OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Advances in Physiology Education 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
37th Annual Meeting of the Ohio Physiological Society: October 6–7, 2023, The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio	68
Endocrine metabolism via macronutrient-induced insulin response: a data analysis activity for physiology education	50
A blended learning exercise physiology theory module that supports student autonomy and improves academic performance	30
Primer on reporting statistics: kayaks and walking trees once more	29
Upskilling the cell therapy manufacturing workforce: design, implementation, and evaluation of a massive open online course	28
Infusing sociology into a physiology classroom: teaching the physiology of obesity through a socioscientific lens	27
Drosophila melanogaster as a physiologically relevant invertebrate teaching model system of complex neurological disease	27
Integrating electromyography into the physiology curriculum	27
Doubling down on best practices: reflecting on teaching physiology during the COVID-19 pandemic	24
The 11th IUPS Workshop for Physiology Education: “Towards a new global horizon in the teaching of Physiology,” Löwenstein, Germany, September 14–16, 2025	23
Relationships between medical student wellness, self-efficacy, and academic performance during the “post-COVID” period	22
Visualizing filtration: a hands-on model for understanding Starling forces in glomerular filtration rate	22
Art in Anatomy session as a method of formative feedback in preclerkship medical education	22
Validated checklist for assessing communication skills in undergraduate medical students: bridging the gap for effective doctor-patient interactions	21
Using systems modeling to facilitate undergraduate physiology student learning and retention of difficult concepts	21
Development of critical thinking skills in human anatomy and physiology	21
Diagnostic instruments in Extended Curriculum Programs: A Scoping Review	20
Game-based learning enhances students’ understanding of endocrine physiology in veterinary medicine	19
Mindset matters: exploring the link between mindsets, learning intentions, and performance in biomedical science students	18
The practical skills passport: a co-curricular program to enhance lab skills confidence in undergraduate neuroscience and biology students	17
Hands-on nephron activity during lecture of urine formation	16
Movement of ions across membranes: an active learning resource	16
Reply to Chong and Lee	16
“Integration” concepts of physiology as learning competencies across all professional years of medical education	15
Introducing and validating DramaZoom as a teaching tool for diverse student populations	15

Physiological cost of negative muscular work in humans and in isolated muscles: a search for mechanism	14
Educational strategies for teaching metabolic profiles across three endurance training zones	14
Key considerations associated with the implementation of virtual reality to enhance the learning experiences in medical education	14
Development and impact of a case- and team-based applied physiology course for predental graduate students	13
An exploration of the relationship between active learning and student motivation in STEM: a mixed methods study	13
Corrigendum for Voets et al., volume 37, 2013, p. 266–267	13
Inclusion of genital, sexual, and gender diversity in human reproductive teaching: impact on student experience and recommendations for tertiary educators	12
Student perceptions of the usefulness of core concepts when reasoning in physiology	12
Formative assessment and student understanding of structure-function	12
Making the invisible visible: exploring cardiovascular regulation with a simple analog blood pressure model	11
Service learning for trainees through health education and screening for cardiometabolic risk	11
The EMPOWER program: a history and guide for increasing diversity using integrated research and education	11
Using focused ethnography to inform biomedical research infrastructure enhancement at primarily undergraduate institutions	11
Voluntary participation in flipped classroom application sessions has a negligible effect on assessment outcomes in an accelerated pass-fail course	11
Creating your own line: reflections from early career scientists	11
Letter to the Editor regarding “Exercise physiology degrees in the United States: an update on secular trends” by J. L. Nuzzo	11
From anonymity to engagement: the benefits of early-semester student-instructor meetings	11
Enhancing the understanding of abstract neurophysiology concepts by first-year students at the University of La Réunion	11
Qualitative assessment of the views of academic honesty among freshmen in a physiology-based program	11
Interactive classroom: from motoneuron activity to skeletal muscle contraction and relaxation	10
The upside to depression: undergraduates benefit from an instructor revealing depression in a large-enrollment physiology course	10
Introducing virtual classrooms for undergraduate physiology teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic: acceptance by students and subjective impact on learning	10
Approaches to teaching about mechanisms of obesity in undergraduate pathophysiology courses	10
