OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annals of Human Biology is 3. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Predicting the timing of the peak of the pubertal growth spurt in elite male youth soccer players: evaluation of methods	35
A method for calculating BMI z-scores and percentiles above the 95^th percentile of the CDC growth charts	25
Accuracy of maturity prediction equations in individual elite male football players	23
Greater male vulnerability to stunting? Evaluating sex differences in growth, pathways and biocultural mechanisms	21
A cross-sectional study of blood selenium concentration and cognitive function in elderly Americans: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011–2014	18
Genetic substructure and admixture of Mongolians and Kazakhs inferred from genome-wide array genotyping	14
Growth, maturation and youth sports: issues and practical solutions	13
The psychology of bio-banding: a Vygotskian perspective	12
Poor sleep quality, excessive daytime sleepiness and association with mental health in college students	12
The genetic and cultural impact of the Steppe migration into Europe	12
Genetic structure and forensic characterisation of 36 Y-chromosomal STR loci in Hmong-Mien-speaking Miao population	11
Estimating peak height velocity in individuals: a comparison of statistical methods	11
Exploring the relationship between adolescent biological maturation, physical activity, and sedentary behaviour: a systematic review and narrative synthesis	10
Sex differences in cardiovascular risk may be related to sex differences in diet patterns: a narrative review	10
Sex differences in childhood sleep and health implications	10
Ancient genomes from a rural site in Imperial Rome (1^st–3^rdcent. CE): a genetic junction in the Roman Empire	9
Useful autosomal STR marker sets for forensic and paternity applications in the Central Indian population	9
Recent selection of candidate genes for mammal domestication in Europeans and language change in Europe: a hypothesis	8
Sex differences in bone mineral content and bone geometry accrual: a review of the Paediatric Bone Mineral Accural Study (1991–2017)	8
Infant sex differences in human milk intake and composition from 1- to 3-month post-delivery in a healthy United States cohort	8
Genome-wide analysis of unrecognised ethnic group Chuanqing people revealing a close affinity with Southern Han Chinese	8
Inferring the population structure and admixture history of three Hmong-Mien-speaking Miao tribes from southwest China based on genome-wide SNP genotyping	8
HIV and metabolic syndrome in an Ethiopian population	7
Androgen receptor gene microsatellite polymorphism is associated with muscle mass and strength in bodybuilders and power athlete status	7
Speed agility trends in children according to growth	7

A study of 8,300-year-old Jomon human remains in Japan using complete mitogenome sequences obtained by next-generation sequencing	7
Construct validity of percentage of predicted adult height and BAUS skeletal age to assess biological maturity in academy soccer	7
Screen media use by Portuguese children in 2009 and 2016: a repeated cross-sectional study	7
Cytokine concentrations in saliva vs. plasma at rest and in response to intense exercise in adolescent athletes	7
Relationship between insulin resistance and adipocytokines: the mediator role of adiposity in children	7
Developmental fitness curves: assessing sprint acceleration relative to age and maturity status in elite junior tennis players	7
Feasibility of using infrared thermal imaging to examine brown adipose tissue in infants aged 18 to 25 months	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
Differential classification of infants in United States neonatal intensive care units for weight, length, and head circumference by United States and international growth curves	6
Genetic polymorphism of 27 Y-STR loci in Kazakh populations from Northern Kazakhstan	6
Paleogenomics of the prehistory of Europe: human migrations, domestication and disease	6
COVID-19 and the epistemology of epidemiological models at the dawn of AI	6
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
The association between maternal and foetal factors with birth weight discordance in twins from Yucatan, Mexico	5
Where Asia meets Europe – recent insights from ancient human genomics	5
More data on ancient human mitogenome variability in Italy: new mitochondrial genome sequences from three Upper Palaeolithic burials	5
The impact of leptin and its receptor polymorphisms on type 1 diabetes in a population of northwest Iran	5
Analysis of forensic genetic parameters of 22 autosomal STR markers (PowerPlex® Fusion System) in a population sample from Bosnia and Herzegovina	5
Age estimation in children based on open apices measurement in the Serbian population: Belgrade Age Formula (BAF)	5
Allele frequencies and forensic parameters of 22 autosomal STR loci in a population of 983 individuals from Serbia and comparison with 24 other populations	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
Maturational timing, physical self-perceptions and physical activity in UK adolescent females: investigation of a mediated effects model	5
Correlation of body composition parameters and anthropometric somatotypes with Prakriti body types among the Meitei adults of Manipur, India	4
Independent and combined influence of physical fitness components on self-esteem in adolescents: DADOS study	4
Body fat and muscle in relation to heart rate variability in young-to-middle age men: a cross sectional study	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
Genetic diversity, forensic characteristics and phylogenetic analysis of the Qiongzhong aborigines residing in the tropical rainforests of Hainan Island via 19 autosomal STRs	4
The mitochondrial DNA control region sequences from the Chinese sui population of southwestern China	4
Human biology of physical activity in the growing child	4
The waist-hip ratio: a flawed index	4
The genomic ancestry of Jat Sikh population from Northwest India inferred from 15 autosomal STR markers using capillary electrophoresis	4
Pubertal growth in height, sitting height and leg length in achondroplasia	4
GSTT1, GSTP1 and XPC genes are associated with longevity in an Italian cohort	4
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) genetic variation and longevity in Peruvian older people: a cross-sectional study	3
A multilevel analysis of gross motor coordination of children and adolescents living at different altitudes: the Peruvian Health and Optimist Growth Study	3
Bio-banding in soccer: past, present, and future	3
Estimating peak height velocity in individuals	3
Deep phenotyping of pubertal development in Norwegian children: the Bergen Growth Study 2	3
Enamel multidien biological timing and body size variability among individuals of Chinese Han and Tibetan origins	3
Dental age estimation of Malaysian Indian children and adolescents: applicability of Chaillet and Demirjian’s modified method using artificial neural network	3
Secular trends in cranial size and shape among black South Africans over the late 19th and 20th centuries	3
Analysis of the influence of glutathione S-transferase (GSTM1 and GSTT1) genes on the risk of essential hypertension	3
Morphological variations and prevalence of aberrant traits of primary molars	3
Assessment of cardiovascular disease risk in Northern China: a cross-sectional study	3
Genetic variation and differentiation among a native British and five migrant South Asian populations of the East Midlands (UK) based on CODIS forensic STR loci	3
Dental maturation in a Chinese sample using Demirjian method	3
Effect of MTHFR (rs1801133) and FTO (rs9939609) genetic polymorphisms and obesity in T2DM: a study among Bengalee Hindu caste population of West Bengal, India	3
Effect of maternal nutrient intake during 31–37 weeks gestation on offspring body composition in Samoa	3
How can two biological variables have opposing secular trends, yet be positively related? A demonstration using timing of puberty and adult height	3

Genetic polymorphism of 27 Y-STR loci in Kazakh populations from Eastern Kazakhstan	3
Secular trends of age at menarche and the effect of famine exposure on age at menarche in rural Chinese women	3
Comparison of growth and nutritional status of Chinese and Japanese children and adolescents	3
Prevalence and characterisation of size and sequence-based microvariant alleles at nine autosomal STR markers in the Central Indian population	3
The surname structure of Trentino (Italy) and its relationship with dialects and genes	3
Insights into Punic genetic signatures in the southern necropolis of Tharros (Sardinia)	3
Association between body mass index, physical activity and motor competence in children: moderation analysis by different environmental contexts	3