Sally Wheelwright

46.4k total citations · 11 hit papers
131 papers, 32.4k citations indexed

About

Sally Wheelwright is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Education and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sally Wheelwright has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 32.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 44 papers in Education and 40 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Sally Wheelwright's work include Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (80 papers), Child Development and Digital Technology (42 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (22 papers). Sally Wheelwright is often cited by papers focused on Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (80 papers), Child Development and Digital Technology (42 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (22 papers). Sally Wheelwright collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Sally Wheelwright's co-authors include Simon Baron‐Cohen, Jacqueline Hill, Richard Skinner, I. C. Plumb, Yogini Raste, Edward T. Bullmore, Carrie Allison, Howard Ring, Steven Williams and Akio Wakabayashi and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, NeuroImage and Brain.

In The Last Decade

Sally Wheelwright

130 papers receiving 31.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 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.

The Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ): Evidence from Asperger Syndrome/High-Functioning Autism, Males and Females, Scientists and Mathematicians

2001 4.7k citations Simon Baron‐Cohen, Sally Wheelwright et al. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders profile →
The "Reading the Mind in the Eyes" Test revised version: a study with normal adults, and adults with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism.

2001 3.6k citations Simon Baron‐Cohen, Sally Wheelwright et al. profile →
The “Reading the Mind in the Eyes” Test Revised Version: A Study with Normal Adults, and Adults with Asperger Syndrome or High‐functioning Autism

2001 3.5k citations Simon Baron‐Cohen, Sally Wheelwright et al. profile →
The Empathy Quotient: An Investigation of Adults with Asperger Syndrome or High Functioning Autism, and Normal Sex Differences

2004 2.9k citations Simon Baron‐Cohen, Sally Wheelwright Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders profile →
Social intelligence in the normal and autistic brain: an fMRI study

1999 950 citations Simon Baron‐Cohen, Sally Wheelwright et al. profile →
The amygdala theory of autism

2000 806 citations Simon Baron‐Cohen, Sally Wheelwright et al. profile →
Is There a "Language of the Eyes"? Evidence from Normal Adults, and Adults with Autism or Asperger Syndrome

1997 680 citations Simon Baron‐Cohen, Sally Wheelwright et al. profile →
The systemizing quotient: an investigation of adults with Asperger syndrome or high–functioning autism, and normal sex differences

2003 631 citations Simon Baron‐Cohen, Sally Wheelwright et al. profile →
Screening Adults for Asperger Syndrome Using the AQ: A Preliminary Study of its Diagnostic Validity in Clinical Practice

2005 594 citations Sally Wheelwright, Simon Baron‐Cohen et al. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders profile →
A Screening Instrument for Autism at 18 Months of Age: A 6-Year Follow-up Study

2000 548 citations Simon Baron‐Cohen, Sally Wheelwright et al. profile →
A Behavioral Comparison of Male and Female Adults with High Functioning Autism Spectrum Conditions

2011 467 citations Michael Lombardo, Sally Wheelwright et al. PLoS ONE profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sally Wheelwright United Kingdom	71	22.4k	10.6k	6.6k	6.0k	5.9k	131	32.4k
Francesca Happé United Kingdom	88	26.0k 1.2×	9.7k 0.9×	6.3k 1.0×	4.8k 0.8×	10.8k 1.8×	330	33.0k
Uta Frith United Kingdom	89	32.0k 1.4×	7.9k 0.7×	6.3k 1.0×	9.5k 1.6×	19.7k 3.3×	224	44.6k
Mark H. Johnson United Kingdom	98	21.1k 0.9×	4.3k 0.4×	2.9k 0.4×	6.8k 1.1×	9.5k 1.6×	492	37.2k
Tony Charman United Kingdom	93	27.2k 1.2×	14.7k 1.4×	8.4k 1.3×	2.1k 0.4×	9.3k 1.6×	422	33.6k
Géraldine Dawson United States	94	27.0k 1.2×	13.0k 1.2×	7.8k 1.2×	1.9k 0.3×	7.2k 1.2×	319	32.2k
Bennett Leventhal United States	57	12.6k 0.6×	7.6k 0.7×	4.9k 0.7×	2.8k 0.5×	2.5k 0.4×	177	20.6k
Emily Simonoff United Kingdom	73	12.9k 0.6×	10.4k 1.0×	7.5k 1.1×	1.2k 0.2×	3.7k 0.6×	267	22.3k
Christopher Gillberg Sweden	111	27.7k 1.2×	16.4k 1.5×	16.6k 2.5×	1.5k 0.3×	7.1k 1.2×	727	45.6k
Marian Sigman United States	78	13.5k 0.6×	9.2k 0.9×	3.1k 0.5×	2.4k 0.4×	6.7k 1.1×	201	20.8k
Akira Miyake Japan	62	15.0k 0.7×	5.0k 0.5×	5.5k 0.8×	2.9k 0.5×	8.4k 1.4×	357	34.7k

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Sztankay, Monika, Sally Wheelwright, Vasos Vassiliou, et al.. (2025). Quality of Life in Adult Individuals Living With or at Risk of a Hereditary Cancer Predisposition Syndrome: A Scoping Review of the Qualitative Literature. Cancer Medicine. 14(18). e71069–e71069.

