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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)

From: Bibliometric profile of the global scientific research on autism spectrum disorders

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