OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Basic Research in Cardiology is 27. 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
P2Y12-dependent activation of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells promotes emergency hematopoiesis after myocardial infarction	131
Bone marrow-derived naïve B lymphocytes improve heart function after myocardial infarction: a novel cardioprotective mechanism for empagliflozin	128
Deoxyribonuclease 1 Q222R single nucleotide polymorphism and long-term mortality after acute myocardial infarction	101
Cardioprotection by post-conditioning with exogenous triiodothyronine in isolated perfused rat hearts and isolated adult rat cardiomyocytes	81
RGS3L allows for an M2 muscarinic receptor-mediated RhoA-dependent inotropy in cardiomyocytes	74
Impaired pulmonary vasomotor control in exercising swine with multiple comorbidities	65
Uncovering the molecular identity of cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs) by single-cell RNA sequencing	65
Distributed synthesis of sarcolemmal and sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane proteins in cardiac myocytes	53
Exercise-induced peptide TAG-23 protects cardiomyocytes from reperfusion injury through regulating PKG–cCbl interaction	52
Metabolism regulator adiponectin prevents cardiac remodeling and ventricular arrhythmias via sympathetic modulation in a myocardial infarction model	51
Remote ischaemic conditioning: defining critical criteria for success—report from the 11th Hatter Cardiovascular Workshop	43
Mechanism of the switch from NO to H2O2 in endothelium-dependent vasodilation in diabetes	42
Reverse re-modelling chronic heart failure by reinstating heart rate variability	41
Negative interaction between nitrates and remote ischemic preconditioning in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: the ERIC-GTN and ERICCA studies	41
Reduced nitric oxide bioavailability impairs myocardial oxygen balance during exercise in swine with multiple risk factors	40
Chronic high-rate pacing induces heart failure with preserved ejection fraction-like phenotype in Ossabaw swine	36
Correction to: Endothelial actions of atrial natriuretic peptide prevent pulmonary hypertension in mice	36
Chronic isoprenaline/phenylephrine vs. exclusive isoprenaline stimulation in mice: critical contribution of alpha1-adrenoceptors to early cardiac stress responses	36
Nuclear Tkt promotes ischemic heart failure via the cleaved Parp1/Aif axis	35
Fibroblast GATA-4 and GATA-6 promote myocardial adaptation to pressure overload by enhancing cardiac angiogenesis	33
CAESAR’s legacy: a new era of rigor in preclinical studies of cardioprotection	33
Mitochondrial nucleoid in cardiac homeostasis: bidirectional signaling of mitochondria and nucleus in cardiac diseases	32
Increased susceptibility of human endothelial cells to infections by SARS-CoV-2 variants	32
Chemical and mechanical activation of resident cardiac macrophages in the living myocardial slice ex vivo model	31
Intravenous metoprolol during ongoing STEMI ameliorates markers of ischemic injury: a METOCARD-CNIC trial electrocardiographic study	29

The zinc transporter ZIP7 (Slc39a7) controls myocardial reperfusion injury by regulating mitophagy	28
Resolving the intertwining of inflammation and fibrosis in human heart failure at single-cell level	27