Emily Simonoff

37.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
267 papers, 22.3k citations indexed

About

Emily Simonoff is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Emily Simonoff has authored 267 papers receiving a total of 22.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 139 papers in Clinical Psychology, 135 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 104 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Emily Simonoff's work include Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (130 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (72 papers) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (65 papers). Emily Simonoff is often cited by papers focused on Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (130 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (72 papers) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (65 papers). Emily Simonoff collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Emily Simonoff's co-authors include Andrew Pickles, Gillian Baird, Tony Charman, Susie Chandler, Tom Loucas, Michael Rutter, Judy L. Silberg, David Meldrum, Patrick Bolton and Ann Le Couteur and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Emily Simonoff

256 papers receiving 21.4k 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.

Psychiatric Disorders in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: Prevalence, Comorbidity, and Associated Factors in a Population-Derived Sample

2008 2.4k citations Emily Simonoff, Andrew Pickles et al. profile →
Autism as a strongly genetic disorder: evidence from a British twin study

1995 1.7k citations Emily Simonoff et al. profile →
Prevalence of disorders of the autism spectrum in a population cohort of children in South Thames: the Special Needs and Autism Project (SNAP)

2006 1.5k citations Emily Simonoff, Andrew Pickles et al. profile →
Comparative efficacy and tolerability of medications for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in children, adolescents, and adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

2018 765 citations Tobias Banaschewski, David Coghill et al. profile →
The Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Assessment (CAPA)

1995 763 citations Emily Simonoff et al. profile →
The impact of nonverbal ability on prevalence and clinical presentation of language disorder: evidence from a population study

2016 634 citations Tony Charman, Emily Simonoff et al. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry profile →
Impairment in movement skills of children with autistic spectrum disorders

2009 491 citations Tony Charman, Andrew Pickles et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Emily Simonoff United Kingdom	73	12.9k	10.4k	7.5k	4.3k	3.7k	267	22.3k
Éric Fombonne Canada	76	16.1k 1.2×	10.3k 1.0×	6.6k 0.9×	5.6k 1.3×	2.4k 0.7×	290	23.8k
Bennett Leventhal United States	57	12.6k 1.0×	7.6k 0.7×	4.9k 0.7×	4.8k 1.1×	2.5k 0.7×	177	20.6k
Sally Ozonoff United States	78	18.3k 1.4×	7.1k 0.7×	7.7k 1.0×	5.3k 1.2×	5.8k 1.6×	179	23.0k
Géraldine Dawson United States	94	27.0k 2.1×	13.0k 1.3×	7.8k 1.0×	6.5k 1.5×	7.2k 1.9×	319	32.2k
Johnny L. Matson United States	78	15.8k 1.2×	12.1k 1.2×	7.9k 1.1×	3.4k 0.8×	6.4k 1.7×	624	21.5k
Lawrence David Scahill United States	84	14.6k 1.1×	16.6k 1.6×	9.0k 1.2×	1.6k 0.4×	2.7k 0.7×	358	23.4k
Alice S. Carter United States	72	8.1k 0.6×	11.8k 1.1×	3.7k 0.5×	1.5k 0.4×	2.6k 0.7×	281	17.8k
Fred R. Volkmar United States	82	18.4k 1.4×	8.9k 0.9×	5.6k 0.8×	5.0k 1.1×	4.9k 1.3×	281	22.5k
Bruce J. Tonge Australia	59	6.3k 0.5×	6.6k 0.6×	3.5k 0.5×	2.2k 0.5×	1.8k 0.5×	295	13.0k
Hermán van Engeland Netherlands	76	9.8k 0.8×	6.0k 0.6×	6.4k 0.9×	2.8k 0.6×	1.8k 0.5×	269	17.3k

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Bal, Vanessa H., Péter Szatmári, Stelios Georgiades, et al.. (2025). Methodological challenges and opportunities when studying the course of autism. Autism. 29(10). 2618–2631.

