OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nature Reviews Neuroscience is 29. 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
Offspring attachment	399
(New neurons) singing in the avian brain	332
Avoiding interpretational pitfalls in fluorescence imaging of the brain	293
Give and take	292
Sensory cortex quashes subcortical escape instinct	279
Top-down and bottom-up neuroscience: overcoming the clash of research cultures	272
Neuroferroptosis in health and diseases	235
When linguistic dogma rejects a neuroscientific hypothesis	233
Quantifying postsynaptic receptor dynamics: insights into synaptic function	200
Freezing revisited: coordinated autonomic and central optimization of threat coping	171
Taking stock of value in the orbitofrontal cortex	165
Macroautophagy in CNS health and disease	162
The language network as a natural kind within the broader landscape of the human brain	162
Shining a light on pain	161
The power of direct observation: discovery of REM sleep	156
Rewarding astrocytes	154
Size matters	153
How witnessing distress alters resilience	152
From local APP expression to network dysfunction	151
Indirect neurogenesis in space and time	144
Understanding neural circuit function through synaptic engineering	142
Inflammation alters cognition after cancer immunotherapy	142
Dynamic influences on the neural encoding of social valence	142
The cognitive impact of light: illuminating ipRGC circuit mechanisms	138
Cilia make connections	135

Astrocyte engulfment	134
Causal prominence for neuroscience	130
Benefit worth the cost	128
Tightening synaptic relations	127
Network models to enhance the translational impact of cross-species studies	124
Neuronal maturation and axon regeneration: unfixing circuitry to enable repair	122
The neural bases for timing of durations	113
Structure–function coupling in macroscale human brain networks	112
Brain network communication: concepts, models and applications	112
Networking brainstem and basal ganglia circuits for movement	108
Post-injury pain and behaviour: a control theory perspective	108
Consequences of trisomy 21 for brain development in Down syndrome	106
Striatal shaping of hypothalamic control	102
To fire or not to fire: decisions mediated by localized processing and dendritic spikes	101
The short and long pathways to memory	97
A metabotropic receptor for glycine	97
Opening the gate to regeneration	94
Reply to ‘The language network is topographically diverse and driven by rapid syntactic inferences’	91
Reply to ‘Fear, anxiety and the functional architecture of the human central extended amygdala’	90
Early adversity alters brain architecture and increases susceptibility to mental health disorders	87
The brain’s action-mode network	87
Place-cell crowd control	86
Reconstructing computational system dynamics from neural data with recurrent neural networks	86
From compulsivity to compulsion: the neural basis of compulsive disorders	85
Endothelial cells as key players in cerebral small vessel disease	84
Examining the biological causes of eating disorders to inform treatment strategies	82
Innovations and advances in modelling and measuring pain in animals	80
Structural MRI of brain similarity networks	80
Null models in network neuroscience	78
The probabilistic model of Alzheimer disease: the amyloid hypothesis revised	78
Sex differences in anxiety and depression: circuits and mechanisms	74
The plasticitome of cortical interneurons	74
TRP channels: a journey towards a molecular understanding of pain	73
CaMKII: a central molecular organizer of synaptic plasticity, learning and memory	72
Bodily balancing of fear	67
Growth mechanics	66
Switching into a dissociated state	65
Ectopic activation	64
Barriers and brain fog	63
Linking human behaviour to brain structure: further challenges and possible solutions	63
Reply to ‘Language is widely distributed throughout the brain’	62
Towards single-cell-resolution global maps of mammalian brains	61
Schizophrenia genomics: genetic complexity and functional insights	59
Remapping revisited: how the hippocampus represents different spaces	58
A biophysical perspective on the resilience of neuronal excitability across timescales	57
The neural mechanisms of manual dexterity	56
Controlling communication	56
Social switches	56
Social ranking	54
Integrated cardio-behavioural defensive states	53

Concept cells and social memory: the abstract representation of familiar individuals	51
A neuronal subcompartment view of ATP production	50
Too excited to sleep	50
Skill switching	50
An intriguing role of repeat-element RNAs in nerve injury repair	49
Central regulation of stress-evoked peripheral immune responses	49
New model jellyfish?	46
Linking activity dyshomeostasis and sleep disturbances in Alzheimer disease	46
Species differences	45
Reply to ‘Post-encounter freezing during approach–avoidance conflict: the role of the hippocampus’	43
Neural tuning and representational geometry	43
Caught in a trap	43
On the relationship between maps and domains in inferotemporal cortex	43
Astrocyte contribution to dysfunction, risk and progression in neurodegenerative disorders	42
A unifying perspective on neural manifolds and circuits for cognition	42
Correcting early circuit errors	41
Coding corners	40
Fly connectome over the wire	40
A peptidergic disinhibitory microcircuit	39
Why public engagement is important for neuroscientists	39
Coordinating early activity	38
How to doze while in danger	37
A nice touch	37
Mechanics of amyloid clearance	36
Human hippocampal circuit characterization	36
Multiple system atrophy: at the crossroads of cellular, molecular and genetic mechanisms	35
The role of inhibitory circuits in hippocampal memory processing	35
Emerging roles for CNS fibroblasts in health, injury and disease	34
A tripartite view of the posterior cingulate cortex	33
Lipid metabolism, remodelling and intercellular transfer in the CNS	33
The neurobiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection	33
The sympathetic nervous system in development and disease	33
Connectome-based modelling of neurodegenerative diseases: towards precision medicine and mechanistic insight	31
Saccades can modulate auditory brain networks	31
Multi-timescale neural dynamics for multisensory integration	31
Gene therapy for CNS disorders: modalities, delivery and translational challenges	31
Sleep–wake regulation by baroreflex circuitry	29
Interspecies differences	29