OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Placenta is 28. 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
A structured review of placental morphology and histopathological lesions associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection	166
SARS-CoV-2 placentitis: An uncommon complication of maternal COVID-19	101
Trophoblast invasion: Lessons from abnormally invasive placenta (placenta accreta)	66
Placental lesions and SARS-Cov-2 infection: Diffuse placenta damage associated to poor fetal outcome	54
Syncytins expressed in human placental trophoblast	50
Review: Histotrophic nutrition and the placental-endometrial dialogue during human early pregnancy	50
Ferroptosis, trophoblast lipotoxic damage, and adverse pregnancy outcome	46
Review of MRI imaging for placenta accreta spectrum: Pathophysiologic insights, imaging signs, and recent developments	44
Trophoblast lineage-specific differentiation and associated alterations in preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction	44
Meta-analysis on COVID-19-pregnancy-related placental pathologies shows no specific pattern	43
Upregulation of METTL3 expression and m6A RNA methylation in placental trophoblasts in preeclampsia	41
Human implantation: The complex interplay between endometrial receptivity, inflammation, and the microbiome	40
PGE2 vs PGF2α in human parturition	40
Maternal stress, placental 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2, and infant HPA axis development in humans: Psychosocial and physiological pathways	39
Placental macrophages: Origin, heterogeneity, function and role in pregnancy-associated infections	39
Placental pathology in COVID-19 affected pregnant women: A prospective case-control study	36
The role of obesity and gestational diabetes on placental size and fetal oxygenation	33
Placental structural abnormalities in gestational diabetes and when they develop: A scoping review	33
Update review on five top clinical applications of human amniotic membrane in regenerative medicine	33
First trimester biomarkers for prediction of gestational diabetes mellitus	33
Abnormalities of placental development and function are associated with the different fetal growth patterns of hypoplastic left heart syndrome and transposition of the great arteries	31
A crossroad between placental and tumor biology: What have we learnt?	31
Placental miRNAs in feto-maternal communication mediated by extracellular vesicles	30
Research on nanoparticles in human perfused placenta: State of the art and perspectives	30
Novel approaches to combat preeclampsia: from new drugs to innovative delivery	29

Placental small extracellular vesicles: Current questions and investigative opportunities	29
Maternal interventions to prevent adverse fetal programming outcomes due to maternal malnutrition: Evidence in animal models	29
PlacentaCellEnrich: A tool to characterize gene sets using placenta cell-specific gene enrichment analysis	29
Decreased maternal serum adiponectin and increased insulin-like growth factor-1 levels along with increased placental glucose transporter-1 expression in gestational diabetes mellitus: Possible role i	28