OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Basic Research in Cardiology is 25. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Exercise-induced peptide TAG-23 protects cardiomyocytes from reperfusion injury through regulating PKG–cCbl interaction	137
Endothelial ACKR3 drives atherosclerosis by promoting immune cell adhesion to vascular endothelium	135
Intravenous metoprolol during ongoing STEMI ameliorates markers of ischemic injury: a METOCARD-CNIC trial electrocardiographic study	105
Correction to: Endothelial actions of atrial natriuretic peptide prevent pulmonary hypertension in mice	86
Erythrocytes from patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction induce cardioprotection through the purinergic P2Y13 receptor and nitric oxide signaling	81
Alkaline nucleoplasm facilitates contractile gene expression in the mammalian heart	70
Elevated platelet–leukocyte complexes are associated with, but dispensable for myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury	67
Spinal cord astrocytes regulate myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury	56
Development and characterization of anti-fibrotic natural compound similars with improved effectivity	56
Tachycardiomyopathy entails a dysfunctional pattern of interrelated mitochondrial functions	46
Publisher Correction: Transcriptome-wide association study of coronary artery disease identifies novel susceptibility genes	43
Thiol-based redox-active proteins as cardioprotective therapeutic agents in cardiovascular diseases	42
New insights into cardioprotection, gained by adopting the CAESAR standards of rigor	42
Desmin intermediate filaments and tubulin detyrosination stabilize growing microtubules in the cardiomyocyte	42
Retraction Note to: Amphiregulin enhances cardiac fibrosis and aggravates cardiac dysfunction in mice with experimental myocardial infarction partly through activating EGFR‑dependent pathway	36
On the cellular origin of cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs)	35
Cardiomyocyte Na+ and Ca2+ mishandling drives vicious cycle involving CaMKII, ROS, and ryanodine receptors	33
Regulatory B cells improve ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction by modulating monocyte migration	33
Mechanism of the switch from NO to H2O2 in endothelium-dependent vasodilation in diabetes	32
Uncovering the molecular identity of cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs) by single-cell RNA sequencing	31
Reverse re-modelling chronic heart failure by reinstating heart rate variability	29
Distributed synthesis of sarcolemmal and sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane proteins in cardiac myocytes	28
Increased susceptibility of human endothelial cells to infections by SARS-CoV-2 variants	27
Resolving the intertwining of inflammation and fibrosis in human heart failure at single-cell level	26
Mitochondrial nucleoid in cardiac homeostasis: bidirectional signaling of mitochondria and nucleus in cardiac diseases	26

Fibro-fatty remodelling in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy	25
Increased protein S-nitrosylation in mitochondria: a key mechanism of exercise-induced cardioprotection	25