Calcium With Post-ESRD Mortality Among Incident ESRD Patients: A Cohort Study | Journal of Bone and Mineral Research | 2018 | 17 |
| 48 | Mean platelet volume and mortality risk in a national incident hemodialysis cohort | International Journal of Cardiology | 2016 | 16 |
| 49 | Seasonal variations in transition, mortality and kidney transplantation among patients with end-stage renal disease in the USA | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation | 2017 | 16 |
| 50 | Associations of Systolic Blood Pressure With Incident CKD G3-G5: A Cohort Study of South Korean Adults | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | 2020 | 16 |