A workshop to enrich physiological understanding through hands-on learning about mitochondria-endoplasmic reticulum contact sites	10
Improving student learning outcomes and perception through a blended learning strategy based on virtual microscopy for teaching a histology laboratory course	10
Tracking graduate outcomes of undergraduate physiology major students	10
We used to get money to teach students, now we teach students to get money: medical education has become a market with credentials not knowledge the commodity!	10
A primer: peer review process for Advances in Physiology Education	10
Muddy Mondays, Working Wednesdays, Freaky Fridays: how physiology course structure and weekly rhythms support student development of transferable skills	10
Mechanisms that underlie blood flow regulation at rest and during exercise	10
Making immunology memorable: resilience-inspired pitch stories to launch lectures	9
We, um, have, like, a problem: excessive use of fillers in scientific speech	9
Graham Hoyle (1923–1985): exploring the depths of muscle diversity	9
Collaborative online international learning in physiology: a case study	9
Successfully integrating sustainability into medical science education with mixed-method iterative approaches	9
Evaluation of knowledge acquisition and perceptions of teaching foundational cancer biology to grades 7–12 through interactive didactic sessions and a bingo game	9
Assessing the use of VR as a tool for teaching hypoxia in preclinical medical education: a mixed-methods study focusing on student experience and learning	9
Using office hour appointment data to illustrate a decline in student-faculty interaction during and after COVID-19	9
Nonhuman questions are underutilized tools in assessing higher-order cognitive skills in human physiology	8
Enhancing medical students’ science communication skills: from the perspective of new media	8
Evaluating an inquiry-based learning program	8
Accuracy of final-year paramedic students’ ECG interpretation and referrals for transient loss of consciousness, per the NICE CG109 guidelines	8
Establishing consensus for the core concepts of physiology in the Australian higher education context using the Delphi method	8
Hans Berger (1873–1941): the German psychiatrist who recorded the first electrical brain signal in humans 100 years ago	8
LGBTQ+ faculty, queering health sciences classrooms: student perspectives	8
“Seeing red” reflects hemoglobin’s saturation state: a discovery-based activity for understanding the science of pulse oximetry	8
LecturePlus: a learner-centered teaching method to promote deep learning	7
A Storytelling Approach to Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Community Health Education to Promote Early Recognition in Underserved Populations	7
Integration of professional competency development in a physiology capstone curriculum	7
Implementing GRATL and artificial intelligence in experiential learning of obesity physiology and etiology	7

The pulmonary physiology of exercise	7
Rethinking physiology teaching: evidence and theory-informed strategies for interactive physiology education	7
Student perceptions of Twitter poll-based formative assessment in a rural medical college in India	7
Accuracy and reliability of large language models in assessing learning outcomes achievement across cognitive domains	7
Scenario-based learning: preliminary evaluation of the method in terms of students’ academic achievement, in-class engagement, and learner/teacher satisfaction	7
A comparison of two learning approach inventories and their utility in predicting examination performance and study habits	7
The Diamond Framework for team-based active learning for physiology courses	7
Integrating just-in-time teaching with Rain Classroom: enhancing histology learning outcomes and satisfaction in nursing students	7
Using “evidence-based practice” to integrate physiological knowledge with practical application in an introductory undergraduate exercise physiology course	7
Students are more than their scores: educators have the power to change how students perceive success	7
Perceptions of academic preparedness of first-gen freshmen in a physiology major inform recommendations for program-level academic development initiatives	7
Formation of the Brazilian Network for Research and Training in Neuroscience and Physical Activity: a meeting report	7
Jigsaw technique: will it help Gen Z nursing students?	7
Pharmacy student-led health outreach improves knowledge and behavior change motivation for prevention of type 2 diabetes among a college community	7
Physiological adaptation/phenotypic plasticity: a vital core concept from the medical and health care perspective	7
Balance the scale: inclusive learning environment and inclusive working environment	6
Examining the impact of the core principles of physiology with prelicensure BSN and BSES students: a qualitative analysis	6
Impact of health behaviors on community well-being and resilience: teaching K-12 students with Jenga!	6
A 3-D-printed synaptic puzzle contributes to students’ synaptic transmission comprehension	6
When causality becomes elegant: from mechanism to meaning in physiology	6
Can the introduction of an authentic learning exercise lead to the modulation of breakfast behavior in undergraduate students at University of La Réunion?	6
