OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nature Reviews Neuroscience is 24. 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
Offspring attachment	416
Sensory cortex quashes subcortical escape instinct	409
Give and take	304
(New neurons) singing in the avian brain	297
Avoiding interpretational pitfalls in fluorescence imaging of the brain	292
Quantifying postsynaptic receptor dynamics: insights into synaptic function	289
Top-down and bottom-up neuroscience: overcoming the clash of research cultures	232
Environmental decision neuroscience connects the brain to climate action	218
The neuronal circuits and cellular encoding of thermosensation	198
When linguistic dogma rejects a neuroscientific hypothesis	197
Neuroferroptosis in health and diseases	194
The language network as a natural kind within the broader landscape of the human brain	184
Rewarding astrocytes	178
The power of direct observation: discovery of REM sleep	176
Inflammation alters cognition after cancer immunotherapy	174
From local APP expression to network dysfunction	157
How witnessing distress alters resilience	157
Indirect neurogenesis in space and time	156
Brain mitochondria as key drivers of cognition and behaviour	153
Time, space, memory and brain–body rhythms	146
Understanding neural circuit function through synaptic engineering	139
The cognitive impact of light: illuminating ipRGC circuit mechanisms	135
Astrocyte engulfment	132
Cilia make connections	126
Benefit worth the cost	121

Tightening synaptic relations	120
Network models to enhance the translational impact of cross-species studies	119
Causal prominence for neuroscience	119
The neural bases for timing of durations	117
Consequences of trisomy 21 for brain development in Down syndrome	117
Brain network communication: concepts, models and applications	111
Post-injury pain and behaviour: a control theory perspective	110
Structure–function coupling in macroscale human brain networks	108
Neuronal maturation and axon regeneration: unfixing circuitry to enable repair	104
Striatal shaping of hypothalamic control	101
To fire or not to fire: decisions mediated by localized processing and dendritic spikes	100
A metabotropic receptor for glycine	99
Opening the gate to regeneration	95
Reply to ‘The language network is topographically diverse and driven by rapid syntactic inferences’	93
Reply to ‘Fear, anxiety and the functional architecture of the human central extended amygdala’	92
Cueing motivation	90
The short and long pathways to memory	89
Central neural circuits underlying itch sensation	86
The emergence of NeuroAI: bridging neuroscience and artificial intelligence	84
Redefining the central pattern generator for vertebrate locomotion	82
Reply to ‘Boundary issues for multidimensional frameworks of representation’	82
Reconstructing computational system dynamics from neural data with recurrent neural networks	78
Early adversity alters brain architecture and increases susceptibility to mental health disorders	74
The brain’s action-mode network	74
Brain on standby — how torpor made ‘tauopathy’ reversible	72
Peroxidation protectors	72
The plasticitome of cortical interneurons	71
Using human 3D organoid models to gain mechanistic insight in motor neuron diseases	71
From compulsivity to compulsion: the neural basis of compulsive disorders	69
Examining the biological causes of eating disorders to inform treatment strategies	65
Joint modelling of brain and behaviour dynamics with artificial intelligence	65
Endothelial cells as key players in cerebral small vessel disease	64
CaMKII: a central molecular organizer of synaptic plasticity, learning and memory	63
Structural MRI of brain similarity networks	63
Reply to ‘Language is widely distributed throughout the brain’	61
Switching into a dissociated state	61
Barriers and brain fog	59
Facial expressions reveal inner cognitive processes	59
Towards single-cell-resolution global maps of mammalian brains	58
Schizophrenia genomics: genetic complexity and functional insights	56
An intriguing role of repeat-element RNAs in nerve injury repair	54
Integrated cardio-behavioural defensive states	54
Skill switching	54
A biophysical perspective on the resilience of neuronal excitability across timescales	54
Controlling communication	54
Remapping revisited: how the hippocampus represents different spaces	54
Concept cells and social memory: the abstract representation of familiar individuals	52
‘Magic’ mechanisms underlie psilocybin’s effects in chronic pain	52
Linking activity dyshomeostasis and sleep disturbances in Alzheimer disease	51
Central regulation of stress-evoked peripheral immune responses	50

A neuronal subcompartment view of ATP production	49
Species differences	44
Caught in a trap	44
Neurogenic signatures of cognitive decline and resilience	43
Regulating intestinal immunity	43
A unifying perspective on neural manifolds and circuits for cognition	42
Reply to ‘Post-encounter freezing during approach–avoidance conflict: the role of the hippocampus’	42
The gatekeeper of ongoing pain: an endogenous analgesic circuit that prioritizes survival	42
Astrocyte contribution to dysfunction, risk and progression in neurodegenerative disorders	41
Fly connectome over the wire	40
Correcting early circuit errors	39
Coding corners	39
Reply to ‘Musical neurodynamics and the ‘inner voice’’	38
Psilocybin shapes neural plasticity in selective brain networks	38
Human hippocampal circuit characterization	38
Reply to ‘Top-down and bottom-up neuroscience as collections of practices’	38
Mechanics of amyloid clearance	37
Gene therapy for CNS disorders: modalities, delivery and translational challenges	36
The neurobiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection	35
Connectome-based modelling of neurodegenerative diseases: towards precision medicine and mechanistic insight	34
Immune dysfunction in Alzheimer disease	33
Multi-timescale neural dynamics for multisensory integration	32
A tripartite view of the posterior cingulate cortex	32
Multiple system atrophy: at the crossroads of cellular, molecular and genetic mechanisms	31
Lipid metabolism, remodelling and intercellular transfer in the CNS	30
Saccades can modulate auditory brain networks	29
Sleep–wake regulation by baroreflex circuitry	29
Circuit control of competition	28
Astrocyte antennae	28
Losing sleep in heart disease	28
Twenty-five years of covering neuroscience	27
Functional diversity of amacrine cells	27
Going offline to enhance memory during sleep	25
Author Correction: The transition to motherhood: linking hormones, brain and behaviour	25
Clarifying the conceptual dimensions of representation in neuroscience	25
Musical neurodynamics and the ‘inner voice’	25
Towards an informational account of interpersonal coordination	25
The vascular contribution to cognitive decline in ageing and dementia	24
Neuroimmune mechanisms and therapies mediating post-ischaemic brain injury and repair	24