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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Midbrain KCC2 downregulation: Implications for stress-related and substance use behaviors	171
A metabolic perspective to sleep genetics	160
Editorial Board	156
Nonlinear slow-timescale mechanisms in synaptic plasticity	116
Reconciling neuronal representations of schema, abstract task structure, and categorization under cognitive maps in the entorhinal-hippocampal-frontal circuits	104
Editorial Board	100
Surprise and novelty in the brain	78
Transient oscillations as computations for cognition: Analysis, modeling and function	72
Accelerated brain aging with opioid misuse and HIV: New insights on the role of glially derived pro-inflammation mediators and neuronal chloride homeostasis	72
Toward a neuroscience of natural behavior	69
The visual evoked potential is a sensitive and powerful measure of experience-dependent visual cortical plasticity in mice	66
Signaling in autism: Relevance to nutrients and sex	66
Ethological computational psychiatry: Challenges and opportunities	59
The neural basis of tactile texture perception	56
Neurotransmitter and neuropeptide regulation of gut immunity	56
Proteomics-based synapse characterization: From proteins to circuits	56
T cell surveillance of Toxoplasma gondii: Basic insights into how T cells operate in the central nervous system	55
Visuomotor coordination and cognitive capacity in blindsight	49
Cell type specificity for circuit output in the midbrain dopaminergic system	47
Trans-synaptic functions of non-canonical ionotropic glutamate receptors in circuit wiring and plasticity	45
The basal ganglia are a target for sensorimotor domains in posterior parietal, premotor, and motor cortex in primates	44
From seconds to days: Neural plasticity viewed through a lipid lens	43
Setting the stage for statistical learning? Sensitivity to environmental statistics in early sensory processing	42
New insights into axonal regulators of dopamine transmission in health and disease	41
Mechanisms of NMDA receptor regulation	39

Fast Hebbian plasticity and working memory	39
Dynamic skin behaviors in cephalopods	39
Ready or not: Neural mechanisms regulating female sexual behavior	38
Molecular basis of somatosensation in insects	38
Modulation of hippocampal plasticity in learning and memory	37
“Arc – A viral vector of memory and synaptic plasticity”	37
A neuroethological view of the multifaceted sensory influences on birdsong	37
Oligodendrocyte-derived transcellular signaling regulates axonal energy metabolism	37
The zona incerta in control of novelty seeking and investigation across species	36
The superior colliculus: New insights into an evolutionarily ancient structure	36
Single-cell technology grows up: Leveraging high-resolution omics approaches to understand neurodevelopmental disorders	36
Release your inhibitions: The cell biology of GABAergic postsynaptic plasticity	36