OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Basic Research in Cardiology 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
RGS3L allows for an M2 muscarinic receptor-mediated RhoA-dependent inotropy in cardiomyocytes	116
Impaired pulmonary vasomotor control in exercising swine with multiple comorbidities	105
Negative interaction between nitrates and remote ischemic preconditioning in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: the ERIC-GTN and ERICCA studies	86
P2Y12-dependent activation of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells promotes emergency hematopoiesis after myocardial infarction	66
Remote ischaemic conditioning: defining critical criteria for success—report from the 11th Hatter Cardiovascular Workshop	61
Metabolism regulator adiponectin prevents cardiac remodeling and ventricular arrhythmias via sympathetic modulation in a myocardial infarction model	58
Cardioprotection by post-conditioning with exogenous triiodothyronine in isolated perfused rat hearts and isolated adult rat cardiomyocytes	54
Bone marrow-derived naïve B lymphocytes improve heart function after myocardial infarction: a novel cardioprotective mechanism for empagliflozin	54
Reverse re-modelling chronic heart failure by reinstating heart rate variability	47
Mechanism of the switch from NO to H2O2 in endothelium-dependent vasodilation in diabetes	46
Uncovering the molecular identity of cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs) by single-cell RNA sequencing	41
Distributed synthesis of sarcolemmal and sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane proteins in cardiac myocytes	38
Exercise-induced peptide TAG-23 protects cardiomyocytes from reperfusion injury through regulating PKG–cCbl interaction	37
Increased susceptibility of human endothelial cells to infections by SARS-CoV-2 variants	37
Deoxyribonuclease 1 Q222R single nucleotide polymorphism and long-term mortality after acute myocardial infarction	37
Chemical and mechanical activation of resident cardiac macrophages in the living myocardial slice ex vivo model	36
Mitochondrial nucleoid in cardiac homeostasis: bidirectional signaling of mitochondria and nucleus in cardiac diseases	36
CAESAR’s legacy: a new era of rigor in preclinical studies of cardioprotection	35
LncRNA LncHrt preserves cardiac metabolic homeostasis and heart function by modulating the LKB1-AMPK signaling pathway	34
The zinc transporter ZIP7 (Slc39a7) controls myocardial reperfusion injury by regulating mitophagy	33
Reduced nitric oxide bioavailability impairs myocardial oxygen balance during exercise in swine with multiple risk factors	30
Fibroblast GATA-4 and GATA-6 promote myocardial adaptation to pressure overload by enhancing cardiac angiogenesis	30
Chronic high-rate pacing induces heart failure with preserved ejection fraction-like phenotype in Ossabaw swine	30
Nuclear Tkt promotes ischemic heart failure via the cleaved Parp1/Aif axis	29
Endothelial ACKR3 drives atherosclerosis by promoting immune cell adhesion to vascular endothelium	29

Intravenous metoprolol during ongoing STEMI ameliorates markers of ischemic injury: a METOCARD-CNIC trial electrocardiographic study	29
Macrophage depletion in stellate ganglia alleviates cardiac sympathetic overactivation and ventricular arrhythmogenesis by attenuating neuroinflammation in heart failure	28
Regulation of STAT3 and its role in cardioprotection by conditioning: focus on non-genomic roles targeting mitochondrial function	28