OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Neurobiology is 36. 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
Editorial Board	288
A metabolic perspective to sleep genetics	182
Nonlinear slow-timescale mechanisms in synaptic plasticity	125
Midbrain KCC2 downregulation: Implications for stress-related and substance use behaviors	120
Biophysical models of intrinsic homeostasis: Firing rates and beyond	115
Statistical neuroscience in the single trial limit	100
Ethological computational psychiatry: Challenges and opportunities	93
Accelerated brain aging with opioid misuse and HIV: New insights on the role of glially derived pro-inflammation mediators and neuronal chloride homeostasis	86
The role of NMDA receptor and neuroligin rare variants in synaptic dysfunction underlying neurodevelopmental disorders	73
Avian pallial circuits and cognition: A comparison to mammals	69
Reconciling neuronal representations of schema, abstract task structure, and categorization under cognitive maps in the entorhinal-hippocampal-frontal circuits	69
Transient oscillations as computations for cognition: Analysis, modeling and function	62
Surprise and novelty in the brain	61
Toward a neuroscience of natural behavior	60
Signaling in autism: Relevance to nutrients and sex	59
Cell type specificity for circuit output in the midbrain dopaminergic system	59
Editorial overview: Molecular neuroscience	58
The basal ganglia are a target for sensorimotor domains in posterior parietal, premotor, and motor cortex in primates	56
Visuomotor coordination and cognitive capacity in blindsight	55
T cell surveillance of Toxoplasma gondii: Basic insights into how T cells operate in the central nervous system	53
Dynamic skin behaviors in cephalopods	51
The neural basis of tactile texture perception	51
Regulatory roles of mitochondria and metabolism in neurogenesis	48
Fast Hebbian plasticity and working memory	47
Proteomics-based synapse characterization: From proteins to circuits	45

Distinct functions of ventral CA1 and dorsal CA2 in social memory	44
Body language signals for rodent social communication	44
From seconds to days: Neural plasticity viewed through a lipid lens	43
Mechanisms of NMDA receptor regulation	43
Release your inhibitions: The cell biology of GABAergic postsynaptic plasticity	39
Dynamic interplay between GABAergic networks and developing neurons in the adult hippocampus	38
The zona incerta in control of novelty seeking and investigation across species	38
The superior colliculus: New insights into an evolutionarily ancient structure	37
Oligodendrocyte-derived transcellular signaling regulates axonal energy metabolism	37
Store-operated Ca2+ entry regulates neuronal gene expression and function	36
“Arc – A viral vector of memory and synaptic plasticity”	36
A neuroethological view of the multifaceted sensory influences on birdsong	36
Molecular basis of somatosensation in insects	36