OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of npj Microgravity is 25. 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
Establishing a method for the cryopreservation of viable peripheral blood mononuclear cells in the International Space Station	79
Corner angle effects on capillary rise along curved interior corners	77
MicroAge mission: experimental design and hardware for a bespoke culture system supporting tissue-engineered skeletal muscle	66
Cooling of a granular gas mixture in microgravity	63
Impacts of radiation exposure, hindlimb unloading, and recovery on murine skeletal muscle cell telomere length	57
A study on the stability of ritonavir form III processed in orbit and returned to Earth	57
Microgravity triggers ferroptosis and accelerates senescence in the MG-63 cell model of osteoblastic cells	48
Implications of sex differences in orthostatic tolerance during exposure to acute artificial gravity	45
Effect of microgravity on mechanical loadings in lumbar spine at various postures: a numerical study	40
Spaceflight exposome/microgravity effects on the psychoimmunoneuroendocrine system	39
The kidney, volume homeostasis and osmoregulation in space: current perspective and knowledge gaps	38
Enhanced assembly of bacteriophage T7 produced in cell-free reactions under simulated microgravity	36
Vection underwater illustrates the limitations of neutral buoyancy as a microgravity analog	36
Dynamic changes in perivascular space morphology predict signs of spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome in bed rest	35
Optic nerve sheath diameter and spaceflight: defining shortcomings and future directions	35
Abdominal LIPUS ameliorates simulated microgravity induced skeletal muscle atrophy via the gut-muscle axis	33
In vitro evidence of bubble-induced acoustic softening and Sanal flow choking in cardiovascular decompression	30
Weightlessness leads to an increase granulosa cells in the growing follicle	30
Effect of calcium oxalate microcrystals on kidney proximal tubule epithelial cell gene expression in microgravity	29
Microgravity-induced constraints on melanin bioproduction: investigating E. coli metabolic responses aboard the international space station	27
Amyloidogenesis via interfacial shear in a containerless biochemical reactor aboard the International Space Station	27
Paving the way to better understand the effects of prolonged spaceflight on operational performance and its neural bases	26
Long-term microgravity experiments reveal a new mechanism for particle aggregation in suspension	25
Illumination optimization and low-power trapping of Limnospira indica PCC 8005 using bulk acoustic waves in microgravity	25
Demonstration of charge-hold-vent (CHV) and no-vent-fill (NVF) in a simulated propellent storage tank during tank-to-tank cryogen transfer in microgravity	25

Passive limitation of surface contamination by perFluoroDecylTrichloroSilane coatings in the ISS during the MATISS experiments	25
Virtual reality-based sensory stimulation preferences at Amundsen-Scott South Pole station in Antarctica	25
Management of corneal injuries in spaceflight and recommendations for planetary missions	25