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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
ALDH2 gene polymorphism is associated with fitness in the elderly Japanese population	153
Association between underweight, serum albumin levels, and height loss in the Japanese male population: a retrospective study	81
Dietary interventions in skin ageing: a systematic review and meta-analysis	36
The effects of different sports activities on body scheme in preschoolers and primary school children: an experimental and theoretical analysis	32
Body weight at 1.5- and 3-year health checks and body fat at 14 years of age: a population-based retrospective cohort study using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry	27
Postural influence on intracranial fluid dynamics: an overview	19
Multipoint surface electromyography measurement using bull’s-eye electrodes for wide-area topographic analysis	18
Urinary pentosidine as a potential biomarker of muscle and physical performance in young adult men	17
Autonomic thermoregulatory responses and subjective thermal perceptions upon the initiation of thermal behavior among resting humans in hot and humid environment	15
Altered neurophysiological responses during empathy for pain in insomnia: evidence from an EEG study in non-clinical samples	14
Development of the circadian system in early life: maternal and environmental factors	14
Association of sarcopenia, pre-sarcopenia, and dynapenia with the onset and progression of locomotive syndrome in Japanese older adults: a cross-sectional study	12
Predicting handgrip power of young adult population among major ethnic groups of Sabah: a multivariate analysis	11
Determining total energy expenditure in 3–6-year-old Japanese pre-school children using the doubly labeled water method	10
Studies on human body composition in Russia: past and present	9
Brown fat thermogenesis and cold adaptation in humans	9
Genetic determinants of skin ageing: a systematic review and meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies and candidate genes	9
Leptospirosis in Malaysia: current status, insights, and future prospects	9
A two-week exercise intervention improves cold symptoms and sleep condition in cold-sensitive women	8
Thermal sensation and comfort responses during repeated exposure to mild heat	8
How staying in a gymnasium affects sleep and bed climate in children	8
Differences in sarcopenia indices in elderly Japanese women and their relationships with obesity classified according to waist circumference, BMI, and body fat percentage	8
Response of circulating fatty acid binding protein 4 concentration to low-intensity acute aerobic exercise is amplified in an exercise duration-dependent manner in healthy men	8
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	8
Effects of blue light during and after exposure on auditory working memory	7

Intake of l-serine before bedtime prevents the delay of the circadian phase in real life	7
Recent updates on cold adaptation in population and laboratory studies, including cross-adaptation with nonthermal factors	7
Differences in prevalence arising from reference values for physiological and laboratory measurements used in studies of Tibetan highlanders and differences in study populations between the two studie	7
Effect of hyperbaric exposure on cognitive performance: an investigation conducting numerical Stroop tasks during a simulated 440 m sea water saturation diving	7
What makes people grow? Love and hope	7
Effects of different temperatures of carbohydrate-protein-containing drinks on gastric emptying rate after exercise in healthy young men: randomized crossover trial	7
Impact of energy availability and physical activity on variation in fertility across human populations	7
Three sets of low-intensity resistance exercises with slow movement and tonic force generation cause more muscular fatigue	7
A study on the effect of acute hyperbaric oxygen intervention on aerobic endurance	6
Association of brown adipose tissue activity with circulating sex hormones and fibroblast growth factor 21 in the follicular and luteal phases in young women	6
Social skills moderate pain sensitivity during acute psychosocial stress: an experimental study using the Trier Social Stress Test	6
Higher synchronization stability with piano experience: relationship with finger and presentation modality	6
Hypoxic-induced resting ventilatory and circulatory responses under multistep hypoxia is related to decline in peak aerobic capacity in hypoxia	6
Local alternating heat and cold stimulation affects hemodynamics and oxygenation in fatigued muscle tissue and autonomic nervous activity: a single-arm interventional study	6
Effects of using a snooze alarm on sleep inertia after morning awakening	6
