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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Offspring attachment	442
Sensory cortex quashes subcortical escape instinct	352
Give and take	300
(New neurons) singing in the avian brain	294
When linguistic dogma rejects a neuroscientific hypothesis	257
Top-down and bottom-up neuroscience: overcoming the clash of research cultures	246
Quantifying postsynaptic receptor dynamics: insights into synaptic function	215
Macroautophagy in CNS health and disease	183
Taking stock of value in the orbitofrontal cortex	182
Avoiding interpretational pitfalls in fluorescence imaging of the brain	178
Freezing revisited: coordinated autonomic and central optimization of threat coping	175
The language network as a natural kind within the broader landscape of the human brain	172
Neuroferroptosis in health and diseases	172
Shining a light on pain	169
The power of direct observation: discovery of REM sleep	167
Rewarding astrocytes	167
Size matters	157
Inflammation alters cognition after cancer immunotherapy	156
How witnessing distress alters resilience	150
Indirect neurogenesis in space and time	149
From local APP expression to network dysfunction	149
Understanding neural circuit function through synaptic engineering	146
Dynamic influences on the neural encoding of social valence	142
The cognitive impact of light: illuminating ipRGC circuit mechanisms	141
Causal prominence for neuroscience	138

Cilia make connections	137
Astrocyte engulfment	137
Benefit worth the cost	132
Tightening synaptic relations	128
Neuronal maturation and axon regeneration: unfixing circuitry to enable repair	124
Network models to enhance the translational impact of cross-species studies	124
Post-injury pain and behaviour: a control theory perspective	117
The neural bases for timing of durations	116
Consequences of trisomy 21 for brain development in Down syndrome	116
Structure–function coupling in macroscale human brain networks	111
Brain network communication: concepts, models and applications	110
Networking brainstem and basal ganglia circuits for movement	107
To fire or not to fire: decisions mediated by localized processing and dendritic spikes	103
Striatal shaping of hypothalamic control	103
A metabotropic receptor for glycine	101
Opening the gate to regeneration	98
Reply to ‘The language network is topographically diverse and driven by rapid syntactic inferences’	97
Reply to ‘Fear, anxiety and the functional architecture of the human central extended amygdala’	96
The short and long pathways to memory	94
The emergence of NeuroAI: bridging neuroscience and artificial intelligence	93
The brain’s action-mode network	90
Early adversity alters brain architecture and increases susceptibility to mental health disorders	87
Reconstructing computational system dynamics from neural data with recurrent neural networks	85
Place-cell crowd control	84
Brain on standby — how torpor made ‘tauopathy’ reversible	81
TRP channels: a journey towards a molecular understanding of pain	81
Examining the biological causes of eating disorders to inform treatment strategies	80
Innovations and advances in modelling and measuring pain in animals	77
Endothelial cells as key players in cerebral small vessel disease	77
Null models in network neuroscience	74
From compulsivity to compulsion: the neural basis of compulsive disorders	72
The probabilistic model of Alzheimer disease: the amyloid hypothesis revised	70
The plasticitome of cortical interneurons	66
CaMKII: a central molecular organizer of synaptic plasticity, learning and memory	65
Bodily balancing of fear	64
Structural MRI of brain similarity networks	64
Growth mechanics	63
Ectopic activation	63
Barriers and brain fog	62
Switching into a dissociated state	62
Linking human behaviour to brain structure: further challenges and possible solutions	60
Remapping revisited: how the hippocampus represents different spaces	59
Towards single-cell-resolution global maps of mammalian brains	59
Reply to ‘Language is widely distributed throughout the brain’	58
A biophysical perspective on the resilience of neuronal excitability across timescales	56
Schizophrenia genomics: genetic complexity and functional insights	56
The neural mechanisms of manual dexterity	54
Integrated cardio-behavioural defensive states	50
A neuronal subcompartment view of ATP production	49
Social ranking	49

Social switches	49
Controlling communication	49
Too excited to sleep	48
Central regulation of stress-evoked peripheral immune responses	48
An intriguing role of repeat-element RNAs in nerve injury repair	48
Linking activity dyshomeostasis and sleep disturbances in Alzheimer disease	48
Skill switching	48
Concept cells and social memory: the abstract representation of familiar individuals	47
Species differences	46
Reply to ‘Post-encounter freezing during approach–avoidance conflict: the role of the hippocampus’	45
New model jellyfish?	45
Astrocyte contribution to dysfunction, risk and progression in neurodegenerative disorders	44
Caught in a trap	44
A unifying perspective on neural manifolds and circuits for cognition	43
Correcting early circuit errors	42
Fly connectome over the wire	42
Why public engagement is important for neuroscientists	41
Coding corners	41
Coordinating early activity	40
A peptidergic disinhibitory microcircuit	39
A nice touch	38
How to doze while in danger	37
Gene therapy for CNS disorders: modalities, delivery and translational challenges	37
Lipid metabolism, remodelling and intercellular transfer in the CNS	37
Human hippocampal circuit characterization	37
The role of inhibitory circuits in hippocampal memory processing	36
The sympathetic nervous system in development and disease	35
The neurobiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection	33
Multiple system atrophy: at the crossroads of cellular, molecular and genetic mechanisms	33
Connectome-based modelling of neurodegenerative diseases: towards precision medicine and mechanistic insight	31
A tripartite view of the posterior cingulate cortex	29
Emerging roles for CNS fibroblasts in health, injury and disease	29
Mechanics of amyloid clearance	28
Multi-timescale neural dynamics for multisensory integration	28
Saccades can modulate auditory brain networks	27
Sleep–wake regulation by baroreflex circuitry	27
Interspecies differences	27
The sounds of breathing	27