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Papers

(The median citation count of Molecular Autism is 6. 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
Shank2 identifies a subset of glycinergic neurons involved in altered nociception in an autism model	26
Altered interactive dynamics of gaze behavior during face-to-face interaction in autistic individuals: a dual eye-tracking study	26
Developmental trajectories in infants and pre-school children with Neurofibromatosis 1	25

Atypical GNAO1 variants in severe childhood speech disorders: clinical, genetic, and molecular insights	24
Subcortical brain volume variations in autistic individuals across the lifespan	24
Characterizing genetic pathways unique to autism spectrum disorder at multiple levels of biological analysis	24
Different exploration strategies along the autism spectrum: diverging effects of autism diagnosis and autism traits	24
Large multicenter randomized trials in autism: key insights gained from the balovaptan clinical development program	23
Neurodevelopmental impairments in children with septo-optic dysplasia spectrum conditions: a systematic review	23
Infants later diagnosed with autism have lower canonical babbling ratios in the first year of life	21
Sex differences in friendships and loneliness in autistic and non-autistic children across development	20
Genetic and environmental contributions to co-occurring physical health conditions in autism spectrum condition and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder	20
Impact of imitation abilities on social communication in autistic children: evidence from an Early Start Denver Model intervention study	20
Increased rates of chronic physical health conditions across all organ systems in autistic adolescents and adults	20
Socio-affective communication in Tph2-deficient rat pups: communal nesting aggravates growth retardation despite ameliorating maternal affiliation deficits	20
Effects of Metformin on children with Fragile X Syndrome: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial	19
Granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor-induced macrophages of individuals with autism spectrum disorder adversely affect neuronal dendrites through the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokine	19
Dim light at night disrupts the sleep-wake cycle and exacerbates abnormal EEG activity in Cntnap2 knockout mice: implications for autism spectrum disorders	18
Trajectory of depressive symptoms over adolescence in autistic and neurotypical youth	18
Auditory N1 event-related potential amplitude is predictive of serum concentration of BPN14770 in fragile X syndrome	17
Atypical maturation of the functional connectome hierarchy in autism	17
Immune activation during pregnancy exacerbates ASD-related alterations in Shank3-deficient mice	16
Imbalance of flight–freeze responses and their cellular correlates in the Nlgn3−/y rat model of autism	16
Prospective association of the infant gut microbiome with social behaviors in the ECHO consortium	15
Sex differences in social and emotional insight in youth with and without autism	15
Correction to: The relevance of the interpersonal theory of suicide for predicting past-year and lifetime suicidality in autistic adults	15
Do autistic individuals show atypical performance in probabilistic learning? A comparison of cue-number, predictive strength, and prediction error	15
Maternal vitamin D during pregnancy and offspring autism and autism-associated traits: a prospective cohort study	15
Molecular architecture of the altered cortical complexity in autism	15
Clinical impact and in vitro characterization of ADNP variants in pediatric patients	14
Linking functional and structural brain organisation with behaviour in autism: a multimodal EU-AIMS Longitudinal European Autism Project (LEAP) study	14
Investigating frank autism: clinician initial impressions and autism characteristics	14
Autistic adults benefit from and enjoy learning via social interaction as much as neurotypical adults do	14
Aberrant hippocampal gamma oscillations in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome: insights from in vitro slice models	14
Locus coeruleus tonic upregulation increases selectivity to inconspicuous auditory information in autistic compared to non-autistic individuals: a combined pupillometry and electroencephalography stud	14
Impaired synaptic function and hyperexcitability of the pyramidal neurons in the prefrontal cortex of autism-associated Shank3 mutant dogs	13
The subcortical correlates of autistic traits in school-age children: a population-based neuroimaging study	13
Autism-associated gene shank3 is necessary for social contagion in zebrafish	13
Atypical gaze patterns in autistic adults are heterogeneous across but reliable within individuals	13
Measuring self and informant perspectives of Restricted and Repetitive Behaviours (RRBs): psychometric evaluation of the Repetitive Behaviours Questionnaire-3 (RBQ-3) in adult clinical practice and re	13
Maternal rheumatoid arthritis and the risk of offspring autism spectrum disorder: two national birth cohorts and a meta-analysis	13
Naturally occurring low sociality in female rhesus monkeys: A tractable model for autism or not?	13
Access to services for autistic people across Europe	13
Age-related changes in brain signal variability in autism spectrum disorder	12
Impaired neurogenesis and neural progenitor fate choice in a human stem cell model of SETBP1 disorder	12
Early life sleep disruption potentiates lasting sex-specific changes in behavior in genetically vulnerable Shank3 heterozygous autism model mice	12
Autistic traits are associated with lower perceived executive function but not poorer executive function task performance in the general population: complementary meta-analytic evidence	12
Autistic and transgender/gender diverse people’s experiences of health and healthcare	11
White matter microstructural and morphometric alterations in autism: implications for intellectual capabilities	11
Autism screening at 18 months of age: a comparison of the Q-CHAT-10 and M-CHAT screeners	10
Profiles of autism characteristics in thirteen genetic syndromes: a machine learning approach	10
Autism-associated protein POGZ controls ESCs and ESC neural induction by association with esBAF	10
Translatome analysis of tuberous sclerosis complex 1 patient-derived neural progenitor cells reveals rapamycin-dependent and independent alterations	10