Association between serum omentin-1 concentrations and body composition measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in Japanese elementary school-aged children	6
Effects of exercise habituation and aging on the intersegmental coordination of lower limbs during walking with sinusoidal speed change	5
Muscle parameters in men and oxidative stress markers	5
Correction: Association between high cardiac output at altitude and acute mountain sickness: preliminary study on Mt. Fuji	5
Maternal weight status at conception predicts offspring body fat at age 11 years: population data from the Japan Kids Body Composition Study using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry	5
A broad assessment of forty-one skin phenotypes reveals complex dimensions of skin ageing	5
Paced breathing causes tonic change rather than phasic modulation of superficial venous diameter	5
Haptic feedback intervention decreases the spatial margin when older adults walk through a narrow space	5
Gender differences in exercise efficiency: the influence of adiposity during low-intensity cycling in healthy Lebanese university students	5
Diurnal differences in urine flow in healthy young men in a light-controlled environment: a randomized crossover design	5
A theoretical model of secular body mass index dynamics among Russian adults under changing socio-economic conditions	5
Triglyceride-glucose index is capable of identifying metabolically obese, normal-weight older individuals	5
Signatures of adaptation in myopia-related genes on the sunlight exposure hypothesis	4
Association between light exposure and sleep problems related to nocturia in older adults: the Nagahama study	4
Effects of taking a nap or break immediately after night shift on nurses’ fatigue recovery and sleep episodes: a quasi-experimental study	4
Muscle architecture of the medial gastrocnemius during growth	4
Few dental indices in modern Bulgarian population from southern Bulgaria	4
Fructose-induced FGF21 secretion does not activate brown adipose tissue in Japanese young men: randomized cross-over and randomized controlled trials	4
The next stage of physiological anthropology	3
Prediction of success in sports based on assumed individual genetic predisposition: lack of association with the C > T variant in the ACTN3 gene	3
Body height, body composition, and lifestyle of Czech high school students: implications for the most appropriate strategies supporting physical growth and preventing obesity	3
The impact of hygienic living conditions on the differentiation of male body height at the beginning of the twentieth century in the USSR	3
Association between high cardiac output at altitude and acute mountain sickness: preliminary study on Mt. Fuji	3
Effects of soy protein isolate and soy peptide preload on gastric emptying rate and postprandial glycemic control in healthy humans	3
The effect of dynamic stimuli on attention under different perceptual loads	3
Pre-cooling with ingesting a high-carbohydrate ice slurry on thermoregulatory responses and subcutaneous interstitial fluid glucose during heat exposure	2
Sustained metabolic dysregulation and the emergence of diabetes: associations between HbA1c and metabolic syndrome components in Tunisian diabetic and nondiabetic groups	2
Effects of others’ gaze and facial expression on an observer’s microsaccades and their association with ADHD tendencies	2
Sitting vs. supine ultrasound measurements of the vastus medialis: correlations with MRI measurements and age considerations	2
Association of objectively measured physical activity with phase angle obtained from bioelectrical impedance analysis in older adults with disabilities under the long-term care insurance system	2
Short latency afferent inhibition differs with load type during isometric finger abduction	2
Advances in research on thermogenic substances	2
What makes females walk at comparable speeds to males? Physical, physiological, or biomechanical factors	2
Thermoregulatory responses to air temperature of −5 °C at different wind speeds: significance of strong wind in a mild cold environment	2
Utility of salivary cortisol profile as a predictive biomarker in nurses’ turnover risk: a preliminary study	2

Effects of observing own/others hand movement in different perspectives on mu rhythm suppression: an EEG study	2
Effects of later dinner timing on subsequent metabolic function and nocturnal sleep in healthy young women	2
A heart rate variability-driven framework for depression screening leveraging emotion-elicited autonomic divergence	2
Loss of significant association between high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and metabolic syndrome after adjustment for waist circumference found in 2022 Korea National Health and Nutrition E	2
Loneliness, insomnia symptoms, social jetlag, and vitamin D deficiency in relation to mental health problems in Japanese female university students: a cross-sectional study	2