Emma Ashwin

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Emma Ashwin is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Emma Ashwin has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 4 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Emma Ashwin's work include Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (11 papers), Child Development and Digital Technology (4 papers) and Behavioral and Psychological Studies (3 papers). Emma Ashwin is often cited by papers focused on Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (11 papers), Child Development and Digital Technology (4 papers) and Behavioral and Psychological Studies (3 papers). Emma Ashwin collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Israel. Emma Ashwin's co-authors include Simon Baron‐Cohen, Bonnie Auyeung, Bhismadev Chakrabarti, Rebecca Knickmeyer, Michael Lombardo, Gerald Hackett, Kevin Taylor, Chris Ashwin, Teresa Tavassoli and Ofer Golan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry and Psychological Science.

In The Last Decade

Emma Ashwin

17 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Why Are Autism Spectrum Conditions More Prevalent in Males? 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Why Are Autism Spectrum Conditions More Prevalent in Males?
    2011 520 citations Simon Baron‐Cohen, Michael Lombardo et al. PLoS Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Emma Ashwin United Kingdom 14 1.7k 612 547 502 448 17 2.6k
Jean Steyaert Belgium 36 1.9k 1.2× 813 1.3× 302 0.6× 722 1.4× 505 1.1× 154 3.4k
Elizabeth Milne United Kingdom 30 2.5k 1.5× 416 0.7× 317 0.6× 532 1.1× 283 0.6× 82 3.0k
Louise Gallagher Ireland 30 1.9k 1.1× 1.1k 1.8× 212 0.4× 606 1.2× 514 1.1× 104 3.3k
Amber Ruigrok United Kingdom 16 2.0k 1.2× 570 0.9× 500 0.9× 793 1.6× 142 0.3× 26 2.6k
Teresa Tavassoli United Kingdom 27 2.0k 1.2× 580 0.9× 262 0.5× 577 1.1× 254 0.6× 48 2.5k
Jeff Munson United States 19 2.4k 1.5× 957 1.6× 436 0.8× 821 1.6× 258 0.6× 31 2.8k
Carl Feinstein United States 33 2.8k 1.7× 1.1k 1.9× 596 1.1× 1.0k 2.1× 810 1.8× 59 4.4k
Deborah M. Riby United Kingdom 32 1.9k 1.1× 393 0.6× 412 0.8× 671 1.3× 167 0.4× 96 3.0k
Leanna M. Hernandez United States 25 1.5k 0.9× 342 0.6× 232 0.4× 332 0.7× 171 0.4× 33 2.4k
Marc Woodbury‐Smith United Kingdom 23 2.1k 1.2× 752 1.2× 458 0.8× 1.2k 2.3× 226 0.5× 59 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Emma Ashwin

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Emma Ashwin

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All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Lombardo, Michael, Emma Ashwin, Bonnie Auyeung, et al.. (2012). Fetal Programming Effects of Testosterone on the Reward System and Behavioral Approach Tendencies in Humans. Biological Psychiatry. 72(10). 839–847. 101 indexed citations
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Lombardo, Michael, Emma Ashwin, Bonnie Auyeung, et al.. (2012). Fetal Testosterone Influences Sexually Dimorphic Gray Matter in the Human Brain. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(2). 674–680. 231 indexed citations
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Benton, Laura, Hilary Johnson, Emma Ashwin, Mark Brosnan, & Beate Grawemeyer. (2012). Developing IDEAS. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2599–2608. 99 indexed citations
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Baron‐Cohen, Simon, Michael Lombardo, Bonnie Auyeung, et al.. (2011). Why Are Autism Spectrum Conditions More Prevalent in Males?. PLoS Biology. 9(6). e1001081–e1001081. 520 indexed citations breakdown →
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Auyeung, Bonnie, Rebecca Knickmeyer, Emma Ashwin, et al.. (2011). Effects of Fetal Testosterone on Visuospatial Ability. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 41(3). 571–581. 47 indexed citations
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Benton, Laura, Hilary Johnson, Mark Brosnan, Emma Ashwin, & Beate Grawemeyer. (2011). IDEAS. 1759–1764. 31 indexed citations
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Ashwin, Emma, Mark Brosnan, Hilary Johnson, Beate Grawemeyer, & Laura Benton. (2010). Social functioning, systemising ability and emotion recognition in autism spectrum conditions. 1 indexed citations
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Mercure, Evelyne, Emma Ashwin, Frederic Dick, et al.. (2009). IQ, fetal testosterone and individual variability in children's functional lateralization. Neuropsychologia. 47(12). 2537–2543. 16 indexed citations
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Chura, Lindsay R., Michael Lombardo, Emma Ashwin, et al.. (2009). Organizational effects of fetal testosterone on human corpus callosum size and asymmetry. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 35(1). 122–132. 89 indexed citations
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Golan, Ofer, et al.. (2009). Enhancing Emotion Recognition in Children with Autism Spectrum Conditions: An Intervention Using Animated Vehicles with Real Emotional Faces. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 40(3). 269–279. 290 indexed citations
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Ashwin, Emma, Chris Ashwin, Teresa Tavassoli, Bhismadev Chakrabarti, & Simon Baron‐Cohen. (2009). Eagle-eyed Visual Acuity in Autism. Biological Psychiatry. 66(10). e23–e24. 4 indexed citations
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Auyeung, Bonnie, Simon Baron‐Cohen, Emma Ashwin, et al.. (2009). Fetal Testosterone Predicts Sexually Differentiated Childhood Behavior in Girls and in Boys. Psychological Science. 20(2). 144–148. 221 indexed citations
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Baron‐Cohen, Simon, Ofer Golan, & Emma Ashwin. (2009). Can emotion recognition be taught to children with autism spectrum conditions?. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 364(1535). 3567–3574. 106 indexed citations
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Baron‐Cohen, Simon, Emma Ashwin, Chris Ashwin, Teresa Tavassoli, & Bhismadev Chakrabarti. (2009). Talent in autism: hyper-systemizing, hyper-attention to detail and sensory hypersensitivity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 364(1522). 1377–1383. 444 indexed citations
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Auyeung, Bonnie, Simon Baron‐Cohen, Emma Ashwin, et al.. (2008). Fetal testosterone and autistic traits. British Journal of Psychology. 100(1). 1–22. 335 indexed citations
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Ashwin, Emma, et al.. (2008). Eagle-Eyed Visual Acuity: An Experimental Investigation of Enhanced Perception in Autism. Biological Psychiatry. 65(1). 17–21. 99 indexed citations
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Golan, Ofer, et al.. (2008). Facilitating emotional understanding and face-processing in young children with autism spectrum conditions using animations of vehicles with faces. 6 indexed citations

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