OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Annual Review of Physiology 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
From Muscle-Based Nonshivering Thermogenesis to Malignant Hyperthermia in Mammals	213
The Calcium Homeostasis of Human Red Blood Cells in Health and Disease: Interactions of PIEZO1, the Plasma Membrane Calcium Pump, and Gardos Channels	197
The Diverse Physiological Functions of Mechanically Activated Ion Channels in Mammals	143
Structure, Function, and Regulation of the Junctophilin Family	142
Spatial Transcriptomics of the Respiratory System	106
The Physiology of Enteric Glia	104
Running the Female Power Grid Across Lifespan Through Brain Estrogen Signaling	101
Transformation of Our Understanding of Breathing Control by Molecular Tools	95
Metabolic Rewiring and Communication: An Integrative View of Kidney Proximal Tubule Function	90
Molecular Crowding: Physiologic Sensing and Control	80
Vaping and Lung Inflammation and Injury	69
Store-Operated Calcium Channels in the Nervous System	63
Mechanisms of Protein Trafficking and Quality Control in the Kidney and Beyond	55
Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor Mutations Associated with Human Disease: Insights into Receptor Function and Dysfunction	54
Mitochondria and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Toward a Stratified Therapeutic Intervention	54
Cerebral Vascular Dysfunctions Detected in Human Small Vessel Disease and Implications for Preclinical Studies	53
Polycystin Channel Complexes	51
Neural Mechanisms That Make Perceptual Decisions Flexible	51
Mechanosensing by Vascular Endothelium	50
Transcellular Barriers to Glucose Delivery in the Body	49
Metabolic Recruitment in Brain Tissue	47
Molecular Physiology of TRPV Channels: Controversies and Future Challenges	46
A Mechanistic Rationale for Incretin-Based Therapeutics in the Management of Obesity	44
Mitochondrial H⁺ Leak and Thermogenesis	44
Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Salt Taste	44

Exercise as Mitochondrial Medicine: How Does the Exercise Prescription Affect Mitochondrial Adaptations to Training?	42
Sex Differences in Electrophysiology and Calcium Handling in Atrial Health and Fibrillation	40
Arterial Stiffness: From Basic Primers to Integrative Physiology	38
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Exosome-Mediated Impact on Systemic Metabolism	36
Orchestration of the Adipose Tissue Immune Landscape by Adipocytes	35
Endoplasmic Reticulum–Plasma Membrane Junctions as Sites of Depolarization-Induced Ca²⁺Signaling in Excitable Cells	34