OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Physiological Reviews is 55. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Neuropathic Pain: From Mechanisms to Treatment	687
Diversity and Biology of Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts	641
Pregnancy and COVID-19	431
Regulation of cerebral blood flow in humans: physiology and clinical implications of autoregulation	403
Regulation and metabolic functions of mTORC1 and mTORC2	346
Brain mechanisms of insomnia: new perspectives on causes and consequences	233
Molecular physiology of bile acid signaling in health, disease, and aging	231
Fluid transport in the brain	231
Exercise under heat stress: thermoregulation, hydration, performance implications, and mitigation strategies	207
Behavioral and neurobiological mechanisms of pavlovian and instrumental extinction learning	201
Developmental origins of metabolic diseases	201
Bone metastasis: mechanisms, therapies, and biomarkers	200
Obesity cardiomyopathy: evidence, mechanisms, and therapeutic implications	187
Cellular Circuits in the Brain and Their Modulation in Acute and Chronic Pain	186
Physiological roles of hydrogen sulfide in mammalian cells, tissues, and organs	176
Mitochondrial calcium exchange in physiology and disease	170
Role ofO-linkedN-acetylglucosamine protein modification in cellular (patho)physiology	166
Sex determination, gonadal sex differentiation, and plasticity in vertebrate species	161
Mitochondria in health, disease, and aging	154
The complexity of Alzheimer’s disease: an evolving puzzle	144
Calcium-release channels: structure and function of IP₃ receptors and ryanodine receptors	118
The osteocyte as a signaling cell	118
Rho GTPase signaling in cancer progression and dissemination	118
Physiology and pathophysiology of human airway mucus	113
Human temperature regulation under heat stress in health, disease, and injury	113

Cardiac transmembrane ion channels and action potentials: cellular physiology and arrhythmogenic behavior	112
Cardiac Mechano-Electric Coupling: Acute Effects of Mechanical Stimulation on Heart Rate and Rhythm	107
Mitochondrial quality control in health and in Parkinson’s disease	102
Carotid body chemoreceptors: physiology, pathology, and implications for health and disease	99
Glial Connexins and Pannexins in the Healthy and Diseased Brain	92
CGRP physiology, pharmacology, and therapeutic targets: migraine and beyond	88
The roles of calcium and ATP in the physiology and pathology of the exocrine pancreas	87
The enteric nervous system	86
ER-phagy: mechanisms, regulation, and diseases connected to the lysosomal clearance of the endoplasmic reticulum	80
Molecular responses to acute exercise and their relevance for adaptations in skeletal muscle to exercise training	80
Nongenomic Actions of Thyroid Hormone: The Integrin Component	78
The physiological control of eating: signals, neurons, and networks	77
Inflammation and thrombosis in COVID-19 pathophysiology: proteinase-activated and purinergic receptors as drivers and candidate therapeutic targets	77
Neuronal Circuits in Barrel Cortex for Whisker Sensory Perception	74
Carbonic anhydrases in metazoan model organisms: molecules, mechanisms, and physiology	66
G protein-coupled receptor-G protein interactions: a single-molecule perspective	66
The physiological functions of human peroxisomes	65
RNA-binding proteins balance brain function in health and disease	65
Sodium channelopathies of skeletal muscle and brain	65
Albumin uptake and processing by the proximal tubule: physiological, pathological, and therapeutic implications	64
Optophysiology: Illuminating cell physiology with optogenetics	63
Phosphate Transport in Epithelial and Nonepithelial Tissue	63
Vascular mechanotransduction	63
How development sculpts hippocampal circuits and function	59
Do hippocampal pyramidal cells respond to nonspatial stimuli?	59
Physiological roles of mammalian transmembrane adenylyl cyclase isoforms	59
Lymphatic vessels in cancer	59
Mechanisms and physiological implications of cooperative gating of clustered ion channels	59
Trained immunity: adaptation within innate immune mechanisms	56
Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies: from genetic heterogeneity to phenotypic continuum	56
Physiology of sedentary behavior	55
Salivary gland function, development, and regeneration	55
Moving immune therapy forward targeting tme	55