OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Neurophotonics is 6. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Taking the lid off ambitions for optical imaging of the human brain: a conversation with Clare Elwell	138
The Ten Commandments of Everyday Leadership	73
Special Section Guest Editorial: Imaging Neuroimmune, Neuroglial, and Neurovascular Interfaces	64
Fluorescent sensors for intracellular signaling in the brain: imaging neurons, glia, and vascular cells	54
Phantom for standardization in functional near-infrared spectroscopy, part 1: implementation and usage	48
Observation of cortical state–based learning in infants in a functional near-infrared spectroscopy paradigm	46
Transport in the brain studied with in vivo two-photon microscopy: the impact of spatial and temporal resolution	42
Review of cocaine-induced brain vascular and cellular function changes measured in vivo with optical imaging	32
Evaluation of cerebral microcirculation in a mouse model of systemic inflammation	31
Important role of the right hemisphere in post-stroke cognitive impairment: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study	28
Spiral laser scanning photoacoustic microscopy for functional brain imaging in rats	28
Early screening model for mild cognitive impairment based on resting-state functional connectivity: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study	27
Assessment of residual awareness in patients with disorders of consciousness using functional near-infrared spectroscopy–based connectivity: a pilot study	26
Voltage imaging in zebrafish using high-speed light-sheet microscopy	26
Rapid axially scanned and de-scanned line-scan confocal microscopy with a tunable acoustic gradient index of refraction lens for high-speed volumetric in vivo imaging	26
Shedding light on functional near-infrared spectroscopy and open science practices	25
Site-specific effects of 800- and 850-nm forehead transcranial photobiomodulation on prefrontal bilateral connectivity and unilateral coupling in young adults	25
Portable six-channel laser speckle system for simultaneous measurement of cerebral blood flow and volume with potential applications in characterization of brain injury	25
Systematic review of fNIRS studies reveals inconsistent chromophore data reporting practices	24
Altered functional connectivity after pilocarpine-induced seizures revealed by intrinsic optical signals imaging in awake mice	23
Detectability of hemodynamic oscillations in cerebral cortex through functional near-infrared spectroscopy: a simulation study	21
Special Section Guest Editorial: Frontiers in Neurophotonics	20
Combined optical coherence tomography and electroretinography system for imaging neurovascular coupling in the human retina	18
Two-point calibration protocol for the Förster Resonance Energy Transfer indicator Pyronic in neurons	18
Cerebral blood flow and energy demand: imaging insights into neurovascular function	17

Imaging the brain in action: a motorized optical rotary joint for wide field fibroscopy in freely moving animals	17
Investigating the effect of channel pruning on functional near-infrared spectroscopy data collected from children aged 5 to 24 months	17
Special Section Guest Editorial: Hybrid Photonic/X Neurointerfaces	17
Improving interference control without conflict exposure: prefrontal fNIRS-decoded neurofeedback training	16
Implantable photonic nano-modulators open perspectives for advanced optical interfaces with deep brain areas	15
Maternal anxiety shapes prediction error responses in the infant brain	15
Dual-slope imaging of cerebral hemodynamics with frequency-domain near-infrared spectroscopy	15
ninjaCap: a fully customizable and 3D printable headgear for functional near-infrared spectroscopy and electroencephalography brain imaging	15
Technical development of two-photon optogenetic stimulation and its potential application to brain–machine interfaces	15
Mapping functional connectivity in the pigeon brain with wide-field optical imaging	15
Explainable fNIRS-based pain decoding under pharmacological conditions via deep transfer learning approach	14
Curiosity as compass: a conversation with David Attwell	14
Neurophotonics book club: “The Secret of Secrets” by Dan Brown – a thought-provoking twist on a famous neuroscience controversy	14
Comprehensive software suite for functional analysis and synaptic input mapping of dendritic spines imaged in vivo	14
Zika virus encephalitis causes transient reduction of functional cortical connectivity	14
Acute hypoxia elicits prefrontal oxygenation asymmetry in young adults	13
Quantitative simulation of near-infrared light treatment for Alzheimer’s disease using patient-individualized optical-parametric phantoms	13
Imaging of post-synaptic membrane trafficking in neuronal dendrites: progress, limitations, and new developments	13
In vivo volumetric analysis of retinal vascular hemodynamics in mice with spatio-temporal optical coherence tomography	13
Secret ingredients that can boost the flavor of your ideas	12
Voltage imaging as a window into neural computation	12
All-optical observation on activity-dependent nanoscale dynamics of myelinated axons	11
Real-time monitoring of wavelet-based neurovascular coupling in neonates with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy using an hourly time window	11
Controlling the familywise error rate in widefield optical neuroimaging of functional connectivity in mice	11
Contribution of optical resolution to the spatial precision of two-photon optogenetic photostimulation in vivo	11
Emerging panorama of functional near-infrared spectroscopy in Latin America	11
Chasing cortical behavior: designing multiphoton microscopes for imaging neuronal populations in freely moving rodents	11
Preictal neuronal and vascular activity precedes the onset of childhood absence seizure: direct current potential shifts and their correlation with hemodynamic activity	11
Cellular-resolution OCT reveals layer-specific retinal mosaics and ganglion cell degeneration in mouse retina in vivo	11
Depth-sensitive assessment of cerebral blood flow and low-frequency oscillations after traumatic brain injury in mice using time-domain diffuse correlation spectroscopy	10
Reproducibility of infant fNIRS studies: a meta-analytic approach (Erratum)	10
Pulsatile microvascular cerebral blood flow waveforms change with intracranial compliance and age	10
