OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annals of Human Biology is 1. 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
Greater male vulnerability to stunting? Evaluating sex differences in growth, pathways and biocultural mechanisms	26
A cross-sectional study of blood selenium concentration and cognitive function in elderly Americans: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011–2014	21
Genetic substructure and admixture of Mongolians and Kazakhs inferred from genome-wide array genotyping	16
The genetic and cultural impact of the Steppe migration into Europe	14
Sex differences in childhood sleep and health implications	14
Poor sleep quality, excessive daytime sleepiness and association with mental health in college students	12
Sex differences in cardiovascular risk may be related to sex differences in diet patterns: a narrative review	11
Speed agility trends in children according to growth	11
Construct validity of percentage of predicted adult height and BAUS skeletal age to assess biological maturity in academy soccer	10
Infant sex differences in human milk intake and composition from 1- to 3-month post-delivery in a healthy United States cohort	10
Ancient genomes from a rural site in Imperial Rome (1^st–3^rdcent. CE): a genetic junction in the Roman Empire	10
Androgen receptor gene microsatellite polymorphism is associated with muscle mass and strength in bodybuilders and power athlete status	10
Inferring the population structure and admixture history of three Hmong-Mien-speaking Miao tribes from southwest China based on genome-wide SNP genotyping	10
Useful autosomal STR marker sets for forensic and paternity applications in the Central Indian population	9
Sex differences in bone mineral content and bone geometry accrual: a review of the Paediatric Bone Mineral Accural Study (1991–2017)	9
Cytokine concentrations in saliva vs. plasma at rest and in response to intense exercise in adolescent athletes	8
Independent and combined influence of physical fitness components on self-esteem in adolescents: DADOS study	8
Recent selection of candidate genes for mammal domestication in Europeans and language change in Europe: a hypothesis	8
Screen media use by Portuguese children in 2009 and 2016: a repeated cross-sectional study	8
More data on ancient human mitogenome variability in Italy: new mitochondrial genome sequences from three Upper Palaeolithic burials	8
Genetic polymorphism of 27 Y-STR loci in Kazakh populations from Northern Kazakhstan	8
Allele frequencies and forensic parameters of 22 autosomal STR loci in a population of 983 individuals from Serbia and comparison with 24 other populations	7
Decline in semen quality of North African men: a retrospective study of 20,958 sperm analyses of men from different North African countries tested in Tunisia over a period of 6 years (2013–2018)	7
Where Asia meets Europe – recent insights from ancient human genomics	7
Feasibility of using infrared thermal imaging to examine brown adipose tissue in infants aged 18 to 25 months	6

Effects of orthodontic treatment on masticatory muscles activity: a meta-analysis	6
The impact of leptin and its receptor polymorphisms on type 1 diabetes in a population of northwest Iran	6
Reproductive life histories: can incremental dentine isotope analysis identify pubertal growth, pregnancy and lactation?	6
Paleogenomics of the prehistory of Europe: human migrations, domestication and disease	6
Correlation of body composition parameters and anthropometric somatotypes with Prakriti body types among the Meitei adults of Manipur, India	6
Human height: a model common complex trait	6
Genetic polymorphism of 27 Y-STR loci in Kazakh populations from Eastern Kazakhstan	5
Prevalence of the Cusp of Carabelli: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Sex differences in the association of measures of sexual maturation to common toxicants: Lead, dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT), dichloro-diphenyl-dichloroethylene (DDE), and polychlorinated bi	5
The association between maternal and foetal factors with birth weight discordance in twins from Yucatan, Mexico	5
Dental age estimation of Malaysian Indian children and adolescents: applicability of Chaillet and Demirjian’s modified method using artificial neural network	5
The mitochondrial DNA control region sequences from the Chinese sui population of southwestern China	5
From old markers to next generation: reconstructing the history of the peopling of Sardinia	5
Body fat and muscle in relation to heart rate variability in young-to-middle age men: a cross sectional study	5
Age at menarche and chemical exposure: per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT), dichloro-diphenyl-dichloroethylene (DDE), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB	4
Obesity and adiposity of 3- to 6-year-old children born to mothers with hyperglycaemia first detected in pregnancy in an urban South African setting	4
Morphological variations and prevalence of aberrant traits of primary molars	4
From growth charts to growth status: how concepts of optimal growth and tempo influence the interpretation of growth measurements	4
Pubertal growth in height, sitting height and leg length in achondroplasia	4
