OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Brain Sciences is 49. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
New Insight into Selective Serotonin Receptor Agonists in the Central Nervous System, Studied with WAY163909 in Obese and Diabetic Wistar Rats	352
The Relationship between Trauma and Attachment in Burundi’s School-Aged Children	256
Skin Lesions as Signs of Neuroenhancement in Sport	247
Angioarchitectural Factors Associated with Postoperative Cerebral Infarction in Ischemic Moyamoya Disease	167
Relationships between Affect Recognition, Empathy, Alexithymia, and Co-Occurring Conditions in Autism	163
Erlotinib Improves the Response of Glioblastoma Cells Resistant to Photodynamic Therapy	150
Impact of Adjunctive VNS on Drug Load, Depression Severity, and Number of Neuromodulatory Maintenance Treatments	122
Qualitative Evaluation of Intracranial Pressure Slopes in Patients Undergoing Brain Death Protocol	107
Systematic Review on the Link between Sleep Bruxism and Systemic Chronic Inflammation	104
Hierarchical Principal Components for Data-Driven Multiresolution fMRI Analyses	93
Adherence and Reactogenicity to Vaccines against SARS-COV-2 in 285 Patients with Neuropathy: A Multicentric Study	92
Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Cortex Coordinates Contextual Mental Imagery for Single-Beat Manipulation during Rhythmic Sensorimotor Synchronization	89
A Case Series Study of Weekly or Fortnightly Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) in Major Depressive Disorder	86
Pain Processing in Cognitive Impairment and Its Association with Executive Function and Memory: Which Neurocognitive Factor Takes the Lead?	84
The Extended-Sphenoid Ridge Approach: A New Technique for the Surgical Treatment of Skull Base Tumors in Pediatric Patients	84
Assess of Combinations of Non-Pharmacological Interventions for the Reduction of Irritability in Patients with Dementia and their Caregivers: A Cross-Over RCT	83
Mechanisms of Sustained Increases in γ Power Post-Ketamine in a Computational Model of the Hippocampal CA3: Implications for Ketamine’s Antidepressant Mechanism of Action	81
Multiple Types of Developmental Dyslexias in a Shallow Orthography: Principles for Diagnostic Screening in Italian	72
Comparison of Surgeons’ Assessment of the Extent of Vestibular Schwannoma Resection with Immediate Post Operative and Follow-Up Volumetric MRI Analysis	70
Combined Effect of tDCS and Motor or Cognitive Activity in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease: A Proof-of-Concept Pilot Study	69
Clinical Implications of Prominent Cortical Vessels on Susceptibility-Weighted Imaging in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients Treated with Recanalization Therapy	67
MiniQEEG and Neurofeedback in Diagnosis and Treatment of COVID-19-Related Panic Attacks: A Case Report	66
Endolymphatic Hydrops Magnet Resonance Imaging in Ménière’s Disease Patients after Cochlea Implantation	65
Selective Stimulus Intensity during Hotspot Search Ensures Faster and More Accurate Preoperative Motor Mapping with nTMS	65
Does Body Memory Exist? A Review of Models, Approaches and Recent Findings Useful for Neurorehabilitation	64

Endovascular Treatment of ICAS Patients: Targeting Reperfusion Rather than Residual Stenosis	57
Differential Susceptibility or Diathesis-Stress: Testing the Moderating Role of Temperament and Cortisol Levels between Fathers’ Parenting and Children’s Aggressive Behavior	57
A Mini-Review Regarding the Modalities to Study Neurodevelopmental Disorders-Like Impairments in Zebrafish—Focussing on Neurobehavioural and Psychological Responses	57
Sensitivity to and Control of Distraction: Distractor-Entrained Oscillation and Frontoparietal EEG Gamma Synchronization	57
Media Representation of the Ethical Issues Pertaining to Brain–Computer Interface (BCI) Technology	56
In Vivo Basilar Membrane Time Delays in Humans	56
Biomarker Genes Discovery of Alzheimer’s Disease by Multi-Omics-Based Gene Regulatory Network Construction of Microglia	56
Dopamine Concentration Changes Associated with the Retrodialysis of Methylone and 3,4-Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) into the Caudate Putamen	56
Exoscopic Microsurgery: A Change of Paradigm in Brain Tumor Surgery? Comparison with Standard Operative Microscope	54
What Drives Animal Fluency Performance in Cantonese-Speaking Chinese Patients with Adult-Onset Psychosis?	53
Considering Hemispheric Specialization in Emotional Face Processing: An Eye Tracking Study in Left- and Right-Lateralised Semantic Dementia	53
Effect of Upper Limb Motor Rehabilitation on Cognition in Parkinson’s Disease: An Observational Study	52
A Single Session of SMR-Neurofeedback Training Improves Selective Attention Emerging from a Dynamic Structuring of Brain–Heart Interplay	52
Baseline Gross Motor Function Affects the Outcome of Robot-Assisted Therapy in Ambulatory Individuals with Spastic Cerebral Palsy	52
Central Serotonin/Noradrenaline Transporter Availability and Treatment Success in Patients with Obesity	51
The Interaction of Glycemia with Anxiety and Depression Is Related to Altered Cerebellar and Cerebral Functional Correlations	51
Multiple Early Life Stressors as Risk Factors for Neurodevelopmental Abnormalities in the F1 Wistar Rats	50
Associations between Total Atherosclerosis Burden of Baroreceptor-Resident Arteries and ECG Abnormalities after Acute Ischemic Stroke	50
Exploring the Relationship between Abnormal Communication Efficiency of Cerebral Cortex and Multiple Cognitive Functions in Mild Subcortical Stroke: A Resting-State fMRI Study	50
Characterizing Topological Properties of Brain Functional Networks Using Multi-Threshold Derivative for End-Stage Renal Disease with Mild Cognitive Impairment	50
Real-Time fMRI Neurofeedback Training of Selective Attention in Older Adults	49
Alterations in Leg Muscle Glucose Uptake and Inter-Limb Asymmetry after a Single Session of tDCS in Four People with Multiple Sclerosis	49
The Novel Antipsychotic Lumateperone (Iti-007) in the Treatment of Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review	49
Rethinking Clozapine: Lights and Shadows of a Revolutionary Drug	49