| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Global Prevalence of Autism and Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders | Autism Research | 2012 | 1,893 |
| 2 | Global prevalence of autism: A systematic review update | Autism Research | 2022 | 661 |
| 3 | Minimally Verbal School‐Aged Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Neglected End of the Spectrum | Autism Research | 2013 | 555 |
| 4 | Twenty‐year outcome for individuals with autism and average or near‐average cognitive abilities | Autism Research | 2009 | 396 |
| 5 | Reward processing in autism | Autism Research | 2010 | 363 |
| 6 | Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Review | Autism Research | 2012 | 356 |
| 7 | Assessing autistic traits: cross‐cultural validation of the social responsiveness scale (SRS) | Autism Research | 2008 | 347 |
| 8 | Autism and social robotics: A systematic review | Autism Research | 2016 | 312 |
| 9 | Genes related to sex steroids, neural growth, and social–emotional behavior are associated with autistic traits, empathy, and Asperger syndrome | Autism Research | 2009 | 290 |
| 10 | A parallel and distributed‐processing model of joint attention, social cognition and autism | Autism Research | 2009 | 287 |
| 11 | What are infant siblings teaching us about autism in infancy? | Autism Research | 2009 | 265 |
| 12 | Minimal aberrant behavioral phenotypes of neuroligin‐3 R451C knockin mice | Autism Research | 2008 | 263 |
| 13 | Children with autism demonstrate circumscribed attention during passive viewing of complex social and nonsocial picture arrays | Autism Research | 2008 | 250 |
| 14 | Sensory features and repetitive behaviors in children with autism and developmental delays | Autism Research | 2010 | 250 |
| 15 | Gastrointestinal Dysfunction in Autism: Parental Report, Clinical Evaluation, and Associated Factors | Autism Research | 2012 | 238 |
| 16 | MEG detection of delayed auditory evoked responses in autism spectrum disorders: towards an imaging biomarker for autism | Autism Research | 2010 | 230 |
| 17 | The onset of autism: patterns of symptom emergence in the first years of life | Autism Research | 2008 | 221 |
| 18 | Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms moderate cognition and behavior in children with autism spectrum disorders | Autism Research | 2009 | 219 |
| 19 | Assessing the Minimally Verbal School‐Aged Child With Autism Spectrum Disorder | Autism Research | 2013 | 219 |
| 20 | Confirmation study of PTEN mutations among individuals with autism or developmental delays/mental retardation and macrocephaly | Autism Research | 2010 | 218 |
| 21 | Autism screening and diagnosis in low resource settings: Challenges and opportunities to enhance research and services worldwide | Autism Research | 2015 | 189 |
| 22 | Gastrointestinal symptoms in autism spectrum disorder: A review of the literature on ascertainment and prevalence | Autism Research | 2018 | 186 |
| 23 | Modifying behavioral phenotypes in Fmr1KO mice: genetic background differences reveal autistic‐like responses | Autism Research | 2011 | 185 |
| 24 | Gene expression profiling differentiates autism case–controls and phenotypic variants of autism spectrum disorders: evidence for circadian rhythm dysfunction in severe autism | Autism Research | 2009 | 184 |
| 25 | Development of the anxiety scale for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASC‐ASD) | Autism Research | 2016 | 184 |
| 26 | Predictors of quality of life for autistic adults | Autism Research | 2018 | 183 |
| 27 | Prevalence of School Bullying Among Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis | Autism Research | 2016 | 181 |
| 28 | Identifying children with autism spectrum disorder based on their face processing abnormality: A machine learning framework | Autism Research | 2016 | 179 |
| 29 | Reduced GABA and altered somatosensory function in children with autism spectrum disorder | Autism Research | 2017 | 174 |
| 30 | Emotion regulation in autism spectrum disorder: Where we are and where we need to go | Autism Research | 2018 | 172 |
| 31 | Longitudinal Volumetric Brain Changes in Autism Spectrum Disorder Ages 6–35 Years | Autism Research | 2015 | 169 |
| 32 | Measuring social attention and motivation in autism spectrum disorder using eye‐tracking: Stimulus type matters | Autism Research | 2015 | 168 |
| 33 | Molecular Characterisation of Gastrointestinal Microbiota of Children With Autism (With and Without Gastrointestinal Dysfunction) and Their Neurotypical Siblings | Autism Research | 2012 | 166 |
| 34 | Language and reading abilities of children with autism spectrum disorders and specific language impairment and their first‐degree relatives | Autism Research | 2009 | 165 |
| 35 | Decreased GABAA receptors and benzodiazepine binding sites in the anterior cingulate cortex in autism | Autism Research | 2009 | 164 |
| 36 | Emotion Regulation Patterns in Adolescents With High‐Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder: Comparison to Typically Developing Adolescents and Association With Psychiatric Symptoms | Autism Research | 2014 | 164 |
| 37 | Prepotent Response Inhibition and Interference Control in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Two Meta‐Analyses | Autism Research | 2014 | 162 |
| 38 | Reduced levels of immunoglobulin in children with autism correlates with behavioral symptoms | Autism Research | 2008 | 161 |
| 39 | Motor Learning Relies on Integrated Sensory Inputs in ADHD, but Over‐Selectively on Proprioception in Autism Spectrum Conditions | Autism Research | 2012 | 159 |
| 40 | Comparing cortisol, stress, and sensory sensitivity in children with autism | Autism Research | 2009 | 157 |
| 41 | Shared and idiosyncratic cortical activation patterns in autism revealed under continuous real‐life viewing conditions | Autism Research | 2009 | 155 |
| 42 | Externalizing and internalizing behaviors in ASD | Autism Research | 2010 | 148 |
| 43 | Genetic Effects on Cerebellar Structure Across Mouse Models of Autism Using a Magnetic Resonance Imaging Atlas | Autism Research | 2014 | 148 |
| 44 | Meta‐analysis of neuropsychological measures of executive functioning in children and adolescents with high‐functioning autism spectrum disorder | Autism Research | 2017 | 147 |
| 45 | Restricted and repetitive behaviors in toddlers and preschoolers with autism spectrum disorders based on the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) | Autism Research | 2010 | 146 |
| 46 | The association between theory of mind, executive function, and the symptoms of autism spectrum disorder | Autism Research | 2018 | 145 |
| 47 | Altered Striatal Synaptic Function and Abnormal Behaviour in Shank3 Exon4‐9 Deletion Mouse Model of Autism | Autism Research | 2016 | 144 |
| 48 | Genetic evidence implicating multiple genes in the MET receptor tyrosine kinase pathway in autism spectrum disorder | Autism Research | 2008 | 143 |
| 49 | Bridging autism, science and society: moving toward an ethically informed approach to autism research | Autism Research | 2011 | 143 |
| 50 | Gender differences in autism spectrum disorders: Divergence among specific core symptoms | Autism Research | 2017 | 140 |