Built environment, physical activity, and obesity of adults in Pingshan District, Shenzhen City in Southern China	4
Bio-banding in soccer: past, present, and future	4
Contribution of environmental factors and female reproductive history to hypertension and obesity incidence in later life	4
Prevalence and characterisation of size and sequence-based microvariant alleles at nine autosomal STR markers in the Central Indian population	4
Genome-wide analysis of runs of homozygosity in Pakistani controls with no history of speech or language-related developmental phenotypes	4
Genetic diversity, forensic characteristics and phylogenetic analysis of the Qiongzhong aborigines residing in the tropical rainforests of Hainan Island via 19 autosomal STRs	4
GSTT1, GSTP1 and XPC genes are associated with longevity in an Italian cohort	4
Whole and segmental body composition changes during mid-follicular and mid-luteal phases of the menstrual cycle in recreationally active young women	4
Diversity in matrilineages among the Jomon individuals of Japan	4
Deep phenotyping of pubertal development in Norwegian children: the Bergen Growth Study 2	4
Effect of MTHFR (rs1801133) and FTO (rs9939609) genetic polymorphisms and obesity in T2DM: a study among Bengalee Hindu caste population of West Bengal, India	4
Analysis of the influence of glutathione S-transferase (GSTM1 and GSTT1) genes on the risk of essential hypertension	4
Urbanisation and its associated factors affecting human gut microbiota: where are we heading to?	3
The surname structure of Trentino (Italy) and its relationship with dialects and genes	3
The effects of body size and training environment on the physical performance of adolescent basketball players: the INEX study	3
Forensic features and phylogenetic analyses of the population of Nayagarh (Odisha), India using 23 Y-STRs	3
Evaluation of the genomic diversity and shared ancestry of the Meitei community of Manipur (India) with the East Asian populations using autosomal STRs	3
Growth delay: an alternative measure of population health based on child height distributions	3
Consanguineous marriage and its relevance to divorce, polygyny and survival of marriage: evidence from a population-based analysis in Jordan	3
Quantitative peripheral computed tomography to measure muscle area and assess lean soft tissue mass in children	3
Dental age estimation of Malaysian children: a comparison of two-dimensional versus three-dimensional imaging analyses of the developing root apices	3
Dental maturation in a Chinese sample using Demirjian method	3
Insights into Punic genetic signatures in the southern necropolis of Tharros (Sardinia)	3
Assessment of height growth in Indian children using growth centiles and growth curves	3
X-chromosomal STRs for genetic composition analysis of Guizhou Dong group and its phylogenetic relationships with other reference populations	3
Studying factors influencing facial developmental instability	3
Secular trends of age at menarche and the effect of famine exposure on age at menarche in rural Chinese women	3
Child growth and development: new insights from evolutionary energetics	2
Metabolic syndrome risk unexpectedly predicted by traditional food consumption: shifting food systems and health among the Awajún of the Peruvian Amazon	2
Comparative evaluation of autosomal STRs and X-chromosome STRs as a complement of autosomal STRs in kinship testing in Southern Han Chinese	2
Vaping behaviour patterns and daily blood pressure and heart rate variation: a brief report	2

Phylogenetic analyses of 41 Y-STRs and machine learning-based haplogroup prediction in the Qingdao Han population from Shandong province, Eastern China	2
Can we reduce injury risk during the adolescent growth spurt? An iterative sequence of prevention in male academy footballers	2
Genetic polymorphisms and phylogenetic characteristics of Tibeto-Burman-speaking Lahu population from southwest China based on 41 Y-STR loci	2
The worldwide molecular spectrum and distribution of thalassaemia: a systematic review	2
Age at menarche and its association with blood pressure in adult women of developing countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Paediatric dominant and non-dominant handgrip reference curves and the association with body composition	2
Longitudinal composite 3D faces and facial growth trends in children 6–11 years of age using 3D cephalometric surface imaging	2
Genomic insight into the population history of Central Han Chinese	2
Genetic polymorphism and forensic application of 23 autosomal STR loci in the Han population of Panjin City, Liaoning Province, Northeastern China	2
Diagnostic test accuracy of waist-to-height ratio as a screening tool for cardiovascular risk in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis	2
Association between genetic polymorphisms of cadherin 23 and noise-induced hearing loss: a meta-analysis	2
Genetic analysis of the mitochondrial DNA control region in Tai–Kadai-speaking Dong population in southwest China	2
The protoconid: a key cusp in lower molars. Evidence from a recent modern human population	2
Body size and composition of Samoan toddlers aged 18–25 months in 2019	2
Genetic association in CYP3A4 and CYP3A5 genes elevate the risk of prostate cancer	2
The relationship between cadmium and cognition in the elderly: a systematic review	2
