OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Epilepsia is 43. 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
	818
Extreme cryptogenic new onset refractory status epilepticus/febrile infection‐related epilepsy syndrome: Evidence of profound neuroinflammation and neuronal injury	775
Preclinical signal for a disease‐modifying effect on seizure cluster severity with intermittent diazepam treatment	398
Optimizing pediatric status epilepticus management: The role of early midazolam infusion and adherence to clinical practice guidelines	321
Reasons for ineligibility for clinical trials of patients with medication‐resistant epilepsy	247
Role of cholesterol in modulating brain hyperexcitability	245
Evaluating the efficacy of prototype antiseizure drugs using a preclinical pharmacokinetic approach	236
Neurocardiac pathologies associated with potassium channelopathies	213
Comment on: Failure to use new breakthrough treatments for epilepsy	147
The transcriptomic signature of DEPDC5 KO induced mTOR hyperactivation in human neurons and its re	144
Unmasking the role of the occipital lobe in epilepsy with eyelid myoclonia	129
Fast cycle of vagus nerve stimulation is associated with increased sleep‐related breathing disorder in patients with epilepsy	123
Statistical learning in epilepsy: Behavioral and anatomical mechanisms in the human brain	119
Author index	116
Protective effect of CACNA1A deficiency in oligogenic refractory epilepsy with CACNA1A‐CELSR2 digenic mutations	105
Optimizing external validation of deep neural networks for interictal discharge detection	81
Cytomegalic parvalbumin neurons in fetal cases of hemimegalencephaly	80
Excitatory–inhibitory mismatch shapes node recruitment in an epileptic network	77
Decision‐making in stereotactic epilepsy surgery	76
PAC ‐ FOS: A novel translational concordance framework identifies preclinical seizure models with highest predictive v	70
Topiramate ban in women of childbearing potential with idiopathic generalized epilepsy: Does effectiveness offset the teratogenic risks?	63
Scalp high‐frequency oscillation spatial distribution is consistent over consecutive nights, while rates vary with antiseizure medication changes	62
Long‐term neuroplasticity in language networks after anterior temporal lobe resection	61
Tissue oxygenation dynamics during transition from seizure to spreading depolarization in rat brain	61
Cognitive stagnation and executive function deficits in young children with SCN1A + Dravet syndrom	58

Surgical outcomes and motor function in pediatric peri‐Rolandic epilepsy: A single center's experience with 152 cases	56
Sleep, oscillations, and epilepsy	55
Artificial intelligence for adaptive neuromodulation in drug‐resistant epilepsy	53
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	52
Targeting interictal low‐entropy zones during epilepsy surgery predicts successful outcomes in pediatric drug‐resistant epilepsy	50
Seizure outcomes in persons with autism spectrum disorder undergoing epilepsy surgery: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	50
Impact of epilepsy on people experiencing homelessness: A mixed‐methods study	49
Response: Reconsidering nonconvulsive status epilepticus diagnosis: 2.5‐Hz or etiology‐driven frequency cutoffs?	49
Delayed excitability recovery and downregulation of neurodevelopmental pathways contribute to phenotypic differences in KCNQ2	48
Extended follow‐up after anterior temporal lobectomy demonstrates seizure recurrence 20+ years postsurgery	48
SCN8A self‐limited infantile epilepsy: Does epilepsy resolve?	48
Prediction of long‐term unprovoked seizures after status epilepticus	46
Forty‐hertz sensory entrainment impedes kindling epileptogenesis and reduces amyloid pathology in an Alzheimer disease mouse model	45
Epilepsy treatment over time: The chess game analogy for choosing, adjusting, and adding antiseizure medications	45
Hippocampal sclerosis and temporal lobe epilepsy following febrile status epilepticus: The FEBSTAT study	45
Validation of the International League Against Epilepsy ( ILAE ) Risk of Bias Tool against the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale in epilepsy research	45
Olig2‐specific loss‐of‐function Slc35a2 results in hypomyelination and spontaneous seizures	45
Intracerebroventricular administration for delivery of antiseizure therapeutics: Challenges and opportunities	43
Clinical effectiveness, feasibility, acceptability, and usability of mobile health applications for epilepsy: A systematic review	43