Table 7.
Top 10 cited articles on ASD (2005–2014) (Abrahams and Geschwind 2008; Baird et al. 2006; Dalton et al. 2005; Happe and Frith 2006; Marshall et al. 2008; Pinto et al. 2010; Sebat et al. 2007; Szatmari et al. 2007; Vargas et al. 2005; Weiss et al. 2008)
| No. | Authors | Title | Year | Source title | Number of citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sebat et al. (2007) | Strong association of de novo copy number mutations with autism | 2007 | Science | 1427 |
| 2nd | Marshall et al. (2008) | Structural Variation of Chromosomes in Autism Spectrum Disorder | 2008 | American Journal of Human Genetics | 908 |
| 3rd | Abrahams and Geschwind (2008) | Advances in autism genetics: On the threshold of a new neurobiology | 2008 | Nature Reviews Genetics | 866 |
| 4th | Pinto et al. (2010) | Functional impact of global rare copy number variation in autism spectrum disorders | 2010 | Nature | 862 |
| 5th | Weiss et al. (2008) | Association between microdeletion and microduplication at 16p11.2 and autism | 2008 | New England Journal of Medicine | 848 |
| 6th | Szatmari et al. (2007) | Mapping autism risk loci using genetic linkage and chromosomal rearrangements | 2007 | Nature Genetics | 842 |
| 7th | Baird et al. (2006) | Prevalence of disorders of the autism spectrum in a population cohort of children in South Thames: the Special Needs and Autism Project (SNAP) | 2006 | Lancet | 826 |
| 8th | Happé and Frith (2006) | The weak coherence account: Detail-focused cognitive style in autism spectrum disorders | 2006 | Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | 757 |
| 9th | Vargas et al. (2005) | Neuroglial activation and neuroinflammation in the brain of patients with autism | 2005 | Annals of Neurology | 747 |
| 10th | Dalton et al. (2005) | Gaze fixation and the neural circuitry of face processing in autism | 2005 | Nature Neuroscience | 680 |