OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Dermatological Science is 5. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Editors Choice	116
Editor's Choice	57
Editorial board	43
Editorial board	43
JSID’s Fellowship Shiseido Research Grant	39
Sodium thiosulfate inhibits epithelial-mesenchymal transition in melanoma via regulating the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway	35
Editors Choice	35
Editorial board	29
Editors Choice	28
Three-dimensional imaging of the hyperpigmented skin of senile lentigo reveals underlying higher density intracutaneous nerve fibers	25
Role of androgen signaling in androgen receptor-positive extramammary Paget's disease: Establishment of organoids and their biological analysis as a novel therapeutic target	24
Sex-specific association of SELL gene polymorphisms with pattern hair loss in the Thai population: A candidate gene association study and in silico functional characterization	24
Acquired curved hair is caused by fusion of multiple hair matrix cells	22
Editorial board	21
Editorial board	21
Announcements	21
Editors Choice	20
Cracking the cytokine code in atopic dermatitis reveals IL-13 as dominant driver of disease activity	20
SIRT1 downregulation provokes immune-inflammatory responses in hair follicle outer root sheath cells and may contribute to development of alopecia areata	20
Editor's Choice	18
Editors Choice	18
Editors Choice	18
Editorial board	16
Protective effect of autophagy in particulate matter-induced hair loss	16
Multi-omics approach identifies PI3 as a biomarker for disease severity and hyper-keratinization in psoriasis	16

Resveratrol ameliorates lipid accumulation and inflammation in human SZ95 sebocytes via the AMPK signaling pathways in vitro	15
Two novel MBTPS2 missense mutations impairing S2P proteolytic activity lead to IFAP syndrome with new phenotypic anomalies	15
ABCB6 knockdown suppresses melanogenesis through the GSK3-β/β-catenin signaling axis in human melanoma and melanocyte cell lines	15
Prostaglandin E2 prevents radiotherapy-induced alopecia by attenuating transit amplifying cell apoptosis through promoting G1 arrest	14
Editorial board	14
Apelin provides an alternative function to estrogen in regulating lymphatic vascular integrity	14
Epidermal CD8+CD103+ skin resident memory T cells in psoriasis plaques are reduced in number but remain in the basement membrane zone after topical application of corticosteroid and vitamin D3	13
Vascular morphology in facial solar lentigo assessed by optical coherence tomography angiography	13
Enhancement of skin barrier function and augmentation of epidermal cell-cell interactions by galactomyces ferment filtrate	12
Seasonal variability of epidermal Bleomycin Hydrolase activity in healthy children and pediatric patients with atopic dermatitis	12
Editors Choice	12
Rhamnazin suppresses melanosome transport by promoting the ubiquitin-mediated proteasomal degradation of melanophilin	12
Protective effects of moisturizers on topical corticosteroid-induced and age-related eccrine sweating impairment in the murine footpad	12
Racial differences in dysregulation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in patients with prurigo nodularis	12
Editor's Choice	12
Proteomic changes related to actin cytoskeleton function in the skin of vildagliptin-treated mice	12
Corrigendum to ‘SJS/TEN 2019: From science to translation’ [J. Dermatol. Sci. 98/1 (2020) 2–12]	11
Optimization of an adeno-associated viral vector for epidermal keratinocytes in vitro and in vivo	11
Amyloidosis cutis dyschromica cases caused by GPNMB mutations with different inheritance patterns	11
MicroRNA-486–3p promotes the proliferation and metastasis of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma by suppressing flotillin-2	11
Decreased TET2/5-hmC reduces the integrity of the epidermal barrier via epigenetic dysregulation of filaggrin in psoriatic lesions	10
Downregulation of ARMC8 promotes tumorigenesis through activating Wnt/β-catenin pathway and EMT in cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas	10
Upregulation of TLR2 in keratinocytes activates the MAPK pathway and plays a role in the pathogenesis of hidradenitis suppurativa	10
In vitro evaluation of Neosetophomone B inducing apoptosis in cutaneous T cell lymphoma by targeting the FOXM1 signaling pathway	10
Resident memory T cell contributes to the phenotype of inflammatory vitiligo	10
Chain length of covalently bound ceramides correlates with skin barrier function in healthy subjects	10
Replication-related genes are upregulated in XP-A cells after UV-C irradiation	10
Control of Staphylococcal-mediated endogenous protease activity alters wound closure time in a complex wound model	9
Erratum to “Ultraviolet A1 phototherapy utilizing ultraviolet light-emitting diodes and a short wavelength cutoff filter” [J. Dermatol. Sci. 101 (2) (2021) 138–140]	9
Mutations in γ-secretase subunit–encoding PSENEN gene alone may not be sufficient for the development of acne inversa	9
EDA-A2 increases lipid production in EDA2R-expressing human sebocytes	9
A new susceptibility index to predict the risk of severe herpes zoster-associated pain: A Japanese regional population-based cohort study, the Shizuoka study	9
Downregulation of carnitine acetyltransferase by promoter hypermethylation regulates ultraviolet-induced matrix metalloproteinase-1 expression in human dermal fibroblasts	9
Hydroxychloroquine induces matrix metalloproteinase 1 expression and apoptosis in neurofibromatosis type 1 Schwann cells	9
