OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Epilepsia is 43. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
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Long‐term neuroplasticity in language networks after anterior temporal lobe resection	603
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Excitatory–inhibitory mismatch shapes node recruitment in an epileptic network	237
Erratum	192
Vitamin B status and association with antiseizure medication in pregnant women with epilepsy	188
Thank you to our Reviewers	157
Forty‐hertz sensory entrainment impedes kindling epileptogenesis and reduces amyloid pathology in an Alzheimer disease mouse model	146
Reasons for ineligibility for clinical trials of patients with medication‐resistant epilepsy	117
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	113
Comment on: Failure to use new breakthrough treatments for epilepsy	107
Scalp high‐frequency oscillation spatial distribution is consistent over consecutive nights, while rates vary with antiseizure medication changes	100
Screening for depression in patients with epilepsy: What are the benefits for physicians and patients in the real‐life setting	98
Statistical learning in epilepsy: Behavioral and anatomical mechanisms in the human brain	93
Topiramate ban in women of childbearing potential with idiopathic generalized epilepsy: Does effectiveness offset the teratogenic risks?	88
Optimizing pediatric status epilepticus management: The role of early midazolam infusion and adherence to clinical practice guidelines	86
Surgical outcomes and motor function in pediatric peri‐Rolandic epilepsy: A single center's experience with 152 cases	83
Sustained seizure freedom with adjunctive brivaracetam in patients with focal onset seizures	81
Extended follow‐up after anterior temporal lobectomy demonstrates seizure recurrence 20+ years postsurgery	80
The transcriptomic signature of DEPDC5 KO induced mTOR hyperactivation in human neurons and its response to rapamycin treatment	78
Optimizing external validation of deep neural networks for interictal discharge detection	75
Protective effect of CACNA1A deficiency in oligogenic refractory epilepsy with CACNA1A‐CELSR2 digenic mutations	75
Clinical effectiveness, feasibility, acceptability, and usability of mobile health applications for epilepsy: A systematic review	73
PAC‐FOS: A novel translational concordance framework identifies preclinical seizure models with highest predictive validity for clinical focal onset seizures	66
Cytomegalic parvalbumin neurons in fetal cases of hemimegalencephaly	62

Intracerebroventricular administration for delivery of antiseizure therapeutics: Challenges and opportunities	61
Anticonvulsive properties of soticlestat, a novel cholesterol 24‐hydroxylase inhibitor	60
SCN8A self‐limited infantile epilepsy: Does epilepsy resolve?	60
Evaluating the efficacy of prototype antiseizure drugs using a preclinical pharmacokinetic approach	57
Role of cholesterol in modulating brain hyperexcitability	57
Unmasking the role of the occipital lobe in epilepsy with eyelid myoclonia	57
Neurocardiac pathologies associated with potassium channelopathies	57
Decision‐making in stereotactic epilepsy surgery	54
Sleep, oscillations, and epilepsy	53
Hippocampal sclerosis and temporal lobe epilepsy following febrile status epilepticus: The FEBSTAT study	50
Prediction of long‐term unprovoked seizures after status epilepticus	50
Epilepsia – January 2023 – Announcements	48
Issue Information	47
Decreased uncinate fasciculus integrity in functional seizures following traumatic brain injury	46
Verbal fluency functional magnetic resonance imaging detects anti‐seizure effects and affective side effects of perampanel in people with focal epilepsy	45
Altered thalamic connectivity patterns in pediatric temporal lobe epilepsy: A gradient mapping study	44
Quantifying hubness to predict surgical outcomes in epilepsy: Assessing resection‐hub alignment in interictal intracranial EEG networks	43
Machine learning approaches for imaging‐based prognostication of the outcome of surgery for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy	43
High‐dose folic acid use and cancer risk in women who have given birth: A register‐based cohort study	43
Scoping review and expert‐based consensus recommendations for assessment and management of psychogenic non‐epileptic (functional) seizures (PNES) in children: A report from the Pediatric Ps	43