OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Physics of Life Reviews is 2. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Is temporo-spatial dynamics the “common currency” of brain and mind? In Quest of “Spatiotemporal Neuroscience”	125
Morphogenesis as Bayesian inference: A variational approach to pattern formation and control in complex biological systems	72
The sense of should: A biologically-based framework for modeling social pressure	61
Networks behind the morphology and structural design of living systems	57
The art of adapting to extreme environments: The model system Pseudoalteromonas	51
From genotypes to organisms: State-of-the-art and perspectives of a cornerstone in evolutionary dynamics	51
Spatiotemporal neuroscience – what is it and why we need it	50
Mathematical models for dengue fever epidemiology: A 10-year systematic review	48
Reputation and reciprocity	42
Dynamic and thermodynamic models of adaptation	41
How particular is the physics of the free energy principle?	41
The Markov blanket trick: On the scope of the free energy principle and active inference	40
Laws of nature that define biological action and perception	37
Impacts of climate change on vegetation pattern: Mathematical modeling and data analysis	32
Blind alleys and fruitful pathways in the comparative study of cultural cognition	32
Improving cancer treatments via dynamical biophysical models	31
Mineral self-organization on a lifeless planet	28
Path integrals, particular kinds, and strange things	26
A systematic framework of creative metacognition	24
Prebiotic chemistry and origins of life research with atomistic computer simulations	23
An elegant nano-injection machinery for sabotaging the host: Role of Type III secretion system in virulence of different human and animal pathogenic bacteria	22
Belowground feedbacks as drivers of spatial self-organization and community assembly	22
The growth of cognition: Free energy minimization and the embryogenesis of cortical computation	21
Left and right temporal-parietal junctions (TPJs) as “match/mismatch” hedonic machines: A unifying account of TPJ function	21
Creativity, information, and consciousness: The information dynamics of thinking	21

Insoluble organic matter in chondrites: Archetypal melanin-like PAH-based multifunctionality at the origin of life?	18
Consonance and dissonance perception. A critical review of the historical sources, multidisciplinary findings, and main hypotheses	18
Can we really ‘read’ art to see the changing brain? A review and empirical assessment of clinical case reports and published artworks for systematic evidence of quality and style changes linked to dam	18
Beyond simple laboratory studies: Developing sophisticated models to study rich behavior	16
Unified representation of Life's basic properties by a 3-species Stochastic Cubic Autocatalytic Reaction-Diffusion system of equations	15
Musical engagement as a duet of tight synchrony and loose interpretability	14
Motor invariants in action execution and perception	14
An active inference model of hierarchical action understanding, learning and imitation	13
Knowledge gaps and missing links in understanding mass extinctions: Can mathematical modeling help?	13
What is life? Active particles tools towards behavioral dynamics in social-biology and economics	11
Plant-soil feedback as a driver of spatial structure in ecosystems	10
The evolution of social timing	10
What would a synthetic connectome look like?	10
To copy or not to copy? That is the question! From chimpanzees to the foundation of human technological culture	10
Collective fluctuation implies imminent state transition	9
The distinguishing electrical properties of cancer cells	9
Structure and function in artificial, zebrafish and human neural networks	9
Mechanotransduction in tumor dynamics modeling	9
Markov blankets are general physical interaction surfaces	8
Advances in pulsed electric stimuli as a physical method for treating liquid foods	8
Visual mental imagery: Evidence for a heterarchical neural architecture	7
Critical transition across the Waddington landscape as an interpretative model	5
Living on the edge – practical information geometry for studying the emergence and propagation of life forms	5
Disorders of morphogenesis as disorders of inference	5
Sparse coupling and Markov blankets	5
Combining dynamic modeling with machine learning can be the key for the integration of mathematical and clinical oncology	5
