OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Epilepsia Open is 20. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Total posterior quadrant disconnection for drug‐resistant epilepsy in children	70
Long‐term effectiveness and tolerability of ketogenic diet therapy in patients with genetic developmental and epileptic encephalopathy onset within the first 6 months of life	67
Comparative efficacy and safety of stiripentol, cannabidiol and fenfluramine as first‐line add‐on therapies for seizures in Dravet syndrome: A network meta‐analysis	60
Evaluation of the International League Against Epilepsy 1981, 1989, and 2017 classifications of seizure semiology and etiology in a population‐based cohort of children and adults with epilepsy	57
Astrocyte reactivity in a mouse model of SCN8A epileptic encephalopathy	49
One‐year seizure freedom and quality of life in patients with drug‐resistant epilepsy receiving adjunctive vagus nerve stimulation in Japan	45
Clinical characteristics and outcomes after new‐onset seizure among Zambian children with HIV during the antiretroviral therapy era	40
Intestinal microbiome alterations in pediatric epilepsy: Implications for seizures and therapeutic approaches	37
Characterization of low‐grade epilepsy‐associated tumor from implanted stereoelectroencephalography electrodes	31
Key steps and barriers in the journey of patients with epilepsy through the National Healthcare System in Spain: The EPIPASS qualitative study	30
Longitudinal hippocampal diffusion‐weighted imaging and T2 relaxometry demonstrate regional abnormalities which are stable and predict subfield pathology in temporal lobe epilepsy	27
Commentary on “The epileptogenic zone in children with tuberous sclerosis complex is characterized by prominent features of focal cortical dysplasia”	26
Microglia and status epilepticus in the immature brain	24
An interview with Ifrah Zawar, 2023 Epilepsia Open prize winner for clinical research	23
Epilepsy following neonatal encephalopathy—Future directions	22
Effectiveness of perampanel as the only add‐on: Retrospective, multicenter, observational real‐life study on epilepsy patients	21
Assessment of tau phosphorylation and β‐amyloid pathology in human drug‐resistant epilepsy	21
Alterations of apparent diffusion coefficient from ultra high b‐values in the bilateral thalamus and striatum in MRI‐negative drug‐resistant epilepsy	21
Patient complexity, depression, and quality of life in patients with epilepsy at an epilepsy center in Japan	21
Risk of COVID‐19 infection and seizure exacerbation among patients with epilepsy during the peak of Omicron wave	20
A companion to the preclinical common data elements for proteomics, lipidomics, and metabolomics data in rodent epilepsy models. A report of the TASK3‐WG4 omics working group of the ILAE/AES joint tra	20