| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | The concept of allostasis in biology and biomedicine | Hormones and Behavior | 2003 | 2,524 |
| 2 | Oxytocin is associated with human trustworthiness | Hormones and Behavior | 2005 | 1,318 |
| 3 | Sexual attractivity, proceptivity, and receptivity in female mammals | Hormones and Behavior | 1976 | 1,066 |
| 4 | The reactive scope model — A new model integrating homeostasis, allostasis, and stress | Hormones and Behavior | 2009 | 838 |
| 5 | Organizational and activational effects of sex steroids on brain and behavior: A reanalysis | Hormones and Behavior | 1985 | 767 |
| 6 | Gonadal Steroid Hormone Receptors and Sex Differences in the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis | Hormones and Behavior | 1994 | 710 |
| 7 | Glucocorticoids, prenatal stress and the programming of disease | Hormones and Behavior | 2011 | 704 |
| 8 | The vertebrate social behavior network: Evolutionary themes and variations | Hormones and Behavior | 2005 | 677 |
| 9 | Gonadal hormones and sex differences in nonreproductive behaviors in rodents: Organizational and activational influences | Hormones and Behavior | 1979 | 655 |
| 10 | Are subordinates always stressed? a comparative analysis of rank differences in cortisol levels among primates | Hormones and Behavior | 2003 | 599 |
| 11 | Child maltreatment and the developing HPA axis | Hormones and Behavior | 2006 | 581 |
| 12 | Neuropeptidergic regulation of affiliative behavior and social bonding in animals | Hormones and Behavior | 2006 | 558 |
| 13 | Oxytocin and social affiliation in humans | Hormones and Behavior | 2012 | 543 |
| 14 | A Proposed Test Battery and Constellations of Specific Behavioral Paradigms to Investigate the Behavioral Phenotypes of Transgenic and Knockout Mice | Hormones and Behavior | 1997 | 522 |
| 15 | Pregnancy and pregnancy-associated hormones alter immune responses and disease pathogenesis | Hormones and Behavior | 2012 | 518 |
| 16 | The organizational–activational hypothesis as the foundation for a unified theory of sexual differentiation of all mammalian tissues | Hormones and Behavior | 2009 | 503 |
| 17 | Testosterone, and winning and losing in human competition | Hormones and Behavior | 1989 | 494 |
| 18 | Back to the future: The organizational–activational hypothesis adapted to puberty and adolescence | Hormones and Behavior | 2009 | 482 |
| 19 | Neurotoxicity of Glucocorticoids in the Primate Brain | Hormones and Behavior | 1994 | 470 |
| 20 | Cellular Mechanisms of Social Attachment | Hormones and Behavior | 2001 | 457 |
| 21 | Aromatization: Important for sexual differentiation of the neonatal rat brain | Hormones and Behavior | 1977 | 448 |
| 22 | Stress, reproduction, and adrenocortical modulation in amphibians and reptiles | Hormones and Behavior | 2003 | 446 |
| 23 | Development of partner preferences in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster): The role of social and sexual experience | Hormones and Behavior | 1992 | 444 |
| 24 | What is in a name? Integrating homeostasis, allostasis and stress | Hormones and Behavior | 2010 | 442 |
| 25 | Testosterone and cortisol jointly regulate dominance: Evidence for a dual-hormone hypothesis | Hormones and Behavior | 2010 | 438 |
| 26 | Masculinized Finger Length Patterns in Human Males and Females with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia | Hormones and Behavior | 2002 | 424 |
| 27 | Solicitation behavior in the estrous female rat: A review | Hormones and Behavior | 1989 | 415 |
| 28 | Conditional expression of women's desires and men's mate guarding across the ovulatory cycle | Hormones and Behavior | 2006 | 411 |
| 29 | Estradiol Enhances Learning and Memory in a Spatial Memory Task and Effects Levels of Monoaminergic Neurotransmitters | Hormones and Behavior | 1998 | 409 |
| 30 | Sexual behavior in male rodents | Hormones and Behavior | 2007 | 393 |
| 31 | Testosterone, status, and mood in human males*1 | Hormones and Behavior | 1980 | 387 |
| 32 | Neuroendocrine aspects of hypercortisolism in major depression | Hormones and Behavior | 2003 | 376 |
| 33 | Modulating social behavior with oxytocin: How does it work? What does it mean? | Hormones and Behavior | 2012 | 376 |
| 34 | The endocrine stress-response and social status in the wild baboon | Hormones and Behavior | 1982 | 367 |
| 35 | Oxytocin modulates cooperation within and competition between groups: An integrative review and research agenda | Hormones and Behavior | 2012 | 364 |
| 36 | Lab and field experiments: Are they the same animal? | Hormones and Behavior | 2009 | 362 |
| 37 | Rat RFamide-related peptide-3 stimulates GH secretion, inhibits LH secretion, and has variable effects on sex behavior in the adult male rat | Hormones and Behavior | 2007 | 360 |
| 38 | The relationship between circulating testosterone levels and male sexual behavior in rats | Hormones and Behavior | 1977 | 351 |
| 39 | Estrogen-Mediated Structural and Functional Synaptic Plasticity in the Female Rat Hippocampus | Hormones and Behavior | 1998 | 349 |
| 40 | Epigenetics and the origins of paternal effects | Hormones and Behavior | 2011 | 348 |
| 41 | Postpartum depression: Etiology, treatment and consequences for maternal care | Hormones and Behavior | 2016 | 341 |
| 42 | A critical review of the influence of oxytocin nasal spray on social cognition in humans: Evidence and future directions | Hormones and Behavior | 2012 | 340 |
| 43 | Estradiol and cognitive function: Past, present and future | Hormones and Behavior | 2014 | 333 |
| 44 | Both oxytocin and vasopressin are mediators of maternal care and aggression in rodents: From central release to sites of action | Hormones and Behavior | 2012 | 332 |
| 45 | Estrogen Enhances Performance of Female Rats during Acquisition of a Radial Arm Maze | Hormones and Behavior | 1997 | 324 |
| 46 | Testosterone and Prolactin Are Associated with Emotional Responses to Infant Cries in New Fathers | Hormones and Behavior | 2002 | 323 |
| 47 | Infant Vocalization, Adult Aggression, and Fear Behavior of an Oxytocin Null Mutant Mouse | Hormones and Behavior | 2000 | 322 |
| 48 | Analyzing corticosterone metabolites in fecal samples of mice: a noninvasive technique to monitor stress hormones | Hormones and Behavior | 2004 | 314 |
| 49 | Testosterone, Endurance, and Darwinian Fitness: Natural and Sexual Selection on the Physiological Bases of Alternative Male Behaviors in Side-Blotched Lizards | Hormones and Behavior | 2000 | 313 |
| 50 | Oxytocin and social perception: Oxytocin increases perceived facial trustworthiness and attractiveness | Hormones and Behavior | 2009 | 310 |
