OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers in Neurology is 53. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Diagnostic Impact of Monitoring Visual Evoked Potentials to Prevent Visual Complications During Endovascular Treatment for Intracranial Aneurysm	173
Convergent and Divergent Structural Connectivity of Brain White Matter Network Between Patients With Erectile Dysfunction and Premature Ejaculation: A Graph Theory Analysis Study	172
Cannabis-Based Products in a Neurological Setting: A Clinical and Pharmacokinetic Survey	154
Effects of medication intake on the risk of hemorrhage in patients with sporadic cerebral cavernous malformations	134
The treatment of persistent spinal pain syndrome with epidural pulsed radiofrequency: improvement of the technique	133
Over- and under-supply of inpatient rehabilitation after stroke without a post-acute rehabilitation system: a nationwide retrospective cohort study	110
Rescue therapy after thrombectomy for large vessel occlusion due to underlying atherosclerosis: review of literature	109
Load Auditory Feedback Boosts Crutch Usage in Subjects With Central Nervous System Lesions: A Pilot Study	105
Case report: Early-onset parkinsonism among the neurological features in children with PHACTR1 variants	103
Stroke profile and care during the COVID-19 pandemic: What changed and what did not? A prospective cohort from Joinville, Brazil	96
Regional changes in brain apparent diffusion coefficient in fetuses with complex congenital heart disease and normal pregnancy assessed using diffusion-weighted imaging	95
Dissolution Effect of Alteplase on Arterial Blood Clot Model of Hypertensive Intracerebral Hemorrhage Patients in vitro	91
A Rare Variant of ANK3 Is Associated With Intracranial Aneurysm	89
Case report: A cystic capillary hemangioma located at the conus medullaris mimicking hemangioblastoma	89
Gene network reveals LASP1, TUBA1C, and S100A6 are likely playing regulatory roles in multiple sclerosis	86
Prediction of tissue outcome in acute ischemic stroke based on single-phase CT angiography at admission	86
Relationship between sodium level and in-hospital mortality in traumatic brain injury patients of MIMIC IV database	86
Involvement of Specialist Palliative Care in a Stroke Unit in Austria—Challenges for Families and Stroke Teams	85
Oculomotor analysis to assess brain health: preliminary findings from a longitudinal study of multiple sclerosis using novel tablet-based eye-tracking software	82
Role of endothelial cells and angiotensin converting enzyme-II in COVID-19 and brain damages post-infection	80
Functional outcomes of ischemic stroke patients aged over 80 years treated with acute revascularization therapy according to pre-morbid disability: a PARADISE study	77
Research hotspots and frontiers in post-stroke dysphagia: a bibliometric analysis study	76
Efficacy and safety of multiple external therapies in patients with insomnia: a systematic review and network meta-analysis	75
Feasibility of noninvasive near-infrared spectroscopy monitoring in predicting the prognosis of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage	73
Denervation Dynamics After Intramuscular BNT Injection in Patients With Focal Spasticity Monitored by MRI and Dynamometry–a Blinded Randomized Controlled Pilot Study	72

Assessing the Relative Value of CT Perfusion Compared to Non-contrast CT and CT Angiography in Prognosticating Reperfusion-Eligible Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients	71
Case report: Expanding the phenotype of ARHGEF17 mutations from increased intracranial aneurysm risk to a neurodevelopmental disease	71
Editorial: Applied neuroimaging—Case report collection 2021	69
Editorial: Insights in pediatric neurology: 2021	68
COMIRESTROKE—A clinical study protocol for monitoring clinical effect and molecular biological readouts of COMprehensive Intensive REhabilitation program after STROKE: A four-arm parallel-group random	68
Implementation of neurocritical care in Thailand	68
Neurorehabilitation of the upper extremity – immersive virtual reality vs. electromechanically assisted training. A comparative study	67
A Comparison of Clinical, Electro-Diagnostic, Laboratory, and Treatment Outcome Differences in a Cohort of HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Patients With Myasthenia Gravis	66
3D genome-selected microRNAs to improve Alzheimer's disease prediction	65
Sex differences in acute telestroke care: more to the story	65
Application of vagus nerve stimulation on the rehabilitation of upper limb dysfunction after stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis	63
Frequency of orthostatic hypotension in the Pooled Resource Open-Access ALS Clinical Trials database	62
Correlations among fatigue, respiratory function, balance and core muscle morphology in multiple sclerosis: a comprehensive observational study	62
Use of balloon angioplasty for patients with intracranial large atherosclerotic acute ischemic stroke and cerebral cavernous malformation: a case report	61
Eccentric strengthening vs. conventional therapy in sub-acute stroke survivors: a randomized controlled trial	61
Association of player position and functional connectivity alterations in collegiate American football players: an fMRI study	60
Editorial: Clinical aspects of obstructive sleep apnea and cardiovascular consequences	60
Retraction: EEG signal connectivity for characterizing interictal activity in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy	60
Infantile-Onset Charcot–Marie–Tooth Disease With Pyramidal Features and White Matter Abnormalities Due to a De novo MORC2 Gene Variant: A Case Report and Brief Review of the Literature	60
Diffusion-weighted imaging hyperintensities during the chronic stage of intracerebral hemorrhage with surgery: A new clinical situation or post-surgery artifact?	59
Initiation of combined antiretroviral therapy confers suboptimal beneficial effects on neurovascular function in people with HIV	57
VEEG monitoring and electrographic seizures in 232 pediatric patients in ICU at a tertiary hospital in China	57
Automated acute ischemic stroke lesion delineation based on apparent diffusion coefficient thresholds	56
Large mismatch profile predicts rapidly progressing brain edema in acute anterior circulation large vessel occlusion patients undergoing endovascular thrombectomy	56
Association of ADHD and LD with vision abnormalities among the children and adolescents in US, NHANES 1999–2004	55
Potential of transcranial ultrasound- and near-infrared spectroscopy-based acute stroke imaging for decision-making on intravenous thrombolysis treatment	55
Long COVID and hypermobility spectrum disorders have shared pathophysiology	55
Assessing the impact of moxibustion on colonic mucosal integrity and gut microbiota in a rat model of cerebral ischemic stroke: insights from the “brain-gut axis” theory	54