OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology is 40. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Cover	198
Interindividual Variation in Gut Nitrergic Neuron Density Is Regulated By GDNF Levels and ETV1	95
Pathophysiological Roles of Ductular Reaction in Liver Inflammation and Hepatic Fibrogenesis	91
Should I Stay or Should I Go – ERK as Control Lever in Hepatocyte Expansion	87
NRF2 Controls the Competitive Fitness of Squamous Epithelial Cells in the Mouse Esophagus	80
New Immune Role for Axin1 in Colon Cancer Suppression	79
Ptpn2: A Critical Regulator of Paneth Cell Homeostasis	76
Contents	75
Location Matters: Mitochondrial Arginase 2 as a Treatment for Metabolic Disease?	73
Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells in the Digestive System: Defender or Destroyer?	73
T Cell Repertoire Homogeneity and Blood-Gut Overlap in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease	70
Targeting Ferroptosis Restores the Antiviral Activity of CD8+ T Cells During Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection	70
Development of Human Gut Organoids With Resident Tissue Macrophages as a Model of Intestinal Immune Responses	67
In Vivo Genome-Wide CRISPR Activation Screening Identifies Functionally Important Long Noncoding RNAs in Hepatocellular Carcinoma	64
Macrophage Nogo-B Drives Liver Fibrosis	62
Gut-innervating TRPV1+ Neurons Drive Chronic Visceral Pain via Microglial P2Y12 Receptor	61
Autophagy Regulates Esophageal Epithelial Renewal	60
Cilk1 Is Essential for Mesenchymal Cilia Maintenance and Epithelial-mesenchymal Crosstalk in Intestinal Villus Morphogenesis	60
Loss of Brg1 and Pten in Pancreatic Ductal Cells Forms Intraductal Tubulopapillary Neoplasm via the YAP/TAZ Pathway	60
Geranylgeranyl Pyrophosphate Promotes Hepatic Lipid Accumulation by Prenylation of Perilipin4	59
Cover	57
HIRA in Hepatitis B Virus Minichromosome Regulation: Another Piece of the Puzzle	54
PFKFB3-mediated Pro-glycolytic Shift in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Proliferation	53
RBPJ Deficiency Sensitizes Pancreatic Acinar Cells to KRAS-Mediated Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia Initiation	52
Contents	52

Role of Nox4 in Mitigating Inflammation and Fibrosis in Dextran Sulfate Sodium–Induced Colitis	50
Liver-specific Bcl3 Knockout Alleviates Acetaminophen-induced Liver Injury by Activating Nrf2 Pathway in Male Mice	49
Cover	49
The Interplay of TGF-β1 and Cholesterol Orchestrating Hepatocyte Cell Fate, EMT, and Signals for HSC Activation	48
Glia Maturation Factor-β Supports Liver Regeneration by Remodeling Actin Network to Enhance STAT3 Proliferative Signals	48
Long-term Temporal Stability of Peripheral Blood DNA Methylation Profiles in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease	47
STIM1 Deficiency In Intestinal Epithelium Attenuates Colonic Inflammation and Tumorigenesis by Reducing ER Stress of Goblet Cells	47
A Dual-compartment Scaffolding Role for Receptor for Activate C Kinase 1 in Hepatic Glucagon Signaling and Gluconeogenesis	46
The Placode Lineage Contributes to the Enteric Nervous System: A Caution for Cell Transplantation Therapy for Hirschsprung Disease	46
Trypsin-Mediated Sensitization to Ferroptosis Increases the Severity of Pancreatitis in Mice	46
Stratifin Is Necessary for Spasmolytic Polypeptide-Expressing Metaplasia Development After Acute Gastric Injury	45
Prolonged Administration of Melatonin Ameliorates Liver Phenotypes in Cholestatic Murine Model	44
Cover	42
NF-κB Inducing Kinase Attenuates Colorectal Cancer by Regulating Noncanonical NF-κB Mediated Colonic Epithelial Cell Regeneration	42
Extrinsic Innervation of Myenteric Plexus of Human Large Intestine Via Colonic Nerves	41
C-Reactive Protein, a Promising Approach for Acetaminophen Hepatotoxicity	40
The Transcriptomic Landscape of the Human Intestine	40
Editorial Board	40
Contents	40