OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Geroscience is 31. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Delayed effects of radiation in adipose tissue reflect progenitor damage and not cellular senescence	133
Age-dependent association of clonal hematopoiesis with COVID-19 mortality in patients over 60 years	128
Cognition and brain health among older adults in Iceland: the AGES-Reykjavik study	84
CYB5R3 overexpression preserves skeletal muscle mitochondria and autophagic signaling in aged transgenic mice	67
Perceived social isolation is correlated with brain structure and cognitive trajectory in Alzheimer’s disease	64
Unbiased proteomic analysis of extracellular vesicles secreted by senescent human vascular smooth muscle cells reveals their ability to modulate immune cell functions	62
High polygenic risk score for exceptional longevity is associated with a healthy metabolic profile	60
Evidence for preserved insulin responsiveness in the aging rat brain	60
Vitamin D supplementation is associated with slower epigenetic aging	54
Fast and slow skeletal myosin binding protein-C and aging	53
Aging alters antiviral signaling pathways resulting in functional impairment in innate immunity in response to pattern recognition receptor agonists	52
Clonal hematopoiesis is not prevalent in Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome	46
Circulating interleukin-37 declines with aging in healthy humans: relations to healthspan indicators and IL37 gene SNPs	44
High-throughput sequencing analysis of nuclear-encoded mitochondrial genes reveals a genetic signature of human longevity	43
Is “cellular senescence” a misnomer?	42
Effect of simultaneous exercise and cognitive training on executive functions, baroreflex sensitivity, and pre-frontal cortex oxygenation in healthy older adults: a pilot study	41
Brain age estimation reveals older adults’ accelerated senescence after traumatic brain injury	39
Single-cell transcriptomics identifies premature aging features of TERC-deficient mouse brain and bone marrow	38
Aging compromises oligodendrocyte precursor cell maturation and efficient remyelination in the monkey brain	37
Continent-wide evolutionary trends of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants: dynamic profiles from Alpha to Omicron	36
Subclinical cognitive deficits are associated with reduced cerebrovascular response to visual stimulation in mid-sixties men	36
Morusin and mulberrin extend the lifespans of yeast and C. elegans via suppressing nutrient-sensing pathways	36
Age-associated changes in circulatory fatty acids: new insights on adults and long-lived individuals	35
Understanding heterogeneity of responses to, and optimizing clinical efficacy of, exercise training in older adults: NIH NIA Workshop summary	34
Frailty and functional brain connectivity (FBC) in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI): baseline results from the SYNERGIC Trial	34

Cathepsin F is a potential marker for senescent human skin fibroblasts and keratinocytes associated with skin aging	33
Rapid emergence of transcriptional heterogeneity upon molecular stress predisposes cells to two distinct states of senescence	33
Correction to: Cannabinoid receptor 2 activation alleviates diabetes-induced cardiac dysfunction, inflammation, oxidative stress, and fibrosis	33
Telomere length and epigenetic clocks as markers of cellular aging: a comparative study	32
Different patterns of excess all-cause mortality by age and sex in Hungary during the 2nd and 3rd waves of the COVID-19 pandemic	32
Network analyses unveil ageing-associated pathways evolutionarily conserved from fungi to animals	31