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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Genetic variants in BDNF ( rs6265 and rs11030119 ) and stroke susceptibility: a case-control analysis in So	15
Total daily energy expenditure and elevated water turnover in a small-scale semi-nomadic pastoralist society from Northern Kenya	14
Palaeoanthropology and the study of pre-adult fossil remains	14
Reproductive life histories: can incremental dentine isotope analysis identify pubertal growth, pregnancy and lactation?	13
Bone-specific median age of hand-wrist maturation from Sudan	13
Identification of mitophagy and ferroptosis-related hub genes associated with intracerebral haemorrhage through bioinformatics analysis	11
The association between daytime sleep and general obesity risk differs by sleep duration in Iranian adults	11
Haplogroup diversity in the Indian population using 23 Y-STRs	10
Effects of different Taekwondo practices on biomechanics of balance and control during kick technique	10
Self-reported dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids are associated with adipose tissue markers and glucose metabolism in apparently healthy subjects	10
Exploring the Kinh Vietnamese genomic database for the polymorphisms of the P450 genes towards precision public health	9
Association between genetic polymorphisms of cadherin 23 and noise-induced hearing loss: a meta-analysis	9
Association of polymorphisms rs2303729, rs10880, and rs1131620 of LTBP4 with sarcopenia in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus	8
The impact of leptin and its receptor polymorphisms on type 1 diabetes in a population of northwest Iran	8
The changes in the prevalence of underweight and short stature among Polish youth from 1938 to 2020	8
Somatotype affects lean body mass estimation with bioelectrical impedance analysis in young athletes	8
Professor Donald A. Bailey Jan 5 ^th 1934 to June 3 ^rd 2023	8
Underweight in young Japanese women over time: a longitudinal retrospective study of the change in body mass index from ages 6 to 20 years	8
Genetic diversity ofCYP3A5andABCB1variants in East-Central and South European populations	7
Paediatric dominant and non-dominant handgrip reference curves and the association with body composition	7
Catalogue of immature hominin fossils from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa	7
‘I feel more comfortable in contact with similar-sized players’: male youth rugby union players’ perceptions of bio-banded training	7
Birthweight and its association with cardiometabolic risk parameters in rural Maya children from Yucatan, Mexico	7
Body image perceptions and avoidance behaviours among a Moroccan group of adolescents	6
An evaluation of inter and intra population structure of Uttar Pradesh, inferred from 24 autosomal STRs	6

Commentary on “new systems for dental maturity based on seven and four teeth” Demirjian and Goldstein, Annals of Human Biology, 1976,3,411-421	6
Cardiorespiratory fitness in Chinese children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Linking the bed dust microbiome with environmental factors and child respiratory health	6
Child BMI trajectories: the history of a concept over the last four decades	6
Genetic polymorphism of 27 Y-STR loci in Kazakh populations from Northern Kazakhstan	6
Human height: a model common complex trait	6
Associations between maternal and infant body composition, feeding practices, and perceived infant eating behaviour in Samoan mother–infant dyads aged 1–4 months	5
Genetic polymorphisms of 17 X-STR loci in two Tunisian populations from Sousse and Makthar	5
Effects of orthodontic treatment on masticatory muscles activity: a meta-analysis	5
Worldwide distribution of genetic factors related to severity of COVID-19 infection	4
Facial shapes in Frankfurt Horizontal and natural head positions: a methodological study	4
ABCG2 and SLCO1B1 gene polymorphisms in the Croatian population	4
Buffering in the intra-household allocation of scarce water in urban Dhaka, Bangladesh	4
Long-term health outcomes from inbreeding in a historical Swedish population: longevity, fertility, and impairments	4
Use of Investigator 24plex GO! To analyse allele frequencies of 21 autosomal STRs in the population of Veracruz state, Mexico	4
Deep phenotyping of pubertal development in Norwegian children: the Bergen Growth Study 2	3
Genetic polymorphisms of 19 X-STRs in populations of Hubei Han and Guangxi Zhuang and their comparisons with 13 other Chinese populations	3
The genetic structure and admixture of Manchus and Koreans in northeast China	3
Age at menarche and chemical exposure: per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT), dichloro-diphenyl-dichloroethylene (DDE), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB	3
Genetic variants of FGFR family associated with height, hypertension, and osteoporosis	3
Delayed skeletal maturation is a major contributor to child height deficits in a low-income setting	3
Photoanthropometric study: are non-professional photographs suitable for objective and reliable analysis of facial features?	3
Bioarchaeological study of ancient Teotihuacans based on complete mitochondrial genome sequences and diet isotopes	3
Biological and environmental contributors to child growth and health	3
The growth status of North Korean refugee adolescents in South Korea: comparison with South Korean adolescents	3
Development of an Okinawa panel for biogeographic inference of Okinawans	3
Commentary to the article: an estimation of the number of cells in the human body	3
Analysis of the TSER and G>C variants in the TYMS gene: a high frequency of low expression genotypes predicted in the Mexican population	3
Comparing the performance of body mass index, waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio in predicting Malaysians with excess adiposity	3
Testing the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendations on maternal reproductive health and associated neonatal characteristics in a transitional, Mediterranean population	3
Assessment of height growth in Indian children using growth centiles and growth curves	3
Unravelling the molecular mechanisms and immune landscape of vitiligo: a comprehensive bioinformatics study on melanogenesis-related genes	3
Childhood developmental environment affects adult intestinal inflammation levels: preliminary evidence from older adults in the United States	3
Lactose in human milk is associated with lower rates of infection during a drought	3
Association between IL-6 gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to Parkinson’s disease	3
Dual burden of infectious and chronic disease in low-resource U.S. communities: examining relationships between infection, adiposity, and inflammation	3
Molecular characterisation of sickle cell disease and classification of major haplotypes associated with the β-globin cluster (HBB gene) by means of SNP marker sequencing in a group of samples from Bo	3
Very low frequency of the lactase persistence allele LCT-13910T in the Armenian population	3
New hominin dental remains from the ∼2.04–1.95 Ma Drimolen Main Quarry, South Africa	3