Maria Råstam

18.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
150 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Maria Råstam is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria Råstam has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Clinical Psychology, 83 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 79 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Maria Råstam's work include Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (72 papers), Eating Disorders and Behaviors (58 papers) and Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (54 papers). Maria Råstam is often cited by papers focused on Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (72 papers), Eating Disorders and Behaviors (58 papers) and Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (54 papers). Maria Råstam collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and United Kingdom. Maria Råstam's co-authors include Christopher Gillberg, Henrik Anckarsäter, I. Carina Gillberg, Elisabet Wentz, Paul Lichtenstein, Marion Leboyer, Henrik Söderström, Ola Ståhlberg, Eva Carlström and Catalina Betancur and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Maria Råstam

147 papers receiving 9.2k citations

Hit 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.

Mutations of the X-linked genes encoding neuroligins NLGN3 and NLGN4 are associated with autism

2003 1.3k citations Stéphane Jamain, Catalina Betancur et al. profile →
Psychiatric and psychosocial problems in adults with normal-intelligence autism spectrum disorders

2009 575 citations Björn Hofvander, Richard Delorme et al. BMC Psychiatry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maria Råstam Sweden	51	5.0k	4.7k	3.4k	2.6k	1.2k	150	9.6k
Frühling Rijsdijk United Kingdom	58	4.0k 0.8×	4.5k 1.0×	3.8k 1.1×	2.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	262	12.4k
Henrik Anckarsäter Sweden	46	3.6k 0.7×	3.5k 0.7×	2.9k 0.9×	1.6k 0.6×	685 0.6×	148	7.8k
David Skuse United Kingdom	58	4.8k 1.0×	3.1k 0.6×	1.7k 0.5×	3.3k 1.3×	1.9k 1.5×	219	10.2k
Adam J. Guastella Australia	54	3.9k 0.8×	3.2k 0.7×	2.1k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	564 0.5×	208	12.3k
I. Carina Gillberg Sweden	40	3.9k 0.8×	2.7k 0.6×	2.3k 0.7×	2.2k 0.8×	865 0.7×	69	6.7k
Hermán van Engeland Netherlands	76	9.8k 1.9×	6.0k 1.3×	6.4k 1.9×	2.8k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	269	17.3k
Bonnie Auyeung United Kingdom	45	6.2k 1.2×	3.2k 0.7×	1.8k 0.5×	2.2k 0.8×	946 0.8×	123	9.7k
Christine M. Freitag Germany	50	4.5k 0.9×	2.5k 0.5×	2.6k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	986 0.8×	276	8.7k
Meng‐Chuan Lai Canada	53	10.6k 2.1×	5.0k 1.1×	3.3k 1.0×	2.9k 1.1×	795 0.6×	178	13.2k
Bruce J. Tonge Australia	59	6.3k 1.2×	6.6k 1.4×	3.5k 1.0×	2.2k 0.8×	515 0.4×	295	13.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Maria Råstam

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Maria Råstam's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Maria Råstam with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Maria Råstam more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Maria Råstam

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Maria Råstam. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Maria Råstam. The network helps show where Maria Råstam may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maria Råstam

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Maria Råstam. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Maria Råstam 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 Maria Råstam. Maria Råstam is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Lundqvist, Sara, et al.. (2025). Somatic comorbidities and health related uncertainty among Swedish adolescents with ADHD. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 16. 1534280–1534280. 1 indexed citations

Rask, Olof, et al.. (2021). Risky Alcohol Use and Comorbidity in a Swedish Adolescent Emergency Psychiatric Inpatient Population. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2021. 1–8. 4 indexed citations

Johnels, Jakob Åsberg, Eva Billstedt, Christopher Gillberg, et al.. (2021). The relationship between intelligence and global adaptive functioning in young people with or without neurodevelopmental disorders. Psychiatry Research. 303. 114076–114076. 10 indexed citations

Hosie, Suzanne, Melina Ellis, Gayathri K. Balasuriya, et al.. (2019). Gastrointestinal dysfunction in patients and mice expressing the autism‐associated R451C mutation in neuroligin‐3. Autism Research. 12(7). 1043–1056. 63 indexed citations