The neural bases of language processing during social and non-social contexts: a fNIRS study of autistic and neurotypical preschool-aged children	10
Nonshared environmental factors in the aetiology of autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions: a monozygotic co-twin control study	10
Mapping neural correlates of biological motion perception in autistic children using high-density diffuse optical tomography	9
A systematic review and meta-analysis of suicidality in autistic and possibly autistic people without co-occurring intellectual disability	9
Correction: Understanding the relationship between cerebellar structure and social abilities	9
CRISIS AFAR: an international collaborative study of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and service access in youth with autism and neurodevelopmental conditions	9
Friend matters: sex differences in social language during autism diagnostic interviews	9
Resting state EEG power spectrum and functional connectivity in autism: a cross-sectional analysis	9
Correction to: Myt1l haploinsufficiency leads to obesity and multifaceted behavioral alterations in mice	9
Shank3 deletion in PV neurons is associated with abnormal behaviors and neuronal functions that are rescued by increasing GABAergic signaling	9
Systematic review and meta-analysis: multimodal functional and anatomical neural alterations in autism spectrum disorder	9
Infant excitation/inhibition balance interacts with executive attention to predict autistic traits in childhood	9
A 3D approach to understanding heterogeneity in early developing autisms	9
Deletion of Fmr1 in parvalbumin-expressing neurons results in dysregulated translation and selective behavioral deficits associated with fragile X syndrome	8
The Developmental Assessment of Social Communication Ability (DASCA): initial creation and psychometric description	8
Altered frontal connectivity as a mechanism for executive function deficits in fragile X syndrome	8
Inter-individual heterogeneity of functional brain networks in children with autism spectrum disorder	8
Experience-dependent changes in hippocampal spatial activity and hippocampal circuit function are disrupted in a rat model of Fragile X Syndrome	7
Tau reduction attenuates autism-like features in Fmr1 knockout mice	7
Social inference brain networks in autistic adults during movie-viewing: functional specialization and heterogeneity	7
Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for irritability in autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis with the GRADE assessment	7
Transdiagnostic similarities and distinctions in brain networks associated with autistic social impairments: a prospective cohort study	7
Understanding the relationship between cerebellar structure and social abilities	7
Spontaneous instrumental approach-avoidance learning in social contexts in autism	7
Impact of chronic intranasal oxytocin administration on face expression processing in autistic children: a randomized controlled trial using fMRI	7
Deciphering the genetic basis of developmental language disorder in children without intellectual disability, autism or apraxia of speech	7
Subgrouping autism and ADHD based on structural MRI population modelling centiles	7
Structure-function coupling in white matter uncovers the hypoconnectivity in autism spectrum disorder	7
The activation of mGluR4 rescues parallel fiber synaptic transmission and LTP, motor learning and social behavior in a mouse model of Fragile X Syndrome	6
Delineating the autistic phenotype in children with neurofibromatosis type 1	6
Genotype–phenotype correlations with autism spectrum disorder-related traits in noonan syndrome and noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines: a cross-sectional study	6
The biosocial correlates and predictors of emotion dysregulation in autistic adults compared to borderline personality disorder and nonclinical controls	6
Cortico-basal ganglia white matter microstructure is linked to restricted repetitive behavior in autism spectrum disorder	6
Beyond the three-chamber test: toward a multimodal and objective assessment of social behavior in rodents	6
Identifying SETBP1 haploinsufficiency molecular pathways to improve patient diagnosis using induced pluripotent stem cells and neural disease modelling	6
A cross-cultural examination of bi-directional mentalising in autistic and non-autistic adults	6
White matter microstructure as a potential contributor to differences in resting state alpha activity between neurotypical and autistic children: a longitudinal multimodal imaging study	6