Lukito, Steve, Marion Criaud, Samuel J. Westwood, et al.. (2024). Effects of fMRI neurofeedback of right inferior frontal cortex on inhibitory brain activation in children with ADHD. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 379(1915). 20230097–20230097. 2 indexed citations

Wilson, Claire A., Gillian Santorelli, Louise M. Howard, et al.. (2023). Child educational progress in Born in Bradford pregnancies affected by gestational diabetes and also exposed to maternal common mental disorders. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 17991–17991. 1 indexed citations

Chan, Adrienne Y L, Tiantian Ma, Wallis C. Y. Lau, et al.. (2023). Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder medication consumption in 64 countries and regions from 2015 to 2019: a longitudinal study. EClinicalMedicine. 58. 101780–101780. 34 indexed citations

Oakley, Bethany, Antonia Dittner, Ann Ozsivadjian, et al.. (2023). Molehill Mountain feasibility study: Protocol for a non-randomised pilot trial of a novel app-based anxiety intervention for autistic people. PLoS ONE. 18(7). e0286792–e0286792. 1 indexed citations

Smith, Tim J., et al.. (2023). Testing the social motivation theory of autism: the role of co‐occurring anxiety. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 65(7). 899–909. 7 indexed citations

Simonoff, Emily, Florence D. Mowlem, Oliver P. Pearson, et al.. (2022). Citalopram Did Not Significantly Improve Anxiety in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Undergoing Treatment for Core Symptoms: Secondary Analysis of a Trial to Reduce Repetitive Behaviors. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 32(4). 233–241. 6 indexed citations

Morris, Anna, Zina Ibrahim, Margaret Heslin, et al.. (2022). Assessing the feasibility of a web‐based outcome measurement system in child and adolescent mental health services – myHealthE a randomised controlled feasibility pilot study. Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 28(1). 128–147. 8 indexed citations

Leno, Virginia Carter, Tim J. Smith, Marcus R. Munafò, et al.. (2022). Associations between emotion recognition and autistic and callous‐unemotional traits: differential effects of cueing to the eyes. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 64(5). 787–796. 12 indexed citations

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Oakley, Bethany, Julian Tillmann, Jumana Ahmad, et al.. (2020). How do core autism traits and associated symptoms relate to quality of life? Findings from the Longitudinal European Autism Project. Autism. 25(2). 389–404. 74 indexed citations

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Hallett, Victoria, Joanne Mueller, Bryony Beresford, et al.. (2020). Introducing ‘Predictive Parenting’: A Feasibility Study of a New Group Parenting Intervention Targeting Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 51(1). 323–333. 18 indexed citations

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Mueller, Joanne, et al.. (2020). Investigating Bullying as a Predictor of Suicidality in a Clinical Sample of Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism Research. 13(6). 988–997. 43 indexed citations

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Oakley, Bethany, Julian Tillmann, Amber Ruigrok, et al.. (2020). COVID-19 health and social care access for autistic people and individuals with intellectual disability: A European policy review.. Research Portal (King's College London). 8 indexed citations

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Widnall, Emily, Claire Grant, Tao Wang, et al.. (2020). User Perspectives of Mood-Monitoring Apps Available to Young People: Qualitative Content Analysis. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 8(10). e18140–e18140. 22 indexed citations

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Morris, Anna, Alastair Macdonald, Omer S. Moghraby, et al.. (2020). Sociodemographic factors associated with routine outcome monitoring: a historical cohort study of 28,382 young people accessing child and adolescent mental health services. Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 26(1). 56–64. 14 indexed citations

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Wilson, Claire A., James Newham, Judith Rankin, et al.. (2019). Is there an increased risk of perinatal mental disorder in women with gestational diabetes? A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Diabetic Medicine. 37(4). 602–622. 82 indexed citations

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Carruthers, Sophie, Rachel Kent, Matthew J. Hollocks, & Emily Simonoff. (2018). Brief Report: Testing the Psychometric Properties of the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS) and the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED) in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 50(7). 2625–2632. 16 indexed citations

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Chan, Esther W., et al.. (2015). Prenatal Antidepressant Exposure and the Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 24. 4 indexed citations

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Price, Thomas S., Emily Simonoff, Philip Asherson, et al.. (2005). Continuity and Change in Preschool ADHD Symptoms: Longitudinal Genetic Analysis with Contrast Effects. Behavior Genetics. 35(2). 121–132. 45 indexed citations

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Eaves, L. J., Emily Simonoff, Hermine Maes, et al.. (1997). An impressive prevalence of genetic conditions in a parents' association's population of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 74(6). 568–568. 2 indexed citations

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