On curiosity, neuroscience, and building interdisciplinary bridges: a conversation with Dr. Anna Roe	10
Tonotopic organization in the basal region of the ventromedial nucleus of the thalamus revealed by fiber photometry recording	10
2023 List of Reviewers	10
Machines, mathematics, and modules: the potential to provide real-time metrics for pain under anesthesia	9
Understanding variability in full-term newborns’ fNIRS data: the impact of birth weight and gestational age on infants’ speech perception abilities	9
Optical attenuation coefficient decorrelation-based optical coherence tomography angiography for microvascular evaluation of Alzheimer’s disease on mice	9
Taste for discovery: a conversation with neuroscientist Serge Charpak	9
Recent advances in bioluminescent probes for neurobiology	9
Tone disruptions in Mandarin post-stroke aphasia: an fNIRS study on Broca’s area using the auditory oddball paradigm	9
Characterizing vascular function in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease, atherosclerosis, and mixed Alzheimer’s and atherosclerosis	9
Disrupted functional connectivity during stroke recovery revealed via bedside optical neuroimaging	9
Warriors of Science: Ukraine’s Academic Endeavors	9
Introduction to the Neurophotonics Special Issue “Imaging Brain Metabolism and Neuroenergetics”	9
Introduction to the shared near infrared spectroscopy format	9
Light, questions, probes: Valentina Emiliani on combining disciplines for neurophotonics	9
Erratum: Transcranial optical monitoring for detecting intracranial pressure alterations in children with benign external hydrocephalus: a proof-of-concept study	9
Behavioral modeling and neuroimaging of impaired risky decision making in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain	9
Using spectral derivatives to remove the influence of hair on optical images of the static absorbing properties of tissue-like turbid media	8

DDeep3M+: adaptive enhancement powered weakly supervised learning for neuron segmentation	8
Comparison of optical measurements of critical closing pressure acquired before and during induced ventricular arrhythmia in adults	8
Brain imaging across scales: an interview with Prof. Mark Schnitzer	8
Neurophotonics beyond the surface: unmasking the brain’s complexity exploiting optical scattering	8
Zebrafish brain atlases: a collective effort for a tiny vertebrate brain	8
Visible-light optical coherence tomography and its applications	8
How the heterogeneity of the severely injured brain affects hybrid diffuse optical signals: case examples and guidelines	8
Tracing neurovascular pathways: a conversation with Martin Lauritzen	7
Fiber photometry-based investigation of brain function and dysfunction	7
Wide-field fluorescence navigation system for efficient miniature multiphoton imaging in freely behaving animals	7
GRINtrode: a neural implant for simultaneous two-photon imaging and extracellular electrophysiology in freely moving animals	7
Microprisms enable enhanced throughput and resolution for longitudinal tracking of neuronal ensembles in deep brain structures	7
Quantitative analysis of lipofuscin in neurodegenerative diseases using serial sectioning two-photon microscopy and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy	7
Combining membrane potential and calcium imaging in brain slices using the voltage-sensitive dye ElectroFluor630 and the calcium indicator Calbryte520	7
Ecological functional near-infrared spectroscopy in mobile children: using short separation channels to correct for systemic contamination during naturalistic neuroimaging	7
Diffuse correlation spectroscopy: current status and future outlook	7
Effect of sleep stage on patterns of fNIRS hemodynamic response to auditory paradigms in 1-month-old Gambian and UK infants	7
Mid-infrared photoacoustic brain imaging enabled by cascaded gas-filled hollow-core fiber lasers	6
Neurovascular coupling over cortical brain areas and resting state network connectivity with and without rigidified carotid artery	6
Brain network evolution in late preterm to term infants: a near-infrared spectroscopy imaging study	6
Open-source modular field-programmable gate array system for two-photon mesoscope enabling multiarea, multidepth neural activity recording and lifetime imaging	6
NIRS frequency analysis to evaluate cerebrovascular reactivity after acute brain injury	6
Intrinsic, widefield optical imaging of hemodynamics in rodent models of Alzheimer’s disease and neurological injury	6
Reproducibility of a time-resolved NIRS, multidistance diffuse correlation spectroscopy system: towards noninvasive longitudinal neuromonitoring	6
Recent advances and challenges in the use of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing for understanding neuronal cell biology	6
Exploring the impact of pre-anastomosis cerebral microcirculation on cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome in superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery bypass surgery of moyamoya disease	6
Versatile software and hardware combo enabling photon counting acquisition and real-time display for multiplexing, 2D and continuous 3D two-photon imaging applications	6
Using depth-enhanced diffuse correlation spectroscopy and near-infrared spectroscopy to isolate cerebral hemodynamics during transient hypotension	6
Label-free photoacoustic computed tomography of visually evoked responses in the primary visual cortex and four subcortical retinorecipient nuclei of anesthetized mice	6
Computer vision–guided open-source active commutator for neural imaging in freely behaving animals	6
In vivo characterization of cerebrovascular impairment induced by amyloid β peptide overload in glymphatic clearance system using swept-source optical coherence tomography	6
2024 List of Reviewers	6
Repeated transcranial photobiomodulation improves working memory of healthy older adults: behavioral outcomes of poststimulation including a three-week follow-up	6
Revisiting equivalent optical properties for cerebrospinal fluid to improve diffusion-based modeling accuracy in the brain	6
Data-driven wavelet coherence approach to assess neurovascular coupling in neonatal hypoxic–ischemic encephalopathy	6
Foundry-fabricated dual-color nanophotonic neural probes for photostimulation and electrophysiological recording	6