OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nature Reviews Neuroscience is 24. 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
Offspring attachment	575
Sensory cortex quashes subcortical escape instinct	387
Give and take	372
Avoiding interpretational pitfalls in fluorescence imaging of the brain	267
(New neurons) singing in the avian brain	267
Macroautophagy in CNS health and disease	255
Quantifying postsynaptic receptor dynamics: insights into synaptic function	243
The neuronal circuits and cellular encoding of thermosensation	235
Top-down and bottom-up neuroscience: overcoming the clash of research cultures	208
Environmental decision neuroscience connects the brain to climate action	202
When linguistic dogma rejects a neuroscientific hypothesis	193
Neuroferroptosis in health and diseases	182
Freezing revisited: coordinated autonomic and central optimization of threat coping	180
The language network as a natural kind within the broader landscape of the human brain	171
Rewarding astrocytes	168
The power of direct observation: discovery of REM sleep	162
Inflammation alters cognition after cancer immunotherapy	159
How witnessing distress alters resilience	156
From local APP expression to network dysfunction	154
The cognitive impact of light: illuminating ipRGC circuit mechanisms	140
Understanding neural circuit function through synaptic engineering	140
Indirect neurogenesis in space and time	139
Dynamic influences on the neural encoding of social valence	132
Time, space, memory and brain–body rhythms	132
Astrocyte engulfment	129

Cilia make connections	127
Benefit worth the cost	118
Tightening synaptic relations	118
Causal prominence for neuroscience	117
Network models to enhance the translational impact of cross-species studies	116
Post-injury pain and behaviour: a control theory perspective	114
The neural bases for timing of durations	112
Consequences of trisomy 21 for brain development in Down syndrome	112
Brain network communication: concepts, models and applications	108
Neuronal maturation and axon regeneration: unfixing circuitry to enable repair	105
Structure–function coupling in macroscale human brain networks	104
Striatal shaping of hypothalamic control	101
To fire or not to fire: decisions mediated by localized processing and dendritic spikes	100
Opening the gate to regeneration	95
A metabotropic receptor for glycine	95
Reply to ‘The language network is topographically diverse and driven by rapid syntactic inferences’	94
Cueing motivation	88
Reply to ‘Fear, anxiety and the functional architecture of the human central extended amygdala’	88
The short and long pathways to memory	87
The emergence of NeuroAI: bridging neuroscience and artificial intelligence	86
Redefining the central pattern generator for vertebrate locomotion	82
Central neural circuits underlying itch sensation	79
The brain’s action-mode network	79
Early adversity alters brain architecture and increases susceptibility to mental health disorders	79
Reconstructing computational system dynamics from neural data with recurrent neural networks	78
Peroxidation protectors	76
Brain on standby — how torpor made ‘tauopathy’ reversible	75
From compulsivity to compulsion: the neural basis of compulsive disorders	72
Examining the biological causes of eating disorders to inform treatment strategies	72
TRP channels: a journey towards a molecular understanding of pain	71
Joint modelling of brain and behaviour dynamics with artificial intelligence	71
Endothelial cells as key players in cerebral small vessel disease	69
The plasticitome of cortical interneurons	64
CaMKII: a central molecular organizer of synaptic plasticity, learning and memory	63
Structural MRI of brain similarity networks	62
Growth mechanics	60
Null models in network neuroscience	60
Switching into a dissociated state	60
Towards single-cell-resolution global maps of mammalian brains	59
Barriers and brain fog	57
Reply to ‘Language is widely distributed throughout the brain’	57
Facial expressions reveal inner cognitive processes	56
Linking human behaviour to brain structure: further challenges and possible solutions	56
A biophysical perspective on the resilience of neuronal excitability across timescales	54
Remapping revisited: how the hippocampus represents different spaces	54
Schizophrenia genomics: genetic complexity and functional insights	53
Controlling communication	52
Integrated cardio-behavioural defensive states	52
Skill switching	50
An intriguing role of repeat-element RNAs in nerve injury repair	50

‘Magic’ mechanisms underlie psilocybin’s effects in chronic pain	49
Linking activity dyshomeostasis and sleep disturbances in Alzheimer disease	49
A neuronal subcompartment view of ATP production	47
Concept cells and social memory: the abstract representation of familiar individuals	46
Central regulation of stress-evoked peripheral immune responses	44
Caught in a trap	43
Species differences	43
Reply to ‘Post-encounter freezing during approach–avoidance conflict: the role of the hippocampus’	42
Neurogenic signatures of cognitive decline and resilience	41
Regulating intestinal immunity	41
A unifying perspective on neural manifolds and circuits for cognition	39
The gatekeeper of ongoing pain: an endogenous analgesic circuit that prioritizes survival	39
Astrocyte contribution to dysfunction, risk and progression in neurodegenerative disorders	38
Fly connectome over the wire	37
Correcting early circuit errors	35
A nice touch	34
Why public engagement is important for neuroscientists	34
Coding corners	34
Psilocybin shapes neural plasticity in selective brain networks	33
Reply to ‘Top-down and bottom-up neuroscience as collections of practices’	33
Human hippocampal circuit characterization	33
Mechanics of amyloid clearance	32
The role of inhibitory circuits in hippocampal memory processing	32
Reply to ‘Musical neurodynamics and the ‘inner voice’’	32
Lipid metabolism, remodelling and intercellular transfer in the CNS	32
The neurobiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection	31
Multi-timescale neural dynamics for multisensory integration	31
A tripartite view of the posterior cingulate cortex	29
Connectome-based modelling of neurodegenerative diseases: towards precision medicine and mechanistic insight	28
Multiple system atrophy: at the crossroads of cellular, molecular and genetic mechanisms	27
Immune dysfunction in Alzheimer disease	26
Saccades can modulate auditory brain networks	25
Losing sleep in heart disease	25
Gene therapy for CNS disorders: modalities, delivery and translational challenges	25
Sleep–wake regulation by baroreflex circuitry	25
Twenty-five years of covering neuroscience	24
Circuit control of competition	24
Functional diversity of amacrine cells	24
Astrocyte antennae	24