OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Brain Sciences is 47. 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
New Insight into Selective Serotonin Receptor Agonists in the Central Nervous System, Studied with WAY163909 in Obese and Diabetic Wistar Rats	294
The Relationship between Trauma and Attachment in Burundi’s School-Aged Children	224
Skin Lesions as Signs of Neuroenhancement in Sport	211
Of Orchids and Dandelions: Empathy but Not Sensory Processing Sensitivity Is Associated with Tactile Discrimination Abilities	158
Angioarchitectural Factors Associated with Postoperative Cerebral Infarction in Ischemic Moyamoya Disease	139
Relationships between Affect Recognition, Empathy, Alexithymia, and Co-Occurring Conditions in Autism	127
Selection for Reduced Fear of Humans Changes Brain and Cerebellum Size in Red Junglefowl in Line with Effects of Chicken Domestication	106
Erlotinib Improves the Response of Glioblastoma Cells Resistant to Photodynamic Therapy	96
Impact of Adjunctive VNS on Drug Load, Depression Severity, and Number of Neuromodulatory Maintenance Treatments	92
Qualitative Evaluation of Intracranial Pressure Slopes in Patients Undergoing Brain Death Protocol	86
Systematic Review on the Link between Sleep Bruxism and Systemic Chronic Inflammation	82
Hierarchical Principal Components for Data-Driven Multiresolution fMRI Analyses	81
Pilot-RCT Finds No Evidence for Modulation of Neuronal Networks of Auditory Hallucinations by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation	81
Executive Functions and Language Skills in Preschool Children: The Unique Contribution of Verbal Working Memory and Cognitive Flexibility	78
Adherence and Reactogenicity to Vaccines against SARS-COV-2 in 285 Patients with Neuropathy: A Multicentric Study	77
Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Cortex Coordinates Contextual Mental Imagery for Single-Beat Manipulation during Rhythmic Sensorimotor Synchronization	76
Navigating the Gene Co-Expression Network and Drug Repurposing Opportunities for Brain Disorders Associated with Neurocognitive Impairment	74
A Case Series Study of Weekly or Fortnightly Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) in Major Depressive Disorder	72
Efficient and Accurate Brain Tumor Classification Using Hybrid MobileNetV2–Support Vector Machine for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Diagnostics in Neoplasms	71
Pain Processing in Cognitive Impairment and Its Association with Executive Function and Memory: Which Neurocognitive Factor Takes the Lead?	71
Genomics of Gulf War Illness in U.S. Veterans Who Served during the 1990–1991 Persian Gulf War: Methods and Rationale for Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study #2006	69
The Extended-Sphenoid Ridge Approach: A New Technique for the Surgical Treatment of Skull Base Tumors in Pediatric Patients	68
Revascularization Outcome Prediction for A Direct Aspiration-First Pass Technique (ADAPT) from Pre-Treatment Imaging and Machine Learning	67
Diffusion Tensor Imaging Changes Do Not Affect Long-Term Neurodevelopment following Early Erythropoietin among Extremely Preterm Infants in the Preterm Erythropoietin Neuroprotection Trial	66
Assess of Combinations of Non-Pharmacological Interventions for the Reduction of Irritability in Patients with Dementia and their Caregivers: A Cross-Over RCT	63

An Experimental Study of Subliminal Self-Face Processing in Depersonalization–Derealization Disorder	62
The Application of Complexity Analysis in Brain Blood-Oxygen Signal	62
Hyperactivity in ADHD: Friend or Foe?	60
Mechanisms of Sustained Increases in γ Power Post-Ketamine in a Computational Model of the Hippocampal CA3: Implications for Ketamine’s Antidepressant Mechanism of Action	57
Multiple Types of Developmental Dyslexias in a Shallow Orthography: Principles for Diagnostic Screening in Italian	56
Effects of Resistance Training on Spasticity in People with Stroke: A Systematic Review	54
Comparison of Surgeons’ Assessment of the Extent of Vestibular Schwannoma Resection with Immediate Post Operative and Follow-Up Volumetric MRI Analysis	54
Unexpected Effect of IL-1β on the Function of GABAA Receptors in Pediatric Focal Cortical Dysplasia	53
Combined Effect of tDCS and Motor or Cognitive Activity in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease: A Proof-of-Concept Pilot Study	53
Application of the RDoC Framework to Predict Alcohol Use and Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors among Early Adolescents in the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study	53
Win and Loss Responses in the Monetary Incentive Delay Task Mediate the Link between Depression and Problem Drinking	53
MiniQEEG and Neurofeedback in Diagnosis and Treatment of COVID-19-Related Panic Attacks: A Case Report	52
Clinical Implications of Prominent Cortical Vessels on Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients Treated with Recanalization Therapy	52
The Effects of Intraoperative Hypothermia on Postoperative Cognitive Function in the Rat Hippocampus and Its Possible Mechanisms	51
Selective Stimulus Intensity during Hotspot Search Ensures Faster and More Accurate Preoperative Motor Mapping with nTMS	51
Endolymphatic Hydrops Magnet Resonance Imaging in Ménière’s Disease Patients after Cochlea Implantation	50
Does Body Memory Exist? A Review of Models, Approaches and Recent Findings Useful for Neurorehabilitation	49
Endovascular Treatment of ICAS Patients: Targeting Reperfusion Rather than Residual Stenosis	49
Identification of an IL-4-Related Gene Risk Signature for Malignancy, Prognosis and Immune Phenotype Prediction in Glioma	49
Association of Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome with Sarcopenia and Systemic Inflammation in Pre-Frail Older Adults	48
Ictal Fear or Panic Attack, This Is the Question—A Video–EEG Study	48
Differential Susceptibility or Diathesis-Stress: Testing the Moderating Role of Temperament and Cortisol Levels between Fathers’ Parenting and Children’s Aggressive Behavior	47
Differences in Cerebral Metabolism between Moderate- and High-Severity Groups of Patients with Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Undergoing Target Temperature Management	47
Transcriptomic Profile of Mouse Brain Ageing in Early Developmental Stages	47
Sensitivity to and Control of Distraction: Distractor-Entrained Oscillation and Frontoparietal EEG Gamma Synchronization	47