OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Autism Research is 33. 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 2020-09-01 to 2024-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Global prevalence of autism: A systematic review update	965
Motor Impairment Increases in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder as a Function of Social Communication, Cognitive and Functional Impairment, Repetitive Behavior Severity, and Comorbid Diagnoses: A	129
Prediction in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review of Empirical Evidence	81
A systematic review on autistic people's experiences of stigma and coping strategies	79
A radical change in our autism research strategy is needed: Back to prototypes	69
The impact of COVID‐19 on stress, anxiety, and coping in youth with and without autism and their parents	69
Autism‐related language preferences of English‐speaking individuals across the globe: A mixed methods investigation	69
A Scoping Review of Anxiety in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder	66
Probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, and fecal microbiota transplantation in the treatment of behavioral symptoms of autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review	65
Emotion Dysregulation is Substantially Elevated in Autism Compared to the General Population: Impact on Psychiatric Services	62
Psychiatric problems during the COVID‐19 pandemic in children with autism spectrum disorder	60
The impact of COVID‐19 on the mental health and wellbeing of caregivers of autistic children and youth: A scoping review	57
Understanding the Effects of Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Interventions: A Project AIM Meta‐analysis	56
Camouflaging in Autism: Examining Sex‐Based and Compensatory Models in Social Cognition and Communication	55
Autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia: An updated conceptual review	54
Eye gaze as a biomarker in the recognition of autism spectrum disorder using virtual reality and machine learning: A proof of concept for diagnosis	53
Exclusion of females in autism research: Empirical evidence for a “leaky” recruitment‐to‐research pipeline	50
Early Pandemic Experiences of Autistic Adults: Predictors of Psychological Distress	48
The prevalence and incidence of early‐onset dementia among adults with autism spectrum disorder	47
Reduced Language Lateralization in Autism and the Broader Autism Phenotype as Assessed with Robust Individual‐Subjects Analyses	45
Digital Behavioral Phenotyping Detects Atypical Pattern of Facial Expression in Toddlers with Autism	44
Representativeness of autistic samples in studies recruiting through social media	41
Sex differences in sensory processing in children with autism spectrum disorder	40
Analysis of the SPARK study COVID‐19 parent survey: Early impact of the pandemic on access to services, child/parent mental health, and benefits of online services	39
Prenatal maternal infection and risk for autism in offspring: A meta‐analysis	39

Cognitive Predictors of Self‐Reported Camouflaging in Autistic Adolescents	39
Frontoparietal Network in Executive Functioning in Autism Spectrum Disorder	39
Approaches to Understanding Multisensory Dysfunction in Autism Spectrum Disorder	38
The Familial Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder with and without Intellectual Disability	37
Maternal Dietary Factors and the Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review of Existing Evidence	37
Psychological distress among caregivers raising a child with autism spectrum disorder during the COVID‐19 pandemic	35
Sensory features in autism: Findings from a large population‐based surveillance system	35
Pubertal Timing During Early Adolescence: Advanced Pubertal Onset in Females with Autism Spectrum Disorder	33
Loss of Cntnap2 in the Rat Causes Autism‐Related Alterations in Social Interactions, Stereotypic Behavior, and Sensory Processing	33