OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annals of Human Biology is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 500 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-12-01 to 2023-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Age period cohort analysis: a review of what we should and shouldn’t do	80
Predicting the timing of the peak of the pubertal growth spurt in elite male youth soccer players: evaluation of methods	34
Genomic blueprint of population of Rajasthan based on autosomal STR markers	22
A method for calculating BMI z-scores and percentiles above the 95^th percentile of the CDC growth charts	22
The role of growth and maturation during adolescence on team-selection and short-term sports participation	21
Accuracy of maturity prediction equations in individual elite male football players	21
Tanner’s tempo of growth in adolescence: recent SITAR insights with the Harpenden Growth Study and ALSPAC	18
Assessing data linkage quality in cohort studies	18
A cross-sectional study of blood selenium concentration and cognitive function in elderly Americans: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011–2014	16
Micronuclei frequency in peripheral blood lymphocytes of healthy subjects living in Turin (North-Italy): contribution of body mass index, age and sex	15
Greater male vulnerability to stunting? Evaluating sex differences in growth, pathways and biocultural mechanisms	14
Prenatal anxiety, breastfeeding and child growth and puberty: linking evolutionary models with human cohort studies	13
Growth, maturation and youth sports: issues and practical solutions	13
Differences in the relationship of weight to height, and thus the meaning of BMI, according to age, sex, and birth year cohort	13
Genetic substructure and admixture of Mongolians and Kazakhs inferred from genome-wide array genotyping	12
Which infancy growth parameters are associated with later adiposity? The Cambridge Baby Growth Study	12
Trends in age at menarche and adult height in selected African countries (1950–1980)	12
Estimating peak height velocity in individuals: a comparison of statistical methods	11
Evolutionary life history theory as an organising framework for cohort studies: insights from the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey	11
The psychology of bio-banding: a Vygotskian perspective	11
The genetic and cultural impact of the Steppe migration into Europe	10
Genetic structure and forensic characterisation of 36 Y-chromosomal STR loci in Hmong-Mien-speaking Miao population	10
Birth weight, childhood body mass index and height and risks of endometriosis and adenomyosis	10
Sex differences in childhood sleep and health implications	10
Exploring the relationship between adolescent biological maturation, physical activity, and sedentary behaviour: a systematic review and narrative synthesis	9

Low birthweight prevalence among Spanish women during the economic crisis: differences by parity	9
BMI and inverted BMI as predictors of fat mass in young people: a comparison across the ages	9
Ancient genomes from a rural site in Imperial Rome (1^st–3^rdcent. CE): a genetic junction in the Roman Empire	8
Genome-wide analysis of unrecognised ethnic group Chuanqing people revealing a close affinity with Southern Han Chinese	8
Sex differences in cardiovascular risk may be related to sex differences in diet patterns: a narrative review	8
Sex differences in bone mineral content and bone geometry accrual: a review of the Paediatric Bone Mineral Accural Study (1991–2017)	8
Recent selection of candidate genes for mammal domestication in Europeans and language change in Europe: a hypothesis	7
Useful autosomal STR marker sets for forensic and paternity applications in the Central Indian population	7
Screen media use by Portuguese children in 2009 and 2016: a repeated cross-sectional study	7
A study of 8,300-year-old Jomon human remains in Japan using complete mitogenome sequences obtained by next-generation sequencing	7
Genetic variation and population structure analysis of Chinese Wuzhong Hui population using 30 Indels	7
Poor sleep quality, excessive daytime sleepiness and association with mental health in college students	7
Androgen receptor gene microsatellite polymorphism is associated with muscle mass and strength in bodybuilders and power athlete status	7
Relationship between insulin resistance and adipocytokines: the mediator role of adiposity in children	7
The effects of dopamine receptor genes on the trajectories of sport participation from adolescence through young adulthood	7
Cytokine concentrations in saliva vs. plasma at rest and in response to intense exercise in adolescent athletes	6
Construct validity of percentage of predicted adult height and BAUS skeletal age to assess biological maturity in academy soccer	6
COVID-19 and the epistemology of epidemiological models at the dawn of AI	6
HIV and metabolic syndrome in an Ethiopian population	6
Deep phenotyping of pubertal development in Norwegian children: the Bergen Growth Study 2	6
Infant sex differences in human milk intake and composition from 1- to 3-month post-delivery in a healthy United States cohort	6
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)	6
Feasibility of using infrared thermal imaging to examine brown adipose tissue in infants aged 18 to 25 months	6
Genetic investigation and phylogenetic analysis of three Chinese ethnic groups using 16 X chromosome STR loci	6
Speed agility trends in children according to growth	6
Differential classification of infants in United States neonatal intensive care units for weight, length, and head circumference by United States and international growth curves	5
Human height: a model common complex trait	5
Age estimation in children based on open apices measurement in the Serbian population: Belgrade Age Formula (BAF)	5
From old markers to next generation: reconstructing the history of the peopling of Sardinia	5
Patterns of physical performance spurts during adolescence: a cross-cultural study of Canadian, Brazilian and Portuguese boys	5
Maturational timing, physical self-perceptions and physical activity in UK adolescent females: investigation of a mediated effects model	5
Genetic polymorphism of 27 Y-STR loci in Kazakh populations from Northern Kazakhstan	5
Does stunting still matter in high-income countries?	5
Fetal growth does not modify the relationship of infant weight gain with childhood adiposity and blood pressure in the Southampton women’s survey	5
Age at menarche associated with subsequent educational attainment and risk-taking behaviours: the Pelotas 1982 Birth Cohort	5
Developmental fitness curves: assessing sprint acceleration relative to age and maturity status in elite junior tennis players	5
Where Asia meets Europe – recent insights from ancient human genomics	5
G6PD A- is the major cause of G6PD deficiency among the Siddis of Karnataka, India	5
More data on ancient human mitogenome variability in Italy: new mitochondrial genome sequences from three Upper Palaeolithic burials	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
From growth charts to growth status: how concepts of optimal growth and tempo influence the interpretation of growth measurements	4
Inferring the population structure and admixture history of three Hmong-Mien-speaking Miao tribes from southwest China based on genome-wide SNP genotyping	4
Independent and combined influence of physical fitness components on self-esteem in adolescents: DADOS study	4
Human biology of physical activity in the growing child	4
Linking infant size and early growth with maternal lifestyle and breastfeeding – the first year of life in the CRIBS cohort	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
The waist-hip ratio: a flawed index	4
Evaluation and prediction of individual growth trajectories	4
Analysis of forensic genetic parameters of 22 autosomal STR markers (PowerPlex® Fusion System) in a population sample from Bosnia and Herzegovina	4
Prenatal exposure to oestrogens estimated by digit ratio (2d/4d) and breast size in young nulliparous women	4

Early life body size and its associations with adult bladder cancer	4
Correlation of body composition parameters and anthropometric somatotypes with Prakriti body types among the Meitei adults of Manipur, India	4
Child growth and armed conflict	4
The problem of latent class trajectory analysis in child growth and obesity research	4
The association between maternal and foetal factors with birth weight discordance in twins from Yucatan, Mexico	4