OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews is 67. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Conscious experiences during non-rapid eye movement sleep parasomnias	821
Unveiling the neurolipidome of obsessive-compulsive disorder: A scoping review navigating future diagnostic and therapeutic applications	368
How does Nogo-A signalling influence mitochondrial function during multiple sclerosis pathogenesis?	249
Learning from addiction: Craving of prescription opioids in chronic pain sufferers	222
Handedness in post-traumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis	206
Sleep, stress and aggression: Meta-analyses investigating associations and causality	147
Turing’s cascade instability supports the coordination of the mind, brain, and behavior	143
The sensorimotor theory of pathological pain revisited	143
The role of serotonin in declarative memory: A systematic review of animal and human research	132
Editorial Board	123
Editorial Board	120
Challenges of a small world analysis for the continuous monitoring of behavior in mice	119
Disengagement of attention with spatial neglect: A systematic review of behavioral and anatomical findings	117
A systems omics-based approach to decode substance use disorders and neuroadaptations	113
The effects of different types of social interactions on the electrophysiology of neurons in the nucleus accumbens in rodents	112
Neurodiversity, psychological inertia and mental health	111
Translational relevance of fear conditioning in rodent models of mild traumatic brain injury	107
Publication bias casts doubt on implicit processing in inattentional blindness	106
Frans de Waal – A pioneer who shone a light on the primate mind	106
How well do people living with neurodegenerative diseases manage their finances? A meta-analysis and systematic review on the capacity to make financial decisions in people living with neurodegenerati	104
Non-communicable diseases among women survivors of intimate partner violence: Critical review from a chronic stress framework	103
Neuroinflammatory remodeling of the anterior cingulate cortex as a key driver of mood disorders in gastrointestinal disease and disorders	103
Prolactin in sleep and EEG regulation: New mechanisms and sleep-related brain targets complement classical data	100
The clinical neuroscience of lucid dreaming	99
Auditing measures of interoceptive accuracy: Important clarifications	97

Neuroscience-informed classification of prevention interventions in substance use disorders: An RDoC-based approach	96
The empirical status of predictive coding and active inference	94
Preclinical behavioral and pharmacological treatments for enhancing fear extinction in adolescence	93
The contribution of environmental pollutants to the risk of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders: A systematic review of case-control studies	93
Neurosteroids and the mesocorticolimbic system	92
Furthering the language hypothesis of alexithymia: An integrated review and meta-analysis	91
Shaping the risk for late-life neurodegenerative disease: A systematic review on prenatal risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease-related volumetric brain biomarkers	91
Using e-diaries to investigate ADHD – State-of-the-art and the promising feature of just-in-time-adaptive interventions	90
Pre- and postnatal antibiotic exposure and risk of developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder–A systematic review and meta-analysis combining evidence from human and animal studies	89
Interpersonal synchronization: An overlooked factor in development, social cognition, and psychopathology	88
Taste processing in autism spectrum disorder: A translational scoping review	87
Visuomotor control in mice and primates	86
Language learning in aphasia: A narrative review and critical analysis of the literature with implications for language therapy	86
A network meta-analysis of the long- and short-term efficacy of sleep medicines in adults and older adults	84
Managing fear and anxiety in development: A framework for understanding the neurodevelopment of emotion regulation capacity and tendency	84
The neglected role of endocannabinoid actions at TRPC channels in ataxia	84
The relationship between anabolic androgenic steroid use and body image, eating behavior, and physical activity by gender: A systematic review	84
The efficacy of electroencephalography neurofeedback for enhancing episodic memory in healthy and clinical participants: A systematic qualitative review and meta-analysis	83
Storm on predictive brain: A neurocomputational account of ketamine antidepressant effect	83
State-of-the-art imaging of neuromodulatory subcortical systems in aging and Alzheimer’s disease: Challenges and opportunities	81
The neural dynamics of familiar face recognition	80
The Pause-then-Cancel model of human action-stopping: Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence	78
Impact of stress on excitatory and inhibitory markers of adolescent cognitive critical period plasticity	76
A framework for joint music making: Behavioral findings, neural processes, and computational models	76
Intrinsic timescales and predictive allostatic interoception in brain health and disease	75
Does stress make us more—or less—prosocial? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of acute stress on prosocial behaviours using economic games	74
Association between anxiety and hypertension in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis	74
Microglia and BDNF at the crossroads of stressor related disorders: Towards a unique trophic phenotype	74
Incorporating sex and gender considerations in research on psychosocial work exposures and cardiovascular diseases: A systematic review of 55 prospective studies	73
The ventral midline thalamus and long-term memory: What consolidation, what retrieval, what plasticity in rodents?	73
A systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis of the prenatal and early life stress effects on rodent microglia, astrocyte, and oligodendrocyte density and morphology	73
The role of enteric nervous system and GDNF in depression: Conversation between the brain and the gut	73
Sleep as a window to target traumatic memories	73
Brain insulin signaling as a potential mediator of early life adversity effects on physical and mental health	72
Predicting treatment outcome based on resting-state functional connectivity in internalizing mental disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis	72
Management of neurological symptoms in Lesch-Nyhan disease: A systematic review	72
Vertical and horizontal space-valence associations: A meta-analysis	71
Defining clinical characteristics of emotion dysregulation in bipolar disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis	69
Posttranslational modifications & lithium’s therapeutic effect—Potential biomarkers for clinical responses in psychiatric & neurodegenerative disorders	68
Neural cell-types and circuits linking thermoregulation and social behavior	68
Advanced methods and implementations for the meta-analyses of animal models: Current practices and future recommendations	68
Re-wilding model organisms: Opportunities to test causal mechanisms in social determinants of health and aging	67