OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology is 35. 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
Cover	133
Should I Stay or Should I Go – ERK as Control Lever in Hepatocyte Expansion	131
NRF2 Controls the Competitive Fitness of Squamous Epithelial Cells in the Mouse Esophagus	111
New Immune Role for Axin1 in Colon Cancer Suppression	90
Ptpn2: A Critical Regulator of Paneth Cell Homeostasis	89
Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells in the Digestive System: Defender or Destroyer?	86
Contents	86
Macrophage Nogo-B Drives Liver Fibrosis	85
Interindividual Variation in Gut Nitrergic Neuron Density Is Regulated By GDNF Levels and ETV1	76
Pathophysiological Roles of Ductular Reaction in Liver Inflammation and Hepatic Fibrogenesis	74
T Cell Repertoire Homogeneity and Blood-Gut Overlap in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease	73
Loss of Brg1 and Pten in Pancreatic Ductal Cells Forms Intraductal Tubulopapillary Neoplasm via the YAP/TAZ Pathway	66
Targeting Ferroptosis Restores the Antiviral Activity of CD8+ T Cells During Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection	61
Cilk1 Is Essential for Mesenchymal Cilia Maintenance and Epithelial-mesenchymal Crosstalk in Intestinal Villus Morphogenesis	60
Bile Acid Detergency as Determinant of Liver Pathology in a Humanized Mouse Model of Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Type 3	60
Autophagy Regulates Esophageal Epithelial Renewal	59
Location Matters: Mitochondrial Arginase 2 as a Treatment for Metabolic Disease?	59
Factors to Consider in Gut Microbiota Interactions With the Enteric Nervous System—What You Look for Is What You Get	59
Cover	58
Modulating Bile Acid Metabolism: The Role of Blautia coccoides in Acute Pancreatitis	52
Liver-specific Bcl3 Knockout Alleviates Acetaminophen-induced Liver Injury by Activating Nrf2 Pathway in Male Mice	49
Contents	49
Cover	48
Serum Amyloid A Protein Promotes Fibrolysis and Recovery Following Alcohol Withdrawal	48
The Placode Lineage Contributes to the Enteric Nervous System: A Caution for Cell Transplantation Therapy for Hirschsprung Disease	46

RBPJ Deficiency Sensitizes Pancreatic Acinar Cells to KRAS-Mediated Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia Initiation	45
PFKFB3-mediated Pro-glycolytic Shift in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Proliferation	44
Long-term Temporal Stability of Peripheral Blood DNA Methylation Profiles in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease	41
NF-κB Inducing Kinase Attenuates Colorectal Cancer by Regulating Noncanonical NF-κB Mediated Colonic Epithelial Cell Regeneration	40
Role of Nox4 in Mitigating Inflammation and Fibrosis in Dextran Sulfate Sodium–Induced Colitis	39
A Dual-compartment Scaffolding Role for Receptor for Activate C Kinase 1 in Hepatic Glucagon Signaling and Gluconeogenesis	39
Geranylgeranyl Pyrophosphate Promotes Hepatic Lipid Accumulation by Prenylation of Perilipin4	36
Stratifin Is Necessary for Spasmolytic Polypeptide-Expressing Metaplasia Development After Acute Gastric Injury	36
Bacteroides acidifaciens Attenuates Concanavalin A–Induced Liver Injury by Remodeling Bile Acids to Suppress CD95-Mediated Hepatocyte Apoptosis via the Takeda G Protein-Coupled Receptor 5–FOSL1 Pathwa	36
The Interplay of TGF-β1 and Cholesterol Orchestrating Hepatocyte Cell Fate, EMT, and Signals for HSC Activation	35