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Open field with EEG or ECoG

From 2021 to 2025, 51 animal research papers mentioned EEG or ECoG and the open field in their title or abstract.

That is 2.4 times the 21 papers of 2011 to 2015. Between the same two periods, the papers that mention EEG or ECoG and any of the 90 tests we count grew more slowly, to 1.7 times as many.

51 animal research papers from 2021 to 2025 mentioned EEG or ECoG and the open field
19% of the 265 papers from 2021 to 2025 that mention EEG or ECoG and a test mention the open field
1% of the 3,980 papers from 2021 to 2025 that mention the open field also mention EEG or ECoG
2.4 times as many papers as in 2011 to 2015

Papers by year

Animal research papers that mention EEG or ECoG 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
20012
20022
20033
20042
20053
20061
20070
20083
20090
20101
20114
20122
20132
20148
20155
20167
20173
20188
201910
20206
20217
20228
202311
202415
202510
2026 (part year)12

Which species the papers used

Each bar is a share of the 51 papers from 2021 to 2025. A paper can use more than one species, so the shares can add to more than 100%.

Species

Mouse
32 papers 63%
Rat
21 papers 41%
Zebrafish
1 paper 2%

Tests mentioned alongside the open field

Each bar is one test, with how many of the 51 papers also mention it, and what share that is. Of these papers, 15 (29%) mention no other test.

The 12 tests these papers mention most

14 papers 27%
6 papers 12%
6 papers 12%
4 papers 8%
4 papers 8%
3 papers 6%

Which papers count

A paper counts here when it is animal research and its title or abstract mentions EEG or ECoG 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 a brain technique 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 EEG or ECoG ranks the tests mentioned with it.

How to cite

APA

ConductScience. (2026, November 13). Open field with EEG or ECoG [Data set]. https://conductscience.com/resources/data/brain-techniques/eeg/open-field

BibTeX

@misc{conductscience_eeg_open_field_2026,
  author = {{ConductScience}},
  title = {Open field with EEG or ECoG},
  year = {2026},
  month = nov,
  url = {https://conductscience.com/resources/data/brain-techniques/eeg/open-field},
  note = {Data set, released November 13, 2026},
}

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