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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Global prevalence of autism: A systematic review update	721
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	104
Changes in the Gut Microbiota of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder	92
A radical change in our autism research strategy is needed: Back to prototypes	66
Prediction in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review of Empirical Evidence	66
The impact of COVID‐19 on stress, anxiety, and coping in youth with and without autism and their parents	65
A systematic review on autistic people's experiences of stigma and coping strategies	63
Developmental–behavioral profiles in children with autism spectrum disorder and co‐occurring gastrointestinal symptoms	61
Probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, and fecal microbiota transplantation in the treatment of behavioral symptoms of autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review	60
A Scoping Review of Anxiety in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder	58
Autism‐related language preferences of English‐speaking individuals across the globe: A mixed methods investigation	57
Psychiatric problems during the COVID‐19 pandemic in children with autism spectrum disorder	57
Emotion Dysregulation is Substantially Elevated in Autism Compared to the General Population: Impact on Psychiatric Services	55
COVID‐19 and Autism Research: Perspectives from Around the Globe	52
The impact of COVID‐19 on the mental health and wellbeing of caregivers of autistic children and youth: A scoping review	51
Understanding the Effects of Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Interventions: A Project AIM Meta‐analysis	50
Camouflaging in Autism: Examining Sex‐Based and Compensatory Models in Social Cognition and Communication	48
Early Pandemic Experiences of Autistic Adults: Predictors of Psychological Distress	47
Eye gaze as a biomarker in the recognition of autism spectrum disorder using virtual reality and machine learning: A proof of concept for diagnosis	44
Recognition of Girls on the Autism Spectrum by Primary School Educators: An Experimental Study	44
Autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia: An updated conceptual review	43
Exclusion of females in autism research: Empirical evidence for a “leaky” recruitment‐to‐research pipeline	42
Defining Positive Outcomes in More and Less Cognitively Able Autistic Adults	42
Digital Behavioral Phenotyping Detects Atypical Pattern of Facial Expression in Toddlers with Autism	41
Reduced Language Lateralization in Autism and the Broader Autism Phenotype as Assessed with Robust Individual‐Subjects Analyses	40

Sex differences in sensory processing in children with autism spectrum disorder	37
The prevalence and incidence of early‐onset dementia among adults with autism spectrum disorder	37
Prenatal maternal infection and risk for autism in offspring: A meta‐analysis	37
Safety and Feasibility of an Immersive Virtual Reality Intervention Program for Teaching Police Interaction Skills to Adolescents and Adults with Autism	36
Frontoparietal Network in Executive Functioning in Autism Spectrum Disorder	36
A Metabolomics Approach to Screening for Autism Risk in the Children's Autism Metabolome Project	34
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	34
Cognitive Predictors of Self‐Reported Camouflaging in Autistic Adolescents	33
The Familial Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder with and without Intellectual Disability	33
Psychological distress among caregivers raising a child with autism spectrum disorder during the COVID‐19 pandemic	33
Approaches to Understanding Multisensory Dysfunction in Autism Spectrum Disorder	33