OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology is 26. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Membrane-initiated actions of sex steroids and reproductive behavior: A historical account	339
Early growth response factor 1 upregulates pro-fibrotic genes through activation of TGF-β1/Smad pathway via transcriptional regulation of PAR1 in high-glucose treated HK-2 cells	154
Lysophosphatidic acid receptor LPA1 trafficking and interaction with Rab proteins, as evidenced by Förster resonance energy transfer	57
Editorial Board	48
Novel regulatory roles of small G protein GDP dissociation stimulator (smgGDS) in insulin secretion from pancreatic β-cells	47
Maternal adaptations of the pancreas and glucose homeostasis in lactation and after lactation	46
Glucocorticoid receptor Gene (NR3C1) Polymorphisms and Haplotypes in patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia	45
Bisphenol A-sulfate conjugate disrupts AURKA transcription and cell cycle in BeWo cytotrophoblasts	43
Liver impact of growth hormone (GH) intermittent treatment during the growth period in mice	42
Genetic basis of nephrogenic diabetes insipidus	38
Mitophagy disorder mediates cardiac deterioration induced by severe hypoglycemia in diabetic mice	34
Impaired leptin signaling causes subfertility in female zebrafish	34
Oxytocin stimulates lipolysis, prostaglandin E2 synthesis, and leptin secretion in 3T3-L1 adipocytes	32
Prevalence of pathogenic variants and digenic disease in patients diagnosed with normosmic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism/Kallmann Syndrome	30
TIGAR relieves PCOS by inhibiting granulosa cell apoptosis and oxidative stress through activating Nrf2	30
How does apelin affect LH levels? An investigation at the level of GnRH and KNDy neurons	30
Ambient temperature, heat stress and fetal growth: A review of placenta-mediated mechanisms	30
Src family kinases involved in the differentiation of human preadipocytes	29
Low-grade elevation of palmitate and lipopolysaccharide synergistically induced β-cell damage via inhibition of neutral ceramidase	29
Antidepressants – The new endocrine disruptors? The case of crustaceans	28
Overexpression of MD1 ameliorates pathological myocardial remodeling in diabetic cardiomyopathy by TLR4/STAT3 signaling pathway	28
Retraction notice to “Effect of steviol, steviol glycosides and stevia extract on glucocorticoid receptor signaling in normal and cancer blood cells” [Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 460 (15 January 2018) 189–	28
Editorial Board	27
Characterization of pathogenic factors for premenstrual dysphoric disorder using machine learning algorithms in rats	27
Molecular pathways in placental-fetal development and disruption	26

Oxysterol-binding protein-like 3 is a novel target gene of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ in fatty liver disease