OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology is 26. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Functions of habenula in reproduction and socio-reproductive behaviours	233
Modeling hormonal contraception in female rats: A framework for studies in behavioral neurobiology	96
Estradiol and progesterone in female reward-learning, addiction, and therapeutic interventions	96
The genetic architecture of reproductive subtypes of depression in females	80
Kisspeptin neuron electrophysiology: Intrinsic properties, hormonal modulation, and regulation of homeostatic circuits	67
Unraveling sex differences in maternal and paternal care impacts on social behaviors and neurobiological responses to early-life adversity	65
Editorial Board	64
Corrigendum to “A scoping review of functional genomics in perinatal depression”. [Front. Neuroendocrinol. 78 (2025) 101202]	58
Paroxetine combined with traditional chinese medicine prescriptions in the treatment of postpartum depression: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials	53
Timing is everything: Circadian rhythms and their role in the control of sleep	52
Editorial Board	49
Oral contraceptives and cognition: A systematic review	48
Women’s use of alcohol: Neurobiobehavioral concomitants and consequences	44
Hypothalamic neurons fully or partially expressing the dopaminergic phenotype: development, distribution, functioning and functional significance. A review	43
Editorial – Addiction in females	41
Kisspeptin neurons as a key player bridging the endocrine system and sexual behavior in mammals	41
Combined oral contraceptive use and risk for binge eating in women: Potential gene × hormone interactions	39
Nestorone (segesterone acetate) effects on neuroregeneration	36
Seasonal variation in hair cortisol concentration: A systematic review	35
The role of neurosteroids in posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol use disorder: A review of 10 years of clinical literature and treatment implications	34
Celebrating 60 years of neuroendocrinology	34
A scoping review of functional genomics in perinatal depression	34
Sex differences in bipolar disorder: The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex as an etiopathogenic region	32
The critical impact of sex on preclinical alcohol research – Insights from zebrafish	29
The interaction of genetic sex and prenatal alcohol exposure on health across the lifespan	28

Review of the effects of polycystic ovary syndrome on Cognition: Looking beyond the androgen hypothesis