Our May editorial takes a brief look back at some of the history of Nature Neuroscience. We also present some of the most-cited papers over the past decade. This is an interesting exercise, as it provides an opportunity to reflect on the interests of both the authors and readers over the past decade.
As promised in the editorial, here is a list of most highly cited paper from each year of the journals publication, up until 2005 (going beyond that, things get a little unreliable since the citation half-life is usually quoted as being somewhere between 2-3 years):
1998: Nature Neuroscience 1, 69 – 73 (1998) ; doi:10.1038/271
Cortisol levels during human aging predict hippocampal atrophy and memory deficits
Sonia J. Lupien, Mony de Leon, Susan de Santi, Antonio Convit, Chaim Tarshish, N. P. V. Nair, Mira Thakur, Bruce S. McEwen, Richard L. Hauger & Michael J. Meaney
1999: Nature Neuroscience 2, 266 – 270 (1999) ; doi:10.1038/6368
Running increases cell proliferation and neurogenesis in the adult mouse dentate gyrus
Henriette van Praag, Gerd Kempermann & Fred H. Gage
2000: Nature Neuroscience 3, 1301 – 1306 (2000) ; doi:10.1038/81834
Chronic systemic pesticide exposure reproduces features of Parkinson’s disease
Ranjita Betarbet, Todd B. Sherer, Gillian MacKenzie, Monica Garcia-Osuna, Alexander V. Panov & J. Timothy Greenamyre
2001: Nature Neuroscience 4, 95 – 102 (2001) ; doi:10.1038/82959
Abstract reward and punishment representations in the human orbitofrontal cortex
J. O’Doherty, M. L. Kringelbach, E. T. Rolls, J. Hornak & C. Andrews
2002: Nature Neuroscience 5, 452 – 457 (2002) ; doi:10.1038/nn842
Immunization reverses memory deficits without reducing brain A burden in Alzheimer’s disease model
Jean-Cosme Dodart, Kelly R. Bales, Kimberley S. Gannon, Stephen J. Greene, Ronald B. DeMattos, Chantal Mathis, Cynthia A. DeLong, Su Wu, Xin Wu, David M. Holtzman & Steven M. Paul
2003: Nature Neuroscience 6, 43 – 50 (2002) ; doi:10.1038/nn980
Neuron-to-astrocyte signaling is central to the dynamic control of brain microcirculation
Micaela Zonta, María Cecilia Angulo, Sara Gobbo, Bernhard Rosengarten, Konstantin-A. Hossmann, Tullio Pozzan & Giorgio Carmignoto
2004: Nature Neuroscience 7, 847 – 854 (2004) ; doi:10.1038/nn1276
Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior
Ian C G Weaver, Nadia Cervoni, Frances A Champagne, Ana C D’Alessio, Shakti Sharma, Jonathan R Seckl, Sergiy Dymov, Moshe Szyf & Michael J Meaney
2005: Nature Neuroscience 8, 828 – 834 (2005) ; doi:10.1038/nn1463
Lukas Pezawas, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Emily M Drabant, Beth A Verchinski, Karen E Munoz, Bhaskar S Kolachana, Michael F Egan, Venkata S Mattay, Ahmad R Hariri & Daniel R Weinberger
And, the Top 10 overall:
Nature Neuroscience 3, 1301 – 1306 (2000) ; doi:10.1038/81834
Chronic systemic pesticide exposure reproduces features of Parkinson’s disease
Ranjita Betarbet, Todd B. Sherer, Gillian MacKenzie, Monica Garcia-Osuna, Alexander V. Panov & J. Timothy Greenamyre
Nature Neuroscience 2, 266 – 270 (1999) ; doi:10.1038/6368
Running increases cell proliferation and neurogenesis in the adult mouse dentate gyrus
Henriette van Praag, Gerd Kempermann & Fred H. Gage
Nature Neuroscience 2, 260 – 265 (1999) ; doi:10.1038/6365
Learning enhances adult neurogenesis in the hippocampal formation
Elizabeth Gould, Anna Beylin, Patima Tanapat, Alison Reeves & Tracey J. Shors
Nature Neuroscience 2, 861 – 863 (1999) ; doi:10.1038/13158
Brain development during childhood and adolescence: a longitudinal MRI study
Jay N. Giedd, Jonathan Blumenthal, Neal O. Jeffries, F. X. Castellanos, Hong Liu, Alex Zijdenbos, Tomá Paus, Alan C. Evans & Judith L. Rapoport
Nature Neuroscience 3, 661 – 669 (2000) ; doi:10.1038/76615
Proteomic analysis of NMDA receptor−adhesion protein signaling complexes
Holger Husi, Malcolm A. Ward, Jyoti S. Choudhary, Walter P. Blackstock & Seth G. N. Grant
Nature Neuroscience 3, 292 – 297 (2000) ; doi:10.1038/73009
Voluntary orienting is dissociated from target detection in human posterior parietal cortex
Maurizio Corbetta, J. Michelle Kincade, John M. Ollinger, Marc P. McAvoy & Gordon L. Shulman
Nature Neuroscience 4, 95 – 102 (2001) ; doi:10.1038/82959
Abstract reward and punishment representations in the human orbitofrontal cortex
J. O’Doherty, M. L. Kringelbach, 2, E. T. Rolls, J. Hornak & C. Andrews
Nature Neuroscience 1, 69 – 73 (1998) ; doi:10.1038/271
Cortisol levels during human aging predict hippocampal atrophy and memory deficits
Sonia J. Lupien, Mony de Leon, Susan de Santi, Antonio Convit, Chaim Tarshish, N. P. V. Nair, Mira Thakur, Bruce S. McEwen, Richard L. Hauger & Michael J. Meaney
Nature Neuroscience 3, 284 – 291 (2000) ; doi:10.1038/72999
The neural mechanisms of top-down attentional control
J. B. Hopfinger, M. H. Buonocore & G. R. Mangun
10. 413 citations
Nature Neuroscience 7, 847 – 854 (2004) ; doi:10.1038/nn1276
Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior
Ian C G Weaver, Nadia Cervoni, Frances A Champagne, Ana C D’Alessio, Shakti Sharma, Jonathan R Seckl, Sergiy Dymov, Moshe Szyf & Michael J Meaney
An interesting list that spans quite a few sub-disciplines, hopefully reflecting our attempt at balance when covering all fields for our broad readership. What interesting trends do you see? Any interesting developments that you find surprising or completely expected? I look forward to reading your analysis.