OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry is 33. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	111
Genetic variation of the estrogen receptor and its association with depression and anxiety symptoms in young females	109
Adenosine A2A receptor modulation affects the development of depressive-like behaviour and dopamine D2 receptor availability in rats exposed to repeated social defeat	100
Early auditory impairments as a candidate marker of attenuated sensory symptoms of psychosis	94
Editorial Board	90
Long-term benzodiazepine prescription in treatment-resistant depression: A national FACE-TRD prospective study	88
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis CB1 receptors and the FAAH enzyme modulate anxiety behavior depending on previous stress exposure	78
Association evaluations of oral anticoagulants with dementia risk based on genomic and real-world data	66
Synergistic effect of folate and MTHFR C677T on hippocampal subfields and perfusion in Alzheimer's disease	66
Functional neural changes linked to depression during the menopause transition and the effects of hormone therapy: A narrative review	63
Polygenic predisposition to transdiagnostic symptom dimensions and treatment outcomes across psychiatric disorders	63
Neuroimaging-based subtypes of major depressive disorder in different sex and age groups: a potential link to sex hormone dynamics	58
Causal relationship between genetically determined plasma metabolites and stroke: A two sample Mendelian randomization study	55
Dopamine D3 receptor in the nucleus accumbens modulates opioid taking and seeking in mice	54
Exploring the causal relationship between delirium and sarcopenia using bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization study	52
Sex-specific association between schizophrenia polygenic risk and subclinical schizophrenia-related traits	48
Small molecule NOP agonists reverse locomotor sensitization induced by cocaine in male C57BL/6 mice	48
Cerebral blood flow in schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of MRI-based studies	45
Identifying novel protein biomarkers with cross-psychiatric disorders effects and potential intervention targets: Evidence from proteomic-Mendelian randomization	45
The mechanistic basis for the rapid antidepressant-like effects of ketamine: From neural circuits to molecular pathways	45
Neochlorogenic acid ameliorates Alzheimer's disease-like pathology via scavenging oxidative stress and restoring blood-brain barrier function in zebrafish	44
Assessment of cognitive domains in major depressive disorders using the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB): Systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional and longitu	42
Aberrant structural-functional connectivity coupling in migraineurs is associated with mental behavioral scores and neurotransmitter	41
EEG microstates during wake and NREM sleep in insomnia disorder	41
Regulation of short-term declarative memory by selective activation of the locus coeruleus–retrosplenial cortex dopaminergic pathway and its pathological alterations in Parkinson's disease	41

Human DNA methylation and the cortisol response to an acute psychological stressor: A systematic review and meta-analysis	41
The influence of the estrous cycle in preclinical models that mimic key features of post-traumatic stress disorder: A systematic review	39
Psilocybin-induced alterations in EEG power, connectivity and network dynamics in healthy subjects: Correlations with subjective experience and implications for therapeutic applications	39
Sex differences in behavioral and neural responses induced by witnessing social defeat stress during adolescence or adulthood in mice	37
DNA methylation of serotonin genes as predictive biomarkers of antidepressant treatment response	37
Inflammatory differences and differential response to minocycline augmentation in young adult patients with first-episode drug-naïve melancholic and non-melancholic major depressive disorder	37
Neurobiological aspects of the ouabain-induced animal model of bipolar disorder: A narrative review	35
Common neural correlates of chronic pain – A systematic review and meta-analysis of resting-state fMRI studies	34