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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Association between underweight, serum albumin levels, and height loss in the Japanese male population: a retrospective study	175
The effects of different sports activities on body scheme in preschoolers and primary school children: an experimental and theoretical analysis	36
ALDH2 gene polymorphism is associated with fitness in the elderly Japanese population	31
Dietary interventions in skin ageing: a systematic review and meta-analysis	20
Multipoint surface electromyography measurement using bull’s-eye electrodes for wide-area topographic analysis	18
Postural influence on intracranial fluid dynamics: an overview	18
Urinary pentosidine as a potential biomarker of muscle and physical performance in young adult men	16
Association of sarcopenia, pre-sarcopenia, and dynapenia with the onset and progression of locomotive syndrome in Japanese older adults: a cross-sectional study	14
In Memoriam	14
Autonomic thermoregulatory responses and subjective thermal perceptions upon the initiation of thermal behavior among resting humans in hot and humid environment	14
Altered neurophysiological responses during empathy for pain in insomnia: evidence from an EEG study in non-clinical samples	12
Determining total energy expenditure in 3–6-year-old Japanese pre-school children using the doubly labeled water method	12
Leptospirosis in Malaysia: current status, insights, and future prospects	11
Differences in sarcopenia indices in elderly Japanese women and their relationships with obesity classified according to waist circumference, BMI, and body fat percentage	11
Examination of postural dependence in subcutaneous fat thickness measurement using a caliper	11
Brown fat thermogenesis and cold adaptation in humans	10
How staying in a gymnasium affects sleep and bed climate in children	9
Genetic determinants of skin ageing: a systematic review and meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies and candidate genes	9
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
A two-week exercise intervention improves cold symptoms and sleep condition in cold-sensitive women	9
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	9
Thermal sensation and comfort responses during repeated exposure to mild heat	9
Recent updates on cold adaptation in population and laboratory studies, including cross-adaptation with nonthermal factors	9
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	8
Intake of l-serine before bedtime prevents the delay of the circadian phase in real life	8

Longitudinal analysis of neuromuscular adaptation using entropy and PCA during motor learning	8
What makes people grow? Love and hope	8
Effects of different temperatures of carbohydrate-protein-containing drinks on gastric emptying rate after exercise in healthy young men: randomized crossover trial	8
Impact of energy availability and physical activity on variation in fertility across human populations	8
Three sets of low-intensity resistance exercises with slow movement and tonic force generation cause more muscular fatigue	8
Effects of blue light during and after exposure on auditory working memory	7
Social skills moderate pain sensitivity during acute psychosocial stress: an experimental study using the Trier Social Stress Test	7
Hypoxic-induced resting ventilatory and circulatory responses under multistep hypoxia is related to decline in peak aerobic capacity in hypoxia	7
Association between serum omentin-1 concentrations and body composition measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in Japanese elementary school-aged children	7
A study on the effect of acute hyperbaric oxygen intervention on aerobic endurance	7
Effect of hyperbaric exposure on cognitive performance: an investigation conducting numerical Stroop tasks during a simulated 440 m sea water saturation diving	7
Local alternating heat and cold stimulation affects hemodynamics and oxygenation in fatigued muscle tissue and autonomic nervous activity: a single-arm interventional study	7