Paul Ashwood

18.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
179 papers, 13.1k citations indexed

About

Paul Ashwood is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Genetics and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Ashwood has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 13.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 60 papers in Genetics and 33 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Paul Ashwood's work include Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (101 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (51 papers) and Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (29 papers). Paul Ashwood is often cited by papers focused on Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (101 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (51 papers) and Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (29 papers). Paul Ashwood collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Paul Ashwood's co-authors include Judy Van de Water, Irva Hertz‐Picciotto, Milo Careaga, Robin Hansen, Charity E. Onore, Judy Van de Water, Isaac N. Pessah, Paula Krakowiak, Paula Goines and Destanie Rose and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Paul Ashwood

173 papers receiving 12.7k citations

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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.

Elevated plasma cytokines in autism spectrum disorders provide evidence of immune dysfunction and are associated with impaired behavioral outcome

2010 705 citations Paul Ashwood, Paula Krakowiak et al. Brain Behavior and Immunity profile →
The role of immune dysfunction in the pathophysiology of autism

2011 494 citations Charity E. Onore, Milo Careaga et al. Brain Behavior and Immunity profile →
Innate immune dysfunction and neuroinflammation in autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

2022 127 citations Paul Ashwood et al. Brain Behavior and Immunity profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul Ashwood United States	70	6.8k	4.0k	2.7k	2.7k	1.7k	179	13.1k
Robin Hansen United States	46	4.2k 0.6×	2.3k 0.6×	2.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.4×	521 0.3×	93	8.4k
Paul H. Patterson United States	81	2.8k 0.4×	2.0k 0.5×	2.9k 1.1×	8.3k 3.1×	3.3k 1.9×	285	24.7k
Kazuhiko Nakamura Japan	50	2.0k 0.3×	1.9k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	2.2k 0.8×	2.5k 1.5×	376	11.5k
Carlos A. Pardo United States	56	2.2k 0.3×	1.5k 0.4×	1.2k 0.4×	4.0k 1.5×	1.1k 0.7×	192	15.0k
Andrew W. Zimmerman United States	39	3.7k 0.6×	2.1k 0.5×	1.8k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	422 0.2×	102	7.0k
Judy Van de Water United States	62	2.4k 0.4×	2.0k 0.5×	983 0.4×	1.2k 0.5×	1.8k 1.0×	166	10.4k
Judy Van de Water United States	43	3.3k 0.5×	2.0k 0.5×	1.0k 0.4×	864 0.3×	780 0.5×	77	5.7k
Manfred Schedlowski Germany	73	3.6k 0.5×	514 0.1×	3.2k 1.2×	1.7k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	328	16.6k
Richard E. Frye United States	55	5.2k 0.8×	3.2k 0.8×	3.0k 1.1×	2.4k 0.9×	153 0.1×	228	10.5k
S. Jill James United States	60	2.8k 0.4×	2.3k 0.6×	2.1k 0.8×	4.0k 1.5×	205 0.1×	137	11.1k

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Rose, Destanie, et al.. (2025). Altered Monocyte Populations and Activation Marker Expression in Children with Autism and Co-Occurring Gastrointestinal Symptoms. Biomolecules. 15(2). 207–207.

Kim, Danielle, Lisa Croen, Ana‐Maria Iosif, et al.. (2024). The association of maternal COVID-19-infection during pregnancy on the neonatal immune profile and associations with later diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 123. 1071–1080. 1 indexed citations

Rose, Destanie, et al.. (2024). Cord blood cytokine profiles in children later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder: Results from the prospective MARBLES study. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 122. 339–344. 4 indexed citations

Croen, Lisa, Ana‐Maria Iosif, Paul Ashwood, et al.. (2024). Differences in mid-gestational and early postnatal neonatal cytokines and chemokines are associated with patterns of maternal autoantibodies in the context of autism. Cerebral Cortex. 34(13). 50–62. 1 indexed citations

Rogers, Sally J., et al.. (2024). Profiling of activated monocyte populations in autism and associations with increased severity and comorbid behaviors. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 125. 111–116. 1 indexed citations

Schwartzer, Jared J., et al.. (2023). Characterizing the neuroimmune environment of offspring in a novel model of maternal allergic asthma and particulate matter exposure. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 20(1). 252–252. 8 indexed citations

Croen, Lisa, Jennifer Ames, Yinge Qian, et al.. (2023). Inflammatory Conditions During Pregnancy and Risk of Autism and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 39–50. 15 indexed citations

Ashwood, Paul. (2023). Though shall not pass: Blocking lymphocytes from recirculating to the gut as a potential therapeutic approach for autism. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 116. 402–403.

Neier, Kari, Matthew L. Settles, Samuel S. Hunter, et al.. (2021). Sex disparate gut microbiome and metabolome perturbations precede disease progression in a mouse model of Rett syndrome. Communications Biology. 4(1). 1408–1408. 17 indexed citations

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Traglia, Michela, Lisa Croen, Karen L. Jones, et al.. (2018). Cross-genetic determination of maternal and neonatal immune mediators during pregnancy. Genome Medicine. 10(1). 67–67. 23 indexed citations

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Castañeda, Alejandro R., et al.. (2018). Ambient particulate matter activates the aryl hydrocarbon receptor in dendritic cells and enhances Th17 polarization. Toxicology Letters. 292. 85–96. 80 indexed citations

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Rose, Destanie, Milo Careaga, Judy Van de Water, et al.. (2016). Long-term altered immune responses following fetal priming in a non-human primate model of maternal immune activation. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 63. 60–70. 90 indexed citations

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Choi, Jae Eun, Felicia Widjaja, Milo Careaga, et al.. (2014). Change in Plasma Cytokine Levels During Risperidone Treatment in Children with Autism. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 24(10). 586–589. 25 indexed citations

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Schwartzer, Jared J., Milo Careaga, Charity E. Onore, et al.. (2013). Maternal immune activation and strain specific interactions in the development of autism-like behaviors in mice. Translational Psychiatry. 3(3). e240–e240. 177 indexed citations

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Braunschweig, Daniel, Paula Krakowiak, Robert Boyce, et al.. (2013). Autism-specific maternal autoantibodies recognize critical proteins in developing brain. Translational Psychiatry. 3(7). e277–e277. 191 indexed citations

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Winarni, Tri Indah, Weerasak Chonchaiya, Paul Ashwood, et al.. (2012). Immune‐mediated disorders among women carriers of fragile X premutation alleles. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 158A(10). 2473–2481. 72 indexed citations

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Critchfield, J. William, Saskia van Hemert, Michael Ash, Linda Mulder, & Paul Ashwood. (2011). The Potential Role of Probiotics in the Management of Childhood Autism Spectrum Disorders. Gastroenterology Research and Practice. 2011. 1–8. 127 indexed citations

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Torrente, Franco, Paul Ashwood, Richard M. Day, et al.. (2002). Small intestinal enteropathy with epithelial IgG and complement deposition in children with regressive autism. Molecular Psychiatry. 7(4). 375–382. 148 indexed citations

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Evans, Stephen M., Paul Ashwood, Alice Warley, et al.. (2002). The role of dietary microparticles and calcium in apoptosis and interleukin-1β release of intestinal macrophages. Gastroenterology. 123(5). 1543–1553. 43 indexed citations

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Ashwood, Paul, et al.. (2000). Evidence at protein and mRNA level of reduced TH3 lymphocytes in multiple food allergy. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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