OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Autism is 39. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
What are we targeting when we support inclusive education for autistic students? A systematic review of 233 empirical studies and call for community partnerships	214
The use of Multi-Sensory Environments with autistic children: Exploring the effect of having control of sensory changes	166
Corrigendum to “Self-compassion, mental health, and parenting: Comparing parents of autistic and non-autistic children”	141
Short report on navigating access to care for Medicaid-enrolled autistic youth and young adults: Examining accrual of intellectual disability diagnoses in adolescence	131
Trajectories of autism symptom severity for boys and girls across childhood	116
Psychiatry training in autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability: Ongoing gaps and emerging opportunities	111
Reduced P300 amplitude in children and adolescents with autism is associated with slowed processing speed, executive difficulties, and social-communication problems	96
(Re)thinking about self-harm and autism: Findings from an online qualitative study on self-harm in autistic adults	95
A comparison of the presentations of males and females with autism spectrum disorder and those narrowly below the diagnostic threshold	80
Scene construction ability in neurotypical and autistic adults	59
An initial trial of OPT-In-Early: An online training program for caregivers of autistic children	57
A more holistic approach to autism using the International Classification of Functioning: The why, what, and how of functioning	56
Literacy in nonspeaking autistic people	55
A systematic review of the experiences of autistic young people enrolled in mainstream second-level (post-primary) schools	54
‘I live in extremes’: A qualitative investigation of Autistic adults’ experiences of inertial rest and motion	54
Magnitude representation of preschool children with autism spectrum condition	54
Do you feel me? Autism, empathic accuracy and the double empathy problem	51
Understanding the post-diagnostic support priorities of autistic adults in the United Kingdom: A co-produced modified Delphi study	51
Access to employment: A comparison of autistic, neurodivergent and neurotypical adults’ experiences of hiring processes in the United Kingdom	50
Autistics working in academia: What are the barriers and facilitators?	49
‘Somali parents feel like they’re on the outer’: Somali mothers’ experiences of parent–teacher relationships for their autistic children	47
Psychosocial factors associated with the trajectories of interparental conflict for Australian fathers of autistic children: A longitudinal study across 10 years of child development	47
Intersecting effects of sex/gender and autism on structural language: A scoping review	47
Integrating autistic perspectives into autism science: A role for autistic autobiographies	47
A non-systematic overview review of self-focused emotion regulation in autistic individuals through the lens of the extended process model	46

Rapport in same and mixed neurotype groups of autistic and non-autistic adults	44
Perception and behavior toward neuropsychiatric disorders in Saudi Arabia: A systematic review and quality assessment	43
‘Just knowing it’s there gives me comfort’: Exploring the benefits and challenges of autism alert cards	42
Conversational topic maintenance and related cognitive abilities in autistic versus neurotypical children	42
Explicit stigma and implicit biases toward autism in South Korea versus the United States	41
The impact of COVID-19 on receipt of health services among children with and without autism	41
Exploring communicative competence in autistic children who are minimally verbal: The Low Verbal Investigatory Survey for Autism (LVIS)	41
Mindreading beliefs in same- and cross-neurotype interactions	41
“Giving the patients less work”: A thematic analysis of telehealth use and recommendations to improve usability for autistic adults	41
Social attention in anorexia nervosa and autism spectrum disorder: Role of social motivation	41
A comparison of the content and nature of worries of autistic and neurotypical young people as they transition from school	41
Potential association between altered oral microbiota and oxidative stress in individuals with autism	40
Is parent education a factor in identifying autism/takiwātanga in an ethnic cohort of Pacific children in Aotearoa, New Zealand? A national cross-sectional study using linked administrative data	40
Examining the effectiveness, feasibility, and acceptability of an advocacy program for Latinx families of transition-aged autistic youth	40
The relationship between camouflaging and mental health: Are there differences among subgroups in autistic adults?	39