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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	307
How does Nogo-A signalling influence mitochondrial function during multiple sclerosis pathogenesis?	295
The neglected role of endocannabinoid actions at TRPC channels in ataxia	227
Frans de Waal – A pioneer who shone a light on the primate mind	204
Editorial Board	174
Neurodiversity, psychological inertia and mental health	166
Preclinical behavioral and pharmacological treatments for enhancing fear extinction in adolescence	162
Publication bias casts doubt on implicit processing in inattentional blindness	144
A restarted life: Resetting microglia innate immune memory	143
Challenges of a small world analysis for the continuous monitoring of behavior in mice	142
Prolactin in sleep and EEG regulation: New mechanisms and sleep-related brain targets complement classical data	141
High rates of Parkinson’s disease diagnosis in the autistic population: True co-occurrence or a product of overlapping traits?	128
Depression diagnosis through emotional induction and physiological signals: A systematic review	115
Storm on predictive brain: A neurocomputational account of ketamine antidepressant effect	114
Auditing measures of interoceptive accuracy: Important clarifications	114
Priors, evidence, and memory: Dynamics of predictive processing in a hierarchical visual system	113
Unveiling the neurolipidome of obsessive-compulsive disorder: A scoping review navigating future diagnostic and therapeutic applications	111
Neuroscience-informed classification of prevention interventions in substance use disorders: An RDoC-based approach	110
Neuromodulating the rhythms of cognition	109
The sensorimotor theory of pathological pain revisited	107
DataMaze: An open source methods and data repository for Morris water maze experiments	107
The efficacy of electroencephalography neurofeedback for enhancing episodic memory in healthy and clinical participants: A systematic qualitative review and meta-analysis	103
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	101
Learning from addiction: Craving of prescription opioids in chronic pain sufferers	101
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	99

Impact of stress on excitatory and inhibitory markers of adolescent cognitive critical period plasticity	99
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	98
Calendar calculation: A systematic review of 100 years of research	96
Intrinsic timescales and predictive allostatic interoception in brain health and disease	92
Contextual modulation of endogenous oxytocin signaling and its influence on exogenous oxytocin effects: A conceptual framework	91
Shaping the risk for late-life neurodegenerative disease: A systematic review on prenatal risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease-related volumetric brain biomarkers	90
Disengagement of attention with spatial neglect: A systematic review of behavioral and anatomical findings	87
The relationship between anabolic androgenic steroid use and body image, eating behavior, and physical activity by gender: A systematic review	85
Editorial Board	84
Language learning in aphasia: A narrative review and critical analysis of the literature with implications for language therapy	84
Autism diagnosis in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis of test accuracy	84
Turing’s cascade instability supports the coordination of the mind, brain, and behavior	79
The neural dynamics of familiar face recognition	78
The clinical neuroscience of lucid dreaming	77
The effects of different types of social interactions on the electrophysiology of neurons in the nucleus accumbens in rodents	77
Mechanisms of motor dysfunction in functional neurological disorder: A narrative review	76
Social contagion in primates: Moderating factors and significance for individuals and the group	75
The contribution of environmental pollutants to the risk of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders: A systematic review of case-control studies	75
Furthering the language hypothesis of alexithymia: An integrated review and meta-analysis	75
Managing fear and anxiety in development: A framework for understanding the neurodevelopment of emotion regulation capacity and tendency	74
A systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis of the prenatal and early life stress effects on rodent microglia, astrocyte, and oligodendrocyte density and morphology	74
A framework for joint music making: Behavioral findings, neural processes, and computational models	73
Neuroinflammatory remodeling of the anterior cingulate cortex as a key driver of mood disorders in gastrointestinal disease and disorders	73
State-of-the-art imaging of neuromodulatory subcortical systems in aging and Alzheimer’s disease: Challenges and opportunities	73
Sleep, stress and aggression: Meta-analyses investigating associations and causality	72
Negative symptoms and resting-state functional connectivity across psychotic and mood disorders: A systematic literature review	71
The role of serotonin in declarative memory: A systematic review of animal and human research	71
The empirical status of predictive coding and active inference	70
Neurosteroids and the mesocorticolimbic system	70
Interpersonal synchronization: An overlooked factor in development, social cognition, and psychopathology	69
Handedness in post-traumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis	69
Taste processing in autism spectrum disorder: A translational scoping review	69
Conscious experiences during non-rapid eye movement sleep parasomnias	69
Hyperscanning to explore social interaction among autistic minds	68
Hierarchical control over foraging behavior by anterior cingulate cortex	67
Neural cell-types and circuits linking thermoregulation and social behavior	67
The human affectome: Cognitive, developmental, and atypicality considerations	67
Proximate and ultimate mechanisms of human father-child rough-and-tumble play	66
Time to retire the serial Papez circuit: Implications for space, memory, and attention	66
Effects of perceptual and working memory load on brain responses to task-irrelevant stimuli: Review and implications for future research	66
Myokines may target accelerated cognitive aging in people with spinal cord injury: A systematic and topical review	66
Incorporating sex and gender considerations in research on psychosocial work exposures and cardiovascular diseases: A systematic review of 55 prospective studies	66