OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Epilepsia is 44. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
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Long‐term neuroplasticity in language networks after anterior temporal lobe resection	576
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Excitatory–inhibitory mismatch shapes node recruitment in an epileptic network	233
Erratum	185
Vitamin B status and association with antiseizure medication in pregnant women with epilepsy	181
Thank you to our Reviewers	152
Role of cholesterol in modulating brain hyperexcitability	142
SCN8A self‐limited infantile epilepsy: Does epilepsy resolve?	110
Decision‐making in stereotactic epilepsy surgery	106
Clinical effectiveness, feasibility, acceptability, and usability of mobile health applications for epilepsy: A systematic review	102
Forty‐hertz sensory entrainment impedes kindling epileptogenesis and reduces amyloid pathology in an Alzheimer disease mouse model	96
Reasons for ineligibility for clinical trials of patients with medication‐resistant epilepsy	94
Response to Singh et al. 2023: It is premature for a unified hypothesis of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: A great amount of research is still needed to understand the multisystem cascade	88
Comment on: Failure to use new breakthrough treatments for epilepsy	84
Neurocardiac pathologies associated with potassium channelopathies	84
Sustained seizure freedom with adjunctive brivaracetam in patients with focal onset seizures	82
Statistical learning in epilepsy: Behavioral and anatomical mechanisms in the human brain	81
Topiramate ban in women of childbearing potential with idiopathic generalized epilepsy: Does effectiveness offset the teratogenic risks?	79
Screening for depression in patients with epilepsy: What are the benefits for physicians and patients in the real‐life setting	74
Scalp high‐frequency oscillation spatial distribution is consistent over consecutive nights, while rates vary with antiseizure medication changes	74
Intracerebroventricular administration for delivery of antiseizure therapeutics: Challenges and opportunities	73
Hippocampal sclerosis and temporal lobe epilepsy following febrile status epilepticus: The FEBSTAT study	73
Prediction of long‐term unprovoked seizures after status epilepticus	72
The transcriptomic signature of DEPDC5 KO induced mTOR hyperactivation in human neurons and its response to rapamycin treatment	71

Evaluating the efficacy of prototype antiseizure drugs using a preclinical pharmacokinetic approach	66
Cytomegalic parvalbumin neurons in fetal cases of hemimegalencephaly	60
Extended follow‐up after anterior temporal lobectomy demonstrates seizure recurrence 20+ years postsurgery	60
Sleep, oscillations, and epilepsy	60
Unmasking the role of the occipital lobe in epilepsy with eyelid myoclonia	59
Anticonvulsive properties of soticlestat, a novel cholesterol 24‐hydroxylase inhibitor	59
Surgical outcomes and motor function in pediatric peri‐Rolandic epilepsy: A single center's experience with 152 cases	58
Optimizing pediatric status epilepticus management: The role of early midazolam infusion and adherence to clinical practice guidelines	56
Protective effect of CACNA1A deficiency in oligogenic refractory epilepsy with CACNA1A‐CELSR2 digenic mutations	56
Optimizing external validation of deep neural networks for interictal discharge detection	54
Epilepsia – January 2023 – Announcements	52
Issue Information	51
Decreased uncinate fasciculus integrity in functional seizures following traumatic brain injury	49
Verbal fluency functional magnetic resonance imaging detects anti‐seizure effects and affective side effects of perampanel in people with focal epilepsy	49
Analysis of practical judgment in older adults with epilepsy: An exploratory, multicenter cohort study	48
Altered thalamic connectivity patterns in pediatric temporal lobe epilepsy: A gradient mapping study	48
Health‐related quality of life in adults with drug‐resistant focal epilepsy treated with modified Atkins diet in a randomized clinical trial	48
Increasing challenges to trial recruitment and conduct over time	46
High‐dose folic acid use and cancer risk in women who have given birth: A register‐based cohort study	45
Effect of levetiracetam on the gene expression of placental transporters in a murine model	44