Christopher Gillberg

75.0k total citations · 12 hit papers
727 papers, 45.6k citations indexed

About

Christopher Gillberg is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental health and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Gillberg has authored 727 papers receiving a total of 45.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 442 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 308 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 304 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Christopher Gillberg's work include Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (420 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (174 papers) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (151 papers). Christopher Gillberg is often cited by papers focused on Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (420 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (174 papers) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (151 papers). Christopher Gillberg collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and United States. Christopher Gillberg's co-authors include I. Carina Gillberg, Maria Råstam, Björn Kadesjö, Elisabeth Fernell, Eva Billstedt, Peder Rasmussen, Suzanne Steffenburg, Stephan Ehlers, Henrik Anckarsäter and Marion Leboyer and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nature Medicine and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Gillberg

706 papers receiving 42.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Computerized Training of Working Memory in Children With ADHD-A Randomized, Controlled Trial

2005 1.4k citations Elisabeth Fernell, Mats Johnson et al. profile →
Mutations of the X-linked genes encoding neuroligins NLGN3 and NLGN4 are associated with autism

2003 1.3k citations Maria Råstam, Christopher Gillberg et al. profile →
A Screening Questionnaire for Asperger Syndrome and Other High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders in School Age Children

1999 603 citations Christopher Gillberg et al. profile →
A Twin Study of Autism in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden

1989 594 citations Christopher Gillberg et al. profile →
Natural Outcome of ADHD With Developmental Coordination Disorder at Age 22 Years: A Controlled, Longitudinal, Community-Based Study

2000 577 citations Christopher Gillberg et al. profile →
Psychiatric and psychosocial problems in adults with normal-intelligence autism spectrum disorders

2009 575 citations Christopher Gillberg, Maria Råstam et al. profile →
Can Autism be Detected at 18 Months?

1992 565 citations Christopher Gillberg et al. profile →
Autism after Adolescence: Population-based 13- to 22-year Follow-up Study of 120 Individuals with Autism Diagnosed in Childhood

2005 542 citations Eva Billstedt, Christopher Gillberg et al. profile →
The Worldwide prevalence of ADHD: is it an American condition?

2003 540 citations Stephen V. Faraone, Christopher Gillberg et al. Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) profile →
The Epidemiology of Asperger Syndrome

1993 529 citations Christopher Gillberg et al. profile →
The ESSENCE in child psychiatry: Early Symptomatic Syndromes Eliciting Neurodevelopmental Clinical Examinations

2010 522 citations Christopher Gillberg profile →
Establishment of reference values for plasma neurofilament light based on healthy individuals aged 5–90 years

