OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Physiology is 13. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
	189
Vaping and Lung Inflammation and Injury	153
The Cellular and Molecular Basis of Sour Taste	123
Exosome-Mediated Impact on Systemic Metabolism	123
Arterial Stiffness: From Basic Primers to Integrative Physiology	96
Molecular Crowding: Physiologic Sensing and Control	90
β-Arrestins as Important Regulators of Glucose and Energy Homeostasis	86
Epithelial Na+ Channels, Immune Cells, and Salt	78
The Calcium Homeostasis of Human Red Blood Cells in Health and Disease: Interactions of PIEZO1, the Plasma Membrane Calcium Pump, and Gardos Channels	75
Orchestration of the Adipose Tissue Immune Landscape by Adipocytes	60
Mechanisms of Protein Trafficking and Quality Control in the Kidney and Beyond	58
Store-Operated Calcium Channels in the Nervous System	53
β-Adrenergic Receptors and Adipose Tissue Metabolism: Evolution of an Old Story	49
Roles of Mineralocorticoid Receptors in Cardiovascular and Cardiorenal Diseases	49
From Muscle-Based Nonshivering Thermogenesis to Malignant Hyperthermia in Mammals	48
Adipose Tissue Fibrosis in Obesity: Etiology and Challenges	46
Adipose Tissue in Cardiovascular Disease: From Basic Science to Clinical Translation	43
The Heart Is a Smart Pump: Mechanotransduction Mechanisms of the Frank-Starling Law and the Anrep Effect	42
Fatty Acid Transport and Signaling: Mechanisms and Physiological Implications	42
Endoplasmic Reticulum–Plasma Membrane Junctions as Sites of Depolarization-Induced Ca²⁺Signaling in Excitable Cells	38
Mechanisms and Implications of Electrical Heterogeneity in Cardiac Function in Ischemic Heart Disease	36
Mitochondria and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Toward a Stratified Therapeutic Intervention	36
Sex, Gender, and COPD	34
Cardiac Transverse Tubules in Physiology and Heart Failure	32
	32

Somatic Mosaicism in Biology and Disease	32
Phosphoinositide Regulation of TRP Channels: A Functional Overview in the Structural Era	31
Under the Radar: Strategies Used by Helicobacter pylori to Evade Host Responses	29
Spatial Transcriptomics of the Respiratory System	24
Neural Mechanisms That Make Perceptual Decisions Flexible	23
Inflammatory Modulation of Hematopoiesis: Linking Trained Immunity and Clonal Hematopoiesis with Chronic Disorders	23
Structure, Function, and Regulation of the Junctophilin Family	22
Lung Cell Atlases in Health and Disease	22
Polycystin Channel Complexes	21
Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor Mutations Associated with Human Disease: Insights into Receptor Function and Dysfunction	20
Intestinal Tuft Cells: Morphology, Function, and Implications for Human Health	20
The Diverse Physiological Functions of Mechanically Activated Ion Channels in Mammals	18
Cerebral Vascular Dysfunctions Detected in Human Small Vessel Disease and Implications for Preclinical Studies	17
Intracellular Ion Control of WNK Signaling	16
The Mineralocorticoid Receptor in the Vasculature: Friend or Foe?	16
Infectious and Inflammatory Pathways to Cough	16
Multiple Facets of Cellular Homeostasis and Regeneration of the Mammalian Liver	16
The Role of the Microbiome in the Etiopathogenesis of Colon Cancer	14
Preterm Brain Injury: Mechanisms and Challenges	14
Mechanosensing by Vascular Endothelium	14
Running the Female Power Grid Across Lifespan Through Brain Estrogen Signaling	13
BK Channelopathies andKCNMA1-Linked Disease Models	13