OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences is 33. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
How do alterations of the basal ganglia affect procedural memory in Tourette syndrome?	240
Prefrontal cortex drives the flexibility of whole-brain orchestration of cognition	150
Reinforcement-guided learning in frontal neocortex: emerging computational concepts	127
Concept formation as a computational cognitive process	116
Editorial overview: Same-different conceptualization	104
Do graded representations support abstract thought?	99
Editorial Board	96
Cortico-cortical paired-associative stimulation to investigate the plasticity of cortico-cortical visual networks in humans	81
The cost burden of problematic internet usage	80
Physiological effects induced by stimulation of cutaneous sensory nerves, with a focus on oxytocin	77
Pluralism in the determination of death	74
Editorial Board	69
Editorial Board	67
Editorial Board	61
Beyond food for thought: tool use and manufacture by wild nonhuman primates in nonforaging contexts	61
Editorial Board	59
Editorial overview: Building and using models of the world	58
Noncortical cognition: integration of information for close-proximity behavioral problem-solving	57
The paradox of pursuing happiness	53
Insights into control over cognitive flexibility from studies of task-switching	43
A review of the genetic basis of problematic Internet use	43
Curriculum standards and textbook coverage of fractions in high-achieving East-Asian countries and the United States	42
Computational theory-driven studies of reinforcement learning and decision-making in addiction: what have we learned?	41
Wild cognition – linking form and function of cognitive abilities within a natural context	39
What are ‘positive’ affect and emotion?	38

What is next for the neurobiology of temperament, personality and psychopathology?	38
A “thinking animal” in conflict: studying wild elephant cognition in the shadow of anthropogenic change	37
From individual to collective climate emotions and actions: a review	37
How dopamine enables learning from aversion	37
Problematic Internet use (PIU) in youth: a brief literature review of selected topics	36
Is the time’s flow an illusion? — the issue of the temporality of the conscious experience	36
The early origins and the growing popularity of the individual-subject analytic approach in human neuroscience	35
Enlarging the victim’s perspective on dehumanization	34
Using cognitive behavioral therapy as the select treatment approach for problematic Internet usage	33