OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nature Reviews Neuroscience is 27. 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
Offspring attachment	625
Closure with connexins	368
(New neurons) singing in the avian brain	307
Give and take	266
Avoiding interpretational pitfalls in fluorescence imaging of the brain	266
Sensory cortex quashes subcortical escape instinct	258
When linguistic dogma rejects a neuroscientific hypothesis	249
Quantifying postsynaptic receptor dynamics: insights into synaptic function	236
Macroautophagy in CNS health and disease	217
Taking stock of value in the orbitofrontal cortex	209
Freezing revisited: coordinated autonomic and central optimization of threat coping	179
The language network as a natural kind within the broader landscape of the human brain	153
The power of direct observation: discovery of REM sleep	149
Shining a light on pain	149
Rewarding astrocytes	146
Size matters	145
Dynamic influences on the neural encoding of social valence	143
Indirect neurogenesis in space and time	137
How witnessing distress alters resilience	136
From local APP expression to network dysfunction	135
Understanding neural circuit function through synaptic engineering	135
The cognitive impact of light: illuminating ipRGC circuit mechanisms	133
Promoting growth through fusion	130
Astrocyte engulfment	128
Cilia make connections	128

Causal prominence for neuroscience	126
Network models to enhance the translational impact of cross-species studies	123
Consequences of trisomy 21 for brain development in Down syndrome	123
The neural bases for timing of durations	122
Measuring mental alertness	122
Benefit worth the cost	120
Tightening synaptic relations	118
Post-injury pain and behaviour: a control theory perspective	114
Networking brainstem and basal ganglia circuits for movement	113
Brain network communication: concepts, models and applications	108
Neuronal maturation and axon regeneration: unfixing circuitry to enable repair	103
Structure–function coupling in macroscale human brain networks	101
Striatal shaping of hypothalamic control	99
To fire or not to fire: decisions mediated by localized processing and dendritic spikes	99
The short and long pathways to memory	98
A metabotropic receptor for glycine	97
Opening the gate to regeneration	95
Reply to ‘The language network is topographically diverse and driven by rapid syntactic inferences’	93
Brain vulnerability and viability after ischaemia	87
Reconstructing computational system dynamics from neural data with recurrent neural networks	86
Reply to ‘Fear, anxiety and the functional architecture of the human central extended amygdala’	86
The brain’s action-mode network	84
TRP channels: a journey towards a molecular understanding of pain	83
Place-cell crowd control	83
Endothelial cells as key players in cerebral small vessel disease	81
The plasticitome of cortical interneurons	81
CaMKII: a central molecular organizer of synaptic plasticity, learning and memory	79
Null models in network neuroscience	78
Structural MRI of brain similarity networks	78
Sex differences in anxiety and depression: circuits and mechanisms	77
From compulsivity to compulsion: the neural basis of compulsive disorders	75
Innovations and advances in modelling and measuring pain in animals	72
The probabilistic model of Alzheimer disease: the amyloid hypothesis revised	72
Growth mechanics	71
Bodily balancing of fear	71
Switching into a dissociated state	70
Ectopic activation	70
Reply to ‘Language is widely distributed throughout the brain’	69
Linking human behaviour to brain structure: further challenges and possible solutions	67
Barriers and brain fog	66
Remapping revisited: how the hippocampus represents different spaces	64
Schizophrenia genomics: genetic complexity and functional insights	62
A biophysical perspective on the resilience of neuronal excitability across timescales	61
Neocortical circuits in pain and pain relief	60
The neural mechanisms of manual dexterity	59
Social switches	56
Pericytes pass the leptin	55
Controlling communication	55
Integrated cardio-behavioural defensive states	54
Social ranking	54

Too excited to sleep	53
Concept cells and social memory: the abstract representation of familiar individuals	53
A neuronal subcompartment view of ATP production	50
Skill switching	49
Linking activity dyshomeostasis and sleep disturbances in Alzheimer disease	49
Central regulation of stress-evoked peripheral immune responses	48
New model jellyfish?	46
Species differences	45
Caught in a trap	44
Neural tuning and representational geometry	43
On the relationship between maps and domains in inferotemporal cortex	43
Reply to ‘Post-encounter freezing during approach–avoidance conflict: the role of the hippocampus’	43
A unifying perspective on neural manifolds and circuits for cognition	42
Astrocyte contribution to dysfunction, risk and progression in neurodegenerative disorders	41
Correcting early circuit errors	40
Publisher Correction: Navigating for reward	37
Fly connectome over the wire	37
Coding corners	36
A synaptic mismatch	35
Why public engagement is important for neuroscientists	35
Mechanics of amyloid clearance	35
Repairing nerve damage	34
A peptidergic disinhibitory microcircuit	34
Coordinating early activity	34
A nice touch	33
A new class of hub	33
How to doze while in danger	32
Human hippocampal circuit characterization	31
Lipid metabolism, remodelling and intercellular transfer in the CNS	31
Multiple system atrophy: at the crossroads of cellular, molecular and genetic mechanisms	30
The sympathetic nervous system in development and disease	30
The role of inhibitory circuits in hippocampal memory processing	30
Emerging roles for CNS fibroblasts in health, injury and disease	29
The neurobiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection	29
Multi-timescale neural dynamics for multisensory integration	28
Gene therapy for CNS disorders: modalities, delivery and translational challenges	28
A tripartite view of the posterior cingulate cortex	28
Connectome-based modelling of neurodegenerative diseases: towards precision medicine and mechanistic insight	28
Interspecies differences	27
The sounds of breathing	27
Sleep–wake regulation by baroreflex circuitry	27
Saccades can modulate auditory brain networks	27