OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Neurobiology is 36. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	325
A metabolic perspective to sleep genetics	206
Nonlinear slow-timescale mechanisms in synaptic plasticity	139
Midbrain KCC2 downregulation: Implications for stress-related and substance use behaviors	132
Signaling in autism: Relevance to nutrients and sex	126
Reconciling neuronal representations of schema, abstract task structure, and categorization under cognitive maps in the entorhinal-hippocampal-frontal circuits	105
Accelerated brain aging with opioid misuse and HIV: New insights on the role of glially derived pro-inflammation mediators and neuronal chloride homeostasis	91
Biophysical models of intrinsic homeostasis: Firing rates and beyond	83
The visual evoked potential is a sensitive and powerful measure of experience-dependent visual cortical plasticity in mice	80
Transient oscillations as computations for cognition: Analysis, modeling and function	76
Avian pallial circuits and cognition: A comparison to mammals	71
Surprise and novelty in the brain	65
The role of NMDA receptor and neuroligin rare variants in synaptic dysfunction underlying neurodevelopmental disorders	64
Ethological computational psychiatry: Challenges and opportunities	61
Statistical neuroscience in the single trial limit	61
Toward a neuroscience of natural behavior	60
Editorial overview: Molecular neuroscience	59
The basal ganglia are a target for sensorimotor domains in posterior parietal, premotor, and motor cortex in primates	57
Visuomotor coordination and cognitive capacity in blindsight	55
T cell surveillance of Toxoplasma gondii: Basic insights into how T cells operate in the central nervous system	52
Trans-synaptic functions of non-canonical ionotropic glutamate receptors in circuit wiring and plasticity	51
The neural basis of tactile texture perception	50
Cell type specificity for circuit output in the midbrain dopaminergic system	50
Neurotransmitter and neuropeptide regulation of gut immunity	47
Proteomics-based synapse characterization: From proteins to circuits	47

Mechanisms of NMDA receptor regulation	45
From seconds to days: Neural plasticity viewed through a lipid lens	45
Dynamic skin behaviors in cephalopods	43
Regulatory roles of mitochondria and metabolism in neurogenesis	41
Fast Hebbian plasticity and working memory	40
The superior colliculus: New insights into an evolutionarily ancient structure	39
“Arc – A viral vector of memory and synaptic plasticity”	38
Release your inhibitions: The cell biology of GABAergic postsynaptic plasticity	38
Modulation of hippocampal plasticity in learning and memory	38
The zona incerta in control of novelty seeking and investigation across species	37
Molecular basis of somatosensation in insects	36
Store-operated Ca2+ entry regulates neuronal gene expression and function	36