Sex-dependent association of DNA methylation in the coding region of the corticotropin-releasing hormone gene and schizophrenia spectrum disorder	2
Does stunting still matter in high-income countries?	2
Genetic characterisation of the North-West Indian populations: analysis of mitochondrial DNA control region variations	2
Population genetic characteristics for populations on the Shandong Peninsula revealed by autosomal STR	2
Tau (MAPT) haplotypes in Jordan: new evidence on the Middle East as a melting-pot predating Neolithic migration	2
Child growth and armed conflict	2
Genetic characterisation for Yan’an Han population in Northern Shaanxi Province, China, via 38Y-STRs using Yfiler™ Platinum	2
Population genetic data of 22 autosomal STR loci for the Scheduled Caste population of Rajasthan India	2
Prevalence of malnutrition among Samoan children aged 5 to 11 years in 2019–2020	2
Bone mineral density and fractures in postmenopausal women of Maya-Mestizo ethnic origin with different body mass indexes	2
Genetic and structural characterisation of 20 autosomal STR loci from the Henan Han population of Central China	2
Reconstruction of the human peopling of Europe: a genetic insight	1
Integrated role of lifestyle habits in cardiometabolic risk factors according to sex in adolescents	1
Genetic polymorphisms of 17 X-STR loci in two Tunisian populations from Sousse and Makthar	1
Lower educational level remains associated with lower body height among Austrian conscripts born from 1961 through 2002	1
The association between daytime sleep and general obesity risk differs by sleep duration in Iranian adults	1
The problem of latent class trajectory analysis in child growth and obesity research	1
Evaluation of diallelic STR markers with inter-population allelic database for their usefulness in paternity trios in the Central Indian population	1
The skeletal maturity of Australian children aged 10–13 years in 2016	1
Genetic variants of FGFR family associated with height, hypertension, and osteoporosis	1
Forensic features and genetic structure of 20 autosomal STR loci in the Han population of Ningde City, Southeastern China	1
Genetic diversity of 15 STR loci in Yunnan Va ethnic minority and the phylogenetic relationships with 26 other populations	1
Testing the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendations on maternal reproductive health and associated neonatal characteristics in a transitional, Mediterranean population	1
Forensic evaluation of mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy in Gujarat population, India	1
Evaluation and prediction of individual growth trajectories	1
Reproducibility of bone age assessment from DXA hand scans: expert versus novice	1
Use of Investigator 24plex GO! To analyse allele frequencies of 21 autosomal STRs in the population of Veracruz state, Mexico	1
Mutational analysis of 16 STR markers in the Slovak population	1
Epidemiology of interleukin-6: the 30-year follow-up of the 1982 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort study	1
Linking infant size and early growth with maternal lifestyle and breastfeeding – the first year of life in the CRIBS cohort	1
Population genetic data for 12 X-STR loci in the Central Saudi region using investigator Argus X-12 amplification kit	1
Cardiorespiratory fitness, screen time and cardiometabolic risk in South Brazilian school children	1
Population data and phylogenetic analysis of 37 Y-STR loci in the Hui population from Yunnan Province, Southwest China	1
Distribution of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) genes in a large, multi-centre cohort of Chinese donors	1
Comparing the performance of body mass index, waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio in predicting Malaysians with excess adiposity	1
Beyond sex differences: integrating sociocultural dimensions and a gender lens to the study of human variation and diversity	1
Reference values of inside leg length and inside leg length to stature ratio for Japanese children, 0–12 years of age	1
Association of polymorphisms rs2303729, rs10880, and rs1131620 of LTBP4 with sarcopenia in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus	1
The mitochondrial DNA HVI and HVII sequences and haplogroup distribution in a population sample from Vietnam	1
ABCG2 and SLCO1B1 gene polymorphisms in the Croatian population	1
Predictive power of a body shape index and traditional anthropometric indicators for cardiovascular disease: a cohort study in rural Xinjiang, China	1
Bone-specific median age of hand-wrist maturation from Sudan	1
Forensic efficiency evaluation of a novel multiplex panel of InDels and STRs in the Guizhou Han population and its phylogenetic relationships with other reference populations	1
The genetic structure and admixture of Manchus and Koreans in northeast China	1
Genetic analysis of sixteen autosomal STR loci in three Tunisian populations from Makthar, Nabeul and Sousse	1
Sex differences in radioulnar contrasts of the finger ridge counts across 21 human population samples	1
Evaluation of genetic polymorphisms at 21 autosomal STR loci in Ramgharia Sikh population of Punjab, India	1
Establishment of reference intervals for bone turnover markers in healthy Chinese older adults	1