OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews is 67. 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
How does Nogo-A signalling influence mitochondrial function during multiple sclerosis pathogenesis?	947
Neuroscience-informed classification of prevention interventions in substance use disorders: An RDoC-based approach	264
Editorial Board	247
Editorial Board	184
A systems omics-based approach to decode substance use disorders and neuroadaptations	175
Frans de Waal – A pioneer who shone a light on the primate mind	170
Autism diagnosis in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis of test accuracy	159
Social contagion in primates: Moderating factors and significance for individuals and the group	140
Priors, evidence, and memory: Dynamics of predictive processing in a hierarchical visual system	136
Auditing measures of interoceptive accuracy: Important clarifications	131
The neglected role of endocannabinoid actions at TRPC channels in ataxia	128
Unveiling the neurolipidome of obsessive-compulsive disorder: A scoping review navigating future diagnostic and therapeutic applications	126
Does stress make us more—or less—prosocial? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of acute stress on prosocial behaviours using economic games	123
The effects of different types of social interactions on the electrophysiology of neurons in the nucleus accumbens in rodents	120
A systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis of the prenatal and early life stress effects on rodent microglia, astrocyte, and oligodendrocyte density and morphology	120
Publication bias casts doubt on implicit processing in inattentional blindness	117
Visuomotor control in mice and primates	117
The efficacy of electroencephalography neurofeedback for enhancing episodic memory in healthy and clinical participants: A systematic qualitative review and meta-analysis	115
The contribution of environmental pollutants to the risk of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders: A systematic review of case-control studies	115
Conscious experiences during non-rapid eye movement sleep parasomnias	113
State-of-the-art imaging of neuromodulatory subcortical systems in aging and Alzheimer’s disease: Challenges and opportunities	110
Furthering the language hypothesis of alexithymia: An integrated review and meta-analysis	109
Neurosteroids and the mesocorticolimbic system	105
Disengagement of attention with spatial neglect: A systematic review of behavioral and anatomical findings	104
Sleep, stress and aggression: Meta-analyses investigating associations and causality	104

Storm on predictive brain: A neurocomputational account of ketamine antidepressant effect	103
A restarted life: Resetting microglia innate immune memory	99
Prolactin in sleep and EEG regulation: New mechanisms and sleep-related brain targets complement classical data	99
Handedness in post-traumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis	97
Language learning in aphasia: A narrative review and critical analysis of the literature with implications for language therapy	96
The sensorimotor theory of pathological pain revisited	95
Challenges of a small world analysis for the continuous monitoring of behavior in mice	93
The neural dynamics of familiar face recognition	92
Depression diagnosis through emotional induction and physiological signals: A systematic review	91
High rates of Parkinson’s disease diagnosis in the autistic population: True co-occurrence or a product of overlapping traits?	89
Are the growing levels of neurotoxic and neuro-disruptive chemicals in our food and drink contributing to the youth mental health crisis? A narrative review	89
Learning from addiction: Craving of prescription opioids in chronic pain sufferers	87
Preclinical behavioral and pharmacological treatments for enhancing fear extinction in adolescence	87
Managing fear and anxiety in development: A framework for understanding the neurodevelopment of emotion regulation capacity and tendency	86
Association between anxiety and hypertension in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis	85
A framework for joint music making: Behavioral findings, neural processes, and computational models	85
A network meta-analysis of the long- and short-term efficacy of sleep medicines in adults and older adults	84
Taste processing in autism spectrum disorder: A translational scoping review	83
The role of serotonin in declarative memory: A systematic review of animal and human research	83
Neurodiversity, psychological inertia and mental health	82
Neuroinflammatory remodeling of the anterior cingulate cortex as a key driver of mood disorders in gastrointestinal disease and disorders	81
Turing’s cascade instability supports the coordination of the mind, brain, and behavior	79
Interpersonal synchronization: An overlooked factor in development, social cognition, and psychopathology	79
The Pause-then-Cancel model of human action-stopping: Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence	79
Pre- and postnatal antibiotic exposure and risk of developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder–A systematic review and meta-analysis combining evidence from human and animal studies	78
Shaping the risk for late-life neurodegenerative disease: A systematic review on prenatal risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease-related volumetric brain biomarkers	77
The clinical neuroscience of lucid dreaming	77
Impact of stress on excitatory and inhibitory markers of adolescent cognitive critical period plasticity	76
Microglia and BDNF at the crossroads of stressor related disorders: Towards a unique trophic phenotype	76
Non-communicable diseases among women survivors of intimate partner violence: Critical review from a chronic stress framework	76
Neuromodulating the rhythms of cognition	75
The empirical status of predictive coding and active inference	75
Intrinsic timescales and predictive allostatic interoception in brain health and disease	74
Memory biases in Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment. A systematic review and metanalysis.	72
The relationship between anabolic androgenic steroid use and body image, eating behavior, and physical activity by gender: A systematic review	72
Vertical and horizontal space-valence associations: A meta-analysis	72
The remapping of peripersonal space after stroke, spinal cord injury and amputation: A PRISMA systematic review	71
The amygdala and the nine circles of scientific hell - Confirmation bias in the brain correlates of psychopathy	71
Residual implicit and explicit language abilities in patients with disorders of consciousness: A systematic review	70
Neural cell-types and circuits linking thermoregulation and social behavior	68
Effects of perceptual and working memory load on brain responses to task-irrelevant stimuli: Review and implications for future research	68
Being active over one’s own motion: Considering predictive mechanisms in self-motion perception	68
Hierarchical control over foraging behavior by anterior cingulate cortex	67
Sleep as a window to target traumatic memories	67
Commentary: Neuroactive steroids and the dopaminergic system	67