OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Epilepsia is 44. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
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PAC‐FOS: A novel translational concordance framework identifies preclinical seizure models with highest predictive validity for clinical focal onset seizures	333
Thank you to our Reviewers	252
Excitatory–inhibitory mismatch shapes node recruitment in an epileptic network	207
The transcriptomic signature of DEPDC5 KO induced mTOR hyperactivation in human neurons and its response to rapamycin treatment	201
Clinical effectiveness, feasibility, acceptability, and usability of mobile health applications for epilepsy: A systematic review	174
Hippocampal sclerosis and temporal lobe epilepsy following febrile status epilepticus: The FEBSTAT study	157
Screening for depression in patients with epilepsy: What are the benefits for physicians and patients in the real‐life setting	124
Protective effect of CACNA1A deficiency in oligogenic refractory epilepsy with CACNA1A‐CELSR2 digenic mutations	123
Surgical outcomes and motor function in pediatric peri‐Rolandic epilepsy: A single center's experience with 152 cases	118
Optimizing external validation of deep neural networks for interictal discharge detection	106
SCN8A self‐limited infantile epilepsy: Does epilepsy resolve?	100
Sleep, oscillations, and epilepsy	99
Cytomegalic parvalbumin neurons in fetal cases of hemimegalencephaly	98
Comment on: Failure to use new breakthrough treatments for epilepsy	97
Role of cholesterol in modulating brain hyperexcitability	97
Optimizing pediatric status epilepticus management: The role of early midazolam infusion and adherence to clinical practice guidelines	95
Reasons for ineligibility for clinical trials of patients with medication‐resistant epilepsy	87
Decision‐making in stereotactic epilepsy surgery	84
Long‐term neuroplasticity in language networks after anterior temporal lobe resection	81
Forty‐hertz sensory entrainment impedes kindling epileptogenesis and reduces amyloid pathology in an Alzheimer disease mouse model	78
Unmasking the role of the occipital lobe in epilepsy with eyelid myoclonia	77
Neurocardiac pathologies associated with potassium channelopathies	77
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	67

Topiramate ban in women of childbearing potential with idiopathic generalized epilepsy: Does effectiveness offset the teratogenic risks?	65
Statistical learning in epilepsy: Behavioral and anatomical mechanisms in the human brain	65
Impact of epilepsy on people experiencing homelessness: A mixed‐methods study	64
Evaluating the efficacy of prototype antiseizure drugs using a preclinical pharmacokinetic approach	64
Extended follow‐up after anterior temporal lobectomy demonstrates seizure recurrence 20+ years postsurgery	62
Sustained seizure freedom with adjunctive brivaracetam in patients with focal onset seizures	62
Prediction of long‐term unprovoked seizures after status epilepticus	61
Anticonvulsive properties of soticlestat, a novel cholesterol 24‐hydroxylase inhibitor	58
Scalp high‐frequency oscillation spatial distribution is consistent over consecutive nights, while rates vary with antiseizure medication changes	57
Olig2‐specific loss‐of‐function Slc35a2 results in hypomyelination and spontaneous seizures	53
Targeting interictal low‐entropy zones during epilepsy surgery predicts successful outcomes in pediatric drug‐resistant epilepsy	52
Seizure outcomes in persons with autism spectrum disorder undergoing epilepsy surgery: A systematic review and meta‐analysis	49
Delayed excitability recovery and downregulation of neurodevelopmental pathways contribute to phenotypic differences in KCNQ2‐related disorders	49
Intracerebroventricular administration for delivery of antiseizure therapeutics: Challenges and opportunities	48
Epilepsia – January 2023 – Announcements	48
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Seizure clusters: Practical aspects and clinical strategies to care for patients in the community	46
The nuances of immunotherapy for NORSE/FIRES	45
Identification of a mosaic MTOR variant in purified neuronal DNA in a patient with focal cortical dysplasia using a novel depth electrode harvesting technique	44
Development of a preclinical testing platform for clinically relevant therapy for Dravet syndrome	44
No association between histopathology and neurophysiology in surgical specimens from pediatric focal epilepsy patients	44