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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
X-chromosomal STRs for genetic composition analysis of Guizhou Dong group and its phylogenetic relationships with other reference populations	13
Palaeoanthropology and the study of pre-adult fossil remains	12
Genetic variants in BDNF ( rs6265 and rs11030119 ) and stroke susceptibility: a case-control analysis in So	11
Reproductive life histories: can incremental dentine isotope analysis identify pubertal growth, pregnancy and lactation?	10
Bone-specific median age of hand-wrist maturation from Sudan	10
Total daily energy expenditure and elevated water turnover in a small-scale semi-nomadic pastoralist society from Northern Kenya	10
Haplogroup diversity in the Indian population using 23 Y-STRs	8
Identification of mitophagy and ferroptosis-related hub genes associated with intracerebral haemorrhage through bioinformatics analysis	8
Association between genetic polymorphisms of cadherin 23 and noise-induced hearing loss: a meta-analysis	8
Effects of different Taekwondo practices on biomechanics of balance and control during kick technique	8
Self-reported dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids are associated with adipose tissue markers and glucose metabolism in apparently healthy subjects	8
The association between daytime sleep and general obesity risk differs by sleep duration in Iranian adults	8
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
Vaping behaviour patterns and daily blood pressure and heart rate variation: a brief report	7
The impact of leptin and its receptor polymorphisms on type 1 diabetes in a population of northwest Iran	7
Association of polymorphisms rs2303729, rs10880, and rs1131620 of LTBP4 with sarcopenia in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus	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
Professor Donald A. Bailey Jan 5 ^th 1934 to June 3 ^rd 2023	6
Genetic diversity ofCYP3A5andABCB1variants in East-Central and South European populations	6
Cardiorespiratory fitness in Chinese children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Associations between maternal and infant body composition, feeding practices, and perceived infant eating behaviour in Samoan mother–infant dyads aged 1–4 months	6
Birthweight and its association with cardiometabolic risk parameters in rural Maya children from Yucatan, Mexico	6
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

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
Body image perceptions and avoidance behaviours among a Moroccan group of adolescents	6
Catalogue of immature hominin fossils from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa	6
Human height: a model common complex trait	6
Child BMI trajectories: the history of a concept over the last four decades	6
Genetic polymorphisms of 17 X-STR loci in two Tunisian populations from Sousse and Makthar	5
Linking the bed dust microbiome with environmental factors and child respiratory health	5
Effects of orthodontic treatment on masticatory muscles activity: a meta-analysis	5
Use of Investigator 24plex GO! To analyse allele frequencies of 21 autosomal STRs in the population of Veracruz state, Mexico	5
An evaluation of inter and intra population structure of Uttar Pradesh, inferred from 24 autosomal STRs	5
Long-term health outcomes from inbreeding in a historical Swedish population: longevity, fertility, and impairments	4
The mitochondrial DNA control region sequences from the Chinese sui population of southwestern China	4
Independent and combined influence of physical fitness components on self-esteem in adolescents: DADOS study	4
Worldwide distribution of genetic factors related to severity of COVID-19 infection	4
Facial shapes in Frankfurt Horizontal and natural head positions: a methodological study	4
New hominin dental remains from the ∼2.04–1.95 Ma Drimolen Main Quarry, South Africa	4
ABCG2 and SLCO1B1 gene polymorphisms in the Croatian population	4
Photoanthropometric study: are non-professional photographs suitable for objective and reliable analysis of facial features?	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	3
Bioarchaeological study of ancient Teotihuacans based on complete mitochondrial genome sequences and diet isotopes	3
Unravelling the molecular mechanisms and immune landscape of vitiligo: a comprehensive bioinformatics study on melanogenesis-related genes	3
Delayed skeletal maturation is a major contributor to child height deficits in a low-income setting	3
Genetic variants of FGFR family associated with height, hypertension, and osteoporosis	3
Assessment of height growth in Indian children using growth centiles and growth curves	3
Testing the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendations on maternal reproductive health and associated neonatal characteristics in a transitional, Mediterranean population	3
Comparing the performance of body mass index, waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio in predicting Malaysians with excess adiposity	3
Development of an Okinawa panel for biogeographic inference of Okinawans	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
Very low frequency of the lactase persistence allele LCT-13910T in the Armenian population	3
Buffering in the intra-household allocation of scarce water in urban Dhaka, Bangladesh	3
Deep phenotyping of pubertal development in Norwegian children: the Bergen Growth Study 2	3
The genetic structure and admixture of Manchus and Koreans in northeast China	3
The growth status of North Korean refugee adolescents in South Korea: comparison with South Korean adolescents	3