OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Experimental Gerontology is 37. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Age-related structural changes show that loss of fibers is not a significant contributor to muscle atrophy in old mice	173
Editorial Board	144
Long-term administration of soft drink causes memory impairment and oxidative damage in adult and middle-aged rats	110
Effect of intermittent hypoxic conditioning on inflammatory biomarkers in older adults	88
Overexpression of solute carrier family 6 member 12 promotes cell injury in Parkinson's disease via MAPK signaling pathway	84
Corrigendum to “Segmental extracellular-to-intracellular water resistance ratio and physical function in older adults” [Exp. Gerontol. 181 (2023) 112278]	70
Anti-fibrosis effect and its mechanism of atractylenolide III on post-traumatic extending knee joint contracture in rats	69
Sleep problems and mild cognitive impairment among adults aged ≥50 years from low- and middle-income countries	68
Segmental extracellular-to-intracellular water resistance ratio and physical function in older adults	65
Comparison of metabolic risk factors, physical performances, and prevalence of low back pain among categories determined by visceral adipose tissue and trunk skeletal muscle mass in middle-aged men	65
Effects of aging on the cholinergic innervation of the rat ventral tegmental area: A stereological study	64
The association between cardiovascular risk factors and major cardiovascular diseases decreases with increasing frailty levels in geriatric outpatients	58
Impact of repetitive home-based galvanic vestibular stimulation on cognitive skills in healthy older adults	56
Receiving financial support and its association with late-age depression: The mediating role of social engagement	55
Editorial Board	54
High-intensity interval training reduces the induction of neutrophil extracellular traps in older men using live-neutrophil imaging as biosensor	53
Frequency and factors associated with sarcopenia prediction in adult and elderly patients hospitalized for COVID-19	53
Senior Fitness Test in the assessment of the physical fitness of people with Parkinson's disease	49
Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio as a predictor of slow gait speed in older adults: The Rugao Longitudinal Aging Study	46
Correlation between blood pressure and mortality in older critically ill patients: Insights from a large intensive care unit database	45
Activation of α7nAChR by PNU282987 improves cognitive impairment through inhibiting oxidative stress and neuroinflammation in D-galactose induced aging via regulating α7nAChR/Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathw	45
Immunophenotypic characterization of B1a lymphocytes in Cuban older adults	45
Aerobic exercise attenuates abnormal myelination and oligodendrocyte differentiation in 3xTg-AD mice	44
Cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex type 1 infections and immunological profile of community-dwelling older adults	44
Effects of an inulin fiber diet on the gut microbiome, colon, and inflammatory biomarkers in aged mice	41

Oral frailty as a risk factor for mild cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older adults: Kashiwa study	41
MicroRNA-139-5p inhibits vascular endothelial cell viability and serves as a diagnostic biomarker in acute myocardial infarction patients	40
Oral administration of liposome-encapsulated thymol could alleviate the inflammatory parameters in serum and hippocampus in a rat model of Alzheimer's disease	40
Senolytic agents lessen the severity of abdominal aortic aneurysm in aged mice	40
The pleiotropic beneficial intervention of olive oil intake on the Alzheimer's disease onset via fibrinolytic system	39
Gait speed reference values in community-dwelling older adults – Cross-sectional analysis from the Rotterdam Study	39
Muscle weakness is a prognostic indicator of disability and chronic disease multimorbidity	39
The biological roots of the sex-frailty paradox	39
The effect of tamoxifen on the lipid profile in women: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	39
Enhancing fracture risk indication: The impact of bone load index and muscle fat infiltration on vertebral compression fracture	38
A pilot investigation of reliability and validity of balance and gait assessments using telehealth with healthy older adults	38
Systematic review on the effects of physical exercise on cellular immunosenescence-related markers – An update	37
The inflammatory profiling in a cohort of older patients suffering from cognitive decline and dementia	37
Inflammatory biomarkers of frailty: A review	37