Gauri Divan

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Gauri Divan is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Gauri Divan has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Clinical Psychology, 22 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 12 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Gauri Divan's work include Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (20 papers), Family and Disability Support Research (18 papers) and Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (11 papers). Gauri Divan is often cited by papers focused on Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (20 papers), Family and Disability Support Research (18 papers) and Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (11 papers). Gauri Divan collaborates with scholars based in India, United Kingdom and United States. Gauri Divan's co-authors include Vikram Patel, Mayada Elsabbagh, Yun‐Joo Koh, Cristiane Silvestre Paula, Cecilia Montiel‐Nava, Chongying Wang, Shuaib Kauchali, Éric Fombonne, Young S. Kim and M. Taghi Yasamy and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Gauri Divan

36 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Global Prevalence of Autism and Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders

2012 1.8k citations Mayada Elsabbagh, Gauri Divan et al. Autism Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gauri Divan India	15	2.1k	1.5k	861	664	481	39	2.9k
Sydney Pettygrove United States	19	2.2k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	823 1.0×	585 0.9×	607 1.3×	35	3.0k
Walter Zahorodny United States	19	2.5k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	932 1.1×	672 1.0×	669 1.4×	28	3.3k
Jane M. Charles United States	20	2.1k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	851 1.0×	488 0.7×	596 1.2×	37	2.7k
Andy Shih United States	17	1.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	737 0.9×	500 0.8×	343 0.7×	35	2.4k
Ellen Giarelli United States	20	2.7k 1.3×	1.7k 1.2×	930 1.1×	736 1.1×	744 1.5×	34	3.3k
Robert T. Fitzgerald United States	13	2.2k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 1.4×	602 0.9×	581 1.2×	18	3.3k
Annelies de Bildt Netherlands	27	1.8k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	628 0.7×	465 0.7×	627 1.3×	68	2.5k
Laura A. Carpenter United States	24	1.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	731 0.8×	470 0.7×	419 0.9×	52	2.4k
Juhi Pandey United States	27	2.5k 1.2×	1.3k 0.8×	781 0.9×	933 1.4×	604 1.3×	62	2.8k
Benjamin Zablotsky United States	29	1.9k 0.9×	1.7k 1.2×	1.2k 1.4×	539 0.8×	336 0.7×	63	3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gauri Divan

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wechsler, David, William Mandy, Meng‐Chuan Lai, et al.. (2025). Advancing health-care equity for autistic people: mental health as a key priority. The Lancet. 405(10491). 1723–1726. 2 indexed citations

Bhavnani, Supriya, Kamal Kant Sharma, Jennifer Jane Newson, et al.. (2025). Resting state EEG classifies developmental status in three-year-old children. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. 74. 101575–101575.

Divan, Gauri, et al.. (2024). “The Early Years are Like a Foundation for the Future” Perspectives, Facilitators, and Challenges of Anganwadi Workers in Supporting Early Child Development Interventions in Hyderabad, India: Qualitative Findings from a Scalable Program Incorporating Early Child Development Interventions. Indian Journal of Public Health. 68(2). 214–221.

Godoy, Priscilla Brandi Gomes, Lorna McWilliams, Holan Liang, et al.. (2023). Acceptability and feasibility of a parent-mediated social-communication therapy for young autistic children in Brazil: A qualitative implementation study of Paediatric Autism Communication Therapy. Autism. 28(1). 123–137. 1 indexed citations

Dubey, Indu, Jayashree Dasgupta, Supriya Bhavnani, et al.. (2023). Using mobile health technology to assess childhood autism in low-resource community settings in India: An innovation to address the detection gap. Autism. 28(3). 755–769. 7 indexed citations

Leadbitter, Kathy, Gemma Shields, Carol Taylor, et al.. (2023). A randomised controlled trial of clinical and cost-effectiveness of the PASS Plus intervention for young children with autism spectrum disorder in New Delhi, India: study protocol for the COMPASS trial. Trials. 24(1). 667–667. 3 indexed citations

