OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Experimental Gerontology is 37. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	196
Long-term administration of soft drink causes memory impairment and oxidative damage in adult and middle-aged rats	150
Effect of intermittent hypoxic conditioning on inflammatory biomarkers in older adults	126
Overexpression of solute carrier family 6 member 12 promotes cell injury in Parkinson's disease via MAPK signaling pathway	108
Corrigendum to “Segmental extracellular-to-intracellular water resistance ratio and physical function in older adults” [Exp. Gerontol. 181 (2023) 112278]	93
Comparison of metabolic risk factors, physical performances, and prevalence of low back pain among categories determined by visceral adipose tissue and trunk skeletal muscle mass in middle-aged men	83
The association between cardiovascular risk factors and major cardiovascular diseases decreases with increasing frailty levels in geriatric outpatients	78
Impact of repetitive home-based galvanic vestibular stimulation on cognitive skills in healthy older adults	72
Editorial Board	71
Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of slow gait speed in older adults: The Rugao Longitudinal Aging Study	70
Correlation between blood pressure and mortality in older critically ill patients: Insights from a large intensive care unit database	60
A pilot investigation of reliability and validity of balance and gait assessments using telehealth with healthy older adults	58
Receiving financial support and its association with late-age depression: The mediating role of social engagement	57
Immunophenotypic characterization of B1a lymphocytes in Cuban older adults	51
Aerobic exercise attenuates abnormal myelination and oligodendrocyte differentiation in 3xTg-AD mice	49
High-intensity interval training reduces the induction of neutrophil extracellular traps in older men using live-neutrophil imaging as biosensor	46
Sleep problems and mild cognitive impairment among adults aged ≥50 years from low- and middle-income countries	45
Muscle weakness is a prognostic indicator of disability and chronic disease multimorbidity	45
Comparative efficacy of exercise interventions for cognitive health in older adults: A network meta-analysis	44
Oral administration of liposome-encapsulated thymol could alleviate the inflammatory parameters in serum and hippocampus in a rat model of Alzheimer's disease	44
MicroRNA-139-5p inhibits vascular endothelial cell viability and serves as a diagnostic biomarker in acute myocardial infarction patients	44
Enhancing fracture risk indication: The impact of bone load index and muscle fat infiltration on vertebral compression fracture	44
The biological roots of the sex-frailty paradox	43
Anti-fibrosis effect and its mechanism of atractylenolide III on post-traumatic extending knee joint contracture in rats	43
Age-related structural changes show that loss of fibers is not a significant contributor to muscle atrophy in old mice	42

Frequency and factors associated with sarcopenia prediction in adult and elderly patients hospitalized for COVID-19	42
Segmental extracellular-to-intracellular water resistance ratio and physical function in older adults	40
Inflammatory biomarkers of frailty: A review	39
Activation of α7nAChR by PNU282987 improves cognitive impairment through inhibiting oxidative stress and neuroinflammation in D-galactose induced aging via regulating α7nAChR/Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathw	39
Oral frailty as a risk factor for mild cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older adults: Kashiwa study	39
Effects of an inulin fiber diet on the gut microbiome, colon, and inflammatory biomarkers in aged mice	39
The effect of tamoxifen on the lipid profile in women: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	39
Effects of combined aerobic and resistance exercise on arterial stiffness in middle-aged and older men with dysglycemia and dyslipidemia: A 12-week intervention study	39
Gait speed reference values in community-dwelling older adults – Cross-sectional analysis from the Rotterdam Study	38
Editorial Board	37
Effects of fasting on skeletal muscles and body fat of adult and old C57BL/6J mice	37
Editorial Board	37
Parental age at death is associated with age at first birth in offspring	37
The inflammatory profiling in a cohort of older patients suffering from cognitive decline and dementia	37