Research data · Brain technique and test

Open field with ICV injection

From 2021 to 2025, 84 animal research papers mentioned ICV injection and the open field in their title or abstract.

That is 1.9 times the 45 papers of 2011 to 2015. Between the same two periods, the papers that mention ICV injection and any of the 90 tests we count fell 6%.

84 animal research papers from 2021 to 2025 mentioned ICV injection and the open field
12% of the 706 papers from 2021 to 2025 that mention ICV injection and a test mention the open field
2% of the 3,980 papers from 2021 to 2025 that mention the open field also mention ICV injection
1.9 times as many papers as in 2011 to 2015

Papers by year

Animal research papers that mention ICV injection 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
20017
20023
20038
20048
20055
20067
20078
20082
200911
201012
20116
20127
20138
20145
201519
201612
201717
201811
201921
202016
202115
202220
202315
202414
202520
2026 (part year)16

Which species the papers used

Each bar is a share of the 84 papers from 2021 to 2025. A paper can use more than one species, so the shares can add to more than 100%.

Species

Rat
48 papers 57%
Mouse
38 papers 45%
Zebrafish
1 paper 1%
Other animals
1 paper 1%

“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 84 papers also mention it, and what share that is. Of these papers, 13 (15%) mention no other test.

The 12 tests these papers mention most

20 papers 24%
19 papers 23%
15 papers 18%
8 papers 10%
5 papers 6%
4 papers 5%
2 papers 2%

Which papers count

A paper counts here when it is animal research and its title or abstract mentions ICV injection 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 ICV injection ranks the tests mentioned with it.

How to cite

APA

ConductScience. (2026, November 13). Open field with ICV injection [Data set]. https://conductscience.com/resources/data/brain-techniques/icv-injection/open-field

BibTeX

@misc{conductscience_icv_injection_open_field_2026,
  author = {{ConductScience}},
  title = {Open field with ICV injection},
  year = {2026},
  month = nov,
  url = {https://conductscience.com/resources/data/brain-techniques/icv-injection/open-field},
  note = {Data set, released November 13, 2026},
}

Open field apparatus in our store

In the test battery tool, pick every test your study will run and add the apparatus we sell for them to one quote.

For studies with ICV injection, our store sells: