OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nature Reviews Neuroscience is 25. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Offspring attachment	647
Closure with connexins	377
(New neurons) singing in the avian brain	317
Avoiding interpretational pitfalls in fluorescence imaging of the brain	276
Give and take	274
Sensory cortex quashes subcortical escape instinct	267
When linguistic dogma rejects a neuroscientific hypothesis	257
Quantifying postsynaptic receptor dynamics: insights into synaptic function	245
Taking stock of value in the orbitofrontal cortex	221
The language network as a natural kind within the broader landscape of the human brain	217
Neuroferroptosis in health and diseases	186
Macroautophagy in CNS health and disease	158
Freezing revisited: coordinated autonomic and central optimization of threat coping	154
Shining a light on pain	149
The power of direct observation: discovery of REM sleep	148
Rewarding astrocytes	147
Size matters	143
From local APP expression to network dysfunction	141
How witnessing distress alters resilience	141
Dynamic influences on the neural encoding of social valence	138
Understanding neural circuit function through synaptic engineering	137
Indirect neurogenesis in space and time	131
The cognitive impact of light: illuminating ipRGC circuit mechanisms	131
Promoting growth through fusion	129
Inflammation alters cognition after cancer immunotherapy	129

Cilia make connections	126
Causal prominence for neuroscience	125
Astrocyte engulfment	125
Measuring mental alertness	124
Benefit worth the cost	119
Network models to enhance the translational impact of cross-species studies	115
Tightening synaptic relations	115
Consequences of trisomy 21 for brain development in Down syndrome	108
Post-injury pain and behaviour: a control theory perspective	105
The neural bases for timing of durations	104
Neuronal maturation and axon regeneration: unfixing circuitry to enable repair	103
Structure–function coupling in macroscale human brain networks	103
Networking brainstem and basal ganglia circuits for movement	102
Brain network communication: concepts, models and applications	100
Striatal shaping of hypothalamic control	97
The short and long pathways to memory	91
To fire or not to fire: decisions mediated by localized processing and dendritic spikes	91
A metabotropic receptor for glycine	89
Opening the gate to regeneration	89
Reply to ‘Fear, anxiety and the functional architecture of the human central extended amygdala’	88
Reply to ‘The language network is topographically diverse and driven by rapid syntactic inferences’	88
Reconstructing computational system dynamics from neural data with recurrent neural networks	87
Brain vulnerability and viability after ischaemia	85
The brain’s action-mode network	85
Endothelial cells as key players in cerebral small vessel disease	83
Place-cell crowd control	83
TRP channels: a journey towards a molecular understanding of pain	82
The plasticitome of cortical interneurons	78
Innovations and advances in modelling and measuring pain in animals	76
CaMKII: a central molecular organizer of synaptic plasticity, learning and memory	75
Sex differences in anxiety and depression: circuits and mechanisms	74
Structural MRI of brain similarity networks	74
From compulsivity to compulsion: the neural basis of compulsive disorders	73
The probabilistic model of Alzheimer disease: the amyloid hypothesis revised	73
Bodily balancing of fear	72
Null models in network neuroscience	72
Growth mechanics	69
Switching into a dissociated state	68
Ectopic activation	67
Reply to ‘Language is widely distributed throughout the brain’	67
Linking human behaviour to brain structure: further challenges and possible solutions	64
Barriers and brain fog	59
The neural mechanisms of manual dexterity	58
A biophysical perspective on the resilience of neuronal excitability across timescales	58
Schizophrenia genomics: genetic complexity and functional insights	57
Remapping revisited: how the hippocampus represents different spaces	57
Neocortical circuits in pain and pain relief	56
Pericytes pass the leptin	55
Controlling communication	55
Social switches	55

Social ranking	54
Too excited to sleep	52
Integrated cardio-behavioural defensive states	52
Concept cells and social memory: the abstract representation of familiar individuals	50
A neuronal subcompartment view of ATP production	48
Skill switching	47
Linking activity dyshomeostasis and sleep disturbances in Alzheimer disease	46
Central regulation of stress-evoked peripheral immune responses	45
Caught in a trap	44
Species differences	44
New model jellyfish?	44
Reply to ‘Post-encounter freezing during approach–avoidance conflict: the role of the hippocampus’	41
On the relationship between maps and domains in inferotemporal cortex	41
Neural tuning and representational geometry	41
A unifying perspective on neural manifolds and circuits for cognition	40
Astrocyte contribution to dysfunction, risk and progression in neurodegenerative disorders	39
Publisher Correction: Navigating for reward	38
Fly connectome over the wire	38
Correcting early circuit errors	38
Coding corners	37
Why public engagement is important for neuroscientists	36
Repairing nerve damage	35
A peptidergic disinhibitory microcircuit	34
Human hippocampal circuit characterization	33
A new class of hub	33
How to doze while in danger	33
Coordinating early activity	33
Mechanics of amyloid clearance	33
A nice touch	33
Emerging roles for CNS fibroblasts in health, injury and disease	32
Multiple system atrophy: at the crossroads of cellular, molecular and genetic mechanisms	32
The role of inhibitory circuits in hippocampal memory processing	31
Multi-timescale neural dynamics for multisensory integration	31
The neurobiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection	30
Gene therapy for CNS disorders: modalities, delivery and translational challenges	29
The sympathetic nervous system in development and disease	29
Lipid metabolism, remodelling and intercellular transfer in the CNS	29
A tripartite view of the posterior cingulate cortex	28
Connectome-based modelling of neurodegenerative diseases: towards precision medicine and mechanistic insight	27
Saccades can modulate auditory brain networks	26
Sleep–wake regulation by baroreflex circuitry	25
Interspecies differences	25