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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Offspring attachment	419
(New neurons) singing in the avian brain	337
Avoiding interpretational pitfalls in fluorescence imaging of the brain	309
Give and take	295
Sensory cortex quashes subcortical escape instinct	285
When linguistic dogma rejects a neuroscientific hypothesis	283
Neuroferroptosis in health and diseases	242
Top-down and bottom-up neuroscience: overcoming the clash of research cultures	239
Macroautophagy in CNS health and disease	204
Quantifying postsynaptic receptor dynamics: insights into synaptic function	174
Taking stock of value in the orbitofrontal cortex	172
The language network as a natural kind within the broader landscape of the human brain	171
Freezing revisited: coordinated autonomic and central optimization of threat coping	168
Shining a light on pain	166
The power of direct observation: discovery of REM sleep	163
Rewarding astrocytes	161
Size matters	160
Indirect neurogenesis in space and time	158
The cognitive impact of light: illuminating ipRGC circuit mechanisms	156
Dynamic influences on the neural encoding of social valence	151
How witnessing distress alters resilience	149
From local APP expression to network dysfunction	147
Inflammation alters cognition after cancer immunotherapy	144
Understanding neural circuit function through synaptic engineering	143
Cilia make connections	141

Astrocyte engulfment	137
Causal prominence for neuroscience	135
Benefit worth the cost	134
Network models to enhance the translational impact of cross-species studies	133
Tightening synaptic relations	133
Consequences of trisomy 21 for brain development in Down syndrome	126
Post-injury pain and behaviour: a control theory perspective	120
The neural bases for timing of durations	120
Networking brainstem and basal ganglia circuits for movement	114
Neuronal maturation and axon regeneration: unfixing circuitry to enable repair	113
Structure–function coupling in macroscale human brain networks	112
Brain network communication: concepts, models and applications	111
Striatal shaping of hypothalamic control	105
To fire or not to fire: decisions mediated by localized processing and dendritic spikes	104
The short and long pathways to memory	102
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’	94
The emergence of NeuroAI: bridging neuroscience and artificial intelligence	93
The brain’s action-mode network	92
Reconstructing computational system dynamics from neural data with recurrent neural networks	89
Place-cell crowd control	88
Early adversity alters brain architecture and increases susceptibility to mental health disorders	88
Endothelial cells as key players in cerebral small vessel disease	82
Brain on standby — how torpor made ‘tauopathy’ reversible	82
From compulsivity to compulsion: the neural basis of compulsive disorders	78
The plasticitome of cortical interneurons	78
The probabilistic model of Alzheimer disease: the amyloid hypothesis revised	77
Structural MRI of brain similarity networks	76
TRP channels: a journey towards a molecular understanding of pain	76
Innovations and advances in modelling and measuring pain in animals	71
Sex differences in anxiety and depression: circuits and mechanisms	69
Null models in network neuroscience	69
Examining the biological causes of eating disorders to inform treatment strategies	68
CaMKII: a central molecular organizer of synaptic plasticity, learning and memory	65
Bodily balancing of fear	64
Growth mechanics	63
Switching into a dissociated state	62
Linking human behaviour to brain structure: further challenges and possible solutions	60
Ectopic activation	60
Barriers and brain fog	58
Towards single-cell-resolution global maps of mammalian brains	57
Schizophrenia genomics: genetic complexity and functional insights	56
Reply to ‘Language is widely distributed throughout the brain’	56
The neural mechanisms of manual dexterity	55
A biophysical perspective on the resilience of neuronal excitability across timescales	55
Remapping revisited: how the hippocampus represents different spaces	54
Social switches	53
Social ranking	50

Controlling communication	50
Integrated cardio-behavioural defensive states	50
Skill switching	48
A neuronal subcompartment view of ATP production	48
Too excited to sleep	47
An intriguing role of repeat-element RNAs in nerve injury repair	46
Central regulation of stress-evoked peripheral immune responses	45
Concept cells and social memory: the abstract representation of familiar individuals	45
Species differences	44
Caught in a trap	44
New model jellyfish?	44
Linking activity dyshomeostasis and sleep disturbances in Alzheimer disease	44
Reply to ‘Post-encounter freezing during approach–avoidance conflict: the role of the hippocampus’	44
A unifying perspective on neural manifolds and circuits for cognition	43
Astrocyte contribution to dysfunction, risk and progression in neurodegenerative disorders	42
Neural tuning and representational geometry	40
Correcting early circuit errors	40
Fly connectome over the wire	39
Coding corners	38
A peptidergic disinhibitory microcircuit	38
Why public engagement is important for neuroscientists	38
Coordinating early activity	37
A nice touch	36
How to doze while in danger	36
Human hippocampal circuit characterization	36
Multi-timescale neural dynamics for multisensory integration	35
The neurobiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection	35
Emerging roles for CNS fibroblasts in health, injury and disease	34
Mechanics of amyloid clearance	34
Multiple system atrophy: at the crossroads of cellular, molecular and genetic mechanisms	33
The role of inhibitory circuits in hippocampal memory processing	33
A tripartite view of the posterior cingulate cortex	32
Connectome-based modelling of neurodegenerative diseases: towards precision medicine and mechanistic insight	31
Lipid metabolism, remodelling and intercellular transfer in the CNS	28
Gene therapy for CNS disorders: modalities, delivery and translational challenges	28
Saccades can modulate auditory brain networks	27
Interspecies differences	27
The sympathetic nervous system in development and disease	27