OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology is 25. 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
Kisspeptin neuron electrophysiology: Intrinsic properties, hormonal modulation, and regulation of homeostatic circuits	212
Modeling hormonal contraception in female rats: A framework for studies in behavioral neurobiology	92
Functions of habenula in reproduction and socio-reproductive behaviours	87
Estradiol and progesterone in female reward-learning, addiction, and therapeutic interventions	76
Unraveling sex differences in maternal and paternal care impacts on social behaviors and neurobiological responses to early-life adversity	67
Editorial Board	63
Timing is everything: Circadian rhythms and their role in the control of sleep	56
Paroxetine combined with traditional chinese medicine prescriptions in the treatment of postpartum depression: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials	56
Corrigendum to “A scoping review of functional genomics in perinatal depression”. [Front. Neuroendocrinol. 78 (2025) 101202]	50
Women’s use of alcohol: Neurobiobehavioral concomitants and consequences	46
Editorial Board	46
Editorial – Addiction in females	44
Kisspeptin neurons as a key player bridging the endocrine system and sexual behavior in mammals	41
Oral contraceptives and cognition: A systematic review	39
Hypothalamic neurons fully or partially expressing the dopaminergic phenotype: development, distribution, functioning and functional significance. A review	39
The role of neurosteroids in posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder: A review of 10 years of clinical literature and treatment implications	37
Combined oral contraceptive use and risk for binge eating in women: Potential gene × hormone interactions	37
Nestorone (segesterone acetate) effects on neuroregeneration	35
Seasonal variation in hair cortisol concentration: A systematic review	33
A scoping review of functional genomics in perinatal depression	33
Celebrating 60 years of neuroendocrinology	32
Sex differences in bipolar disorder: The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex as an etiopathogenic region	31
The role of stress in perinatal depression and anxiety – A systematic review	29
The critical impact of sex on preclinical alcohol research – Insights from zebrafish	28
The interaction of genetic sex and prenatal alcohol exposure on health across the lifespan	27

Review of the effects of polycystic ovary syndrome on Cognition: Looking beyond the androgen hypothesis