• Yoo Jin Lee, Chang Min Heo, Sihyung Park, Yang Wook Kim, Jin Han Park, Il Hwan Kim, Junghae Ko, and Bong Soo Park.
• Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital, Busan, Korea.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Sep 24; 100 (38): e27237e27237.

IntroductionThis study was conducted to better understand hemodialysis by reviewing the most-cited articles related to it.MethodsWe searched articles on the Web of Science and selected the 100 most frequently cited articles. Subsequently, we reviewed these articles and identified their characteristics.ResultsThe 100 most frequently cited articles were published in 21 journals. The majority of these papers were published in the following journals: Kidney International (26 articles), New England Journal of Medicine (18 articles), Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (14 articles), and the American Journal of Kidney Disease (13 articles). The 100 most-cited articles were published in 25 countries. The United States of America was the country with the highest number of publications (65 articles). The University of Michigan was the institution with the highest number of articles (14 articles). FK Port was the author with the largest number of publications (13 articles).ConclusionsThis is the first study in the field of nephrology that provides a list of the 100 most-cited articles on hemodialysis. Through this study, clinicians will be able to recognize major academic interests and research trends in hemodialysis.Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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