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Papers

(The median citation count of Molecular Autism is 5. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Dynamic functional adaptations during touch observation in autism: connectivity strength is linked to attitudes towards social touch and social responsiveness	102
Large-scale neural network compensation associated with camouflaging in trait autism and its potential mental health costs	87
Diagnostic validity of Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, second edition (K-ADOS-2) in the Korean population	78
Atypical functional connectivity of temporal cortex with precuneus and visual regions may be an early-age signature of ASD	72
Sex-specific and sex-independent steroid-related biomarkers in early second trimester maternal serum associated with autism	68
Transcallosal white matter and cortical gray matter variations in autistic adults aged 30–73 years	59
Sensory salience processing moderates attenuated gazes on faces in autism spectrum disorder: a case–control study	53
Age-related differences in axon pruning and myelination may alter neural signaling in autism spectrum disorder	51
Salivary testosterone in male and female youth with and without autism spectrum disorder: considerations of development, sex, and diagnosis	42
The association between social camouflage and mental health among autistic people in Japan and the UK: a cross-cultural study	41
Better statistical reporting does not lead to statistical rigour: lessons from two decades of pseudoreplication in mouse-model studies of neurological disorders	39
Altered interactive dynamics of gaze behavior during face-to-face interaction in autistic individuals: a dual eye-tracking study	38
Autistic and non-autistic individuals show the same amygdala activity during emotional face processing	38
Additive interaction between birth asphyxia and febrile seizures on autism spectrum disorder: a population-based study	37
SETD5 haploinsufficiency affects mitochondrial compartment in neural cells	31
Comparative profiling of white matter development in the human and mouse brain reveals volumetric deficits and delayed myelination in Angelman syndrome	28
Association of polygenic scores for autism with volumetric MRI phenotypes in cerebellum and brainstem in adults	28
Increased cerebral lactate levels in adults with autism spectrum disorders compared to non-autistic controls: a magnetic resonance spectroscopy study	28
Neuroligin-2 shapes individual slow waves during slow-wave sleep and the response to sleep deprivation in mice	28
Shank2 identifies a subset of glycinergic neurons involved in altered nociception in an autism model	27
Autistic adults have poorer quality healthcare and worse health based on self-report data	27
Characterizing genetic pathways unique to autism spectrum disorder at multiple levels of biological analysis	26
Assessing the psychometric properties of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule – Generic (ADOS-G) in a clinical setting in the Chinese mainland	24
Atypical GNAO1 variants in severe childhood speech disorders: clinical, genetic, and molecular insights	24
Serum and cerebral folate are normal in Down Syndrome Regression Disorder	24

Resting state aperiodic and periodic EEG activity in preschool-aged autistic children: differences from neurotypical peers and links to language skills	23
Reduced inter-subject functional connectivity during movies in autism: replicability across cross-national fMRI datasets	23
Subcortical brain volume variations in autistic individuals across the lifespan	21
Developmental trajectories in infants and pre-school children with Neurofibromatosis 1	20
Genetic and environmental contributions to co-occurring physical health conditions in autism spectrum condition and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder	19
Neurodevelopmental impairments in children with septo-optic dysplasia spectrum conditions: a systematic review	19
Different exploration strategies along the autism spectrum: diverging effects of autism diagnosis and autism traits	19
Large multicenter randomized trials in autism: key insights gained from the balovaptan clinical development program	19
Increased rates of chronic physical health conditions across all organ systems in autistic adolescents and adults	19
Infants later diagnosed with autism have lower canonical babbling ratios in the first year of life	19
Socio-affective communication in Tph2-deficient rat pups: communal nesting aggravates growth retardation despite ameliorating maternal affiliation deficits	18
Granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor-induced macrophages of individuals with autism spectrum disorder adversely affect neuronal dendrites through the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokine	18
Dim light at night disrupts the sleep-wake cycle and exacerbates abnormal EEG activity in Cntnap2 knockout mice: implications for autism spectrum disorders	17
