OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Physiological Anthropology is 2. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Plasmodium—a brief introduction to the parasites causing human malaria and their basic biology	160
Malaria elimination in Malaysia and the rising threat of Plasmodium knowlesi	57
Development of the circadian system in early life: maternal and environmental factors	35
Assessment of autonomic function by long-term heart rate variability: beyond the classical framework of LF and HF measurements	27
Risk factors of asthma in the Asian population: a systematic review and meta-analysis	22
The determinants of survival among adults with cystic fibrosis—a cohort study	20
The influence of the environment and lifestyle on myopia	19
Standard reference values of weight and maximum pressure distribution in healthy adults aged 18–65 years in Germany	18
Is the use of high correlated color temperature light at night related to delay of sleep timing in university students? A cross-country study in Japan and China	15
A review of Japanese-style bathing: its demerits and merits	15
Epidemiology of the association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and musculoskeletal conditions among elderly individuals: a literature review	13
Brown adipose tissue thermogenesis among a small sample of reindeer herders from sub-Arctic Finland	12
Aging, frailty, and design of built environments	12
How humans adapt to hot climates learned from the recent research on tropical indigenes	12
High prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis and its risk factors among Tibetan highlanders living in Tsarang, Mustang district of Nepal	11
Reimagining zoonotic malaria control in communities exposed to Plasmodium knowlesi infection	11
Review on age-related differences in non-visual effects of light: melatonin suppression, circadian phase shift and pupillary light reflex in children to older adults	10
Bergmann’s rule is a “just-so” story of human body size	10
Association of miR-34a and miR-143 levels with PPARγ gene expression in adipose tissues of non-diabetic adults	10
Postural influence on intracranial fluid dynamics: an overview	9
Effects of alternating heat and cold stimulation using a wearable thermo-device on subjective and objective shoulder stiffness	8
The associations of eating behavior and dietary intake with metabolic syndrome in Japanese: Saku cohort baseline study	8
Ambient-task combined lighting to regulate autonomic and psychomotor arousal levels without compromising subjective comfort to lighting	7
Association of age-related decrease in intracellular-to-total water ratio with that in explosive strength of the plantar flexors: a cross-sectional study	7
An anthropogenic model of cardiovascular system adaptation to the Earth’s gravity as the conceptual basis of pathological anthropology	7

Correction to: Plasmodium—a brief introduction to the parasites causing human malaria and their basic biology	6
Estimating thigh skeletal muscle volume using multi-frequency segmental-bioelectrical impedance analysis	6
Effects of short-term repeated sprint training in hypoxia or with blood flow restriction on response to exercise	6
Effects of different temperatures of carbohydrate-protein-containing drinks on gastric emptying rate after exercise in healthy young men: randomized crossover trial	6
Facial and body sexual dimorphism are not interconnected in the Maasai	6
Influence of sports experience on distribution of pro-saccade reaction time under gap condition	6
Standard reference values of the upper body posture in healthy male adults aged between 31 and 40 years in Germany-an observational study	5
Physiological comfort evaluation under different airflow directions in a heating environment	5
Circadian phase advances in children during camping life according to the natural light-dark cycle	5
Effects of soy protein isolate and soy peptide preload on gastric emptying rate and postprandial glycemic control in healthy humans	4
Contribution of VEGF polymorphism rs3025020 to short stature and hypertension in elderly Japanese individuals: a cross-sectional study	4
Association of rs9939609-FTO with metabolic syndrome components among women from Mayan communities of Chiapas, Mexico	4
ALDH2 gene polymorphism is associated with fitness in the elderly Japanese population	4
Alleviation of acute stress response by black pepper aroma administration	3
Effects of exercise habituation and aging on the intersegmental coordination of lower limbs during walking with sinusoidal speed change	3
Associations between locomotive and non-locomotive physical activity and physical performance in older community-dwelling females with and without locomotive syndrome: a cross-sectional study	3
Association of sarcopenia, pre-sarcopenia, and dynapenia with the onset and progression of locomotive syndrome in Japanese older adults: a cross-sectional study	3
Association between decreased grip strength in preschool children and the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational study from 2015 to 2021	3
Upregulation of cathepsin L gene under mild cold conditions in young Japanese male adults	3
Association between thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and proteinuria in relation to thyroid cyst in a euthyroid general population	3
The establishment of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D reference intervals in children aged 0–14 years in Zigong area, China	3
Leptospirosis in Malaysia: current status, insights, and future prospects	3
Association between air flow limitation and body composition in young adults	3
Low-frequency oscillations of finger skin blood flow during the initial stage of cold-induced vasodilation at different air temperatures	3
What makes people grow? Love and hope	3
Infant weight gain and DXA-measured adolescent adiposity: data from the Japan Kids Body-composition Study	3
Association between high cardiac output at altitude and acute mountain sickness: preliminary study on Mt. Fuji	3
Effects of arm and leg positions on lumbar multifidus muscle activity while on hands and knees or while standing	3
Women’s lifetime reproductive profiles and frailty among aging individuals in the USA and the Philippines	3
Predicting handgrip power of young adult population among major ethnic groups of Sabah: a multivariate analysis	3
Individual variations and sex differences in hemodynamics and percutaneous arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) in Tibetan highlanders of Tsarang in the Mustang district of Nepal	3
Intake of l-serine before bedtime prevents the delay of the circadian phase in real life	3
Genotyped indigenous Kiwcha adults at high altitude are lighter and shorter than their low altitude counterparts	2
Effects of using a snooze alarm on sleep inertia after morning awakening	2
Studies on human body composition in Russia: past and present	2
Pre-cooling with ingesting a high-carbohydrate ice slurry on thermoregulatory responses and subcutaneous interstitial fluid glucose during heat exposure	2
Allostatic load and frailty do not covary significantly among older residents of Greater Poland	2
FTO and MC4R polymorphisms, and selected pre-, peri- and postnatal factors as determinants of body mass index and fatness in children: a thorough analysis of the associations	2
Relationship between body composition indices and changes in body temperature due to hot pack use	2
Biocultural intersections: stressors, adaptability, allostasis, frailty, and aging	2
Does change in barometric pressure per given time at high altitude influence symptoms of acute mountain sickness on Mount Fuji? A pilot study	2
Differences in circulating fatty acid-binding protein 4 concentration in the venous and capillary blood immediately after acute exercise	2
Venous dilation effect of hot towel (moist and dry heat) versus hot pack for peripheral intravenous catheterization: a quasi-experimental study	2
Effects of ice slurry ingestion on body temperature and softball pitching performance in a hot environment: a randomized crossover trial	2
Is the muscle–tendon architecture of non-athletic Kenyans different from that of Japanese and French males?	2
Autonomic thermoregulatory responses and subjective thermal perceptions upon the initiation of thermal behavior among resting humans in hot and humid environment	2
Impact of energy availability and physical activity on variation in fertility across human populations	2