OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews is 66. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
How does Nogo-A signalling influence mitochondrial function during multiple sclerosis pathogenesis?	273
Neuroscience-informed classification of prevention interventions in substance use disorders: An RDoC-based approach	257
Prolactin in sleep and EEG regulation: New mechanisms and sleep-related brain targets complement classical data	195
Editorial Board	181
Frans de Waal – A pioneer who shone a light on the primate mind	177
Disengagement of attention with spatial neglect: A systematic review of behavioral and anatomical findings	163
Sleep, stress and aggression: Meta-analyses investigating associations and causality	146
Challenges of a small world analysis for the continuous monitoring of behavior in mice	145
The Pause-then-Cancel model of human action-stopping: Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence	143
Managing fear and anxiety in development: A framework for understanding the neurodevelopment of emotion regulation capacity and tendency	134
Association between anxiety and hypertension in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis	131
Editorial Board	128
Shaping the risk for late-life neurodegenerative disease: A systematic review on prenatal risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease-related volumetric brain biomarkers	128
Neurodiversity, psychological inertia and mental health	122
Learning from addiction: Craving of prescription opioids in chronic pain sufferers	120
A systems omics-based approach to decode substance use disorders and neuroadaptations	118
The role of serotonin in declarative memory: A systematic review of animal and human research	117
A systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis of the prenatal and early life stress effects on rodent microglia, astrocyte, and oligodendrocyte density and morphology	113
Neuroinflammatory remodeling of the anterior cingulate cortex as a key driver of mood disorders in gastrointestinal disease and disorders	113
Microglia and BDNF at the crossroads of stressor related disorders: Towards a unique trophic phenotype	112
Visuomotor control in mice and primates	108
Handedness in post-traumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis	105
The sensorimotor theory of pathological pain revisited	102
State-of-the-art imaging of neuromodulatory subcortical systems in aging and Alzheimer’s disease: Challenges and opportunities	101
A network meta-analysis of the long- and short-term efficacy of sleep medicines in adults and older adults	99

Publication bias casts doubt on implicit processing in inattentional blindness	98
Language learning in aphasia: A narrative review and critical analysis of the literature with implications for language therapy	96
Storm on predictive brain: A neurocomputational account of ketamine antidepressant effect	95
The efficacy of electroencephalography neurofeedback for enhancing episodic memory in healthy and clinical participants: A systematic qualitative review and meta-analysis	95
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	94
Impact of stress on excitatory and inhibitory markers of adolescent cognitive critical period plasticity	92
The neglected role of endocannabinoid actions at TRPC channels in ataxia	91
Negative Symptoms and Resting-State Functional Connectivity Across Psychotic and Mood Disorders: A Systematic Literature Review	91
Taste processing in autism spectrum disorder: A translational scoping review	90
Autism diagnosis in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis of test accuracy	88
Social contagion in primates: Moderating factors and significance for individuals and the group	88
Auditing measures of interoceptive accuracy: Important clarifications	87
The effects of different types of social interactions on the electrophysiology of neurons in the nucleus accumbens in rodents	87
Priors, evidence, and memory: Dynamics of predictive processing in a hierarchical visual system	87
Unveiling the neurolipidome of obsessive-compulsive disorder: A scoping review navigating future diagnostic and therapeutic applications	87
A framework for joint music making: Behavioral findings, neural processes, and computational models	84
The contribution of environmental pollutants to the risk of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders: A systematic review of case-control studies	84
Interpersonal synchronization: An overlooked factor in development, social cognition, and psychopathology	84
The relationship between anabolic androgenic steroid use and body image, eating behavior, and physical activity by gender: A systematic review	82
DataMaze: An open source methods and data repository for Morris water maze experiments	80
Preclinical behavioral and pharmacological treatments for enhancing fear extinction in adolescence	79
Neuromodulating the rhythms of cognition	79
A restarted life: Resetting microglia innate immune memory	79
The empirical status of predictive coding and active inference	78
Intrinsic timescales and predictive allostatic interoception in brain health and disease	77
The clinical neuroscience of lucid dreaming	76
Neurosteroids and the mesocorticolimbic system	75
Furthering the language hypothesis of alexithymia: An integrated review and meta-analysis	75
The neural dynamics of familiar face recognition	75
Turing’s cascade instability supports the coordination of the mind, brain, and behavior	73
Conscious experiences during non-rapid eye movement sleep parasomnias	73
High rates of Parkinson’s disease diagnosis in the autistic population: True co-occurrence or a product of overlapping traits?	72
Depression diagnosis through emotional induction and physiological signals: A systematic review	72
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	70
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	70
Vertical and horizontal space-valence associations: A meta-analysis	69
The remapping of peripersonal space after stroke, spinal cord injury and amputation: A PRISMA systematic review	69
Neural cell-types and circuits linking thermoregulation and social behavior	68
Residual implicit and explicit language abilities in patients with disorders of consciousness: A systematic review	68
Hyperscanning to explore social interaction among autistic minds	67
Modulation of human frontal midline theta by neurofeedback: A systematic review and quantitative meta-analysis	67
Treating Alzheimer’s disease with brain stimulation: From preclinical models to non-invasive stimulation in humans	66
Commentary: Neuroactive steroids and the dopaminergic system	66