Cycloastragenol exerts protective effects against UVB irradiation in human dermal fibroblasts and HaCaT keratinocytes	9
H3K27Ac modification and gene expression in psoriasis	8
Updated allele frequencies of SERPINB7 founder mutations in Asian patients with Nagashima-type palmoplantar keratosis/keratoderma	8
Risk factors for sepsis and effects of pretreatment with systemic steroid therapy for underlying condition in SJS/TEN patients: Results of a nationwide cross-sectional survey in 489 Japanese patients	8
Pustular psoriasis as an autoinflammatory keratinization disease (AiKD): Genetic predisposing factors and promising therapeutic targets	8
Necrosulfonamide promotes hair growth and ameliorates DHT-induced hair growth inhibition	8
Editorial board	8
Transcriptome network analysis of inflammation and fibrosis in keloids	8
Intracellular oxidative stress induced by calcium influx initiates the activation of phagocytosis in keratinocytes accumulating at S-phase of the cell cycle after UVB irradiation	8
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) promotes IgE-mediated mast cell activation through ROS/Gadd45b/JNK axis	8
Thiotaurine inhibits melanoma progression by enhancing Ca2+ overload-induced cellular apoptosis	8
Revealing the UV response of melanocytes in xeroderma pigmentosum group A using patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells	8
Unveiling intratumoral heterogeneity in high-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma using single-cell spatial enhanced resolution omics-sequencing (Stereo-seq)	8
Histological and molecular restoration of type VII collagen in Recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa mouse skin by topical injection of keratinocyte-like cells differentiated from human adipose-d	8
Induced skin aging by blue-light irradiation in human skin fibroblasts via TGF-β, JNK and EGFR pathways	8
Editorial board	8

Editors Choice	8
ISID 2023: Celebrating the success and impact of international collaboration in dermatological research from JSID’s perspective	7
Rapid thawing enhances tissue destruction in a mouse model of cutaneous cryoablation: Insights into oxidative stress and neutrophil activation	7
Nicotinamide mononucleotide reduces melanin production in aged melanocytes by inhibiting cAMP/Wnt signaling	7
Editorial board	7
Editorial board	7
Comparison of transcriptomic profiles in edge to center of plaque reveals chronological molecular events in psoriatic plaque formation	7
Editor's Choice	7
Editorial board	7
Editor's Choice	7
Editorial board	7
Claudin-7 in keratinocytes is downregulated by the inhibition of HMG-CoA reductase and is highly expressed in the stratum granulosum of the psoriatic epidermis	7
Editorial board	7
The cumulative effect of compound heterozygous variants in TRPV3 caused Olmsted syndrome	7
Editors Choice	7
Nuclear IL-33 regulates cytokinesis and cell motility in normal human epidermal keratinocytes	6
Anti-BP230 IgE autoantibodies in bullous pemphigoid intraindividually correlate with disease activity	6
Editor's Choice	6
Editorial board	6
Nicotine affects tight junction barriers via alpha7 nicotine-like acetylcholine receptor in keratinocytes	6
Editors Choice	6
AHNAK, regulated by the OSM/OSMR signaling, involved in the development of primary localized cutaneous amyloidosis	6
Visualization of intradermal blood vessel structures by dual-wavelength photoacoustic microscopy and characterization of three-dimensional construction of livedo-racemosa in cutaneous polyarteritis no	6
Corrigendum to “Decreased TET2/5-hmC reduces the integrity of the epidermal barrier via epigenetic dysregulation of filaggrin in psoriatic lesions” [J. Dermatol. Sci. 113 (2024) 103–112]	6
Editors Choice	6
Cold shock therapy promotes hair growth in association with upregulation of cold-inducible RNA-binding protein and vascular endothelial growth factor	6
Editorial board	6
Intragenic copy number variation in mouse epiplakin 1 (Eppk1) and the conservation of the repeat structures in the lower vertebrates	6
JSID2024-1	6
2-Aminoethyl diphenylborinate inhibits bleomycin-induced skin and pulmonary fibrosis via interrupting intracellular Ca2+ regulation	5
Plucked scalp hair follicle samples are useful RNA sources for mRNA analysis of most genodermatosis-associated genes	5
Topical sirolimus suppresses skin fibrosis in a bleomycin-induced mouse model of systemic sclerosis	5
DNA methylation markers in peripheral blood for psoriatic arthritis	5
Translation-dependent skin hyperplasia is promoted by type 1/17 inflammation in psoriasis	5
Editorial board	5
Genome-wide DNA methylation regulated by AHCY through SAM / SAH axis promotes psoriasis pathogenesis	5
Understanding the systemic burden of disease in hidradenitis suppurativa from plasma lipidomic analysis	5
Characterization of mutant type VII collagens underlying the inversa subtype of recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa	5
Staphylococcus epidermidis augments human β-defensin-3 synthesis through the transforming growth factor alpha-epidermal growth factor receptor cascade	5
Contribution to the peripheral vasculopathy and endothelial cell dysfunction by CXCL4 in Systemic Sclerosis	5
Increased production of natural moisturizing factors and bleomycin hydrolase activity in elderly human skin	5
Editorial board	5
Blockade of CD122 on memory T cells in the skin suppresses sclerodermatous graft-versus-host disease	5
Cross-sectional nationwide epidemiologic survey on quality of life and treatment efficacy in Japanese patients with congenital ichthyoses	5