OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Acta Neuropathologica Communications is 38. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
PINK1/PARKIN signalling in neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation	242
Microglial gene signature reveals loss of homeostatic microglia associated with neurodegeneration of Alzheimer’s disease	151
TNF-mediated neuroinflammation is linked to neuronal necroptosis in Alzheimer's disease hippocampus	122
Macrophages and microglia: the cerberus of glioblastoma	122
High diagnostic performance of independent alpha-synuclein seed amplification assays for detection of early Parkinson’s disease	113
An update on the neurological short tandem repeat expansion disorders and the emergence of long-read sequencing diagnostics	100
Neuroinflammation and protein pathology in Parkinson’s disease dementia	99
Blocking microglial activation of reactive astrocytes is neuroprotective in models of Alzheimer’s disease	99
Iron loading is a prominent feature of activated microglia in Alzheimer’s disease patients	96
Streamlined alpha-synuclein RT-QuIC assay for various biospecimens in Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies	95
Roles of neuropathology-associated reactive astrocytes: a systematic review	89
CGG expansion in NOTCH2NLC is associated with oculopharyngodistal myopathy with neurological manifestations	84
Perspective of mesenchymal transformation in glioblastoma	74
Frequent SLC35A2 brain mosaicism in mild malformation of cortical development with oligodendroglial hyperplasia in epilepsy (MOGHE)	73
The amyloid plaque proteome in early onset Alzheimer’s disease and Down syndrome	72
Altered lipid metabolism marks glioblastoma stem and non-stem cells in separate tumor niches	67
Gut microbial dysbiosis after traumatic brain injury modulates the immune response and impairs neurogenesis	62
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation increases the brain’s drainage efficiency in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease	59
APOE ε4 associates with increased risk of severe COVID-19, cerebral microhaemorrhages and post-COVID mental fatigue: a Finnish biobank, autopsy and clinical study	59
Association between CSF alpha-synuclein seeding activity and genetic status in Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies	56
Neutrophil-vascular interactions drive myeloperoxidase accumulation in the brain in Alzheimer’s disease	53
Performance of αSynuclein RT-QuIC in relation to neuropathological staging of Lewy body disease	50
Trans-synaptic spreading of alpha-synuclein pathology through sensory afferents leads to sensory nerve degeneration and neuropathic pain	48
Tau isoforms are differentially expressed across the hippocampus in chronic traumatic encephalopathy and Alzheimer’s disease	47
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy aggravates perivascular clearance impairment in an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model	46

Ultrasensitive tau biosensor cells detect no seeding in Alzheimer’s disease CSF	45
Reappraisal of metabolic dysfunction in neurodegeneration: Focus on mitochondrial function and calcium signaling	43
Label-free vibrational imaging of different Aβ plaque types in Alzheimer’s disease reveals sequential events in plaque development	43
Age-related changes in brain phospholipids and bioactive lipids in the APP knock-in mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease	43
Synaptic tau: A pathological or physiological phenomenon?	43
Pathological tau drives ectopic nuclear speckle scaffold protein SRRM2 accumulation in neuron cytoplasm in Alzheimer’s disease	41
Alzheimer’s disease brain contains tau fractions with differential prion-like activities	39
Spatially resolved transcriptomics reveals genes associated with the vulnerability of middle temporal gyrus in Alzheimer’s disease	39
Mild traumatic brain injury induces microvascular injury and accelerates Alzheimer-like pathogenesis in mice	38
Human cutaneous neurofibroma matrisome revealed by single-cell RNA sequencing	38
Mitochondrial dysfunction is a key pathological driver of early stage Parkinson’s	38
Aβ oligomers trigger necroptosis-mediated neurodegeneration via microglia activation in Alzheimer’s disease	38
Predictors of cognitive impairment in primary age-related tauopathy: an autopsy study	38