OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews is 60. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Prenatal developmental origins of behavior and mental health: The influence of maternal stress in pregnancy	592
The World Federation of ADHD International Consensus Statement: 208 Evidence-based conclusions about the disorder	453
Anxiety, depression, trauma-related, and sleep disorders among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis	283
Systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiology of internet addiction	190
Dump the “dimorphism”: Comprehensive synthesis of human brain studies reveals few male-female differences beyond size	172
The association between loneliness, social isolation and inflammation: A systematic review and meta-analysis	151
How does the brain learn environmental structure? Ten core principles for understanding the neurocognitive mechanisms of statistical learning	131
Prenatal stress and epigenetics	124
White matter hyperintensities and risks of cognitive impairment and dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 36 prospective studies	107
Transfer of maternal psychosocial stress to the fetus	106
Maternal Immune Activation by Poly I:C as a preclinical Model for Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A focus on Autism and Schizophrenia	105
Neural signs and mechanisms of consciousness: Is there a potential convergence of theories of consciousness in sight?	104
Linking bodily, environmental and mental states in the self—A three-level model based on a meta-analysis	103
Stress & sleep: A relationship lasting a lifetime	96
Multiple large-scale neural networks underlying emotion regulation	96
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the relationship between the heartbeat-evoked potential and interoception	96
Comparison of bacterial lipopolysaccharide-induced sickness behavior in rodents and humans: Relevance for symptoms of anxiety and depression	94
The neuroethology of spontaneous mimicry and emotional contagion in human and non-human animals	94
Long-term effects of psychedelic drugs: A systematic review	91
The glutathione system in Parkinson’s disease and its progression	91
Neuroimaging the consciousness of self: Review, and conceptual-methodological framework	90
Childhood maltreatment and DNA methylation: A systematic review	88
Association of body mass index with risk of cognitive impairment and dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies	88
Associations between sex hormones, sleep problems and depression: A systematic review	83
I tried a bunch of things: The dangers of unexpected overfitting in classification of brain data	83

Earlier versus later cognitive event-related potentials (ERPs) in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): A meta-analysis	83
The neuroscience of positive emotions and affect: Implications for cultivating happiness and wellbeing	82
The global prevalence of major depressive disorder (MDD) among the elderly: A systematic review and meta-analysis	81
Effect of immune activation on the kynurenine pathway and depression symptoms – A systematic review and meta-analysis	80
Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease-related pathology	80
The medial prefrontal cortex - hippocampus circuit that integrates information of object, place and time to construct episodic memory in rodents: Behavioral, anatomical and neurochemical properties	80
Mining microbes for mental health: Determining the role of microbial metabolic pathways in human brain health and disease	77
Determining the magnitude and duration of acute Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC)-induced driving and cognitive impairment: A systematic and meta-analytic review	76
Neuroplasticity in adult human visual cortex	76
The development and use of facial grimace scales for pain measurement in animals	76
Rethinking minority stress: A social safety perspective on the health effects of stigma in sexually-diverse and gender-diverse populations	75
The nuts and bolts of animal emotion	75
The compassionate vagus: A meta-analysis on the connection between compassion and heart rate variability	74
Behavioral neuroscience of autism	73
Prenatal exposure to environmental insults and enhanced risk of developing Schizophrenia and Autism Spectrum Disorder: focus on biological pathways and epigenetic mechanisms	71
Anterior insula as a gatekeeper of executive control	70
Vagus nerve stimulation in brain diseases: Therapeutic applications and biological mechanisms	70
Astroglia-specific contributions to the regulation of synapses, cognition and behaviour	70
Abuse potential and toxicity of the synthetic cathinones (i.e., “Bath salts”)	69
Visual mental imagery engages the left fusiform gyrus, but not the early visual cortex: A meta-analysis of neuroimaging evidence	68
Gut microbiota differences between healthy older adults and individuals with Parkinson’s disease: A systematic review	67
Comorbidity of ADHD and adult bipolar disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis	66
The anatomy of pain and suffering in the brain and its clinical implications	66
Lithium and suicide prevention in mood disorders and in the general population: A systematic review	65
Convergent neural representations of experimentally-induced acute pain in healthy volunteers: A large-scale fMRI meta-analysis	65
Intranasal oxytocin in the treatment of autism spectrum disorders: A multilevel meta-analysis	65
Socioeconomic status and the developing brain – A systematic review of neuroimaging findings in youth	63
Optimism, pessimism and judgement bias in animals: A systematic review and meta-analysis	63
Effects of physical exercise on plasma brain-derived neurotrophic factor in neurodegenerative disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	62
Half a century of research on antipsychotics and schizophrenia: A scientometric study of hotspots, nodes, bursts, and trends	62
Accelerated aging in bipolar disorder: A comprehensive review of molecular findings and their clinical implications	62
Why is music therapeutic for neurological disorders? The Therapeutic Music Capacities Model	62
The postnatal GABA shift: A developmental perspective	61
Heart rate variability in individuals with autism spectrum disorders: A meta-analysis	60
ERP based measures of cognitive workload: A review	60
A learning theory of attachment: Unraveling the black box of attachment development	60
Treatment of eating disorders: A systematic meta-review of meta-analyses and network meta-analyses	60