OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology is 33. 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
Cover	122
Should I Stay or Should I Go – ERK as Control Lever in Hepatocyte Expansion	118
NRF2 Controls the Competitive Fitness of Squamous Epithelial Cells in the Mouse Esophagus	105
New Immune Role for Axin1 in Colon Cancer Suppression	85
Contents	82
Ptpn2: A Critical Regulator of Paneth Cell Homeostasis	82
Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells in the Digestive System: Defender or Destroyer?	78
Location Matters: Mitochondrial Arginase 2 as a Treatment for Metabolic Disease?	77
Autophagy Regulates Esophageal Epithelial Renewal	69
Cilk1 Is Essential for Mesenchymal Cilia Maintenance and Epithelial-mesenchymal Crosstalk in Intestinal Villus Morphogenesis	63
Macrophage Nogo-B Drives Liver Fibrosis	62
T Cell Repertoire Homogeneity and Blood-Gut Overlap in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease	58
Interindividual Variation in Gut Nitrergic Neuron Density Is Regulated By GDNF Levels and ETV1	56
Loss of Brg1 and Pten in Pancreatic Ductal Cells Forms Intraductal Tubulopapillary Neoplasm via the YAP/TAZ Pathway	55
Bile Acid Detergency as Determinant of Liver Pathology in a Humanized Mouse Model of Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Type 3	55
Targeting Ferroptosis Restores the Antiviral Activity of CD8+ T Cells During Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection	54
FACTORS TO CONSIDER IN GUT MICROBIOTA INTERACTIONS WITH THE ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM – WHAT YOU LOOK FOR IS WHAT YOU GET	54
Pathophysiological Roles of Ductular Reaction in Liver Inflammation and Hepatic Fibrogenesis	52
Cover	50
Liver-specific Bcl3 Knockout Alleviates Acetaminophen-induced Liver Injury by Activating Nrf2 Pathway in Male Mice	47
Contents	47
Modulating Bile Acid Metabolism: The Role of Blautia coccoides in Acute Pancreatitis	47
Cover	46
PFKFB3-mediated Pro-glycolytic Shift in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Proliferation	45
A Dual-compartment Scaffolding Role for Receptor for Activate C Kinase 1 in Hepatic Glucagon Signaling and Gluconeogenesis	43

Long-term Temporal Stability of Peripheral Blood DNA Methylation Profiles in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease	42
Stratifin Is Necessary for Spasmolytic Polypeptide-Expressing Metaplasia Development After Acute Gastric Injury	40
Serum Amyloid A Protein Promotes Fibrolysis and Recovery Following Alcohol Withdrawal	39
RBPJ Deficiency Sensitizes Pancreatic Acinar Cells to KRAS-Mediated Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia Initiation	36
The Placode Lineage Contributes to the Enteric Nervous System: A Caution for Cell Transplantation Therapy for Hirschsprung Disease	36
Role of Nox4 in Mitigating Inflammation and Fibrosis in Dextran Sulfate Sodium–Induced Colitis	34
The Interplay of TGF-β1 and Cholesterol Orchestrating Hepatocyte Cell Fate, EMT, and Signals for HSC Activation	33
Geranylgeranyl Pyrophosphate Promotes Hepatic Lipid Accumulation by Prenylation of Perilipin4	33
NF-κB Inducing Kinase Attenuates Colorectal Cancer by Regulating Noncanonical NF-κB Mediated Colonic Epithelial Cell Regeneration	33