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Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology is 24. 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
The genetic architecture of reproductive subtypes of depression in females	265
Modeling hormonal contraception in female rats: A framework for studies in behavioral neurobiology	108
Estradiol and progesterone in female reward-learning, addiction, and therapeutic interventions	87
Kisspeptin neuron electrophysiology: Intrinsic properties, hormonal modulation, and regulation of homeostatic circuits	57
Timing is everything: Circadian rhythms and their role in the control of sleep	56
Unraveling sex differences in maternal and paternal care impacts on social behaviors and neurobiological responses to early-life adversity	55
Editorial Board	49
Corrigendum to “A scoping review of functional genomics in perinatal depression”. [Front. Neuroendocrinol. 78 (2025) 101202]	47
Editorial Board	45
Paroxetine combined with traditional chinese medicine prescriptions in the treatment of postpartum depression: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials	45
Editorial – Addiction in females	39
Oral contraceptives and cognition: A systematic review	38
Women’s use of alcohol: Neurobiobehavioral concomitants and consequences	38
Hypothalamic neurons fully or partially expressing the dopaminergic phenotype: development, distribution, functioning and functional significance. A review	37
A scoping review of functional genomics in perinatal depression	35
Combined oral contraceptive use and risk for binge eating in women: Potential gene × hormone interactions	35
We must look beyond primary reinforcement to understand nicotine use in women	32
Nestorone (segesterone acetate) effects on neuroregeneration	28
Seasonal variation in hair cortisol concentration: A systematic review	28
The role of neurosteroids in posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder: A review of 10 years of clinical literature and treatment implications	27
Celebrating 60 years of neuroendocrinology	27
The critical impact of sex on preclinical alcohol research – Insights from zebrafish	26
Sex differences in bipolar disorder: The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex as an etiopathogenic region	26
Review of the effects of polycystic ovary syndrome on Cognition: Looking beyond the androgen hypothesis	25
The role of stress in perinatal depression and anxiety – A systematic review	24