OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Review of Physiology is 20. 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
	335
From Muscle-Based Nonshivering Thermogenesis to Malignant Hyperthermia in Mammals	144
The Calcium Homeostasis of Human Red Blood Cells in Health and Disease: Interactions of PIEZO1, the Plasma Membrane Calcium Pump, and Gardos Channels	137
Scarred by Fibrosis: The Heart–Kidney Disease Connection	115
Spatial Transcriptomics of the Respiratory System	110
Structure, Function, and Regulation of the Junctophilin Family	89
The Physiology of Enteric Glia	80
Mechanobiology and Resolution of Lung Fibrosis	79
CaMKII in the Heart: From Homeostasis to Pathology	74
Transformation of Our Understanding of Breathing Control by Molecular Tools	73
Molecular Crowding: Physiologic Sensing and Control	67
Metabolic Rewiring and Communication: An Integrative View of Kidney Proximal Tubule Function	67
Mechanisms and Therapies of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy	65
	62
Mechanisms of Protein Trafficking and Quality Control in the Kidney and Beyond	61
Store-Operated Calcium Channels in the Nervous System	61
Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor Mutations Associated with Human Disease: Insights into Receptor Function and Dysfunction	50
Polycystin Channel Complexes	49
The Developmental Origins of Asthma and COPD	45
Neural Mechanisms That Make Perceptual Decisions Flexible	44
Metabolic Recruitment in Brain Tissue	41
Transcellular Barriers to Glucose Delivery in the Body	40
Mechanosensing by Vascular Endothelium	39
Brain Nutrient Sensing: A Unifying Framework	39
Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Salt Taste	38

Molecular Physiology of TRPV Channels: Controversies and Future Challenges	37
From Oil Spills to Air Pollution: The Emergence of Phenanthrene as a Ubiquitous Cardiac Toxicant	35
Sex Differences in Electrophysiology and Calcium Handling in Atrial Health and Fibrillation	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
Calcium Regulation of Mitochondrial Metabolism	31
Exosome-Mediated Impact on Systemic Metabolism	30
Endoplasmic Reticulum–Plasma Membrane Junctions as Sites of Depolarization-Induced Ca²⁺Signaling in Excitable Cells	30
Arterial Stiffness: From Basic Primers to Integrative Physiology	30
Orchestration of the Adipose Tissue Immune Landscape by Adipocytes	29
The Representation of Nociception and Pain in the Developing Brain	28
Fatty Acid Transport and Signaling: Mechanisms and Physiological Implications	27
	26
Adipose Tissue in Cardiovascular Disease: From Basic Science to Clinical Translation	26
Mechanisms and Implications of Electrical Heterogeneity in Cardiac Function in Ischemic Heart Disease	25
Intestinal Tuft Cells: Morphology, Function, and Implications for Human Health	25
Sex, Gender, and COPD	24
The Mineralocorticoid Receptor in the Vasculature: Friend or Foe?	21
The Effects of Psychedelics on Neuronal Physiology	20
The Role of the Microbiome in the Etiopathogenesis of Colon Cancer	20