OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Autism is 36. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Age at autism spectrum disorder diagnosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis from 2012 to 2019	186
Autistic peer-to-peer information transfer is highly effective	164
Core experiences of parents of children with autism during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown	108
Listening to the autistic voice: Mental health priorities to guide research and practice in autism from a stakeholder-driven project	94
Research priorities of the autism community: A systematic review of key stakeholder perspectives	87
Looking good but feeling bad: “Camouflaging” behaviors and mental health in women with autistic traits	83
Effects of autism acceptance training on explicit and implicit biases toward autism	76
The relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and anxiety in autism: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis	71
The hidden inequalities of COVID-19	66
Both sex- and gender-related factors should be considered in autism research and clinical practice	65
Public knowledge and stigma of autism spectrum disorder: Comparing China with the United States	63
Feeding and eating problems in children and adolescents with autism: A scoping review	63
Work, living, and the pursuit of happiness: Vocational and psychosocial outcomes for young adults with autism	62
Preferences for identity-first versus person-first language in a US sample of autism stakeholders	60
Patterns in reporting and participant inclusion related to race and ethnicity in autism intervention literature: Data from a large-scale systematic review of evidence-based practices	60
How do core autism traits and associated symptoms relate to quality of life? Findings from the Longitudinal European Autism Project	59
Autism Spectrum Disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: An unexplored co-occurrence of conditions	58
‘I’m not just a guinea pig’: Academic and community perceptions of participatory autism research	58
To address racial disparities in autism research, we must think globally, act locally	57
Increased prevalence of non-communicable physical health conditions among autistic adults	55
Defining autistic burnout through experts by lived experience: Grounded Delphi method investigating #AutisticBurnout	52
‘Autistic person’ or ‘person with autism’? Person-first language preference in Dutch adults with autism and parents	51
COVID-19, social isolation and the mental health of autistic people and their families: A qualitative study	51
Prevalence of epilepsy in autism spectrum disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis	46
‘Anything but the phone!’: Communication mode preferences in the autism community	45

Early diagnosis of autism in the community is associated with marked improvement in social symptoms within 1–2 years	43
Identifying and measuring the common elements of naturalistic developmental behavioral interventions for autism spectrum disorder: Development of the NDBI-Fi	42
Changing the story: How diagnosticians can support a neurodiversity perspective from the start	42
Exploring an e-learning community’s response to the language and terminology use in autism from two massive open online courses on autism education and technology use	41
Virtual interview training for autistic transition age youth: A randomized controlled feasibility and effectiveness trial	41
Dropping out and moving on: A qualitative study of autistic people’s experiences of university	41
Adverse event reporting in intervention research for young autistic children	40
The ‘double empathy problem’: Ten years on	38
Loneliness in autistic adults: A systematic review	38
Oxytocin levels tend to be lower in autistic children: A meta-analysis of 31 studies	37
Participatory autism research: Early career and established researchers’ views and experiences	36