Hill, Zelee, Shamsa Zafar, Seyi Soremekun, et al.. (2023). Can home visits for early child development be implemented with sufficient coverage and quality at scale? Evidence from the SPRING program in India and Pakistan. Frontiers in Nutrition. 10. 1152548–1152548. 2 indexed citations

Estrin, Georgia Lockwood, Supriya Bhavnani, Rashi Arora, Sheffali Gulati, & Gauri Divan. (2023). Caregiver Perceptions of Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities in New Delhi, India. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(7). 5291–5291. 9 indexed citations

Kumar, Divya, Vivek Vajaratkar, Carol Taylor, et al.. (2022). From engagement to competency: The pathway to making disability naïve frontline workers competent in the delivery of an evidence-based autism intervention in New Delhi, India. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 13. 903341–903341. 4 indexed citations

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Chaudhary, Divya, Bhargav Bhat, Gemma Shields, et al.. (2022). Development of a cost of illness inventory questionnaire for children with autism spectrum disorder in South Asia. BMC Health Services Research. 22(1). 1137–1137. 2 indexed citations

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Leadbitter, Kathy, et al.. (2022). Early Autism Intervention Components Deliverable by Non-specialists in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 13. 914750–914750. 2 indexed citations

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Bhavnani, Supriya, Sunil Bhopal, Kamal Kant Sharma, et al.. (2021). The association of a novel digital tool for assessment of early childhood cognitive development, ‘DEvelopmental assessment on an E-Platform (DEEP)’, with growth in rural India: A proof of concept study. EClinicalMedicine. 37. 100964–100964. 10 indexed citations

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Divan, Gauri, Supriya Bhavnani, Kathy Leadbitter, et al.. (2021). Annual Research Review: Achieving universal health coverage for young children with autism spectrum disorder in low‐ and middle‐income countries: a review of reviews. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 62(5). 514–535. 59 indexed citations

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Sanders, Matthew R., Gauri Divan, Karen Turner, et al.. (2021). Scaling Up Parenting Interventions is Critical for Attaining the Sustainable Development Goals. Child Psychiatry & Human Development. 53(5). 941–952. 40 indexed citations

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Khandelwal, Shweta, Dimple Kondal, Gauri Divan, et al.. (2020). Effect of Maternal Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) Supplementation on Offspring Neurodevelopment at 12 Months in India: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Nutrients. 12(10). 3041–3041. 17 indexed citations

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Boucheron, Pauline, Sunil Bhopal, Deepali Verma, et al.. (2020). Observed feeding behaviours and effects on child weight and length at 12 months of age: Findings from the SPRING cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural India. PLoS ONE. 15(8). e0237226–e0237226. 9 indexed citations

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Bhavnani, Supriya, Akshay Swaminathan, Deepali Verma, et al.. (2020). Proof of Concept of a Gamified DEvelopmental Assessment on an E-Platform (DEEP) Tool to Measure Cognitive Development in Rural Indian Preschool Children. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 1202–1202. 12 indexed citations

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Bhopal, Sunil, Deepali Verma, Divya Kumar, et al.. (2019). Impact of adversity on early childhood growth & development in rural India: Findings from the early life stress sub-study of the SPRING cluster randomised controlled trial (SPRING-ELS). PLoS ONE. 14(1). e0209122–e0209122. 34 indexed citations

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Minhas, Ayesha, Vivek Vajaratkar, Gauri Divan, et al.. (2015). Parents’ perspectives on care of children with autistic spectrum disorder in South Asia – Views from Pakistan and India. International Review of Psychiatry. 27(3). 247–256. 79 indexed citations

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Elsabbagh, Mayada, Gauri Divan, Yun‐Joo Koh, et al.. (2012). Global Prevalence of Autism and Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders. Autism Research. 5(3). 160–179. 1810 indexed citations breakdown →

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