Laura Casula

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 918 citations indexed

About

Laura Casula is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Genetics and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura Casula has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 918 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 14 papers in Genetics and 12 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Laura Casula's work include Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (19 papers), Family and Disability Support Research (8 papers) and Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (7 papers). Laura Casula is often cited by papers focused on Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (19 papers), Family and Disability Support Research (8 papers) and Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (7 papers). Laura Casula collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Spain. Laura Casula's co-authors include Giovanni Valeri, Stefano Vicari, Salvatore Magrì, Arianna Cingolani, Massimo Claudio Fantini, Fabio Chicco, Danilo Paduano, Paolo Usai, Mario Pirastu and Montse Mercadé and has published in prestigious journals such as Blood, American Journal of Epidemiology and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Laura Casula

54 papers receiving 902 citations

Hit Papers

Sex Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Diagnostic, ... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 25 50 75 100
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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. Sex Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Diagnostic, Neurobiological, and Behavioral Features
    2022 111 citations Antonio Napolitano, Sara Schiavi et al. Frontiers in Psychiatry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Laura Casula Italy 16 237 231 143 124 121 56 918
Weiwei Chang China 20 60 0.3× 98 0.4× 159 1.1× 65 0.5× 118 1.0× 76 1.0k
Elek Dinya Hungary 17 110 0.5× 48 0.2× 168 1.2× 180 1.5× 107 0.9× 80 1.1k
Aviva Mimouni-Bloch Israel 18 96 0.4× 101 0.4× 352 2.5× 101 0.8× 57 0.5× 56 1.0k
Hooman Ghasemi Iran 13 49 0.2× 160 0.7× 219 1.5× 106 0.9× 229 1.9× 32 1.4k
Waseem Ahmed United States 13 149 0.6× 36 0.2× 83 0.6× 140 1.1× 51 0.4× 77 932
Ilana S. Rosman United States 18 60 0.3× 467 2.0× 136 1.0× 200 1.6× 31 0.3× 69 1.4k
Ergün Karaağaoğlu Türkiye 22 40 0.2× 52 0.2× 115 0.8× 142 1.1× 39 0.3× 91 1.2k
Armin Hirbod‐Mobarakeh Iran 14 115 0.5× 121 0.5× 83 0.6× 59 0.5× 34 0.3× 30 603
Luigi Barbato Italy 22 51 0.2× 96 0.4× 136 1.0× 28 0.2× 200 1.7× 54 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Laura Casula

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Fields of papers citing papers by Laura Casula

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura Casula

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Laura Casula. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Laura Casula based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Laura Casula. Laura Casula is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Guerrera, Silvia, et al.. (2025). The role of executive functions in preschool children with autism spectrum disorder: A short narrative review. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 157. 104905–104905. 1 indexed citations
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Oliveira, Leandro Licursi de, et al.. (2025). Role of Sex and Age on Cardiovascular and Autonomic Responses During Acute and Repeated Restraint Stress in Rats. Psychophysiology. 62(5). e70062–e70062. 1 indexed citations
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Costanzo, Floriana, Giacomo Garone, Pietro De Rossi, et al.. (2025). Understanding and targeting repetitive behaviors and restricted interests in autism spectrum disorder via high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation: a study-protocol. BMC Psychiatry. 25(1). 170–170. 1 indexed citations
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Casula, Laura, Giulio D’Urso, Silvia Guerrera, et al.. (2024). What Factors Predict Adaptive Functioning in Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder? A Longitudinal Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 13(6). 1565–1565. 2 indexed citations
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Mercadé, Montse, et al.. (2024). A 4‐year follow‐up of root canal obturation using a calcium silicate‐based sealer and a zinc oxide‐eugenol sealer: A randomized clinical trial. International Endodontic Journal. 58(2). 193–208. 6 indexed citations
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Oliveira, Leandro Licursi de, et al.. (2024). Influence of strain on expression and habituation of autonomic and cardiovascular responses to restraint stress in rats. Physiology & Behavior. 290. 114781–114781. 3 indexed citations
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Napolitano, Antonio, Sara Schiavi, Piergiorgio La Rosa, et al.. (2022). Sex Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Diagnostic, Neurobiological, and Behavioral Features. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 13. 889636–889636. 111 indexed citations breakdown →
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Casula, Laura, et al.. (2020). Performance estimation of photovoltaic energy production. Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences. 13(3). 267–285. 12 indexed citations
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Casula, Laura, et al.. (2020). A 12-month follow-up of primary and secondary root canal treatment in teeth obturated with a hydraulic sealer. Clinical Oral Investigations. 25(5). 2757–2764. 50 indexed citations
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Bolasco, Piergiorgio, et al.. (2020). Evaluation of Residual Kidney Function during Once-Weekly Incremental Hemodialysis. Blood Purification. 50(2). 246–253. 4 indexed citations
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Magrì, Salvatore, Danilo Paduano, Fabio Chicco, et al.. (2019). Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: Beyond the natural history. World Journal of Gastroenterology. 25(37). 5676–5686. 48 indexed citations
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Valeri, Giovanni, et al.. (2019). Executive Functions and Symptom Severity in an Italian Sample of Intellectually Able Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 50(9). 3207–3215. 21 indexed citations
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Adornetti, Ines, Francesco Ferretti, Alessandra Chiera, et al.. (2019). Do Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders Understand Pantomimic Events?. Frontiers in Psychology. 10. 1382–1382. 9 indexed citations
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Napoli, Eleonora, Laura Casula, Viola Alesi, et al.. (2017). Array-CGH Analysis in a Cohort of Phenotypically Well-Characterized Individuals with “Essential” Autism Spectrum Disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 48(2). 442–449. 20 indexed citations
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Piga, Matteo, Laura Casula, Silvia Sanna, et al.. (2015). Population-based analysis of hospitalizations for patients with systemic sclerosis in a West-European region over the period 2001–2012. Rheumatology International. 36(1). 73–81. 12 indexed citations
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Chericoni, Natasha, et al.. (2015). Early detection of autism spectrum disorders: From retrospective home video studies to prospective ‘high risk’ sibling studies. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 55. 627–635. 29 indexed citations
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Biino, Ginevra, Carlo L. Balduini, Laura Casula, et al.. (2010). Analysis of 12,517 inhabitants of a Sardinian geographic isolate reveals that predispositions to thrombocytopenia and thrombocytosis are inherited traits. Haematologica. 96(1). 96–101. 58 indexed citations
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Breda, Laura, Dorothy A. Kleinert, Carla Casu, et al.. (2010). A preclinical approach for gene therapy of β‐thalassemia. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1202(1). 134–140. 19 indexed citations

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