OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Molecular Autism is 25. 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
Affect and gaze responses during an Emotion-Evoking Task in infants at an increased likelihood for autism spectrum disorder	77
Dietary zinc supplementation rescues fear-based learning and synaptic function in the Tbr1+/− mouse model of autism spectrum disorders	73
Diagnostic validity of Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, second edition (K-ADOS-2) in the Korean population	54
Dynamic functional adaptations during touch observation in autism: connectivity strength is linked to attitudes towards social touch and social responsiveness	53
Sex-specific and sex-independent steroid-related biomarkers in early second trimester maternal serum associated with autism	52
Atypical functional connectivity of temporal cortex with precuneus and visual regions may be an early-age signature of ASD	50
Transcallosal white matter and cortical gray matter variations in autistic adults aged 30–73 years	45
Rescuing epileptic and behavioral alterations in a Dravet syndrome mouse model by inhibiting eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase (eEF2K)	41
Salivary testosterone in male and female youth with and without autism spectrum disorder: considerations of development, sex, and diagnosis	38
The association between social camouflage and mental health among autistic people in Japan and the UK: a cross-cultural study	36
The Monash Autism-ADHD genetics and neurodevelopment (MAGNET) project design and methodologies: a dimensional approach to understanding neurobiological and genetic aetiology	36
Sensory salience processing moderates attenuated gazes on faces in autism spectrum disorder: a case–control study	34
A proof-of-concept study of growth hormone in children with Phelan–McDermid syndrome	32
Additive interaction between birth asphyxia and febrile seizures on autism spectrum disorder: a population-based study	31
Comparative profiling of white matter development in the human and mouse brain reveals volumetric deficits and delayed myelination in Angelman syndrome	30
Autistic and non-autistic individuals show the same amygdala activity during emotional face processing	30
Association of polygenic scores for autism with volumetric MRI phenotypes in cerebellum and brainstem in adults	28
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	27
Autistic adults have poorer quality healthcare and worse health based on self-report data	27
Increased cerebral lactate levels in adults with autism spectrum disorders compared to non-autistic controls: a magnetic resonance spectroscopy study	27
Neuroligin-2 shapes individual slow waves during slow-wave sleep and the response to sleep deprivation in mice	26
SETD5 haploinsufficiency affects mitochondrial compartment in neural cells	26
Phenotypic differences between female and male individuals with suspicion of autism spectrum disorder	26
Characterizing genetic pathways unique to autism spectrum disorder at multiple levels of biological analysis	25

Shank2 identifies a subset of glycinergic neurons involved in altered nociception in an autism model