OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Brain Sciences is 50. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Enhancing Hand Sensorimotor Function in Individuals with Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: A Novel Tactile Discrimination Feedback Approach Using a Multiple-Baseline Design	461
Skin Lesions as Signs of Neuroenhancement in Sport	189
Central Serotonin/Noradrenaline Transporter Availability and Treatment Success in Patients with Obesity	157
In Vivo Basilar Membrane Time Delays in Humans	146
Language Outcomes of Children Born Very Preterm in Relation to Early Maternal Depression and Anxiety	142
Identification of an IL-4-Related Gene Risk Signature for Malignancy, Prognosis and Immune Phenotype Prediction in Glioma	141
Characterizing Topological Properties of Brain Functional Networks Using Multi-Threshold Derivative for End-Stage Renal Disease with Mild Cognitive Impairment	138
Differences in Cerebral Metabolism between Moderate- and High-Severity Groups of Patients with Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Undergoing Target Temperature Management	122
Comparison of Surgeons’ Assessment of the Extent of Vestibular Schwannoma Resection with Immediate Post Operative and Follow-Up Volumetric MRI Analysis	108
Could Vulnerability to Motion Sickness and Chronic Pain Coexist within a Sensorimotor Phenotype? Insights from over 500 Pre-Pain Motion Sickness Reports	101
Postoperative Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis Following a Retrosigmoid Craniotomy—A Clinical and Radiological Analysis	99
Exoscopic Microsurgery: A Change of Paradigm in Brain Tumor Surgery? Comparison with Standard Operative Microscope	97
Endolymphatic Hydrops Magnet Resonance Imaging in Ménière’s Disease Patients after Cochlea Implantation	94
The Extended-Sphenoid Ridge Approach: A New Technique for the Surgical Treatment of Skull Base Tumors in Pediatric Patients	83
Beliefs in Right Hemisphere Syndromes: From Denial to Distortion	80
New Insight into Selective Serotonin Receptor Agonists in the Central Nervous System, Studied with WAY163909 in Obese and Diabetic Wistar Rats	80
Understanding the Role of Loneliness in the Relationships Between Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms and Both Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms Among University Students: A Mediation Analysis	79
Plumbagin Improves Cognitive Function via Attenuating Hippocampal Inflammation in Valproic Acid-Induced Autism Model	78
A Study of the Central Motor Drives Interactions Between the Eyes, and an Index Finger, and a Little Finger	75
Sleep Benefits Prose Memory Consolidation in University Students	74
I Got Rhythm and Executive Function, Memory, and More: The Automated Test of Embodied Cognition (ATEC)	71
Binaural Pulse Modulation (BPM) as an Adjunctive Treatment for Anxiety: A Pilot Study	70
The Effects of Deep Brain Stimulation on Balance in Parkinson’s Disease as Measured Using Posturography—A Narrative Review	69
Mood Stabilizers for Treating Emotional Dysregulation in Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) with or Without Comorbid Bipolar Spectrum Disorders	69
Analysis of Epilepsy Treatment Strategies Based on an Astrocyte–Neuron-Coupled Network Model	67

Papain Affects the Percentage and Morphology of Microglia in Hippocampal Neuron–Glial Cultures	66
Idea Density and Grammatical Complexity as Neurocognitive Markers	65
Associations Among Developmental Coordination Disorder Traits, Neurodevelopmental Difficulties and University Personality Inventory Scores in Undergraduate Students at a Japanese National University:	64
A Multi-Branch Network for Integrating Spatial, Spectral, and Temporal Features in Motor Imagery EEG Classification	60
Effectiveness of Telepsychotherapy Versus Face-to-Face Psychological Intervention for Perinatal Anxiety and Depressive Symptomatology During COVID-19: The Case of an Italian Perinatal Psychological Ca	59
Interaction Between α-Synuclein and DJ-1 in Parkinson’s Disease	59
Dopamine Concentration Changes Associated with the Retrodialysis of Methylone and 3,4-Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) into the Caudate Putamen	59
The McGurk Illusion: A Default Mechanism of the Auditory System	58
The Relationship between Trauma and Attachment in Burundi’s School-Aged Children	57
Erlotinib Improves the Response of Glioblastoma Cells Resistant to Photodynamic Therapy	56
Combined Effect of tDCS and Motor or Cognitive Activity in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease: A Proof-of-Concept Pilot Study	55
What Drives Animal Fluency Performance in Cantonese-Speaking Chinese Patients with Adult-Onset Psychosis?	55
Neuropsychological Abnormalities Associated with Alcohol Dependence During Long-Term Rehabilitation Treatment of German Inpatients	55
Association of Income with Post-Stroke Cognition and the Underlying Neuroanatomical Mechanism	55
Enhancing Inhibitory Control in Older Adults: A Biofeedback Study	54
Microsurgical Clipping of Unruptured Middle Cerebral Artery Bifurcation Aneurysms: A Single-Center Experience	54
Real-Time fMRI Neurofeedback Training of Selective Attention in Older Adults	53
Relationships between Affect Recognition, Empathy, Alexithymia, and Co-Occurring Conditions in Autism	52
Transcriptomic Profile of Mouse Brain Ageing in Early Developmental Stages	52
Associations between Total Atherosclerosis Burden of Baroreceptor-Resident Arteries and ECG Abnormalities after Acute Ischemic Stroke	51
Mobile Typing as a Window into Sensorimotor and Cognitive Function	50
Hierarchical Principal Components for Data-Driven Multiresolution fMRI Analyses	50
Exploring the Relationship between Abnormal Communication Efficiency of Cerebral Cortex and Multiple Cognitive Functions in Mild Subcortical Stroke: A Resting-State fMRI Study	50
Ictal Fear or Panic Attack, This Is the Question—A Video–EEG Study	50
Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Cortex Coordinates Contextual Mental Imagery for Single-Beat Manipulation during Rhythmic Sensorimotor Synchronization	50