OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Physiological Sciences is 6. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Relationship between the thrombospondin-1/Toll-like receptor 4 (TSP1/TLR4) pathway and vitamin D levels in obese and normal weight subjects with different metabolic phenotypes	61
Pallidal GABA B receptors: involvement in cortex beta dynamics and thalamic reticular nucleus activity	33
Thermosensing ability of TRPC5: current knowledge and unsettled questions	30
Differences in the autonomic regulation of temperature in the lower lip and tongue during activation of the lingual nerve	24
Task-related attentional processes are distinctly modulated by respiration and RR interval variability	24
Dogs showed lower parasympathetic activity during mutual gazing while owners did not	21
Acute effects of empagliflozin on open-loop baroreflex function and urinary glucose excretion in rats with chronic myocardial infarction	19
Telocytes response to cardiac growth induced by resistance exercise training and endurance exercise training in adult male rats	19
ATF4 transcriptionally activates NUPR1 to promote ferroptosis in chondrocytes and osteoarthritis development	17
The intake of monosodium aspartate attenuates aggression induced by post-weaning social isolation in an ADHD rat model	15
An interactive simulator to deepen the understanding of Guyton’s venous return curve	14
METTL14-mediated m6A modification of DUSP6 mRNA participating in postoperative cognitive dysfunction due to sevoflurane anesthesia	14
Cumulative effects of exercise training and consumption of propolis on managing diabetic dyslipidemia in adult women: a single-blind, randomized, controlled trial with pre–post-intervention assessment	13
Acute effects of empagliflozin on open-loop baroreflex function and urine output in streptozotocin-induced type 1 diabetic rats	13
Identification of three distinct cell populations for urate excretion in human kidneys	13
Acute effects of empagliflozin on open-loop baroreflex function and urine glucose excretion in Goto-Kakizaki diabetic rats	12
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) suppress Na+- dependent Mg2+ efflux in rat ventricular myocytes	12
High-intensity interval training alleviates exhaustive exercise-induced HSP70-assisted selective autophagy in skeletal muscle	11
Negative regulation of thyroid adenoma-associated protein (THADA) in the cardiac glycoside-induced anti-cancer effect	10
Modulation of the association between blood glucose homeostasis and social hierarchy among co-housed mice by diet and amygdala activities	9
Circadian feeding promotion by Ninjin’yoeito counteracts frailty in aged mice	9
Acute transcutaneous CO2 exposure: A feasibility study for the future investigation of CO2-specific exercise adaptations	8
Heart rate changes related to risky selections and outcomes in rat gambling tasks	8
Vidarabine, an anti-herpes agent, improves Porphyromonas gingivalis lipopolysaccharide-induced cardiac dysfunction in mice	8
Identification of a small molecule that targets activator of G-protein signaling 8	7

Febuxostat ameliorates muscle degeneration and movement disorder of the dystrophin mutant model in Caenorhabditis elegans	7
Identification of hypothermia-inducing neurons in the preoptic area and activation of them by isoflurane anesthesia and central injection of adenosine	7
Acupuncture improves spatial learning and memory impairment caused by herpes simplex virus type-1 in rats through the p38 MAPK/CREB pathway	7
TRPM3, TRPM4, and TRPM5 as thermo-sensitive channels	6
The influence of exercise intensity on comorbid anxious behavior in psychiatric conditions	6
Effects of systemic ventricular assist in failing Fontan patients: a theoretical analysis using a computational model	6
ADAM8 promotes alcoholic liver fibrosis through the MAPK signaling pathway	6
Molecular biomarkers for assessing the heat-adapted phenotype: a narrative scoping review	6
The role of gut microbiota on cognitive development in rodents: a meta-analysis	6
Circ_0114428 knockdown inhibits ROCK2 expression to assuage lipopolysaccharide-induced human pulmonary alveolar epithelial cell injury through miR-574-5p	6
Regulation of myocardial contraction as revealed by intracellular Ca2+ measurements using aequorin	6
Depletion of transit amplifying cells in the adult brain does not affect quiescent neural stem cell pool size	6
Role of the central nervous system in cell non-autonomous signaling mechanisms of aging and longevity in mammals	6
Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the 130th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Anatomists (JAA), the 102nd Annual Meeting of the Physiological Society of Japan (PSJ), and the 98th Annual	6