OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Physiological Anthropology is 2. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Infant weight gain and DXA-measured adolescent adiposity: data from the Japan Kids Body-composition Study	59
Comparison of low-concentration carbon dioxide-enriched and tap water immersion on body temperature after passive heating	55
Body weight at 1.5- and 3-year health checks and body fat at 14 years of age: a population-based retrospective cohort study using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry	42
Association between underweight, serum albumin levels, and height loss in the Japanese male population: a retrospective study	26
ALDH2 gene polymorphism is associated with fitness in the elderly Japanese population	25
Influence of sports experience on distribution of pro-saccade reaction time under gap condition	20
Postural influence on intracranial fluid dynamics: an overview	20
Effects of alternating heat and cold stimulation using a wearable thermo-device on subjective and objective shoulder stiffness	19
Autonomic thermoregulatory responses and subjective thermal perceptions upon the initiation of thermal behavior among resting humans in hot and humid environment	17
Altered neurophysiological responses during empathy for pain in insomnia: evidence from an EEG study in non-clinical samples	16
Association of sarcopenia, pre-sarcopenia, and dynapenia with the onset and progression of locomotive syndrome in Japanese older adults: a cross-sectional study	16
Urinary pentosidine as a potential biomarker of muscle and physical performance in young adult men	14
Multipoint surface electromyography measurement using bull’s-eye electrodes for wide-area topographic analysis	14
Predicting handgrip power of young adult population among major ethnic groups of Sabah: a multivariate analysis	13
Estimating thigh skeletal muscle volume using multi-frequency segmental-bioelectrical impedance analysis	13
Development of the circadian system in early life: maternal and environmental factors	13
Studies on human body composition in Russia: past and present	12
Determining total energy expenditure in 3–6-year-old Japanese pre-school children using the doubly labeled water method	10
Genetic determinants of skin ageing: a systematic review and meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies and candidate genes	10
Differences in sarcopenia indices in elderly Japanese women and their relationships with obesity classified according to waist circumference, BMI, and body fat percentage	9
Leptospirosis in Malaysia: current status, insights, and future prospects	8
Brown fat thermogenesis and cold adaptation in humans	8
How staying in a gymnasium affects sleep and bed climate in children	8
Recent updates on cold adaptation in population and laboratory studies, including cross-adaptation with nonthermal factors	7
Response of circulating fatty acid binding protein 4 concentration to low-intensity acute aerobic exercise is amplified in an exercise duration-dependent manner in healthy men	7

Association between thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and proteinuria in relation to thyroid cyst in a euthyroid general population	7
Correction to: Estimating thigh skeletal muscle volume using multi-frequency segmental-bioelectrical impedance analysis	7
A two-week exercise intervention improves cold symptoms and sleep condition in cold-sensitive women	7
Impact of energy availability and physical activity on variation in fertility across human populations	6
FTO and MC4R polymorphisms, and selected pre-, peri- and postnatal factors as determinants of body mass index and fatness in children: a thorough analysis of the associations	6
Intake of l-serine before bedtime prevents the delay of the circadian phase in real life	6
A 1-year cross-sectional study on the predominance of influenza among hospitalized children in a tropical area, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah	6
What makes people grow? Love and hope	6
Upregulation of cathepsin L gene under mild cold conditions in young Japanese male adults	6
Effects of different temperatures of carbohydrate-protein-containing drinks on gastric emptying rate after exercise in healthy young men: randomized crossover trial	5
The determinants of survival among adults with cystic fibrosis—a cohort study	5
Individual variations and sex differences in hemodynamics and percutaneous arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) in Tibetan highlanders of Tsarang in the Mustang district of Nepal	5
Effect of hyperbaric exposure on cognitive performance: an investigation conducting numerical Stroop tasks during a simulated 440 m sea water saturation diving	5
Facial and body sexual dimorphism are not interconnected in the Maasai	4
Local alternating heat and cold stimulation affects hemodynamics and oxygenation in fatigued muscle tissue and autonomic nervous activity: a single-arm interventional study	4
