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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Corrigendum to “Self-compassion, mental health, and parenting: Comparing parents of autistic and non-autistic children”	219
Short report on navigating access to care for Medicaid-enrolled autistic youth and young adults: Examining accrual of intellectual disability diagnoses in adolescence	178
Trajectories of autism symptom severity for boys and girls across childhood	144
‘Somali parents feel like they’re on the outer’: Somali mothers’ experiences of parent–teacher relationships for their autistic children	135
Literacy in nonspeaking autistic people	133
(Re)thinking about self-harm and autism: Findings from an online qualitative study on self-harm in autistic adults	118
What are we targeting when we support inclusive education for autistic students? A systematic review of 233 empirical studies and call for community partnerships	102
Understanding the post-diagnostic support priorities of autistic adults in the United Kingdom: A co-produced modified Delphi study	85
A systematic review of the experiences of autistic young people enrolled in mainstream second-level (post-primary) schools	65
Access to employment: A comparison of autistic, neurodivergent and neurotypical adults’ experiences of hiring processes in the United Kingdom	61
Autistics working in academia: What are the barriers and facilitators?	60
Psychiatry training in autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability: Ongoing gaps and emerging opportunities	60
Scene construction ability in neurotypical and autistic adults	57
A more holistic approach to autism using the International Classification of Functioning: The why, what, and how of functioning	57
Magnitude representation of preschool children with autism spectrum condition	55
Intersecting effects of sex/gender and autism on structural language: A scoping review	54
Integrating autistic perspectives into autism science: A role for autistic autobiographies	54
Psychosocial factors associated with the trajectories of interparental conflict for Australian fathers of autistic children: A longitudinal study across 10 years of child development	52
A non-systematic overview review of self-focused emotion regulation in autistic individuals through the lens of the extended process model	51
Rapport in same and mixed neurotype groups of autistic and non-autistic adults	50
A comparison of the presentations of males and females with autism spectrum disorder and those narrowly below the diagnostic threshold	49
Reduced P300 amplitude in children and adolescents with autism is associated with slowed processing speed, executive difficulties, and social-communication problems	48
An initial trial of OPT-In-Early: An online training program for caregivers of autistic children	47
Do you feel me? Autism, empathic accuracy and the double empathy problem	47
‘I live in extremes’: A qualitative investigation of Autistic adults’ experiences of inertial rest and motion	45

‘Just knowing it’s there gives me comfort’: Exploring the benefits and challenges of autism alert cards	44
Conversational topic maintenance and related cognitive abilities in autistic versus neurotypical children	44
“Giving the patients less work”: A thematic analysis of telehealth use and recommendations to improve usability for autistic adults	44
Perception and behavior toward neuropsychiatric disorders in Saudi Arabia: A systematic review and quality assessment	44
Social attention in anorexia nervosa and autism spectrum disorder: Role of social motivation	43
Exploring communicative competence in autistic children who are minimally verbal: The Low Verbal Investigatory Survey for Autism (LVIS)	43
The impact of COVID-19 on receipt of health services among children with and without autism	43
Potential association between altered oral microbiota and oxidative stress in individuals with autism	42
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	42
The relationship between camouflaging and mental health: Are there differences among subgroups in autistic adults?	41
Examining the effectiveness, feasibility, and acceptability of an advocacy program for Latinx families of transition-aged autistic youth	41
A survey of autistic adults, relatives and clinical teams in the United Kingdom: And Delphi process consensus statements on optimal autism diagnostic assessment for adults	40
Children with autism exhibit similar longitudinal changes in core symptoms when placed in special or mainstream education settings	39
Alternative receptive language assessment modalities and stimuli for autistic children who are minimally verbal	39