OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Physiology is 8. 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 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Molecular Crowding: Physiologic Sensing and Control	165
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The Cellular and Molecular Basis of Sour Taste	105
Vaping and Lung Inflammation and Injury	104
Arterial Stiffness: From Basic Primers to Integrative Physiology	87
Exosome-Mediated Impact on Systemic Metabolism	72
β-Arrestins as Important Regulators of Glucose and Energy Homeostasis	69
Adipose Tissue Fibrosis in Obesity: Etiology and Challenges	60
Roles of Mineralocorticoid Receptors in Cardiovascular and Cardiorenal Diseases	60
β-Adrenergic Receptors and Adipose Tissue Metabolism: Evolution of an Old Story	52
Store-Operated Calcium Channels in the Nervous System	47
Mitochondria and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Toward a Stratified Therapeutic Intervention	44
Fatty Acid Transport and Signaling: Mechanisms and Physiological Implications	41
Orchestration of the Adipose Tissue Immune Landscape by Adipocytes	39
Mechanisms of Protein Trafficking and Quality Control in the Kidney and Beyond	39
Endoplasmic Reticulum–Plasma Membrane Junctions as Sites of Depolarization-Induced Ca²⁺Signaling in Excitable Cells	36
The Heart Is a Smart Pump: Mechanotransduction Mechanisms of the Frank-Starling Law and the Anrep Effect	34
From Muscle-Based Nonshivering Thermogenesis to Malignant Hyperthermia in Mammals	34
The Calcium Homeostasis of Human Red Blood Cells in Health and Disease: Interactions of PIEZO1, the Plasma Membrane Calcium Pump, and Gardos Channels	32
Epithelial Na+ Channels, Immune Cells, and Salt	31
Adipose Tissue in Cardiovascular Disease: From Basic Science to Clinical Translation	30
Mechanisms and Implications of Electrical Heterogeneity in Cardiac Function in Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Sex, Gender, and COPD	26
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Infectious and Inflammatory Pathways to Cough	24

Cardiac Transverse Tubules in Physiology and Heart Failure	23
Phosphoinositide Regulation of TRP Channels: A Functional Overview in the Structural Era	22
Intestinal Tuft Cells: Morphology, Function, and Implications for Human Health	22
Under the Radar: Strategies Used by Helicobacter pylori to Evade Host Responses	22
Somatic Mosaicism in Biology and Disease	20
Spatial Transcriptomics of the Respiratory System	19
Inflammatory Modulation of Hematopoiesis: Linking Trained Immunity and Clonal Hematopoiesis with Chronic Disorders	17
Cerebral Vascular Dysfunctions Detected in Human Small Vessel Disease and Implications for Preclinical Studies	17
Neural Mechanisms That Make Perceptual Decisions Flexible	16
The Diverse Physiological Functions of Mechanically Activated Ion Channels in Mammals	16
Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor Mutations Associated with Human Disease: Insights into Receptor Function and Dysfunction	16
Lung Cell Atlases in Health and Disease	16
Polycystin Channel Complexes	13
Structure, Function, and Regulation of the Junctophilin Family	13
Multiple Facets of Cellular Homeostasis and Regeneration of the Mammalian Liver	10
The Coding Logic of Interoception	10
The Effects of Psychedelics on Neuronal Physiology	10
Paligenosis: Cellular Remodeling During Tissue Repair	9
BK Channelopathies andKCNMA1-Linked Disease Models	9
Pericyte Control of Blood Flow Across Microvascular Zones in the Central Nervous System	8
Proprioception: A New Era Set in Motion by Emerging Genetic and Bionic Strategies?	8
A Razor's Edge: Vascular Responses to Acute Inflammatory Lung Injury/Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome	8
The Role of the Microbiome in the Etiopathogenesis of Colon Cancer	8