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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Sex-specific and sex-independent steroid-related biomarkers in early second trimester maternal serum associated with autism	87
Diagnostic validity of Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, second edition (K-ADOS-2) in the Korean population	87
Dietary zinc supplementation rescues fear-based learning and synaptic function in the Tbr1+/− mouse model of autism spectrum disorders	70
Atypical functional connectivity of temporal cortex with precuneus and visual regions may be an early-age signature of ASD	61
Dynamic functional adaptations during touch observation in autism: connectivity strength is linked to attitudes towards social touch and social responsiveness	60
Salivary testosterone in male and female youth with and without autism spectrum disorder: considerations of development, sex, and diagnosis	60
Rescuing epileptic and behavioral alterations in a Dravet syndrome mouse model by inhibiting eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase (eEF2K)	55
Age-related differences in axon pruning and myelination may alter neural signaling in autism spectrum disorder	52
Sensory salience processing moderates attenuated gazes on faces in autism spectrum disorder: a case–control study	45
Transcallosal white matter and cortical gray matter variations in autistic adults aged 30–73 years	40
The association between social camouflage and mental health among autistic people in Japan and the UK: a cross-cultural study	36
SETD5 haploinsufficiency affects mitochondrial compartment in neural cells	36
Association of polygenic scores for autism with volumetric MRI phenotypes in cerebellum and brainstem in adults	35
Better statistical reporting does not lead to statistical rigour: lessons from two decades of pseudoreplication in mouse-model studies of neurological disorders	34
Additive interaction between birth asphyxia and febrile seizures on autism spectrum disorder: a population-based study	34
Phenotypic differences between female and male individuals with suspicion of autism spectrum disorder	33
Neuroligin-2 shapes individual slow waves during slow-wave sleep and the response to sleep deprivation in mice	33
Autistic adults have poorer quality healthcare and worse health based on self-report data	32
A proof-of-concept study of growth hormone in children with Phelan–McDermid syndrome	30
Comparative profiling of white matter development in the human and mouse brain reveals volumetric deficits and delayed myelination in Angelman syndrome	29
Increased cerebral lactate levels in adults with autism spectrum disorders compared to non-autistic controls: a magnetic resonance spectroscopy study	28
Autistic and non-autistic individuals show the same amygdala activity during emotional face processing	28
Altered interactive dynamics of gaze behavior during face-to-face interaction in autistic individuals: a dual eye-tracking study	26
Shank2 identifies a subset of glycinergic neurons involved in altered nociception in an autism model	26
Developmental trajectories in infants and pre-school children with Neurofibromatosis 1	25