Control of movement of underwater swimmers: Animals, simulated animates and swimming robots	4
It is useful to analyze correlation graphs	4
Computational models and neural bases of statistical learning in music and language	4
Chimpanzee culture in context	4
Integrating variational approaches to pattern formation into a deeper physics	4
Uncovering the spatiotemporal scales of common neuro-mental constructs	4
Boundary versus enabling conditions for the origins of life	4
Aromatic patterns: Tryptophan aromaticity as a catalyst for the emergence of life and rise of consciousness	4
Mentalising allostasis: The sense that I should eat	4
Spatial pattern formation, community assembly and resilience	4
At the crossroad of the search for spontaneous radiation and the Orch OR consciousness theory	4
Computational creativity beyond machine learning	4
Inferential dynamics	4
Escaping a blind alley: The ZLS as a ‘cultural crucible’?	3
From neural noise to co-adaptability: Rethinking the multifaceted architecture of motor variability	3
The statistical mechanics of life	3
Does the brain behave like a (complex) network? I. Dynamics	3
Can a mathematical model of mass extinctions do without environmental noise?	3
Laws of nature in action, perception and thinking	3
Building models, testing models: Asymmetric roles of SLF III networks?	3
The rise of computer modeling in prebiotic chemistry	3
Cognition coming about: Self-organisation and free-energy	3
Very particular: Comment on “How particular is the physics of the free energy principle?”	3
Synchronization, free energy and the embryogenesis of the cortex	3

Focusing on relevant data and correcting misconceptions reaffirms the ape ZLS	3
‘Phase transitions’ in bacteria – From structural transitions in free living bacteria to phenotypic transitions in bacteria within biofilms	3
The inner speech of the IDyOT	3
Hints from statistical physics and graph theory to build synthetic connectomes	2
Bridging neurodegenerative diseases and artistic expressivity: The significance of testable models and causal inference	2
Cultural evolution in the science of culture and cultural evolution	2
A new perspective on cooperation through the lens of Parrondo's paradox	2
Energy dissipation and storage in adaptation and homeostasis	2
Functional asymmetry and the consequences of action	2
An atomistic approach to prebiotic chemistry: A tool to overcome the limits of laboratory simulations	2
The epistemic value of conformity	2
Computational investigation of the primordial soup	2
Advancements in non-invasive microwave brain stimulation: A comprehensive survey	2
Comment on “The growth of cognition: Free energy minimization and the embryogenesis of cortical computation”	2
Network models of biological adaptation at the molecular scale	2
Some minimal notes on notation and minima	2
What animal cultures may beget: Comment on “Blind alleys and fruitful pathways in the comparative study of cultural cognition” by Andrew Whiten	2
Beyond connectionism: A neuronal dance of ephaptic and synaptic interactions	2
Adaptation through the lens of single-cell multi-omics data	2
What kind of explanation is the constructing and coasting strategy?	2
The riddle of TPJ function in language processing	2
Origins, transitions, and traces of life	2
Combining inter-areal, mesoscopic, and neurodynamic models of cortical function	2
Vocal similarity theory and the biology of musical tonality	2
Aging, Inflammaging and Adaptation	2
Regarding flows under the free energy principle	2
How to distinguish between referent configuration and internal models hypotheses of motor control?	2
The nonequilibrium boundaries of living systems	2
Changes in style as a diagnostic medical tool or a way to study creativity in art?	2
Addressing misconceptions on Latent Solution tests	2
Cancer modelling as fertile ground for new mathematical challenges	2
How should the political animals of the 21st century feel?	2
Variational free energy, individual fitness, and population dynamics under acute stress	2
Prescriptive, descriptive or predictive models: What approach should be taken when empirical data is limited? Reply to comments on “Mathematical models for Dengue fever epidemiology: A 10-year systema	2
A test run of the free energy principle: All for naught?	2
Situating and extending the sense of should	2
Information-theoretic characterization of the complete genotype-phenotype map of a complex pre-biotic world	2
Ensemble of correlation, parenclitic and synolitic graphs as a tool to detect universal changes in complex biological systems	2