Dinkler, Lisa, et al.. (2019). Anorexia nervosa: 30-year outcome. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 216(2). 97–104. 119 indexed citations

Ghaderi, Ata, Jenny Odeberg, Sanna Aila Gustafsson, et al.. (2018). Psychological, pharmacological, and combined treatments for binge eating disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PeerJ. 6. e5113–e5113. 50 indexed citations

Råstam, Maria, et al.. (2017). The coexistence of psychiatric and gastrointestinal problems in children with restrictive eating in a nationwide Swedish twin study. Journal of Eating Disorders. 5(1). 25–25. 5 indexed citations

Lichtenstein, Paul, Alessio Degl’Innocenti, Tomas Larson, et al.. (2017). The Autism–Tics, ADHD and other Comorbidities inventory (A-TAC): previous and predictive validity. BMC Psychiatry. 17(1). 403–403. 49 indexed citations

Gillberg, Christopher, et al.. (2016). Eating disorders and eating pathology in young adult and adult patients with ESSENCE. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 66. 79–86. 38 indexed citations

10.

Nielsen, Søren, Henrik Anckarsäter, Carina Gillberg, et al.. (2015). Effects of autism spectrum disorders on outcome in teenage-onset anorexia nervosa evaluated by the Morgan-Russell outcome assessment schedule: a controlled community-based study. Molecular Autism. 6(1). 14–14. 80 indexed citations

11.

Bejerot, Susanne, Gunnar Edman, Henrik Anckarsäter, et al.. (2014). The Brief Obsessive–Compulsive Scale (BOCS): A self-report scale for OCD and obsessive–compulsive related disorders. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry. 68(8). 549–559. 38 indexed citations

12.

Larson, Tomas, Sebastian Lundström, Thomas Nilsson, et al.. (2013). Predictive properties of the A-TAC inventory when screening for childhood-onset neurodevelopmental problems in a population-based sample. BMC Psychiatry. 13(1). 233–233. 70 indexed citations

13.

Råstam, Maria, Sebastian Lundström, Peik Gustafsson, et al.. (2013). Eating Problems and Overlap with ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorders in a Nationwide Twin Study of 9‐ and 12‐Year‐Old Children. The Scientific World JOURNAL. 2013(1). 315429–315429. 50 indexed citations

14.

Anckarsäter, Henrik, Björn Hofvander, Eva Billstedt, et al.. (2011). The sociocommunicative deficit subgroup in anorexia nervosa: autism spectrum disorders and neurocognition in a community-based, longitudinal study. Psychological Medicine. 42(9). 1957–1967. 72 indexed citations

15.

Delorme, Richard, Catalina Betancur, Isabelle Scheid, et al.. (2010). Mutation screening of NOS1AP gene in a large sample of psychiatric patients and controls. BMC Medical Genetics. 11(1). 108–108. 30 indexed citations

16.

Wentz, Elisabet, I. Carina Gillberg, Henrik Anckarsäter, Christopher Gillberg, & Maria Råstam. (2009). Reproduction and offspring status 18 years after teenage‐onset anorexia nervosa—A controlled community‐based study. International Journal of Eating Disorders. 42(6). 483–491. 37 indexed citations

17.

Anckarsäter, Henrik, et al.. (2007). Prevalences and configurations of mental disorders among institutionalized adolescents. Developmental Neurorehabilitation. 10(1). 57–65. 26 indexed citations

18.

Gillberg, Christopher, et al.. (2001). The Asperger Syndrome (and High-Functioning Autism) Diagnostic Interview (ASDI): A Preliminary Study of a New Structured Clinical Interview. Autism. 5(1). 57–66. 228 indexed citations

19.

Råstam, Maria, Christopher Gillberg, I. Carina Gillberg, & Maria Johansson. (1997). Alexithymia in anorexia nervosa: a controlled study using the 20‐item Toronto Alexithymia Scale. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 95(5). 385–388. 67 indexed citations

20.

Råstam, Maria, Christopher Gillberg, & J. Wahlström. (1991). Chromosomes in Anorexia Nervosa. A Study of 47 Cases Including a Population‐Based Group: A Research Note. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 32(4). 695–701. 6 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact