# Most-cited Neuroscience papers of 2018, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Neuroscience research papers published in 2018, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. [Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Children Aged 8 Years — Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 11 Sites, United States, 2014](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2614349964) · 5,481 citations · Free PDF
2. [EEGNet: a compact convolutional neural network for EEG-based brain–computer interfaces](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2559463885) · 4,784 citations · Free PDF
3. [The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study: Imaging acquisition across 21 sites](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2789530810) · 2,263 citations
4. [Inflammation as a central mechanism in Alzheimer's disease](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2889787710) · 2,247 citations
5. [A review of classification algorithms for EEG-based brain–computer interfaces: a 10 year update](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2794345050) · 2,230 citations
6. [Blood-Brain Barrier: From Physiology to Disease and Back](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2895430781) · 2,218 citations
7. [Hydrogel bioelectronics](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W4211178353) · 2,128 citations
8. [Mechanisms regulating intestinal barrier integrity and its pathological implications](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2885093728) · 1,997 citations · Free PDF
9. [A bioinspired flexible organic artificial afferent nerve](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2807551379) · 1,460 citations
10. [The Vagus Nerve at the Interface of the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2791998898) · 1,381 citations · Free PDF
11. [Transcriptome-wide isoform-level dysregulation in ASD, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2904884010) · 1,251 citations · Free PDF
12. [Normal aging induces A1-like astrocyte reactivity](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2790139801) · 1,245 citations
13. [Vagus Nerve as Modulator of the Brain–Gut Axis in Psychiatric and Inflammatory Disorders](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2790416725) · 1,179 citations · Free PDF
14. [Flow of cerebrospinal fluid is driven by arterial pulsations and is reduced in hypertension](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2901166225) · 1,110 citations · Free PDF
15. [More than a feeling: A unified view of stress measurement for population science](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2791322619) · 1,080 citations · Free PDF
16. [A Complete Electron Microscopy Volume of the Brain of Adult Drosophila melanogaster](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2949808130) · 1,063 citations · Free PDF
17. [Engrafted parenchymal brain macrophages differ from microglia in transcriptome, chromatin landscape and response to challenge](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2902840690) · 1,046 citations · Free PDF
18. [Glia as architects of central nervous system formation and function](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2897300390) · 998 citations
19. [Semaphorin3A induces nerve regeneration in the adult cornea-a switch from its repulsive role in development](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2791004613) · 991 citations · Free PDF
20. [Anxiety and depression in adults with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2889987209) · 981 citations · Free PDF
21. [Inflammation in CNS neurodegenerative diseases](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2792813804) · 964 citations
22. [A comprehensive review of EEG-based brain–computer interface paradigms](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2900802277) · 960 citations
23. [Current Strategies for Brain Drug Delivery](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2790852710) · 949 citations · Free PDF
24. [Pupil dilation as an index of effort in cognitive control tasks: A review](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2791944851) · 948 citations · Free PDF
25. [Pupillometry: Psychology, Physiology, and Function](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2788657169) · 917 citations

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