OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Nature Reviews Neurology is 59. 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
Lymphatic propagation of α-synuclein	439
Microglia, spreaders of Aβ seeds	389
Transmembrane protein interacts with α-synuclein to confer risk of PD	338
Promising results for antisense RNA therapy in mouse models of diffuse midline glioma	261
Ventricular enlargement caused by aducanumab	252
Getting specific: targeting Fc receptors in myasthenia gravis	230
Brain stimulation aids walking after spinal injury	229
Deciphering nociplastic pain: clinical features, risk factors and potential mechanisms	225
Epstein–Barr virus as a leading cause of multiple sclerosis: mechanisms and implications	211
Global synergistic actions to improve brain health for human development	197
Diagnosis and management of migraine in ten steps	184
Refining oxytocin therapy for autism: context is key	179
Neural cell state shifts and fate loss in ageing and age-related diseases	175
NODDI reveals brain microstructural changes in multiple sclerosis	172
Disease-specific modifications of tau protein	169
Continuous levodopa production by an artificial enzyme	168
CD11c+ macrophages mediate brain-to-gut α-synuclein trafficking	167
The impact of rare genetic variants on Alzheimer disease	166
Spinal muscular atrophy treatment in utero	151
The role of the gut microbiota in multiple sclerosis	150
Mitochondrial DNA instability in Huntington disease	149
Study reveals new ALS risk genes	127
Microglia subset associated with high-grade glioma	125
Rapidly progressive dementias — leukodystrophies as a potentially treatable cause	121
Is post-stroke cognitive impairment all about real estate?	118

The Digitized Memory Clinic	114
TREM2 mediates phagocytosis in glioblastoma	111
Maternal immune activation and neuroinflammation in human neurodevelopmental disorders	111
Imperatives and co-benefits of research into climate change and neurological disease	111
Amyloid-β: a potential link between epilepsy and cognitive decline	105
Ultrasound lets gene therapy into the brain	103
Brain volume is associated with cognition in MS	101
Role for endogenous retrovirus in FTD	100
Menopause influences tau pathology	99
Neurological care for LGBT+ people	98
Amyloid plaques: hotspots for microglial turnover	98
Management of freezing of gait — mechanism-based practical recommendations	97
Psychosis-causing lesions mapped to a hippocampal circuit	94
α-Synuclein pathology as a target in neurodegenerative diseases	93
Neuroinflammation predicts cognitive decline in FTD	89
The challenges of anti-tau therapeutics in Alzheimer disease	89
Blood GFAP as an emerging biomarker in brain and spinal cord disorders	84
Racial differences in the response to multiple sclerosis therapy	83
Gene therapy effective in model of infantile parkinsonism	83
MRI-based deep learning for TLE diagnosis	82
Diversity, equity and inclusion in neurology	80
Brain imaging illuminates cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis	79
APOE ε4 influences Parkinson disease progression	78
Precision neuroimmunology in multiple sclerosis — the horizon is near	72
Author Correction: Viral pathogens increase risk of neurodegenerative disease	72
First trials test targeting of α-synuclein for Parkinson disease	67
Parkinson disease pathology can originate in the kidney	65
Gene therapy for seizures in focal cortical dysplasia	65
New IDEAS about amyloid, race and dementia disparities	64
Evidence for altered astrocyte function in Duchenne muscular dystrophy	64
The noradrenergic subtype of Parkinson disease: from animal models to clinical practice	64
Author Correction: Why won’t it stop? The dynamics of benzodiazepine resistance in status epilepticus	63
Food is brain medicine — relevance and translation to neurology	62
Neurosteroids alleviate seizures in rats	61
Glymphatic dysfunction in PD clinical progression	59