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Open field with PTZ

From 2021 to 2025, 43 animal research papers mentioned PTZ and the open field in their title or abstract.

That is 2.5 times the 17 papers of 2011 to 2015. Between the same two periods, the papers that mention PTZ and any of the 90 tests we count grew more slowly, to 1.1 times as many.

43 animal research papers from 2021 to 2025 mentioned PTZ and the open field
20% of the 212 papers from 2021 to 2025 that mention PTZ and a test mention the open field
1% of the 3,980 papers from 2021 to 2025 that mention the open field also mention PTZ
2.5 times as many papers as in 2011 to 2015

Papers by year

Animal research papers that mention PTZ and the open field, by year, 2001 to 2026

The 2026 bar counts papers added to PubMed by November 8, 2026.

  • Papers in a full year
  • 2026 so far
Show the counts for each year
Papers by year
YearPapers
20010
20022
20030
20042
20053
20063
20072
20082
20095
20104
20114
20122
20132
20146
20153
201612
20173
20185
20199
20203
20215
20228
20237
20249
202514
2026 (part year)8

Which species the papers used

Each bar is a share of the 43 papers from 2021 to 2025. A paper can use more than one species, so the shares can add to more than 100%.

Species

Mouse
23 papers 53%
Rat
17 papers 40%
Zebrafish
5 papers 12%
Other animals
1 paper 2%

“Other animals” counts papers that use none of the species this chart names.

Tests mentioned alongside the open field

Each bar is one test, with how many of the 43 papers also mention it, and what share that is. Of these papers, 7 (16%) mention no other test.

The 12 tests these papers mention most

15 papers 35%
9 papers 21%
8 papers 19%
4 papers 9%
4 papers 9%
4 papers 9%
2 papers 5%
2 papers 5%

Which papers count

A paper counts here when it is animal research and its title or abstract mentions PTZ and the open field.

A paper that mentions either only in its methods is missed, so the count runs low. The search terms are in the list of models and techniques and the test list. The full method, with each source and its terms of use, is on our main page, Behavioral tests in published research.

More pairings

Every pairing of an animal model and a test with 30 or more papers from 2021 to 2025 has a page like this one.

The page on the open field counts all the papers that mention it, whatever they study. The page on PTZ ranks the tests mentioned with it.

How to cite

APA

ConductScience. (2026, November 13). Open field with PTZ [Data set]. https://conductscience.com/resources/data/animal-models/ptz/open-field

BibTeX

@misc{conductscience_ptz_open_field_2026,
  author = {{ConductScience}},
  title = {Open field with PTZ},
  year = {2026},
  month = nov,
  url = {https://conductscience.com/resources/data/animal-models/ptz/open-field},
  note = {Data set, released November 13, 2026},
}

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