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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Estradiol and progesterone in female reward-learning, addiction, and therapeutic interventions	144
Functions of habenula in reproduction and socio-reproductive behaviours	72
Kisspeptin neuron electrophysiology: Intrinsic properties, hormonal modulation, and regulation of homeostatic circuits	58
Neurosteroidogenic enzymes: CYP11A1 in the central nervous system	57
Modeling hormonal contraception in female rats: A framework for studies in behavioral neurobiology	54
Editorial Board	54
Timing is everything: Circadian rhythms and their role in the control of sleep	48
Paroxetine combined with traditional chinese medicine prescriptions in the treatment of postpartum depression: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials	45
Unraveling sex differences in maternal and paternal care impacts on social behaviors and neurobiological responses to early-life adversity	42
A review of sex differences in the mechanisms and drivers of overeating	41
Hypothalamic neurons fully or partially expressing the dopaminergic phenotype: development, distribution, functioning and functional significance. A review	40
Kisspeptin neurons as a key player bridging the endocrine system and sexual behavior in mammals	39
Women’s use of alcohol: Neurobiobehavioral concomitants and consequences	37
Editorial Board	37
Oral contraceptives and cognition: A systematic review	36
Combined oral contraceptive use and risk for binge eating in women: Potential gene × hormone interactions	35
Nestorone (segesterone acetate) effects on neuroregeneration	32
Rolling out physical exercise and energy homeostasis: Focus on hypothalamic circuitries	32
The role of neurosteroids in posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder: A review of 10 years of clinical literature and treatment implications	30
A multimodal meta-analysis of regional structural and functional brain alterations in type 2 diabetes	29
Variation in genes and hormones of the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis in female mood disorders – A systematic review and meta-analysis	28
Celebrating 60 years of neuroendocrinology	27
Sex differences in bipolar disorder: The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex as an etiopathogenic region	27
Editorial Board	26
The critical impact of sex on preclinical alcohol research – Insights from zebrafish	25