2022 111 citations Christopher Gillberg, Elisabeth Fernell et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Bumetanide Treatment in 15 Children With Autism: A Randomised Waitlist‐Control Study 2025 ·Acta Paediatrica ·Elisabeth Fernell, (unknown), Carmela Miniscalco, (unknown), Jakob Åsberg Johnels, Mats Johnson, Nouchine Hadjikhani, Christopher Gillberg	0
2	Children With Sydenham Chorea and Psychiatric Disorders Had Variable Long‐Term Outcomes and Required Multidisciplinary Management 2025 ·Acta Paediatrica ·(unknown), Michael Morton, Helen Minnis, Christopher Gillberg	0
3	Persistence of the developmental language disorder diagnosis, neurodevelopmental trajectories and attendance at offered interventions 2024 ·Acta Paediatrica ·(unknown), Eva Billstedt, Christopher Gillberg, Carmela Miniscalco	0
4	A PRISMA systematic review of adolescent gender dysphoria literature: 1) Epidemiology 2022 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Lucy Thompson, (unknown), Philip Wilson, (unknown), Christopher Gillberg	48
5	Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Dialogical Family Guidance with Ordinary Clinical Treatment for Families with a Child with Neurodevelopmental Disorders 2021 ·Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders ·(unknown), (unknown), Christopher Gillberg, Eva Billstedt, Anna Liisa Aho	1
6	Dialogical Family Guidance (dfg)—Development and implementation of an intervention for families with a child with neurodevelopmental disorders 2020 ·Nursing Open ·(unknown), Anna Liisa Aho, Eva Billstedt, Christopher Gillberg	2
7	Narrative Skills in Primary School Children with Autism in Relation to Language and Nonverbal Temporal Sequencing 2020 ·Journal of Psycholinguistic Research ·(unknown), Jakob Åsberg Johnels, Christopher Gillberg, Carmela Miniscalco	12
8	<p>Experiences Of Immigrant Parents In Sweden Participating In A Community Assessment And Intervention Program For Preschool Children With Autism</p> 2019 ·Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Christopher Gillberg, Gudrun Nygren	17
9	Gastrointestinal dysfunction in patients and mice expressing the autism‐associated R451C mutation in neuroligin‐3 2019 ·Autism Research ·Suzanne Hosie, Melina Ellis, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Gayathri K. Balasuriya, Christopher Gillberg, Maria Råstam, Leonid Churilov, Sonja J. McKeown, (unknown), Petri Urvil, Tor Savidge, (unknown), (unknown), Jennifer L. Wood, Ashley E. Franks, Joel C. Bornstein, Elisa L. Hill‐Yardin	63
10	<p>Chronic Pain And Health-Related Quality Of Life In Women With Autism And/Or ADHD: A Prospective Longitudinal Study</p> 2019 ·Journal of Pain Research ·(unknown), Svenny Kopp, Christopher Gillberg, Margda Wærn, Stefan Bergman	48
11	<p>Health, functionality, and social support in families with a child with a neurodevelopmental disorder - a pilot study</p> 2019 ·Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment ·(unknown), Anna Liisa Aho, A Voutilainen, Eva Billstedt, Christopher Gillberg	7
12	Neural gain control measured through cortical gamma oscillations is associated with sensory sensitivity 2018 ·Human Brain Mapping ·Elena V. Orekhova, Tatiana A. Stroganova, Justin F. Schneiderman, Sebastian Lundström, Bushra Riaz, (unknown), Olga Sysoeva, (unknown), Christopher Gillberg, Nouchine Hadjikhani	21
13	Assessing False-Belief Understanding in Children with Autism Using a Computer Application: A Pilot Study 2018 ·Journal of Psycholinguistic Research ·(unknown), Carmela Miniscalco, Christopher Gillberg, Jakob Åsberg Johnels	6
14	Child and parental sleep in young children with epilepsy: A population‐based case‐control study 2018 ·Epilepsia Open ·Colin Reilly, Patricia Atkinson, (unknown), Chloe Jones, Lyvia Dabydeen, J. Helen Cross, Krishna B. Das, Christopher Gillberg, Brian G.R. Neville, Rod C. Scott	18
15	Global development and adaptive behaviour in children with early‐onset epilepsy: a population‐based case–control study 2018 ·Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology ·Colin Reilly, Patricia Atkinson, (unknown), Chloe Jones, Lyvia Dabydeen, Krishna B. Das, Christopher Gillberg, Brian G.R. Neville, J. Matthew Mahoney, Rod C. Scott	7
16	Experiences and needs of parents of young children with active epilepsy: A population-based study 2018 ·Epilepsy & Behavior ·Chloe Jones, Patricia Atkinson, (unknown), Lyvia Dabydeen, Krishna B. Das, J. Helen Cross, Christopher Gillberg, Brian G.R. Neville, Rod C. Scott, Colin Reilly	28
17	Factors associated with quality of life in active childhood epilepsy: A population-based study 2015 ·European Journal of Paediatric Neurology ·Colin Reilly, Patricia Atkinson, Krishna B. Das, Richard Chin, Sarah Aylett, Victoria Burch, Christopher Gillberg, Rod C. Scott, Brian G.R. Neville	60
18	Screening for mental health disorders in active childhood epilepsy: Population-based data 2014 ·Epilepsy Research ·Colin Reilly, Patricia Atkinson, Krishna B. Das, Richard Chin, Sarah Aylett, Victoria Burch, Christopher Gillberg, Rod C. Scott, Brian G.R. Neville	17
19	Comorbidities in developmental disorders 2010 ·Martin Bax, Christopher Gillberg	8
20	The Worldwide prevalence of ADHD: is it an American condition? breakdown → 2003 ·Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) ·Stephen V. Faraone, (unknown), Christopher Gillberg, Joseph Biederman	540

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