Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Papers
(The TQCC of Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology is 18. 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.)
ArticleCitations
The genetic architecture of reproductive subtypes of depression in females271
Estradiol and progesterone in female reward-learning, addiction, and therapeutic interventions110
Modeling hormonal contraception in female rats: A framework for studies in behavioral neurobiology89
Timing is everything: Circadian rhythms and their role in the control of sleep58
Kisspeptin neuron electrophysiology: Intrinsic properties, hormonal modulation, and regulation of homeostatic circuits58
Unraveling sex differences in maternal and paternal care impacts on social behaviors and neurobiological responses to early-life adversity55
Editorial Board50
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 trials46
Hypothalamic neurons fully or partially expressing the dopaminergic phenotype: development, distribution, functioning and functional significance. A review45
Editorial Board41
Editorial – Addiction in females40
Oral contraceptives and cognition: A systematic review38
Women’s use of alcohol: Neurobiobehavioral concomitants and consequences37
Combined oral contraceptive use and risk for binge eating in women: Potential gene × hormone interactions36
We must look beyond primary reinforcement to understand nicotine use in women35
The role of neurosteroids in posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder: A review of 10 years of clinical literature and treatment implications34
A scoping review of functional genomics in perinatal depression31
Seasonal variation in hair cortisol concentration: A systematic review29
Nestorone (segesterone acetate) effects on neuroregeneration29
Sex differences in bipolar disorder: The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex as an etiopathogenic region27
Celebrating 60 years of neuroendocrinology27
Editorial Board26
The role of stress in perinatal depression and anxiety – A systematic review26
Review of the effects of polycystic ovary syndrome on Cognition: Looking beyond the androgen hypothesis26
The interaction of genetic sex and prenatal alcohol exposure on health across the lifespan24
Cardiometabolic health, menopausal estrogen therapy and the brain: How effects of estrogens diverge in healthy and unhealthy preclinical models of aging24
The critical impact of sex on preclinical alcohol research – Insights from zebrafish24
The emerging role of rapid corticosteroid actions on excitatory and inhibitory synaptic signaling in the brain23
Sex differences in the acute effects of cannabis on human cognition: A systematic review23
Oxytocin and dopamine in psychostimulant-induced changes in social behaviour23
Associations of cortisol with Alzheimer’s disease fluid and neuroimaging biomarkers: A systematic review22
Advances in steroid research from the pioneering neurosteroid concept to metabolomics: New insights into pregnenolone function21
Insufficient support for retinoic acid receptor control of synaptic plasticity through a non-genomic mechanism21
Endocrine disrupting effects on morphological synaptic plasticity21
The importance of translationally evaluating steroid hormone contributions to substance use20
Revisiting the role of sexual hormones in the demyelinated central nervous system20
The microbiota-gut-brain axis in Huntington’s disease: Evidence, mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities20
Targeting the orexin/hypocretin system for the treatment of neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases: From animal to clinical studies20
Editorial- State of the art on steroids and the nervous system: In memory of Giancarlo19
Disproportionate mental health risks in autistic females: A rapid review with quantitative and narrative syntheses18
Physical activity in Alzheimer’s disease prevention: Sex differences and the roles of BDNF and irisin18
Editorial Board18
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