Effects of Metformin on children with Fragile X Syndrome: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial	17
Impact of imitation abilities on social communication in autistic children: evidence from an Early Start Denver Model intervention study	17
Sex differences in friendships and loneliness in autistic and non-autistic children across development	17
Atypical maturation of the functional connectome hierarchy in autism	17
Trajectory of depressive symptoms over adolescence in autistic and neurotypical youth	17
Imbalance of flight–freeze responses and their cellular correlates in the Nlgn3−/y rat model of autism	16
Immune activation during pregnancy exacerbates ASD-related alterations in Shank3-deficient mice	16
Molecular architecture of the altered cortical complexity in autism	16
Auditory N1 event-related potential amplitude is predictive of serum concentration of BPN14770 in fragile X syndrome	16
Maternal vitamin D during pregnancy and offspring autism and autism-associated traits: a prospective cohort study	15
Sex differences in social and emotional insight in youth with and without autism	15
Prospective association of the infant gut microbiome with social behaviors in the ECHO consortium	15
Sub-groups of spoken language and broader communication skills in a large heterogenous cohort of minimally verbal school-age children: evidence of discrepant profiles	15
Do autistic individuals show atypical performance in probabilistic learning? A comparison of cue-number, predictive strength, and prediction error	15
Linking functional and structural brain organisation with behaviour in autism: a multimodal EU-AIMS Longitudinal European Autism Project (LEAP) study	14
Aberrant hippocampal gamma oscillations in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome: insights from in vitro slice models	14
Clinical impact and in vitro characterization of ADNP variants in pediatric patients	14
Investigating frank autism: clinician initial impressions and autism characteristics	13
Autistic adults benefit from and enjoy learning via social interaction as much as neurotypical adults do	13
Maternal rheumatoid arthritis and the risk of offspring autism spectrum disorder: two national birth cohorts and a meta-analysis	13
Locus coeruleus tonic upregulation increases selectivity to inconspicuous auditory information in autistic compared to non-autistic individuals: a combined pupillometry and electroencephalography stud	13
Autism-associated gene shank3 is necessary for social contagion in zebrafish	13
Access to services for autistic people across Europe	13
Impaired synaptic function and hyperexcitability of the pyramidal neurons in the prefrontal cortex of autism-associated Shank3 mutant dogs	13
Early life sleep disruption potentiates lasting sex-specific changes in behavior in genetically vulnerable Shank3 heterozygous autism model mice	12
Measuring self and informant perspectives of Restricted and Repetitive Behaviours (RRBs): psychometric evaluation of the Repetitive Behaviours Questionnaire-3 (RBQ-3) in adult clinical practice and re	11
The subcortical correlates of autistic traits in school-age children: a population-based neuroimaging study	11
White matter microstructural and morphometric alterations in autism: implications for intellectual capabilities	11
Atypical gaze patterns in autistic adults are heterogeneous across but reliable within individuals	11
Translatome analysis of tuberous sclerosis complex 1 patient-derived neural progenitor cells reveals rapamycin-dependent and independent alterations	11
Naturally occurring low sociality in female rhesus monkeys: A tractable model for autism or not?	11
Age-related changes in brain signal variability in autism spectrum disorder	11
Profiles of autism characteristics in thirteen genetic syndromes: a machine learning approach	11
Autism-associated protein POGZ controls ESCs and ESC neural induction by association with esBAF	10
Impaired neurogenesis and neural progenitor fate choice in a human stem cell model of SETBP1 disorder	10
Infant excitation/inhibition balance interacts with executive attention to predict autistic traits in childhood	10
Autistic traits are associated with lower perceived executive function but not poorer executive function task performance in the general population: complementary meta-analytic evidence	10

The neural bases of language processing during social and non-social contexts: a fNIRS study of autistic and neurotypical preschool-aged children	10
Autistic and transgender/gender diverse people’s experiences of health and healthcare	10
Association of glymphatic dysfunction, free water, white matter integrity and long-term memory performance in aging autistic adults	10
A novel context-discrepancy assessment of impression management facets in autistic and non-autistic adults: an initial validation	9
Altered frontal connectivity as a mechanism for executive function deficits in fragile X syndrome	9
Correction: Understanding the relationship between cerebellar structure and social abilities	9
