OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Current Opinion in Neurobiology is 38. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Neural mechanisms of persistent aggression	277
Mosquitoes as a model for understanding the neural basis of natural behaviors	177
The multifunctionality of the brainstem breathing control circuit	122
Large brains: Big unknowns in cellular neuroscience	114
The barn owl in systems and behavioral neuroscience: Progress and promise	107
Breaking the neural code of a cnidarian: Learning principles of neuroscience from the “vulgar” Hydra	96
The role of NMDA receptor and neuroligin rare variants in synaptic dysfunction underlying neurodevelopmental disorders	91
Extending neural systems for navigation to hunting behavior	90
A computational view of short-term plasticity and its implications for E-I balance	84
Studying dominance and aggression requires ethologically relevant paradigms	71
Editorial Board	68
The avian olfactory system and hippocampus: Complementary roles in the olfactory and visual guidance of homing pigeon navigation	66
Recent advances in molecular studies on cochlear development and regeneration	62
The brain's dark transcriptome: Sequencing RNA in distal compartments of neurons and glia	61
Role of the endoplasmic reticulum in synaptic transmission	58
Astrocyte-synapse interactions during brain development	57
Parenting as a model for behavioural switches	55
Reconciling neuronal representations of schema, abstract task structure, and categorization under cognitive maps in the entorhinal-hippocampal-frontal circuits	54
Next generation behavioral sequencing for advancing pain quantification	54
Editorial overview: Evolution of brains and computation	54
Editorial Board	52
Central respiratory command and microglia: An early-life partnership	52
The epigenome under pressure: On regulatory adaptation to chronic stress in the brain	49
Dopamine control of downstream motor centers	48
Editorial Board	48

Non-REM and REM/paradoxical sleep dynamics across phylogeny	46
Network attractors and nonlinear dynamics of neural computation	46
On the dynamic and even reversible nature of Leigh syndrome: Lessons from human imaging and mouse models	46
Nanoscale organization of the pre-synapse: Tracking the neurotransmitter release machinery	44
The two-body problem: Proprioception and motor control across the metamorphic divide	44
Flexibility of memory for future-oriented cognition	44
Surprise and novelty in the brain	43
How engram mediates learning, extinction, and relapse	43
Transient oscillations as computations for cognition: Analysis, modeling and function	42
Cellular and molecular basis of drug addiction: The role of neuronal ensembles in addiction	41
Accelerated brain aging with opioid misuse and HIV: New insights on the role of glially derived pro-inflammation mediators and neuronal chloride homeostasis	40
A goal pointer for a cognitive map in the orbitofrontal cortex	38
Emerging X-linked genes associated with neurodevelopmental disorders in females	38