OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Physiological Anthropology is 7. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
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	112
Association between underweight, serum albumin levels, and height loss in the Japanese male population: a retrospective study	68
ALDH2 gene polymorphism is associated with fitness in the elderly Japanese population	57
Influence of sports experience on distribution of pro-saccade reaction time under gap condition	33
Comparison of low-concentration carbon dioxide-enriched and tap water immersion on body temperature after passive heating	32
Postural influence on intracranial fluid dynamics: an overview	28
Effects of alternating heat and cold stimulation using a wearable thermo-device on subjective and objective shoulder stiffness	27
Altered neurophysiological responses during empathy for pain in insomnia: evidence from an EEG study in non-clinical samples	24
Dietary interventions in skin ageing: a systematic review and meta-analysis	24
Multipoint surface electromyography measurement using bull’s-eye electrodes for wide-area topographic analysis	20
Urinary pentosidine as a potential biomarker of muscle and physical performance in young adult men	19
Autonomic thermoregulatory responses and subjective thermal perceptions upon the initiation of thermal behavior among resting humans in hot and humid environment	19
Association of sarcopenia, pre-sarcopenia, and dynapenia with the onset and progression of locomotive syndrome in Japanese older adults: a cross-sectional study	18
Development of the circadian system in early life: maternal and environmental factors	16
Predicting handgrip power of young adult population among major ethnic groups of Sabah: a multivariate analysis	15
Differences in sarcopenia indices in elderly Japanese women and their relationships with obesity classified according to waist circumference, BMI, and body fat percentage	14
Studies on human body composition in Russia: past and present	14
Determining total energy expenditure in 3–6-year-old Japanese pre-school children using the doubly labeled water method	14
Leptospirosis in Malaysia: current status, insights, and future prospects	13
Genetic determinants of skin ageing: a systematic review and meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies and candidate genes	12
Brown fat thermogenesis and cold adaptation in humans	11
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	9
How staying in a gymnasium affects sleep and bed climate in children	9
A two-week exercise intervention improves cold symptoms and sleep condition in cold-sensitive women	8
A 1-year cross-sectional study on the predominance of influenza among hospitalized children in a tropical area, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah	8

Correction to: Estimating thigh skeletal muscle volume using multi-frequency segmental-bioelectrical impedance analysis	8
Recent updates on cold adaptation in population and laboratory studies, including cross-adaptation with nonthermal factors	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
The determinants of survival among adults with cystic fibrosis—a cohort study	7
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	7
Effect of hyperbaric exposure on cognitive performance: an investigation conducting numerical Stroop tasks during a simulated 440 m sea water saturation diving	7
Three sets of low-intensity resistance exercises with slow movement and tonic force generation cause more muscular fatigue	7
Intake of l-serine before bedtime prevents the delay of the circadian phase in real life	7
Individual variations and sex differences in hemodynamics and percutaneous arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) in Tibetan highlanders of Tsarang in the Mustang district of Nepal	7