OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology is 32. 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
Cover	120
Should I Stay or Should I Go – ERK as Control Lever in Hepatocyte Expansion	106
NRF2 Controls the Competitive Fitness of Squamous Epithelial Cells in the Mouse Esophagus	101
New Immune Role for Axin1 in Colon Cancer Suppression	84
Ptpn2: A Critical Regulator of Paneth Cell Homeostasis	81
Contents	79
Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells in the Digestive System: Defender or Destroyer?	75
Location Matters: Mitochondrial Arginase 2 as a Treatment for Metabolic Disease?	71
Pathophysiological Roles of Ductular Reaction in Liver Inflammation and Hepatic Fibrogenesis	67
Autophagy Regulates Esophageal Epithelial Renewal	59
Cilk1 Is Essential for Mesenchymal Cilia Maintenance and Epithelial-mesenchymal Crosstalk in Intestinal Villus Morphogenesis	58
Interindividual Variation in Gut Nitrergic Neuron Density Is Regulated By GDNF Levels and ETV1	56
T Cell Repertoire Homogeneity and Blood-Gut Overlap in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease	55
Loss of Brg1 and Pten in Pancreatic Ductal Cells Forms Intraductal Tubulopapillary Neoplasm via the YAP/TAZ Pathway	54
Bile acid detergency as determinant of liver pathology in a humanized mouse model of progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 3	54
Targeting Ferroptosis Restores the Antiviral Activity of CD8+ T Cells During Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection	54
Macrophage Nogo-B Drives Liver Fibrosis	52
Geranylgeranyl Pyrophosphate Promotes Hepatic Lipid Accumulation by Prenylation of Perilipin4	51
Cover	49
Modulating Bile Acid Metabolism: The Role of Blautia coccoides in Acute Pancreatitis	47
NF-κB Inducing Kinase Attenuates Colorectal Cancer by Regulating Noncanonical NF-κB Mediated Colonic Epithelial Cell Regeneration	46
Contents	45
Role of Nox4 in Mitigating Inflammation and Fibrosis in Dextran Sulfate Sodium–Induced Colitis	43
Stratifin Is Necessary for Spasmolytic Polypeptide-Expressing Metaplasia Development After Acute Gastric Injury	42
Serum Amyloid A Protein Promotes Fibrolysis and Recovery Following Alcohol Withdrawal	42

Cover	42
The Placode Lineage Contributes to the Enteric Nervous System: A Caution for Cell Transplantation Therapy for Hirschsprung Disease	39
PFKFB3-mediated Pro-glycolytic Shift in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Proliferation	37
A Dual-compartment Scaffolding Role for Receptor for Activate C Kinase 1 in Hepatic Glucagon Signaling and Gluconeogenesis	35
Long-term Temporal Stability of Peripheral Blood DNA Methylation Profiles in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease	33
RBPJ Deficiency Sensitizes Pancreatic Acinar Cells to KRAS-Mediated Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia Initiation	33
Liver-specific Bcl3 Knockout Alleviates Acetaminophen-induced Liver Injury by Activating Nrf2 Pathway in Male Mice	33
The Interplay of TGF-β1 and Cholesterol Orchestrating Hepatocyte Cell Fate, EMT, and Signals for HSC Activation	32