OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nature Reviews Neuroscience is 27. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Offspring attachment	669
Closure with connexins	388
(New neurons) singing in the avian brain	325
Avoiding interpretational pitfalls in fluorescence imaging of the brain	289
Freezing revisited: coordinated autonomic and central optimization of threat coping	284
Give and take	284
Sensory cortex quashes subcortical escape instinct	270
Neuroferroptosis in health and diseases	257
Macroautophagy in CNS health and disease	227
When linguistic dogma rejects a neuroscientific hypothesis	226
Quantifying postsynaptic receptor dynamics: insights into synaptic function	193
Taking stock of value in the orbitofrontal cortex	165
The language network as a natural kind within the broader landscape of the human brain	157
Shining a light on pain	156
The power of direct observation: discovery of REM sleep	153
Rewarding astrocytes	150
Size matters	149
Dynamic influences on the neural encoding of social valence	149
How witnessing distress alters resilience	147
From local APP expression to network dysfunction	146
Indirect neurogenesis in space and time	143
Inflammation alters cognition after cancer immunotherapy	137
Understanding neural circuit function through synaptic engineering	135
Promoting growth through fusion	134
The cognitive impact of light: illuminating ipRGC circuit mechanisms	134

Cilia make connections	132
Astrocyte engulfment	130
Causal prominence for neuroscience	130
Benefit worth the cost	127
Tightening synaptic relations	124
Network models to enhance the translational impact of cross-species studies	122
Consequences of trisomy 21 for brain development in Down syndrome	118
Brain network communication: concepts, models and applications	110
Post-injury pain and behaviour: a control theory perspective	110
Neuronal maturation and axon regeneration: unfixing circuitry to enable repair	109
Networking brainstem and basal ganglia circuits for movement	107
The neural bases for timing of durations	107
Structure–function coupling in macroscale human brain networks	105
To fire or not to fire: decisions mediated by localized processing and dendritic spikes	102
Striatal shaping of hypothalamic control	102
The short and long pathways to memory	99
A metabotropic receptor for glycine	97
Opening the gate to regeneration	93
Reply to ‘The language network is topographically diverse and driven by rapid syntactic inferences’	91
Reconstructing computational system dynamics from neural data with recurrent neural networks	89
Reply to ‘Fear, anxiety and the functional architecture of the human central extended amygdala’	89
Brain vulnerability and viability after ischaemia	88
The brain’s action-mode network	88
Place-cell crowd control	86
Examining the biological causes of eating disorders to inform treatment strategies	85
Structural MRI of brain similarity networks	84
Endothelial cells as key players in cerebral small vessel disease	79
Innovations and advances in modelling and measuring pain in animals	78
CaMKII: a central molecular organizer of synaptic plasticity, learning and memory	77
From compulsivity to compulsion: the neural basis of compulsive disorders	77
Null models in network neuroscience	76
TRP channels: a journey towards a molecular understanding of pain	76
The probabilistic model of Alzheimer disease: the amyloid hypothesis revised	75
Sex differences in anxiety and depression: circuits and mechanisms	75
The plasticitome of cortical interneurons	74
Bodily balancing of fear	73
Growth mechanics	72
Switching into a dissociated state	68
Ectopic activation	65
Linking human behaviour to brain structure: further challenges and possible solutions	63
Reply to ‘Language is widely distributed throughout the brain’	63
Barriers and brain fog	62
Schizophrenia genomics: genetic complexity and functional insights	60
Remapping revisited: how the hippocampus represents different spaces	60
A biophysical perspective on the resilience of neuronal excitability across timescales	59
The neural mechanisms of manual dexterity	59
Social switches	58
Pericytes pass the leptin	57
Controlling communication	57
Social ranking	55

Integrated cardio-behavioural defensive states	55
Concept cells and social memory: the abstract representation of familiar individuals	52
A neuronal subcompartment view of ATP production	50
Skill switching	49
An intriguing role of repeat-element RNAs in nerve injury repair	48
Too excited to sleep	48
Central regulation of stress-evoked peripheral immune responses	47
Linking activity dyshomeostasis and sleep disturbances in Alzheimer disease	47
New model jellyfish?	46
Species differences	45
Caught in a trap	44
Reply to ‘Post-encounter freezing during approach–avoidance conflict: the role of the hippocampus’	44
On the relationship between maps and domains in inferotemporal cortex	43
A unifying perspective on neural manifolds and circuits for cognition	41
Neural tuning and representational geometry	41
Correcting early circuit errors	40
Astrocyte contribution to dysfunction, risk and progression in neurodegenerative disorders	40
Coding corners	39
Publisher Correction: Navigating for reward	39
Fly connectome over the wire	39
A peptidergic disinhibitory microcircuit	37
Coordinating early activity	37
Why public engagement is important for neuroscientists	37
A new class of hub	37
How to doze while in danger	36
A nice touch	36
Mechanics of amyloid clearance	34
Gene therapy for CNS disorders: modalities, delivery and translational challenges	34
Human hippocampal circuit characterization	34
Lipid metabolism, remodelling and intercellular transfer in the CNS	33
Multi-timescale neural dynamics for multisensory integration	32
The neurobiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection	31
A tripartite view of the posterior cingulate cortex	31
The sympathetic nervous system in development and disease	31
The role of inhibitory circuits in hippocampal memory processing	31
Multiple system atrophy: at the crossroads of cellular, molecular and genetic mechanisms	31
Connectome-based modelling of neurodegenerative diseases: towards precision medicine and mechanistic insight	30
Emerging roles for CNS fibroblasts in health, injury and disease	28
Saccades can modulate auditory brain networks	28
The sounds of breathing	27
Sleep–wake regulation by baroreflex circuitry	27
Interspecies differences	27
Losing sleep in heart disease	27