OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Autism is 38. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Magnitude representation of preschool children with autism spectrum condition	194
Corrigendum to “Self-compassion, mental health, and parenting: Comparing parents of autistic and non-autistic children”	141
A more holistic approach to autism using the International Classification of Functioning: The why, what, and how of functioning	134
Reduced P300 amplitude in children and adolescents with autism is associated with slowed processing speed, executive difficulties, and social-communication problems	123
Short report on navigating access to care for Medicaid-enrolled autistic youth and young adults: Examining accrual of intellectual disability diagnoses in adolescence	102
Trajectories of autism symptom severity for boys and girls across childhood	97
(Re)thinking about self-harm and autism: Findings from an online qualitative study on self-harm in autistic adults	87
Intersecting effects of sex/gender and autism on structural language: A scoping review	85
A comparison of the presentations of males and females with autism spectrum disorder and those narrowly below the diagnostic threshold	84
Scene construction ability in neurotypical and autistic adults	81
The use of Multi-Sensory Environments with autistic children: Exploring the effect of having control of sensory changes	76
Understanding the post-diagnostic support priorities of autistic adults in the United Kingdom: A co-produced modified Delphi study	74
Integrating autistic perspectives into autism science: A role for autistic autobiographies	67
Real-world executive functioning for autistic children in school and home settings	57
Psychosocial factors associated with the trajectories of interparental conflict for Australian fathers of autistic children: A longitudinal study across 10 years of child development	54
A non-systematic overview review of self-focused emotion regulation in autistic individuals through the lens of the extended process model	54
An initial trial of OPT-In-Early: An online training program for caregivers of autistic children	53
Rapport in same and mixed neurotype groups of autistic and non-autistic adults	51
Psychiatry training in autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability: Ongoing gaps and emerging opportunities	50
Autistics working in academia: What are the barriers and facilitators?	50
‘I live in extremes’: A qualitative investigation of Autistic adults’ experiences of inertial rest and motion	48
A systematic review of the experiences of autistic young people enrolled in mainstream second-level (post-primary) schools	48
‘Somali parents feel like they’re on the outer’: Somali mothers’ experiences of parent–teacher relationships for their autistic children	47
Do you feel me? Autism, empathic accuracy and the double empathy problem	44
Literacy in nonspeaking autistic people	44

Access to employment: A comparison of autistic, neurodivergent and neurotypical adults’ experiences of hiring processes in the United Kingdom	43
Exploring communicative competence in autistic children who are minimally verbal: The Low Verbal Investigatory Survey for Autism (LVIS)	42
The relationship between camouflaging and mental health: Are there differences among subgroups in autistic adults?	42
Digital health should augment (not replace) autism treatment providers	42
Language, interests and autism: A tribute to Dr. Dinah Murray (1946–2021), an autism pioneer	41
A comparison of the content and nature of worries of autistic and neurotypical young people as they transition from school	40
Perception and behavior toward neuropsychiatric disorders in Saudi Arabia: A systematic review and quality assessment	40
The impact of COVID-19 on receipt of health services among children with and without autism	39
Social attention in anorexia nervosa and autism spectrum disorder: Role of social motivation	39
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	39
Mindreading beliefs in same- and cross-neurotype interactions	39
Conversational topic maintenance and related cognitive abilities in autistic versus neurotypical children	38
“Giving the patients less work”: A thematic analysis of telehealth use and recommendations to improve usability for autistic adults	38