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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
The genetic architecture of reproductive subtypes of depression in females	271
Estradiol and progesterone in female reward-learning, addiction, and therapeutic interventions	110
Modeling hormonal contraception in female rats: A framework for studies in behavioral neurobiology	89
Timing is everything: Circadian rhythms and their role in the control of sleep	58
Kisspeptin neuron electrophysiology: Intrinsic properties, hormonal modulation, and regulation of homeostatic circuits	58
Unraveling sex differences in maternal and paternal care impacts on social behaviors and neurobiological responses to early-life adversity	55
Editorial Board	50
Corrigendum to “A scoping review of functional genomics in perinatal depression”. [Front. Neuroendocrinol. 78 (2025) 101202]	47
Paroxetine combined with traditional chinese medicine prescriptions in the treatment of postpartum depression: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials	46
Hypothalamic neurons fully or partially expressing the dopaminergic phenotype: development, distribution, functioning and functional significance. A review	45
Editorial Board	41
Editorial – Addiction in females	40
Oral contraceptives and cognition: A systematic review	38
Women’s use of alcohol: Neurobiobehavioral concomitants and consequences	37
Combined oral contraceptive use and risk for binge eating in women: Potential gene × hormone interactions	36
We must look beyond primary reinforcement to understand nicotine use in women	35
The role of neurosteroids in posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder: A review of 10 years of clinical literature and treatment implications	34
A scoping review of functional genomics in perinatal depression	31
Nestorone (segesterone acetate) effects on neuroregeneration	29
Seasonal variation in hair cortisol concentration: A systematic review	29
Sex differences in bipolar disorder: The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex as an etiopathogenic region	27
Celebrating 60 years of neuroendocrinology	27
The role of stress in perinatal depression and anxiety – A systematic review	26
Review of the effects of polycystic ovary syndrome on Cognition: Looking beyond the androgen hypothesis	26
Editorial Board	26