OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Chemical Senses is 4. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Effects of the genetic polymorphisms of TAS2R43 and TAS2R46 on receptors’ function and on perceived bitterness of caffeine by human subjects	24
Editor-in-Chief’s Note—Thank you to Reviewers	22
Correction to: Oral thermal processing in the gustatory cortex of awake mice	20
Correction to: Reply: taste loss as a distinct symptom of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis	20
Ultra-high-field fMRI study of insular discrimination of taste quality and perceived taste valence	17
Ablation of AQP5 gene in mice leads to olfactory dysfunction caused by hyposecretion of Bowman’s gland	15
XLVII Annual Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception SciencesProgram Chair: Dan Wesson, PhDBonita Springs, Florida \| April 23-26, 2025	15
Odor localization in structural interhemispheric deficits	14
It takes two: intranasal trigeminal chemosensation and its role in odor processing	13
An electronic nose can identify humans by the smell of their ear	13
Receptors and signaling for sour and salty: the ionic taste qualities	13
No significant salt or sweet taste preference or sensitivity differences following ad libitum consumption of ultra-processed and unprocessed diets: a randomized controlled pilot study	13
Perception of citric acid and citrate salt mixtures in humans	12
XLV Annual Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences Program Chair: Marta Yanina Pepino, PhD Bonita Springs, Florida \| April 19–22, 2023	11
Regularity, variability, and individuality: urine marking patterns of male mice toward stimuli representing varying degrees of kinship	10
What are olfaction and gustation, and do all animals have them?	10
Consistent social odor representation across 7 languages: the Social Odor Scale translation and validation	10
Recent odor experience selectively modulates olfactory sensitivity across the glomerular output in the mouse olfactory bulb	10
Genetic variation in the human olfactory receptor OR5AN1 associates with the perception of musks	9
Gene expression analyses of TAS1R taste receptors relevant to the treatment of cardiometabolic disease	9
Obituary: Bert Menco (1946 to 2025)	8
Human olfactory bulb morphometry and olfactory sulcus depth measurement in normosmia	8
Respiratory response to an odor throughout development in rats	8
The APOLLO trial: a proof-of-concept study for vitamin A nasal drops in COVID-19-related postinfectious olfactory dysfunction	8
Impact of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome on olfactory and gustatory capacity	8

Selective pressure on a saccharin intake phenotype and its correlates: a replication study	7
A non-singularity in sweet taste	7
Emotional self-body odors do not influence the access to visual awareness by emotional faces	6
Response characteristics of oral mechanosensory neurons in the mouse trigeminal ganglion	6
Complement activation correlates with impaired olfactory function in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps	6
Semantic congruency facilitates the retrieval of visual associations to odors and decreases retroactive memory interference	6
Irregular vomeronasal system of hedgehogs is intermediate between segregated and uniform: how was type-2 receptor (V2R)-pathway in Laurasiatheria lost during evolution?	6
Unexpected loss of TAS1R1–TAS1R3 umami taste receptor function in carnivorous Lyncodontini mustelids	6
Olfactory GPCRs through the lens of structural bioinformatics	6
Gustatory dysfunction in multiple sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Enhancement of taste by retronasal odors in patients with Wolfram syndrome and decreased olfactory function	5
The taste of trigeminal sensations: relation between taste, lingual tactile acuity, and spicy perception in patients with taste dysfunction	5
Free odor identification engages domain-general cognitive abilities in old adults	5
Effects of physical exercise and olfactory training with pleasant and unpleasant odors on verbal fluency and depression	5
Odor dilution sorting as a clinical test of olfactory function: normative values and reliability data.	5
Monorhinal and birhinal odor processing in humans: an fMRI investigation	5
Prevalence of olfactory dysfunction among postpartum women and impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy	5
The development of sniffing	4
Novel gurmarin-like peptides from Gymnema sylvestre and their interactions with the sweet taste receptor T1R2/T1R3	4
The impact of olfactory loss on quality of life: a 2025 review	4
Sensitivity of human sweet taste receptor subunits T1R2 and T1R3 to activation by glucose enantiomers	4
Editor-in-Chief's Note—Thank you to Reviewers	4
Clinical features of taste disorders in Cronkhite-Canada syndrome: a report of 10 cases	4
Kokumi substances as taste modulators: sensory properties and molecular mechanisms	4
Worldwide study of the taste of bitter medicines and their modifiers	4
The role of the mediodorsal thalamus in chemosensory preference and consummatory behavior in rats	4
A structural perspective on insect gustatory receptors	4