OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Progress in Lipid Research is 37. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Plant monounsaturated fatty acids: Diversity, biosynthesis, functions and uses	450
Challenges and opportunities for prevention and removal of unwanted variation in lipidomic studies	156
Editorial Board	145
Editorial Board	124
Impact of dietary n-6/n-3 fatty acid ratio of atherosclerosis risk: A review	112
The Niemann-Pick type diseases – A synopsis of inborn errors in sphingolipid and cholesterol metabolism	108
The heterogeneity and complexity of skin surface lipids in human skin health and disease	103
Targeting fatty acid-binding protein 4: A therapeutic intersection of obesity and cancer via lipid metabolism	91
The skin barrier: An extraordinary interface with an exceptional lipid organization	85
Targeting bacterial phospholipids and their synthesis pathways for antibiotic discovery	81
Using molecular simulation to understand the skin barrier	79
Editorial Board	76
Making extra room for carotenoids in plant cells: New opportunities for biofortification	75
Endocannabinoid signaling in adult hippocampal neurogenesis: A mechanistic and integrated perspective	75
Systematic crosstalk in plasmalogen and diacyl lipid biosynthesis for their differential yet concerted molecular functions in the cell	74
Biophysical insights into modulating lipid digestion in food emulsions	72
The constellation of cholesterol-dependent processes associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection	67
Editorial Board	63
Understanding the nitrolipidome: From chemistry to mass spectrometry and biological significance of modified complex lipids	59
Multiscale lipid membrane dynamics as revealed by neutron spectroscopy	55
Mitochondrial phospholipid transport: Role of contact sites and lipid transport proteins	53
A novel regulatory facet for hypertriglyceridemia: The role of microRNAs in the regulation of triglyceride-rich lipoprotein biosynthesis	53
Oxylipin profiling for clinical research: Current status and future perspectives	53
N-Acylethanolamines in cancer: mechanisms and therapeutic potential of lipid regulators of tumor behavior	52
Endoplasmic reticulum stress and lipids in health and diseases	51

Navigating the complexity of lipid oxidation and antioxidation: A review of evaluation methods and emerging approaches	51
The imperative of arachidonic acid in early human development	47
Comparative efficacy of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on major cardiovascular events: A network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	47
Polyunsaturated fatty acids and fatty acid-derived lipid mediators: Recent advances in the understanding of their biosynthesis, structures, and functions	46
Editorial Board	45
Homeocurvature: A new dimension of membrane adaptation to extreme environments	43
Lipid dysregulation in triple negative breast cancer: Insights from mass spectrometry-based approaches	43
PARPs in lipid metabolism and related diseases	41
Phospholipids and their metabolites as diagnostic biomarkers of human diseases	40
Unraveling brain palmitic acid: Origin, levels and metabolic fate	38
Lipid nutrition: “In silico” studies and undeveloped experiments	38
The functions of phospholipases and their hydrolysis products in plant growth, development and stress responses	38
Sphingolipid control of cognitive functions in health and disease	37