OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews is 68. 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
Unveiling the neurolipidome of obsessive-compulsive disorder: A scoping review navigating future diagnostic and therapeutic applications	844
How does Nogo-A signalling influence mitochondrial function during multiple sclerosis pathogenesis?	374
Handedness in post-traumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis	251
The sensorimotor theory of pathological pain revisited	231
Turing’s cascade instability supports the coordination of the mind, brain, and behavior	218
Editorial Board	154
Editorial Board	151
A systems omics-based approach to decode substance use disorders and neuroadaptations	145
Translational relevance of fear conditioning in rodent models of mild traumatic brain injury	139
Frans de Waal – A pioneer who shone a light on the primate mind	132
Non-communicable diseases among women survivors of intimate partner violence: Critical review from a chronic stress framework	127
Prolactin in sleep and EEG regulation: New mechanisms and sleep-related brain targets complement classical data	124
The clinical neuroscience of lucid dreaming	122
Auditing measures of interoceptive accuracy: Important clarifications	118
Preclinical behavioral and pharmacological treatments for enhancing fear extinction in adolescence	114
Using e-diaries to investigate ADHD – State-of-the-art and the promising feature of just-in-time-adaptive interventions	111
Interpersonal synchronization: An overlooked factor in development, social cognition, and psychopathology	109
The neglected role of endocannabinoid actions at TRPC channels in ataxia	108
Language learning in aphasia: A narrative review and critical analysis of the literature with implications for language therapy	108
A network meta-analysis of the long- and short-term efficacy of sleep medicines in adults and older adults	105
Autism diagnosis in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis of test accuracy	104
Social contagion in primates: Moderating factors and significance for individuals and the group	103
Priors, evidence, and memory: Dynamics of predictive processing in a hierarchical visual system	101
Conscious experiences during non-rapid eye movement sleep parasomnias	100
Neuroinflammatory remodeling of the anterior cingulate cortex as a key driver of mood disorders in gastrointestinal disease and disorders	99

The effects of different types of social interactions on the electrophysiology of neurons in the nucleus accumbens in rodents	98
Neuroscience-informed classification of prevention interventions in substance use disorders: An RDoC-based approach	98
Shaping the risk for late-life neurodegenerative disease: A systematic review on prenatal risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease-related volumetric brain biomarkers	97
Visuomotor control in mice and primates	96
Furthering the language hypothesis of alexithymia: An integrated review and meta-analysis	95
Taste processing in autism spectrum disorder: A translational scoping review	94
Learning from addiction: Craving of prescription opioids in chronic pain sufferers	93
The role of serotonin in declarative memory: A systematic review of animal and human research	92
Impact of stress on excitatory and inhibitory markers of adolescent cognitive critical period plasticity	91
Publication bias casts doubt on implicit processing in inattentional blindness	90
Challenges of a small world analysis for the continuous monitoring of behavior in mice	90
The Pause-then-Cancel model of human action-stopping: Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence	89
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	88
Microglia and BDNF at the crossroads of stressor related disorders: Towards a unique trophic phenotype	87
The empirical status of predictive coding and active inference	87
Sleep, stress and aggression: Meta-analyses investigating associations and causality	87
A systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis of the prenatal and early life stress effects on rodent microglia, astrocyte, and oligodendrocyte density and morphology	86
Managing fear and anxiety in development: A framework for understanding the neurodevelopment of emotion regulation capacity and tendency	85
Neurodiversity, psychological inertia and mental health	84
Association between anxiety and hypertension in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis	82
Disengagement of attention with spatial neglect: A systematic review of behavioral and anatomical findings	79
State-of-the-art imaging of neuromodulatory subcortical systems in aging and Alzheimer’s disease: Challenges and opportunities	79
The neural dynamics of familiar face recognition	79
The efficacy of electroencephalography neurofeedback for enhancing episodic memory in healthy and clinical participants: A systematic qualitative review and meta-analysis	78
A framework for joint music making: Behavioral findings, neural processes, and computational models	76
The relationship between anabolic androgenic steroid use and body image, eating behavior, and physical activity by gender: A systematic review	76
Storm on predictive brain: A neurocomputational account of ketamine antidepressant effect	75
Vertical and horizontal space-valence associations: A meta-analysis	75
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	75
The contribution of environmental pollutants to the risk of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders: A systematic review of case-control studies	75
How well do people living with neurodegenerative diseases manage their finances? A meta-analysis and systematic review on the capacity to make financial decisions in people living with neurodegenerati	75
Neurosteroids and the mesocorticolimbic system	75
Intrinsic timescales and predictive allostatic interoception in brain health and disease	75
Neurocomputational mechanisms engaged in moral choices and moral learning	74
Neural cell-types and circuits linking thermoregulation and social behavior	74
Unraveling the influence of Pavlovian cues on decision-making: A pre-registered meta-analysis on Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer	74
Proximate and ultimate mechanisms of human father-child rough-and-tumble play	71
Evolutionary conservations, changes of circadian rhythms and their effect on circadian disturbances and therapeutic approaches	71
Behind mouse eyes: The function and control of eye movements in mice	70
Efficacy and acceptability of psychotherapeutic and pharmacological interventions for trauma-related nightmares: A systematic review and network meta-analysis	69
The role of enteric nervous system and GDNF in depression: Conversation between the brain and the gut	68
Modulation of human frontal midline theta by neurofeedback: A systematic review and quantitative meta-analysis	68
The ventral midline thalamus and long-term memory: What consolidation, what retrieval, what plasticity in rodents?	68
Memory biases in Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment. A systematic review and metanalysis.	68
Incorporating sex and gender considerations in research on psychosocial work exposures and cardiovascular diseases: A systematic review of 55 prospective studies	68