OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Physiological Reviews is 65. 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 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Neuropathic Pain: From Mechanisms to Treatment	601
Diversity and Biology of Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts	585
Pregnancy and COVID-19	401
Regulation of cerebral blood flow in humans: physiology and clinical implications of autoregulation	354
Regulation and metabolic functions of mTORC1 and mTORC2	292
Elevated Plasmin(ogen) as a Common Risk Factor for COVID-19 Susceptibility	290
Brain Lateralization: A Comparative Perspective	240
Physiology of the Endometrium and Regulation of Menstruation	233
Molecular physiology of bile acid signaling in health, disease, and aging	212
Fluid transport in the brain	211
Brain mechanisms of insomnia: new perspectives on causes and consequences	209
Behavioral and neurobiological mechanisms of pavlovian and instrumental extinction learning	192
Exercise under heat stress: thermoregulation, hydration, performance implications, and mitigation strategies	176
Bone metastasis: mechanisms, therapies, and biomarkers	173
Developmental origins of metabolic diseases	173
SUMO: From Bench to Bedside	172
Obesity cardiomyopathy: evidence, mechanisms, and therapeutic implications	168
Cellular Circuits in the Brain and Their Modulation in Acute and Chronic Pain	167
Microenvironmental Determinants of Pancreatic Cancer	167
Role of O-linked N-acetylglucosamine protein modification in cellular (patho)physiology	154
Mitochondrial calcium exchange in physiology and disease	144
Revisiting the Functional Anatomy of the Human Brain: Toward a Meta-Networking Theory of Cerebral Functions	138
Physiology and Pathophysiology of Itch	138
Sex determination, gonadal sex differentiation, and plasticity in vertebrate species	137
Physiological roles of hydrogen sulfide in mammalian cells, tissues, and organs	137

The complexity of Alzheimer’s disease: an evolving puzzle	121
Mitochondria in health, disease, and aging	112
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: From the Bench to the Bedside	108
Rho GTPase signaling in cancer progression and dissemination	105
The Female Response to Seminal Fluid	104
The osteocyte as a signaling cell	103
Calcium-release channels: structure and function of IP₃ receptors and ryanodine receptors	103
Cardiac Mechano-Electric Coupling: Acute Effects of Mechanical Stimulation on Heart Rate and Rhythm	101
Physiology and pathophysiology of human airway mucus	98
Cardiac transmembrane ion channels and action potentials: cellular physiology and arrhythmogenic behavior	97
Carotid body chemoreceptors: physiology, pathology, and implications for health and disease	94
The Urothelium: Life in a Liquid Environment	93
Human temperature regulation under heat stress in health, disease, and injury	92
Mitochondrial quality control in health and in Parkinson’s disease	90
Glial Connexins and Pannexins in the Healthy and Diseased Brain	84
From Ancient to Emerging Infections: The Odyssey of Viruses in the Male Genital Tract	78
The roles of calcium and ATP in the physiology and pathology of the exocrine pancreas	77
Inflammation and thrombosis in COVID-19 pathophysiology: proteinase-activated and purinergic receptors as drivers and candidate therapeutic targets	76
Nongenomic Actions of Thyroid Hormone: The Integrin Component	75
Ion Channels Controlling Circadian Rhythms in Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Excitability	69
Neuronal Circuits in Barrel Cortex for Whisker Sensory Perception	69
ER-phagy: mechanisms, regulation, and diseases connected to the lysosomal clearance of the endoplasmic reticulum	68
The physiological control of eating: signals, neurons, and networks	66
CGRP physiology, pharmacology, and therapeutic targets: migraine and beyond	65
Are We Meeting the Promise of Endotypes and Precision Medicine in Asthma?	65