OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Applied Physiology is 29. 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
Effect of acute heat exposure on the pressor response to a voluntary hypoxic apnea	158
High-glycemic index meal acutely potentiates blood pressure response to static handgrip exercise in healthy humans	148
Tramadol is a performance-enhancing drug in highly trained cyclists: a randomized controlled trial	121
A small (but interesting) “trans-Atlantic acid-base debate”	120
Structure-function in smokers: when a small airways test really reflects the small airways	64
Attenuated cyclooxygenase-mediated vasodilation in cutaneous microvasculature with no difference in platelet aggregation in women with endometriosis	62
Low-energy cooling strategies modulate biomarkers of kidney injury risk in older adults exposed to very hot and dry heat	62
Biological sex does not independently influence core temperature change and sweating of children exercising in uncompensable heat stress	62
The effect of trunk position and pain location on lumbar extensor muscle recruitment strategies	61
Short bouts of hypoxia improve insulin sensitivity in adults with type 2 diabetes	56
The effect of increasing work rate amplitudes from a common metabolic baseline on the kinetic response of V̇o_2p, blood flow, and muscle deoxygenation	49
Respiratory and chest wall mechanics in very preterm infants	49
Muscle stretching induces the mechanoreflex response in human arterial blood pressure	47
Renal vascular conductance is unrelated to leg vascular conductance or muscle sympathetic nerve activity at rest and during stress in humans	46
Effects of glucose ingestion on blood flow in the small intestine and exercising limbs during endurance exercise	43
Comparison of analysis strategies to assess sex differences in microvascular reperfusion using near-infrared spectroscopy	42
Physiological impacts of computed tomography airway dysanapsis, fractal dimension, and branch count in asymptomatic never smokers	39
Cross-education of unilateral resistance training as a strategy to mitigate immobilization-induced neuromuscular decline: a systematic review and meta-analysis	38
A physics-informed deep learning framework for estimating muscle activation patterns following Achilles tendon repair	34
Physiological markers in females and males after multiple bouts of caloric deprivation during arduous military training	33
Are We Addressing Study Limitations the Right Way? A Conceptual Framework to Distinguish Design Constraints from Methodological Shortcomings	33
Dose and time-dependent physiological effects of fentanyl in adult goats	33
Peripheral hypercapnic chemosensitivity at rest and progressive exercise intensities in males and females	33
Big bones mean big muscles: an MRI-based dataset of muscle-bone-body size relationships across 70 human muscles of the upper limb, trunk, and lower limb	32
Blood pressure in human large cerebral arteries: a feasibility study	32

Integrative approach to understanding force (un)steadiness	31
Why stick with Fourier analysis for force steadiness: a commentary	31
Anthracycline chemotherapy does not increase arterial stiffness or carotid intima-media thickness in young adult survivors of hematological malignancies	31
Divergent mechanisms regulate TLR4 expression on peripheral blood mononuclear cells following workload-matched exercise in normoxic and hypoxic environments	29
“When does it end?” Continuing to align career goals and work-life balance after graduate training	29