Palmieri, Carlo, Hannah M. Linden, Stephen N. Birrell, et al.. (2024). Activity and safety of enobosarm, a novel, oral, selective androgen receptor modulator, in androgen receptor-positive, oestrogen receptor-positive, and HER2-negative advanced breast cancer (Study G200802): a randomised, open-label, multicentre, multinational, parallel design, phase 2 trial. The Lancet Oncology. 25(3). 317–325. 20 indexed citations

Wagland, Richard, et al.. (2024). The experiences and decision making of patients with incurable cancer and health literacy difficulties. PLoS ONE. 19(10). e0309104–e0309104. 2 indexed citations

Wheelwright, Sally, Stephanie Russ, Freda Mold, Jo Armes, & Helena Harder. (2024). Symptomatic presentation of cancer in primary care: a scoping review of patients’ experiences and needs during the cancer diagnostic pathway. BMJ Open. 14(3). e076527–e076527. 2 indexed citations

Davies, Sarah & Sally Wheelwright. (2023). The impact of jejunostomy feeding on nutritional outcomes after oesophagectomy. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. 37(1). 126–136. 4 indexed citations

Amdal, Cecilie Delphin, Kathy Taylor, Dagmara Kuliś, et al.. (2022). Health-related quality of life in patients with COVID-19; international development of a patient-reported outcome measure. Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes. 6(1). 26–26. 9 indexed citations

Cocks, Kim, Colin A. Johnson, Heike Schmidt, et al.. (2022). Content validity of the EORTC quality of life questionnaire QLQ-C30 for use in cancer. European Journal of Cancer. 178. 128–138. 69 indexed citations

Amdal, Cecilie Delphin, Madeline Pe, Ragnhild Sørum Falk, et al.. (2021). Health-related quality of life issues, including symptoms, in patients with active COVID-19 or post COVID-19; a systematic literature review. Quality of Life Research. 30(12). 3367–3381. 60 indexed citations

Wheelwright, Sally, et al.. (2021). The role of health literacy in cancer care: A mixed studies systematic review. PLoS ONE. 16(11). e0259815–e0259815. 97 indexed citations

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Wheelwright, Sally, Lynn Calman, Amy Din, et al.. (2020). Does quality of life return to pre-treatment levels five years after curative intent surgery for colorectal cancer? Evidence from the ColoREctal Wellbeing (CREW) study. PLoS ONE. 15(4). e0231332–e0231332. 26 indexed citations

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Wheelwright, Sally, Jane B. Hopkinson, Anne‐Sophie Darlington, et al.. (2016). Development of the EORTC QLQ-CAX24, A Questionnaire for Cancer Patients With Cachexia. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 53(2). 232–242. 32 indexed citations

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Baron‐Cohen, Simon, Julian E. Asher, Sally Wheelwright, et al.. (2013). Is synaesthesia more common in autism?. Molecular Autism. 4(1). 40–40. 79 indexed citations

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Wheelwright, Sally, Anne‐Sophie Darlington, Deborah Fitzsimmons, et al.. (2013). International validation of the EORTC QLQ-ELD14 questionnaire for assessment of health-related quality of life elderly patients with cancer. British Journal of Cancer. 109(4). 852–858. 77 indexed citations

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Auyeung, Bonnie, Carrie Allison, Sally Wheelwright, & Simon Baron‐Cohen. (2012). Brief Report: Development of the Adolescent Empathy and Systemizing Quotients. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 42(10). 2225–2235. 53 indexed citations

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Jones, Rebecca M., et al.. (2011). Brief Report: Female-To-Male Transsexual People and Autistic Traits. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 42(2). 301–306. 93 indexed citations

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Ruta, Liliana, D Mazzone, Luigi Mazzone, Sally Wheelwright, & Simon Baron‐Cohen. (2011). The Autism-Spectrum Quotient—Italian Version: A Cross-Cultural Confirmation of the Broader Autism Phenotype. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 42(4). 625–633. 122 indexed citations

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Baron‐Cohen, Simon, Daniel Bor, Jac Billington, et al.. (2007). Savant Memory in a Man with Colour Form-Number Synaesthesia and Asperger Syndrome. Journal of Consciousness Studies. 14. 237–251. 40 indexed citations

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Baron‐Cohen, Simon, et al.. (2007). Elevated rates of testosterone-related disorders in women with autism spectrum conditions. Hormones and Behavior. 51(5). 597–604. 194 indexed citations

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Lombardo, Michael, Jennifer L. Barnes, Sally Wheelwright, & Simon Baron‐Cohen. (2007). Self-Referential Cognition and Empathy in Autism. PLoS ONE. 2(9). e883–e883. 331 indexed citations

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Wakabayashi, Akio, Yoshikuni Tojo, Simon Baron‐Cohen, & Sally Wheelwright. (2004). The Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ) Japanese versions: Evidence from high-functioning clinical group and normal adults. The Japanese journal of psychology. 75(1). 78–84. 207 indexed citations

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