OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annual Review of Physiology is 36. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
	237
The Remarkable Cardiovascular System of Giraffes	168
The Cellular and Molecular Basis of Sour Taste	165
Molecular Crowding: Physiologic Sensing and Control	119
Vaping and Lung Inflammation and Injury	108
Hedgehog Signaling in Intestinal Development and Homeostasis	105
Arterial Stiffness: From Basic Primers to Integrative Physiology	104
Effects of SGLT2 Inhibitors on Kidney and Cardiovascular Function	88
Exosome-Mediated Impact on Systemic Metabolism	87
β-Arrestins as Important Regulators of Glucose and Energy Homeostasis	85
Brown Adipose Tissue: A Metabolic Regulator in a Hypothalamic Cross Talk?	81
Epithelial Na+ Channels, Immune Cells, and Salt	72
Fatty Acid Transport and Signaling: Mechanisms and Physiological Implications	69
Renal Denervation to Treat Heart Failure	69
Endoplasmic Reticulum–Plasma Membrane Junctions as Sites of Depolarization-Induced Ca²⁺Signaling in Excitable Cells	68
Cardiac Regeneration: New Hope for an Old Dream	62
Orchestration of the Adipose Tissue Immune Landscape by Adipocytes	60
Mechanisms of Protein Trafficking and Quality Control in the Kidney and Beyond	60
Roles of Mineralocorticoid Receptors in Cardiovascular and Cardiorenal Diseases	52
Epigenetic Signatures and Plasticity of Intestinal and Other Stem Cells	52
β-Adrenergic Receptors and Adipose Tissue Metabolism: Evolution of an Old Story	49
Adipose Tissue Fibrosis in Obesity: Etiology and Challenges	49
Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels in Nonexcitable Tissues	47
The ABCs of Sterol Transport	44
Ceramides in Metabolism: Key Lipotoxic Players	44

The GDF15-GFRAL Pathway in Health and Metabolic Disease: Friend or Foe?	42
Cellular Heterogeneity in Adipose Tissues	41
Adipose Tissue in Cardiovascular Disease: From Basic Science to Clinical Translation	39
The Calcium Homeostasis of Human Red Blood Cells in Health and Disease: Interactions of PIEZO1, the Plasma Membrane Calcium Pump, and Gardos Channels	39
Store-Operated Calcium Channels in the Nervous System	36