OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Physiological Anthropology 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Association between underweight, serum albumin levels, and height loss in the Japanese male population: a retrospective study	123
ALDH2 gene polymorphism is associated with fitness in the elderly Japanese population	72
Influence of sports experience on distribution of pro-saccade reaction time under gap condition	34
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	29
Dietary interventions in skin ageing: a systematic review and meta-analysis	27
Postural influence on intracranial fluid dynamics: an overview	26
Effects of alternating heat and cold stimulation using a wearable thermo-device on subjective and objective shoulder stiffness	24
Multipoint surface electromyography measurement using bull’s-eye electrodes for wide-area topographic analysis	20
Autonomic thermoregulatory responses and subjective thermal perceptions upon the initiation of thermal behavior among resting humans in hot and humid environment	19
Urinary pentosidine as a potential biomarker of muscle and physical performance in young adult men	19
Development of the circadian system in early life: maternal and environmental factors	16
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
Predicting handgrip power of young adult population among major ethnic groups of Sabah: a multivariate analysis	15
Determining total energy expenditure in 3–6-year-old Japanese pre-school children using the doubly labeled water method	15
Genetic determinants of skin ageing: a systematic review and meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies and candidate genes	13
Studies on human body composition in Russia: past and present	13
Differences in sarcopenia indices in elderly Japanese women and their relationships with obesity classified according to waist circumference, BMI, and body fat percentage	12
Brown fat thermogenesis and cold adaptation in humans	12
Leptospirosis in Malaysia: current status, insights, and future prospects	10
Thermal sensation and comfort responses during repeated exposure to mild heat	9
How staying in a gymnasium affects sleep and bed climate in children	9
A two-week exercise intervention improves cold symptoms and sleep condition in cold-sensitive women	9
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	9
A 1-year cross-sectional study on the predominance of influenza among hospitalized children in a tropical area, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah	8

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	8
Three sets of low-intensity resistance exercises with slow movement and tonic force generation cause more muscular fatigue	7
Individual variations and sex differences in hemodynamics and percutaneous arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) in Tibetan highlanders of Tsarang in the Mustang district of Nepal	7
Effects of different temperatures of carbohydrate-protein-containing drinks on gastric emptying rate after exercise in healthy young men: randomized crossover trial	7
Impact of energy availability and physical activity on variation in fertility across human populations	7
Intake of l-serine before bedtime prevents the delay of the circadian phase in real life	7
Effect of hyperbaric exposure on cognitive performance: an investigation conducting numerical Stroop tasks during a simulated 440 m sea water saturation diving	7
Recent updates on cold adaptation in population and laboratory studies, including cross-adaptation with nonthermal factors	7
What makes people grow? Love and hope	7
Effects of blue light during and after exposure on auditory working memory	7
Effects of using a snooze alarm on sleep inertia after morning awakening	6
Association of brown adipose tissue activity with circulating sex hormones and fibroblast growth factor 21 in the follicular and luteal phases in young women	6
Association between serum omentin-1 concentrations and body composition measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in Japanese elementary school-aged children	6
Effects of exercise habituation and aging on the intersegmental coordination of lower limbs during walking with sinusoidal speed change	6
Facial and body sexual dimorphism are not interconnected in the Maasai	6
A study on the effect of acute hyperbaric oxygen intervention on aerobic endurance	6
Higher synchronization stability with piano experience: relationship with finger and presentation modality	6
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	6
Local alternating heat and cold stimulation affects hemodynamics and oxygenation in fatigued muscle tissue and autonomic nervous activity: a single-arm interventional study	6
Hypoxic-induced resting ventilatory and circulatory responses under multistep hypoxia is related to decline in peak aerobic capacity in hypoxia	6