Shank3 deletion in PV neurons is associated with abnormal behaviors and neuronal functions that are rescued by increasing GABAergic signaling	9
Resting state EEG power spectrum and functional connectivity in autism: a cross-sectional analysis	9
A 3D approach to understanding heterogeneity in early developing autisms	9
Correction to: Myt1l haploinsufficiency leads to obesity and multifaceted behavioral alterations in mice	9
Mapping neural correlates of biological motion perception in autistic children using high-density diffuse optical tomography	9
A systematic review and meta-analysis of suicidality in autistic and possibly autistic people without co-occurring intellectual disability	9
CRISIS AFAR: an international collaborative study of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and service access in youth with autism and neurodevelopmental conditions	9
Impact of chronic intranasal oxytocin administration on face expression processing in autistic children: a randomized controlled trial using fMRI	8
Systematic review and meta-analysis: multimodal functional and anatomical neural alterations in autism spectrum disorder	8
Deciphering the genetic basis of developmental language disorder in children without intellectual disability, autism or apraxia of speech	8
Tau reduction attenuates autism-like features in Fmr1 knockout mice	8
Inter-individual heterogeneity of functional brain networks in children with autism spectrum disorder	8
Loss of the Mecp2 gene in parvalbumin interneurons leads to an inhibitory deficit in the amygdala and affects its functional connectivity	8
The Developmental Assessment of Social Communication Ability (DASCA): initial creation and psychometric description	8
Deletion of Fmr1 in parvalbumin-expressing neurons results in dysregulated translation and selective behavioral deficits associated with fragile X syndrome	8
A cross-cultural examination of bi-directional mentalising in autistic and non-autistic adults	7
Understanding the relationship between cerebellar structure and social abilities	7
Spontaneous instrumental approach-avoidance learning in social contexts in autism	7
Transdiagnostic similarities and distinctions in brain networks associated with autistic social impairments: a prospective cohort study	7
Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for irritability in autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis with the GRADE assessment	7
Social inference brain networks in autistic adults during movie-viewing: functional specialization and heterogeneity	7
Experience-dependent changes in hippocampal spatial activity and hippocampal circuit function are disrupted in a rat model of Fragile X Syndrome	7
Subgrouping autism and ADHD based on structural MRI population modelling centiles	7
Cholecystokinin upregulation in mPFC leads to social defeat-induced anxiety susceptibility in neuroligin 3 R451C knockin mice	6
Structure-function coupling in white matter uncovers the hypoconnectivity in autism spectrum disorder	6
Identifying SETBP1 haploinsufficiency molecular pathways to improve patient diagnosis using induced pluripotent stem cells and neural disease modelling	6
Beyond the three-chamber test: toward a multimodal and objective assessment of social behavior in rodents	6
Predictability modulates neural response to eye contact in ASD	6
Cortico-basal ganglia white matter microstructure is linked to restricted repetitive behavior in autism spectrum disorder	6
The activation of mGluR4 rescues parallel fiber synaptic transmission and LTP, motor learning and social behavior in a mouse model of Fragile X Syndrome	5
Enhanced motor noise in an autism subtype with poor motor skills	5
Atypical early neural responses to native and non-native language in infants at high likelihood for developing autism	5
Embryonic origin of two ASD subtypes of social symptom severity: the larger the brain cortical organoid size, the more severe the social symptoms	5
Genotype–phenotype correlations with autism spectrum disorder-related traits in Noonan syndrome and Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines: a cross-sectional study	5
White matter microstructure as a potential contributor to differences in resting state alpha activity between neurotypical and autistic children: a longitudinal multimodal imaging study	5
Pharmacological inhibition of the CB1 cannabinoid receptor restores abnormal brain mitochondrial CB1 receptor expression and rescues bioenergetic and cognitive defects in a female mouse model of Rett	5
The biosocial correlates and predictors of emotion dysregulation in autistic adults compared to borderline personality disorder and nonclinical controls	5
Knockout of Tmlhe in mice is not associated with autism spectrum disorder phenotypes or motor dysfunction despite low carnitine levels	5
Mapping autism in Egypt: population-based insights into prevalence, risk determinants, and severity among children aged 1–12 years	5
Oxytocin impacts top-down and bottom-up social perception in adolescents with ASD: a MEG study of neural connectivity	5