Internodal conduction pathways: revisiting a century-long debate on their existence, morphology, and location in the context of 2023 best science	6
Leveraging H5P plug-in technology to increase interactivity within an asynchronously delivered physiology lecture in the first year of medical school	6
A Fick tool: connecting Fick’s law and principle in teaching pulmonary gas exchange	6
Six logical steps that connect the introduction of the Nernst equation to its clinical application	6
Editorial Board	6
The interactive virtual muscle and heart: using Minecraft Education Edition to teach skeletal muscle and cardiovascular physiology	6
Beyond emails: alternate methods to provide personalized feedback to learners online	6
LLM-Generated multiple choice practice quizzes for preclinical medical students	6
Service learning and self-efficacy in exercise science: outcomes of a community fitness training program involving undergraduate Exercise Science students	6
Recreating an introductory physiology unit in the Core Concepts form: helping students to think like a physiologist	6
Learning veterinary anatomy playing cards	6
Integration of Artificial Intelligence as a Self-Directed Learning Tool in an Undergraduate Physiology Course	6
Using case-based learning supported by role-playing situational teaching method in endocrine physiology education	6
Why great students rarely make it to medical school: the antithesis between medical admissions and intellectual excellence	6
Promoting teacher training in neuroscience of learning: a report on more than 10 years of actions	6
Reply to Surapaneni	5
In their own words: impact of donor information and personal statements on humanization of donors in a gross anatomy course	5
Outcomes of the UAMS summer undergraduate research program to increase diversity in research and health professions	5
MestreChef nutritional game: an alternative method to promote nutrition facts label reading in obesity outreach activities	5
Bridging neuroanatomy and clinical reasoning: a collaborative cranial nerve matching activity	5
A tutorial activity for students to experience generative artificial intelligence: students’ perceptions and actions	5
From virtual to reality: evaluating student attitudes through VR dissection preparations: a use case	5
Discovery of the regulatory role of calcium ion in muscle contraction and relaxation: Setsuro Ebashi and the international emergence of Japanese muscle research	5
The impact of instruction on undergraduates’ understanding of homeostasis: results from administering the homeostasis concept inventory	5
Changing trends in physiology education: approaches to integrate research into undergraduate medical curriculum	5
External constraints that led to physiology lab improvements	5
Technology-enhanced teaching-learning methodologies for competencies under “renal physiology” to promote active learning	5
Learning design in science education: perspectives from designing a graduate-level course in evidence-based teaching of science	5
Health in translation: a workshop model for health literacy and lay science communication	5
Covariational reasoning and item context affect language in undergraduate mass balance written explanations	5
A color-coded graphical guide to the Hodgkin and Huxley papers	5
Reducing, and ultimately replacing, the involvement of animals in education: legislative, ethical, and societal drivers for change	5
Grade-focused interactions in higher education: has the pursuit for good grades replaced learning?	5
Flow down gradients: the problem of pressure in this physiology core concept	5
Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini performance versus students in different topics of neuroscience	5
Unpacking the “movement of substances” core concept of physiology by an Australian team	5
Assembling a physical model helps students grasp human somatosensory pathways	5
Creating an immersive learning experience through digital escape rooms in physiology education	5
Student-led exercise testing and prescription has benefits for both students and their community volunteers	5
Competency evaluation using randomized testing: feasibility of a new structured assessment method	5
PhysioCAFUN: a competency-based curriculum development guideline to strengthen physiology education in Africa	5
Unpacking and validating the “cell membrane” core concept of physiology by an Australian team	5
An experiential learning course for cardiovascular and sleep technology	5
Leveraging systematic review practice for research skill development in an undergraduate science course: a case study	5
ABCs of providing constructive feedback to students during small group learning activities	5
Reinforcement of core foundational science concepts during clinical rotations: a strategy to enhance medical student learning and diagnostic reasoning	5
Planning and implementation of participant-centric group activity on research methodology: perceptions of postgraduate medical students in physiology	5
The birth of experimental physiology	5
A low-cost 2-D sarcomere model to demonstrate titin-related mechanisms for force production	5
A cross-disciplinary approach to learning medical physiology and behavioral skills involving drama students performing as simulated patients	5