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Downloads Prize

The ECNP Downloads Prize recognises original and impactful research in the ECNP open-access journal, Neuroscience Applied. It is awarded to the most downloaded paper in the preceding two years.

Previous winner

Year Winner Publication
2025

Karlijn Kooij, the Netherlands, et al.

GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide reduces appetite while increasing dopamine reward signaling
2024

Lea J. Mertens et al.

Methodological challenges in psychedelic drug trials: Efficacy and safety of psilocybin in treatment-resistant major depression (EPIsoDE) – Rationale and study design
2023  Eline C.H.M. Haijen et al. Microdosing with psychedelics to self-medicate for ADHD symptoms in adults: A prospective naturalistic study