OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Trends in Neurosciences is 59. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Subscription and Copyright Information	405
Advisory Board and Contents	269
A noncoding role of coding mRNA in monogenic olfactory receptor choice	233
Subscription and Copyright Information	226
Advisory Board and Contents	221
Subscription and Copyright Information	161
From aversive associations to defensive programs: experience-dependent synaptic modifications in the central amygdala	157
Advancing ALS research: public–private partnerships to accelerate drug and biomarker development	156
From illness to rest: neural circuits linking sickness and sleep	153
Transformation, again? Impact of a second pregnancy on the brain, cognition, and sense of self	153
Crossmodal plasticity in hearing loss	142
Third spaces for science: reimagining research beyond academia and industry	138
Brain rhythms of depression: A predictive processing perspective	134
The locus coeruleus as a global model failure system	130
Emerging roles of antimicrobial peptides in innate immunity, neuronal function, and neurodegeneration	123
Defining and characterizing neuronal senescence, ‘neurescence’, as GX arrested cells	119
How cancer hijacks the body’s homeostasis through the neuroendocrine system	118
Do metabolic deficits contribute to sleep disruption in monogenic intellectual disability syndromes?	114
Subscription and Copyright Information	109
Aging brain, brittle bone	103
Differential regulation of cutaneous immunity by sensory neuron subsets	99
Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in neuronal physiology and neurodegeneration	98
Rethinking the role of TRKB in the action of antidepressants and psychedelics	96
Nature versus laboratory: how to optimize housing conditions for zebrafish neuroscience research	96
Ventral tegmental area circuits in defensive states: Emerging mechanisms of fear and anxiety	93

Epigenetic noise in the aging brain: tuning neuronal vulnerability to neurodegeneration	92
Unraveling the dynamics of dopamine release and its actions on target cells	89
Olfactory dysfunction in COVID-19: new insights into the underlying mechanisms	88
Triggering ferroptosis in neurodegenerative diseases	87
Embracing sleep-onset complexity	85
Subscription and Copyright Information	83
Modeling human mutations to understand TRIO GEF function during development	81
Shared gustatory sensor for acids and ammonium	81
Rapid estrogen signaling drives binge drinking	80
Advisory Board and Contents	80
Evolution of collicular cell types, circuits, and modulatory pathways	80
Dopamine’s secret agent: serotonin	79
Basal progenitors as drivers of neocortical expansion	78
Disentangling the roles of circadian rhythms and sleep drive in experimental pain sensitivity	75
α-Synuclein in synaptic function and dysfunction	75
The 'middle-aging' brain	74
DNA repair as a core function of sleep	74
Assessing brain-wide outcomes of dopamine system activation in the living rodent brain	73
Evolutionary neuroanatomical expansion of Broca’s region serving a human-specific function	73
Life without microglia	73
Capturing postpandemic changes in research participants	71
Progranulin function and regulation in the CNS	70
Unravelling consciousness and brain function through the lens of time, space, and information	68
Immune-related neurodegeneration in the midbrain causes pulmonary dysfunction in murine cryptococcal IRIS	68
Interacting cortico-basal ganglia-thalamocortical loops shape behavioral control through cognitive maps and shortcuts	68
Making of BDNF: role of promoters, enhancers, and untranslated regions	67
A large brain adds new types of neurons: Molecular and functional signatures of spindle neurons in the human neocortex	66
Epigenetic biomarkers in neurodegenerative diseases: from molecular signatures to therapeutic targets	64
The lateral thalamus: a bridge between multisensory processing and naturalistic behaviors	64
Integrating innate and learned behavior through brain circuits	62
Integrating and interpreting brain maps	62
Latent-state and model-based learning in PTSD	60
CK2-dependent SK channel dysfunction as contributor to neuronal hyperexcitability in Alzheimer’s disease	60
Advisory Board and Contents	60
Subscription and Copyright Information	59