OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Basic Research in Cardiology is 17. 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
Endothelial ACKR3 drives atherosclerosis by promoting immune cell adhesion to vascular endothelium	130
Elevated platelet–leukocyte complexes are associated with, but dispensable for myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury	45
Erythrocytes from patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction induce cardioprotection through the purinergic P2Y13 receptor and nitric oxide signaling	43
Spinal cord astrocytes regulate myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury	41
Tachycardiomyopathy entails a dysfunctional pattern of interrelated mitochondrial functions	40
New insights into cardioprotection, gained by adopting the CAESAR standards of rigor	37
Desmin intermediate filaments and tubulin detyrosination stabilize growing microtubules in the cardiomyocyte	36
Reduction of A-to-I RNA editing in the failing human heart regulates formation of circular RNAs	34
Retraction Note to: Amphiregulin enhances cardiac fibrosis and aggravates cardiac dysfunction in mice with experimental myocardial infarction partly through activating EGFR‑dependent pathway	34
Molecular imaging of the brain–heart axis provides insights into cardiac dysfunction after cerebral ischemia	30
Forebrain corticosteroid receptors promote post-myocardial infarction depression and mortality	25
Osteopontin promotes infarct repair	24
Cardiomyocyte p38 MAPKα suppresses a heart–adipose tissue–neutrophil crosstalk in heart failure development	23
Remote ischaemic conditioning: defining critical criteria for success—report from the 11th Hatter Cardiovascular Workshop	21
Non-responsiveness to cardioprotection by ischaemic preconditioning in Ossabaw minipigs with genetic predisposition to, but without the phenotype of the metabolic syndrome	21
Bone marrow-derived naïve B lymphocytes improve heart function after myocardial infarction: a novel cardioprotective mechanism for empagliflozin	20
Prolonged cardiac NR4A2 activation causes dilated cardiomyopathy in mice	17
Remote Ischemic Conditioning: more explanations and more expectations	17