OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Epilepsia is 46. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
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Long‐term neuroplasticity in language networks after anterior temporal lobe resection	524
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Excitatory–inhibitory mismatch shapes node recruitment in an epileptic network	223
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Erratum	159
Cytomegalic parvalbumin neurons in fetal cases of hemimegalencephaly	139
Thank you to our Reviewers	132
Role of cholesterol in modulating brain hyperexcitability	101
Surgical outcomes and motor function in pediatric peri‐Rolandic epilepsy: A single center's experience with 152 cases	99
Forty‐hertz sensory entrainment impedes kindling epileptogenesis and reduces amyloid pathology in an Alzheimer disease mouse model	94
Neurocardiac pathologies associated with potassium channelopathies	93
SCN8A self‐limited infantile epilepsy: Does epilepsy resolve?	88
Levetiracetam dosing in patients receiving continuous renal replacement therapy	87
Self‐esteem mediates mental health outcomes in young people with epilepsy	84
Vitamin B status and association with antiseizure medication in pregnant women with epilepsy	81
Reasons for ineligibility for clinical trials of patients with medication‐resistant epilepsy	80
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	77
Comment on: Failure to use new breakthrough treatments for epilepsy	76
Evaluating the efficacy of prototype antiseizure drugs using a preclinical pharmacokinetic approach	75
Intracerebroventricular administration for delivery of antiseizure therapeutics: Challenges and opportunities	73
Hippocampal sclerosis and temporal lobe epilepsy following febrile status epilepticus: The FEBSTAT study	70
Optimizing external validation of deep neural networks for interictal discharge detection	70
Clinical effectiveness, feasibility, acceptability, and usability of mobile health applications for epilepsy: A systematic review	69
Optimizing pediatric status epilepticus management: The role of early midazolam infusion and adherence to clinical practice guidelines	67

Prediction of long‐term unprovoked seizures after status epilepticus	64
Sustained seizure freedom with adjunctive brivaracetam in patients with focal onset seizures	64
Statistical learning in epilepsy: Behavioral and anatomical mechanisms in the human brain	61
Topiramate ban in women of childbearing potential with idiopathic generalized epilepsy: Does effectiveness offset the teratogenic risks?	60
Anticonvulsive properties of soticlestat, a novel cholesterol 24‐hydroxylase inhibitor	57
Extended follow‐up after anterior temporal lobectomy demonstrates seizure recurrence 20+ years postsurgery	56
Screening for depression in patients with epilepsy: What are the benefits for physicians and patients in the real‐life setting	55
Scalp high‐frequency oscillation spatial distribution is consistent over consecutive nights, while rates vary with antiseizure medication changes	55
Decision‐making in stereotactic epilepsy surgery	54
Protective effect of CACNA1A deficiency in oligogenic refractory epilepsy with CACNA1A‐CELSR2 digenic mutations	54
Sleep, oscillations, and epilepsy	54
Issue Information	53
Epilepsia – January 2023 – Announcements	53
On‐scalp magnetoencephalography based on optically pumped magnetometers to investigate temporal lobe epilepsy	52
Feasibility of and patient satisfaction with Readiness Brain Operation Optimization Training, a manualized cognitive prehabilitation program for epilepsy surgery	52
Analysis of practical judgment in older adults with epilepsy: An exploratory, multicenter cohort study	49
Increasing challenges to trial recruitment and conduct over time	48
Assisted reproduction and the fetal malformation risk associated with antiseizure medication exposure in pregnancy	48
High‐dose folic acid use and cancer risk in women who have given birth: A register‐based cohort study	47
Altered amygdala volumes and microstructure in focal epilepsy patients with tonic–clonic seizures, ictal, and post‐convulsive central apnea	47
Quantifying hubness to predict surgical outcomes in epilepsy: Assessing resection‐hub alignment in interictal intracranial EEG networks	46
Association of baseline sleep duration and sleep quality with seizure recurrence in newly treated patients with epilepsy	46
Effect of levetiracetam on the gene expression of placental transporters in a murine model	46