OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Acta Neuropathologica Communications is 40. 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
PINK1/PARKIN signalling in neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation	204
Microglial gene signature reveals loss of homeostatic microglia associated with neurodegeneration of Alzheimer’s disease	132
Neuronophagia and microglial nodules in a SARS-CoV-2 patient with cerebellar hemorrhage	100
Macrophages and microglia: the cerberus of glioblastoma	99
TNF-mediated neuroinflammation is linked to neuronal necroptosis in Alzheimer's disease hippocampus	93
High diagnostic performance of independent alpha-synuclein seed amplification assays for detection of early Parkinson’s disease	87
Neuroinflammation and protein pathology in Parkinson’s disease dementia	87
Molecular and clinicopathologic features of gliomas harboring NTRK fusions	84
An update on the neurological short tandem repeat expansion disorders and the emergence of long-read sequencing diagnostics	84
Blocking microglial activation of reactive astrocytes is neuroprotective in models of Alzheimer’s disease	81
Biological links between traumatic brain injury and Parkinson’s disease	80
Iron loading is a prominent feature of activated microglia in Alzheimer’s disease patients	80
Streamlined alpha-synuclein RT-QuIC assay for various biospecimens in Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies	79
P53 aggregation, interactions with tau, and impaired DNA damage response in Alzheimer’s disease	77
CGG expansion in NOTCH2NLC is associated with oculopharyngodistal myopathy with neurological manifestations	75
Different effects of constitutive and induced microbiota modulation on microglia in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease	73
Perspective of mesenchymal transformation in glioblastoma	63
Frequent SLC35A2 brain mosaicism in mild malformation of cortical development with oligodendroglial hyperplasia in epilepsy (MOGHE)	61
Altered lipid metabolism marks glioblastoma stem and non-stem cells in separate tumor niches	59
Distinct molecular patterns of TDP-43 pathology in Alzheimer’s disease: relationship with clinical phenotypes	57
Distinct genomic subclasses of high-grade/progressive meningiomas: NF2-associated, NF2-exclusive, and NF2-agnostic	57
Loss of Tdp-43 disrupts the axonal transcriptome of motoneurons accompanied by impaired axonal translation and mitochondria function	55
APOE ε4 associates with increased risk of severe COVID-19, cerebral microhaemorrhages and post-COVID mental fatigue: a Finnish biobank, autopsy and clinical study	54
Gut microbial dysbiosis after traumatic brain injury modulates the immune response and impairs neurogenesis	53
Characterization of the TNF and IL-1 systems in human brain and blood after ischemic stroke	52

Tau Ser208 phosphorylation promotes aggregation and reveals neuropathologic diversity in Alzheimer’s disease and other tauopathies	52
The amyloid plaque proteome in early onset Alzheimer’s disease and Down syndrome	51
Association between CSF alpha-synuclein seeding activity and genetic status in Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies	48
Mild hypoxia triggers transient blood–brain barrier disruption: a fundamental protective role for microglia	47
Identification of a dysfunctional microglial population in human Alzheimer’s disease cortex using novel single-cell histology image analysis	47
Network analysis of the progranulin-deficient mouse brain proteome reveals pathogenic mechanisms shared in human frontotemporal dementia caused by GRN mutations	46
High level MYCN amplification and distinct methylation signature define an aggressive subtype of spinal cord ependymoma	45
Genetic perspective on the synergistic connection between vesicular transport, lysosomal and mitochondrial pathways associated with Parkinson’s disease pathogenesis	45
Towards an improved early diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases: the emerging role of in vitro conversion assays for protein amyloids	44
Roles of neuropathology-associated reactive astrocytes: a systematic review	44
Neutrophil-vascular interactions drive myeloperoxidase accumulation in the brain in Alzheimer’s disease	44
Loss of homeostatic microglial phenotype in CSF1R-related Leukoencephalopathy	43
Persistent elevation of intrathecal pro-inflammatory cytokines leads to multiple sclerosis-like cortical demyelination and neurodegeneration	41
Trans-synaptic spreading of alpha-synuclein pathology through sensory afferents leads to sensory nerve degeneration and neuropathic pain	41
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy aggravates perivascular clearance impairment in an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model	41