OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annals of Human Biology is 3. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
X-chromosomal STRs for genetic composition analysis of Guizhou Dong group and its phylogenetic relationships with other reference populations	42
Palaeoanthropology and the study of pre-adult fossil remains	23
Genetic variants in BDNF ( rs6265 and rs11030119 ) and stroke susceptibility: a case-control analysis in So	17
Total daily energy expenditure and elevated water turnover in a small-scale semi-nomadic pastoralist society from Northern Kenya	14
Bone-specific median age of hand-wrist maturation from Sudan	13
Reproductive life histories: can incremental dentine isotope analysis identify pubertal growth, pregnancy and lactation?	12
The association between daytime sleep and general obesity risk differs by sleep duration in Iranian adults	12
Identification of mitophagy and ferroptosis-related hub genes associated with intracerebral haemorrhage through bioinformatics analysis	11
Self-reported dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids are associated with adipose tissue markers and glucose metabolism in apparently healthy subjects	10
Haplogroup diversity in the Indian population using 23 Y-STRs	10
Association between genetic polymorphisms of cadherin 23 and noise-induced hearing loss: a meta-analysis	10
Effects of different Taekwondo practices on biomechanics of balance and control during kick technique	8
Vaping behaviour patterns and daily blood pressure and heart rate variation: a brief report	8
Sex differences in human biology – an editorial	8
Association of polymorphisms rs2303729, rs10880, and rs1131620 of LTBP4 with sarcopenia in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus	8
Birthweight and its association with cardiometabolic risk parameters in rural Maya children from Yucatan, Mexico	7
Underweight in young Japanese women over time: a longitudinal retrospective study of the change in body mass index from ages 6 to 20 years	7
Professor Donald A. Bailey Jan 5 ^th 1934 to June 3 ^rd 2023	7
The impact of leptin and its receptor polymorphisms on type 1 diabetes in a population of northwest Iran	7
Catalogue of immature hominin fossils from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa	7
The changes in the prevalence of underweight and short stature among Polish youth from 1938 to 2020	7
Exploring the Kinh Vietnamese genomic database for the polymorphisms of the P450 genes towards precision public health	7
Paediatric dominant and non-dominant handgrip reference curves and the association with body composition	6
Genetic polymorphism of 27 Y-STR loci in Kazakh populations from Northern Kazakhstan	6
An evaluation of inter and intra population structure of Uttar Pradesh, inferred from 24 autosomal STRs	6

Genetic polymorphisms of 17 X-STR loci in two Tunisian populations from Sousse and Makthar	6
Body image perceptions and avoidance behaviours among a Moroccan group of adolescents	6
Commentary on “new systems for dental maturity based on seven and four teeth” Demirjian and Goldstein, Annals of Human Biology, 1976,3,411-421	6
Effects of orthodontic treatment on masticatory muscles activity: a meta-analysis	6
Cardiorespiratory fitness in Chinese children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Genetic diversity ofCYP3A5andABCB1variants in East-Central and South European populations	6
Human height: a model common complex trait	6
Child BMI trajectories: the history of a concept over the last four decades	6
Linking the bed dust microbiome with environmental factors and child respiratory health	6
Assessment of height growth in Indian children using growth centiles and growth curves	5
New hominin dental remains from the ∼2.04–1.95 Ma Drimolen Main Quarry, South Africa	5
Use of Investigator 24plex GO! To analyse allele frequencies of 21 autosomal STRs in the population of Veracruz state, Mexico	5
ABCG2 and SLCO1B1 gene polymorphisms in the Croatian population	5
Independent and combined influence of physical fitness components on self-esteem in adolescents: DADOS study	5
The mitochondrial DNA control region sequences from the Chinese sui population of southwestern China	5
Very low frequency of the lactase persistence allele LCT-13910T in the Armenian population	4
Unravelling the molecular mechanisms and immune landscape of vitiligo: a comprehensive bioinformatics study on melanogenesis-related genes	4
Molecular characterisation of sickle cell disease and classification of major haplotypes associated with the β-globin cluster (HBB gene) by means of SNP marker sequencing in a group of samples from Bo	4
Photoanthropometric study: are non-professional photographs suitable for objective and reliable analysis of facial features?	4
Bioarchaeological study of ancient Teotihuacans based on complete mitochondrial genome sequences and diet isotopes	4
Testing the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendations on maternal reproductive health and associated neonatal characteristics in a transitional, Mediterranean population	4
Worldwide distribution of genetic factors related to severity of COVID-19 infection	4
Long-term health outcomes from inbreeding in a historical Swedish population: longevity, fertility, and impairments	4
Comparing the performance of body mass index, waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio in predicting Malaysians with excess adiposity	4
Genetic variants of FGFR family associated with height, hypertension, and osteoporosis	3
Delayed skeletal maturation is a major contributor to child height deficits in a low-income setting	3
Prevalence of the Cusp of Carabelli: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Childhood developmental environment affects adult intestinal inflammation levels: preliminary evidence from older adults in the United States	3
The genetic structure and admixture of Manchus and Koreans in northeast China	3
Sex differences in cardiovascular risk may be related to sex differences in diet patterns: a narrative review	3
Age at menarche and chemical exposure: per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT), dichloro-diphenyl-dichloroethylene (DDE), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB	3
Development of an Okinawa panel for biogeographic inference of Okinawans	3
Lactose in human milk is associated with lower rates of infection during a drought	3
Deep phenotyping of pubertal development in Norwegian children: the Bergen Growth Study 2	3
The growth status of North Korean refugee adolescents in South Korea: comparison with South Korean adolescents	3
Genetic polymorphisms of 19 X-STRs in populations of Hubei Han and Guangxi Zhuang and their comparisons with 13 other Chinese populations	3
Commentary to the article: an estimation of the number of cells in the human body	3