A broad assessment of forty-one skin phenotypes reveals complex dimensions of skin ageing	4
Effects of exercise habituation and aging on the intersegmental coordination of lower limbs during walking with sinusoidal speed change	4
Association of brown adipose tissue activity with circulating sex hormones and fibroblast growth factor 21 in the follicular and luteal phases in young women	4
Is the use of high correlated color temperature light at night related to delay of sleep timing in university students? A cross-country study in Japan and China	4
Effects of using a snooze alarm on sleep inertia after morning awakening	4
Higher synchronization stability with piano experience: relationship with finger and presentation modality	4
Hypoxic-induced resting ventilatory and circulatory responses under multistep hypoxia is related to decline in peak aerobic capacity in hypoxia	4
Signatures of adaptation in myopia-related genes on the sunlight exposure hypothesis	3
The next stage of physiological anthropology	3
Haptic feedback intervention decreases the spatial margin when older adults walk through a narrow space	3
Brown adipose tissue thermogenesis among a small sample of reindeer herders from sub-Arctic Finland	3
Diurnal differences in urine flow in healthy young men in a light-controlled environment: a randomized crossover design	3
Correction: Association between high cardiac output at altitude and acute mountain sickness: preliminary study on Mt. Fuji	3
Few dental indices in modern Bulgarian population from southern Bulgaria	3
Reimagining zoonotic malaria control in communities exposed to Plasmodium knowlesi infection	3
Association between high cardiac output at altitude and acute mountain sickness: preliminary study on Mt. Fuji	3
Effects of soy protein isolate and soy peptide preload on gastric emptying rate and postprandial glycemic control in healthy humans	3
Gender differences in exercise efficiency: the influence of adiposity during low-intensity cycling in healthy Lebanese university students	3
An anthropogenic model of cardiovascular system adaptation to the Earth’s gravity as the conceptual basis of pathological anthropology	3
Triglyceride-glucose index is capable of identifying metabolically obese, normal-weight older individuals	3
Muscle parameters in men and oxidative stress markers	3
The impact of hygienic living conditions on the differentiation of male body height at the beginning of the twentieth century in the USSR	3
Muscle architecture of the medial gastrocnemius during growth	3
Fructose-induced FGF21 secretion does not activate brown adipose tissue in Japanese young men: randomized cross-over and randomized controlled trials	3
Association between fat mass by bioelectrical impedance analysis and bone mass by quantitative ultrasound in relation to grip strength and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in postmenopausal Japanese women: t	3
Maternal weight status at conception predicts offspring body fat at age 11 years: population data from the Japan Kids Body Composition Study using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry	3
Does change in barometric pressure per given time at high altitude influence symptoms of acute mountain sickness on Mount Fuji? A pilot study	3
Utility of salivary cortisol profile as a predictive biomarker in nurses’ turnover risk: a preliminary study	2
Effects of observing own/others hand movement in different perspectives on mu rhythm suppression: an EEG study	2
Sitting vs. supine ultrasound measurements of the vastus medialis: correlations with MRI measurements and age considerations	2
Light at night and circadian rhythms: from the perspective of physiological anthropology research	2
Women’s lifetime reproductive profiles and frailty among aging individuals in the USA and the Philippines	2
Prediction of success in sports based on assumed individual genetic predisposition: lack of association with the C > T variant in the ACTN3 gene	2
Sustained metabolic dysregulation and the emergence of diabetes: associations between HbA1c and metabolic syndrome components in Tunisian diabetic and nondiabetic groups	2
Is the muscle–tendon architecture of non-athletic Kenyans different from that of Japanese and French males?	2

Intermittent face cooling reduces perceived exertion during exercise in a hot environment	2
Pre-cooling with ingesting a high-carbohydrate ice slurry on thermoregulatory responses and subcutaneous interstitial fluid glucose during heat exposure	2
Effects of others’ gaze and facial expression on an observer’s microsaccades and their association with ADHD tendencies	2
Physiological comfort evaluation under different airflow directions in a heating environment	2
Associations between locomotive and non-locomotive physical activity and physical performance in older community-dwelling females with and without locomotive syndrome: a cross-sectional study	2
Chronotype characteristics of professional athletes in China: a comprehensive descriptive study	2