OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Trends in Neurosciences is 57. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
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Construction of complex memories via parallel distributed cortical–subcortical iterative integration	249
Advisory Board and Contents	221
Subscription and Copyright Information	205
A noncoding role of coding mRNA in monogenic olfactory receptor choice	205
Advisory Board and Contents	152
Advisory Board and Contents	150
Subscription and Copyright Information	149
From aversive associations to defensive programs: experience-dependent synaptic modifications in the central amygdala	145
Advancing ALS research: public–private partnerships to accelerate drug and biomarker development	144
Transformation, again? Impact of a second pregnancy on the brain, cognition, and sense of self	131
Crossmodal plasticity in hearing loss	131
Retinal receptive-field substructure: scaffolding for coding and computation	124
From illness to rest: neural circuits linking sickness and sleep	124
Third spaces for science: reimagining research beyond academia and industry	116
Defining and characterizing neuronal senescence, ‘neurescence’, as GX arrested cells	113
Emerging roles of antimicrobial peptides in innate immunity, neuronal function, and neurodegeneration	111
The locus coeruleus as a global model failure system	109
How cancer hijacks the body’s homeostasis through the neuroendocrine system	95
Fatty acid balance regulates α-synuclein pathology	92
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Do metabolic deficits contribute to sleep disruption in monogenic intellectual disability syndromes?	90
Unraveling the dynamics of dopamine release and its actions on target cells	87
Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in neuronal physiology and neurodegeneration	86
Epigenetic noise in the aging brain: tuning neuronal vulnerability to neurodegeneration	85

Aging brain, brittle bone	84
Nature versus laboratory: how to optimize housing conditions for zebrafish neuroscience research	84
Embracing sleep-onset complexity	81
Differential regulation of cutaneous immunity by sensory neuron subsets	80
Olfactory dysfunction in COVID-19: new insights into the underlying mechanisms	79
Triggering ferroptosis in neurodegenerative diseases	79
Rethinking the role of TRKB in the action of antidepressants and psychedelics	77
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Modeling human mutations to understand TRIO GEF function during development	76
Shared gustatory sensor for acids and ammonium	73
The 'middle-aging' brain	73
Life without microglia	73
Advisory Board and Contents	71
Rapid estrogen signaling drives binge drinking	70
Disentangling the roles of circadian rhythms and sleep drive in experimental pain sensitivity	69
Evolution of collicular cell types, circuits, and modulatory pathways	69
Intercellular signaling by ectodomain shedding at the synapse	68
Functional interplay between central and autonomic nervous systems in human fear conditioning	68
DNA repair as a core function of sleep	67
Dopamine’s secret agent: serotonin	65
Basal progenitors as drivers of neocortical expansion	64
α-Synuclein in synaptic function and dysfunction	63
Evolutionary neuroanatomical expansion of Broca’s region serving a human-specific function	63
Capturing postpandemic changes in research participants	62
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Assessing brain-wide outcomes of dopamine system activation in the living rodent brain	62
Integrating innate and learned behavior through brain circuits	61
Unravelling consciousness and brain function through the lens of time, space, and information	60
Latent-state and model-based learning in PTSD	59
Integrating and interpreting brain maps	58
Interacting cortico-basal ganglia-thalamocortical loops shape behavioral control through cognitive maps and shortcuts	58
Immune-related neurodegeneration in the midbrain causes pulmonary dysfunction in murine cryptococcal IRIS	57
Epigenetic biomarkers in neurodegenerative diseases: from molecular signatures to therapeutic targets	57
The lateral thalamus: a bridge between multisensory processing and naturalistic behaviors	57