OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Molecular Autism is 22. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Dynamic functional adaptations during touch observation in autism: connectivity strength is linked to attitudes towards social touch and social responsiveness	114
Sex-specific and sex-independent steroid-related biomarkers in early second trimester maternal serum associated with autism	100
Large-scale neural network compensation associated with camouflaging in trait autism and its potential mental health costs	92
Atypical functional connectivity of temporal cortex with precuneus and visual regions may be an early-age signature of ASD	61
Transcallosal white matter and cortical gray matter variations in autistic adults aged 30–73 years	54
Sensory salience processing moderates attenuated gazes on faces in autism spectrum disorder: a case–control study	51
Salivary testosterone in male and female youth with and without autism spectrum disorder: considerations of development, sex, and diagnosis	41
The association between social camouflage and mental health among autistic people in Japan and the UK: a cross-cultural study	40
Age-related differences in axon pruning and myelination may alter neural signaling in autism spectrum disorder	39
Autistic and non-autistic individuals show the same amygdala activity during emotional face processing	34
Sensitivity and specificity of the low verbal investigatory survey in a large, diverse, American sample	34
Neuroligin-2 shapes individual slow waves during slow-wave sleep and the response to sleep deprivation in mice	32
Association of polygenic scores for autism with volumetric MRI phenotypes in cerebellum and brainstem in adults	30
Additive interaction between birth asphyxia and febrile seizures on autism spectrum disorder: a population-based study	29
Altered interactive dynamics of gaze behavior during face-to-face interaction in autistic individuals: a dual eye-tracking study	28
Better statistical reporting does not lead to statistical rigour: lessons from two decades of pseudoreplication in mouse-model studies of neurological disorders	28
SETD5 haploinsufficiency affects mitochondrial compartment in neural cells	27
Comparative profiling of white matter development in the human and mouse brain reveals volumetric deficits and delayed myelination in Angelman syndrome	26
Increased cerebral lactate levels in adults with autism spectrum disorders compared to non-autistic controls: a magnetic resonance spectroscopy study	25
Assessing the psychometric properties of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule – Generic (ADOS-G) in a clinical setting in the Chinese mainland	25
Shank2 identifies a subset of glycinergic neurons involved in altered nociception in an autism model	25
Atypical GNAO1 variants in severe childhood speech disorders: clinical, genetic, and molecular insights	24
Characterizing genetic pathways unique to autism spectrum disorder at multiple levels of biological analysis	22