Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Papers
(The TQCC of Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology is 17. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Estradiol and progesterone in female reward-learning, addiction, and therapeutic interventions178
Functions of habenula in reproduction and socio-reproductive behaviours80
Kisspeptin neuron electrophysiology: Intrinsic properties, hormonal modulation, and regulation of homeostatic circuits70
Modeling hormonal contraception in female rats: A framework for studies in behavioral neurobiology68
Unraveling sex differences in maternal and paternal care impacts on social behaviors and neurobiological responses to early-life adversity61
Editorial Board61
Paroxetine combined with traditional chinese medicine prescriptions in the treatment of postpartum depression: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials49
A review of sex differences in the mechanisms and drivers of overeating48
Women’s use of alcohol: Neurobiobehavioral concomitants and consequences46
Timing is everything: Circadian rhythms and their role in the control of sleep46
Hypothalamic neurons fully or partially expressing the dopaminergic phenotype: development, distribution, functioning and functional significance. A review42
Editorial Board42
Oral contraceptives and cognition: A systematic review40
Kisspeptin neurons as a key player bridging the endocrine system and sexual behavior in mammals39
Combined oral contraceptive use and risk for binge eating in women: Potential gene × hormone interactions37
Rolling out physical exercise and energy homeostasis: Focus on hypothalamic circuitries33
A scoping review of functional genomics in perinatal depression32
Seasonal variation in hair cortisol concentration: A systematic review32
The role of neurosteroids in posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder: A review of 10 years of clinical literature and treatment implications31
Nestorone (segesterone acetate) effects on neuroregeneration31
Celebrating 60 years of neuroendocrinology30
Sex differences in bipolar disorder: The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex as an etiopathogenic region30
Editorial Board29
The critical impact of sex on preclinical alcohol research – Insights from zebrafish27
The role of stress in perinatal depression and anxiety – A systematic review26
The interaction of genetic sex and prenatal alcohol exposure on health across the lifespan26
Endocrine disrupting effects on morphological synaptic plasticity23
Review of the effects of polycystic ovary syndrome on Cognition: Looking beyond the androgen hypothesis23
The emerging role of rapid corticosteroid actions on excitatory and inhibitory synaptic signaling in the brain22
Cardiometabolic health, menopausal estrogen therapy and the brain: How effects of estrogens diverge in healthy and unhealthy preclinical models of aging22
Oxytocin and dopamine in psychostimulant-induced changes in social behaviour22
Revisiting the role of sexual hormones in the demyelinated central nervous system21
In Memoriam, Roger A. Gorski (1935–2021)21
Targeting the orexin/hypocretin system for the treatment of neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases: From animal to clinical studies20
The importance of translationally evaluating steroid hormone contributions to substance use20
Advances in steroid research from the pioneering neurosteroid concept to metabolomics: New insights into pregnenolone function20
Neurobiology of early life adversity: A systematic review of meta-analyses towards an integrative account of its neurobiological trajectories to mental disorders20
Insufficient support for retinoic acid receptor control of synaptic plasticity through a non-genomic mechanism20
Sodium background currents in endocrine/neuroendocrine cells: Towards unraveling channel identity and contribution in hormone secretion19
Developmental aspects of the hypothalamic-pituitary network related to reproduction in teleost fish19
Central and peripheral neuropeptide RFRP-3: A bridge linking reproduction, nutrition, and stress response19
Editorial Board18
A network meta-analysis of stress mediators in suicide behaviour18
Physical activity in Alzheimer’s disease prevention: Sex differences and the roles of BDNF and irisin18
Editorial- State of the art on steroids and the nervous system: In memory of Giancarlo18
Hormonal contraceptive influences on cognition and psychopathology: Past methods, present inferences, and future directions17
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