OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Epilepsia is 45. 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
	509
Long‐term neuroplasticity in language networks after anterior temporal lobe resection	488
SCN8A self‐limited infantile epilepsy: Does epilepsy resolve?	263
	220
Excitatory–inhibitory mismatch shapes node recruitment in an epileptic network	157
Topiramate ban in women of childbearing potential with idiopathic generalized epilepsy: Does effectiveness offset the teratogenic risks?	153
	132
Comment on: Failure to use new breakthrough treatments for epilepsy	130
Erratum	96
Prediction of long‐term unprovoked seizures after status epilepticus	94
Cytomegalic parvalbumin neurons in fetal cases of hemimegalencephaly	91
Thank you to our Reviewers	88
Clinical effectiveness, feasibility, acceptability, and usability of mobile health applications for epilepsy: A systematic review	84
Role of cholesterol in modulating brain hyperexcitability	84
Self‐esteem mediates mental health outcomes in young people with epilepsy	81
Levetiracetam dosing in patients receiving continuous renal replacement therapy	80
Reasons for ineligibility for clinical trials of patients with medication‐resistant epilepsy	74
Protective effect of CACNA1A deficiency in oligogenic refractory epilepsy with CACNA1A‐CELSR2 digenic mutations	73
Neurocardiac pathologies associated with potassium channelopathies	72
Response to Singh et al. 2023: It is premature for a unified hypothesis of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: A great amount of research is still needed to understand the multisystem cascade	72
Hippocampal sclerosis and temporal lobe epilepsy following febrile status epilepticus: The FEBSTAT study	68
Forty‐hertz sensory entrainment impedes kindling epileptogenesis and reduces amyloid pathology in an Alzheimer disease mouse model	67
Surgical outcomes and motor function in pediatric peri‐Rolandic epilepsy: A single center's experience with 152 cases	67
Evaluating the efficacy of prototype antiseizure drugs using a preclinical pharmacokinetic approach	65
Screening for depression in patients with epilepsy: What are the benefits for physicians and patients in the real‐life setting	64

Scalp high‐frequency oscillation spatial distribution is consistent over consecutive nights, while rates vary with antiseizure medication changes	64
Statistical learning in epilepsy: Behavioral and anatomical mechanisms in the human brain	61
Intracerebroventricular administration for delivery of antiseizure therapeutics: Challenges and opportunities	61
Anticonvulsive properties of soticlestat, a novel cholesterol 24‐hydroxylase inhibitor	60
Vitamin B status and association with antiseizure medication in pregnant women with epilepsy	58
Extended follow‐up after anterior temporal lobectomy demonstrates seizure recurrence 20+ years postsurgery	56
Sleep, oscillations, and epilepsy	55
Sustained seizure freedom with adjunctive brivaracetam in patients with focal onset seizures	55
Effect of levetiracetam on the gene expression of placental transporters in a murine model	53
Decision‐making in stereotactic epilepsy surgery	53
Epilepsia – January 2023 – Announcements	52
Cerebral vascular and blood brain–barrier abnormalities in a mouse model of epilepsy and tuberous sclerosis complex	52
Analysis of practical judgment in older adults with epilepsy: An exploratory, multicenter cohort study	51
Issue Information	51
A randomized phase 2b efficacy study in patients with seizure episodes with a predictable pattern using Staccato® alprazolam for rapid seizure termination	50
Statistical characteristics of large‐scale objective tonic–clonic seizure records from medical smartwatches used in daily life	49
Flexible realistic simulation of seizure occurrence recapitulating statistical properties of seizure diaries	47
Diet composition and sterilization modifies intestinal microbiome diversity and burden of Theiler's virus infection–induced acute seizures	46
Increasing challenges to trial recruitment and conduct over time	45
Clinical adult outcome 11–30 years after pediatric epilepsy surgery: Complications and other surgical adverse events, seizure control, and cure of epilepsy	45
Health‐related quality of life in adults with drug‐resistant focal epilepsy treated with modified Atkins diet in a randomized clinical trial	45
Mutations associated with epileptic encephalopathy modify EAAT2 anion channel function	45
Cognitive phenotypes in frontal lobe epilepsy	45
Association of baseline sleep duration and sleep quality with seizure recurrence in newly treated patients with epilepsy	45
It is premature for a unified hypothesis of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: A great amount of research is still needed to understand the multisystem cascade	45
Scoping review and expert‐based consensus recommendations for assessment and management of psychogenic non‐epileptic (functional) seizures (PNES) in children: A report from the Pediatric Ps	45