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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
	308
The Calcium Homeostasis of Human Red Blood Cells in Health and Disease: Interactions of PIEZO1, the Plasma Membrane Calcium Pump, and Gardos Channels	140
From Muscle-Based Nonshivering Thermogenesis to Malignant Hyperthermia in Mammals	125
Spatial Transcriptomics of the Respiratory System	108
Structure, Function, and Regulation of the Junctophilin Family	91
Scarred by Fibrosis: The Heart–Kidney Disease Connection	81
Mechanobiology and Resolution of Lung Fibrosis	75
The Physiology of Enteric Glia	75
CaMKII in the Heart: From Homeostasis to Pathology	71
Transformation of Our Understanding of Breathing Control by Molecular Tools	66
Molecular Crowding: Physiologic Sensing and Control	64
Metabolic Rewiring and Communication: An Integrative View of Kidney Proximal Tubule Function	64
Mechanisms of Protein Trafficking and Quality Control in the Kidney and Beyond	61
	56
Mechanisms and Therapies of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy	56
Store-Operated Calcium Channels in the Nervous System	52
Polycystin Channel Complexes	49
Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor Mutations Associated with Human Disease: Insights into Receptor Function and Dysfunction	42
Neural Mechanisms That Make Perceptual Decisions Flexible	41
The Developmental Origins of Asthma and COPD	38
Brain Nutrient Sensing: A Unifying Framework	38
Transcellular Barriers to Glucose Delivery in the Body	38
Metabolic Recruitment in Brain Tissue	37
Mechanosensing by Vascular Endothelium	36
Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Salt Taste	34

Molecular Physiology of TRPV Channels: Controversies and Future Challenges	33
From Oil Spills to Air Pollution: The Emergence of Phenanthrene as a Ubiquitous Cardiac Toxicant	33
Exercise as Mitochondrial Medicine: How Does the Exercise Prescription Affect Mitochondrial Adaptations to Training?	32
A Mechanistic Rationale for Incretin-Based Therapeutics in the Management of Obesity	31
Sex Differences in Electrophysiology and Calcium Handling in Atrial Health and Fibrillation	29
Arterial Stiffness: From Basic Primers to Integrative Physiology	28
Calcium Regulation of Mitochondrial Metabolism	28
Exosome-Mediated Impact on Systemic Metabolism	26
Endoplasmic Reticulum–Plasma Membrane Junctions as Sites of Depolarization-Induced Ca²⁺Signaling in Excitable Cells	24
The Representation of Nociception and Pain in the Developing Brain	24
Adipose Tissue in Cardiovascular Disease: From Basic Science to Clinical Translation	22
Orchestration of the Adipose Tissue Immune Landscape by Adipocytes	22
Fatty Acid Transport and Signaling: Mechanisms and Physiological Implications	21
Sex, Gender, and COPD	21
	21
Intestinal Tuft Cells: Morphology, Function, and Implications for Human Health	20
Mechanisms and Implications of Electrical Heterogeneity in Cardiac Function in Ischemic Heart Disease	20
Endothelial to Mesenchymal Transition in Health and Disease	19
The Effects of Psychedelics on Neuronal Physiology	16
The Role of the Microbiome in the Etiopathogenesis of Colon Cancer	14
The Mineralocorticoid Receptor in the Vasculature: Friend or Foe?	14