OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Physiology is 14. 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
	299
From Muscle-Based Nonshivering Thermogenesis to Malignant Hyperthermia in Mammals	139
The Calcium Homeostasis of Human Red Blood Cells in Health and Disease: Interactions of PIEZO1, the Plasma Membrane Calcium Pump, and Gardos Channels	122
Scarred by Fibrosis: The Heart–Kidney Disease Connection	106
Spatial Transcriptomics of the Respiratory System	85
Structure, Function, and Regulation of the Junctophilin Family	77
The Physiology of Enteric Glia	74
Mechanobiology and Resolution of Lung Fibrosis	73
CaMKII in the Heart: From Homeostasis to Pathology	69
Transformation of Our Understanding of Breathing Control by Molecular Tools	63
Metabolic Rewiring and Communication: An Integrative View of Kidney Proximal Tubule Function	62
Molecular Crowding: Physiologic Sensing and Control	60
Mechanisms and Therapies of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy	58
Store-Operated Calcium Channels in the Nervous System	54
Mechanisms of Protein Trafficking and Quality Control in the Kidney and Beyond	50
	49
Polycystin Channel Complexes	46
Neural Mechanisms That Make Perceptual Decisions Flexible	42
Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor Mutations Associated with Human Disease: Insights into Receptor Function and Dysfunction	40
The Developmental Origins of Asthma and COPD	38
Brain Nutrient Sensing: A Unifying Framework	37
Transcellular Barriers to Glucose Delivery in the Body	36
Metabolic Recruitment in Brain Tissue	36
Mechanosensing by Vascular Endothelium	36
Sex Differences in Electrophysiology and Calcium Handling in Atrial Health and Fibrillation	32

Molecular Physiology of TRPV Channels: Controversies and Future Challenges	32
From Oil Spills to Air Pollution: The Emergence of Phenanthrene as a Ubiquitous Cardiac Toxicant	32
Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Salt Taste	32
A Mechanistic Rationale for Incretin-Based Therapeutics in the Management of Obesity	30
Calcium Regulation of Mitochondrial Metabolism	27
Exercise as Mitochondrial Medicine: How Does the Exercise Prescription Affect Mitochondrial Adaptations to Training?	27
Exosome-Mediated Impact on Systemic Metabolism	27
Arterial Stiffness: From Basic Primers to Integrative Physiology	26
The Representation of Nociception and Pain in the Developing Brain	24
Endoplasmic Reticulum–Plasma Membrane Junctions as Sites of Depolarization-Induced Ca²⁺Signaling in Excitable Cells	23
Orchestration of the Adipose Tissue Immune Landscape by Adipocytes	22
Fatty Acid Transport and Signaling: Mechanisms and Physiological Implications	21
Adipose Tissue in Cardiovascular Disease: From Basic Science to Clinical Translation	21
	20
Intestinal Tuft Cells: Morphology, Function, and Implications for Human Health	20
Sex, Gender, and COPD	18
Mechanisms and Implications of Electrical Heterogeneity in Cardiac Function in Ischemic Heart Disease	18
The Mineralocorticoid Receptor in the Vasculature: Friend or Foe?	17
Endothelial to Mesenchymal Transition in Health and Disease	16
The Effects of Psychedelics on Neuronal Physiology	14