OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Neurological Sciences is 28. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Effects of low-intensity training on the brain and muscle in the congenital muscular dystrophy 1D model	175
The Janus faces of SARS-COV-2 infection in myasthenia gravis and myasthenic crisis	141
Changes in the correlation between substantia nigra hyperechogenicity area and Parkinson’s disease severity at different Hoehn and Yahr stages	100
Nerve conduction study on the split-hand plus index in Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: correlations with lower motor neuron impairment	93
Marked response to levodopa in a patient with multiple system atrophy presenting with orthostatic hypotension: should reduced DAT uptake on DaTSCAN be a criterion for response to levodopa?	72
First case report of anti-AMPA receptor encephalitis presenting with features of parkinsonism	67
Early-onset motor polyneuropathy associated with a novel dominant NAGLU mutation	58
Mindfulness and other behavioral approaches	51
Parkinsonism with prominent neuropsychiatric symptoms without pyramidal involvement in a patient with FBXO7 variants	45
Drug refractory epilepsy in MOGAD: an evolving spectrum	44
Genetic analysis of developmental and epileptic encephalopathy caused by novel biallelic SZT2 gene mutations in three Chinese Han infants: a case series and literature review	44
Characteristics and management of multiple sclerosis patients during the Omicron era: is there a concern about the MS course in the face of the new variant of COVID-19?	39
Uric acid levels and their association with vascular dementia and Parkinson’s disease dementia: a meta-analysis	37
Evaluation of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 through dual-task paradigm: a longitudinal case-controlled study	36
Safety and neutralization antibody levels of inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in adult patients with Myasthenia Gravis: a prospective observational cohort study	36
“Qui la voce sua soave”: “Maria Callas’ dermatomyositis”—art beyond disease and its stigma	36
Ischemic stroke as the initial presentation in acute myeloid leukemia vs. myelodysplastic syndrome: a case report and literature review with pathophysiological and clinical exploration	33
Ulnar neuropathy at elbow with uncommon neurophysiological findings. When the neurophysiology is not clear	33
Brain imaging determinants of functional prognosis after severe endocarditis: a multicenter observational study	33
Serum uric acid and dementia subtype	33
Tumor-like manifestation of central nervous system Scedosporium infection	32
Characteristics and management of Susac syndrome in an emergent country: a multi-center case series from Brazil	31
Improving acute stroke assessment in non-enhanced computed tomography: automated tool for early ischemic lesion volume detection	31
Repetitive nerve stimulation and single-fibre electromyography: a biomarker of response to eculizumab in refractory myasthenia gravis?	31
Pathological changes of the sural nerve in patients with familial episodic pain syndrome	31

Cerebellar vermis hypoplasia and bilateral basal ganglia calcification in maternally inherited diabetes and deafness	30
Speech profile in different clinical PSP phenotypes: an acoustic-perceptual study	29
Just smile or not? A case of isolated smiling tremor	29
Neurological Sciences: a roadmap for the future	28
MuSK myasthenia gravis as a manifestation of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in an HIV-positive patient: a challenging diagnosis and therapeutic approach	28
When the diagnosis is in the patient’s hand and in the neurologist’s eye	28