Susan Leekam

13.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
94 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Susan Leekam is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Susan Leekam has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 43 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 32 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Susan Leekam's work include Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (68 papers), Behavioral and Psychological Studies (25 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (22 papers). Susan Leekam is often cited by papers focused on Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (68 papers), Behavioral and Psychological Studies (25 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (22 papers). Susan Leekam collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Susan Leekam's co-authors include Josef Perner, Judith Gould, Lorna Wing, Heinz Wimmer, Sarah Libby, Mirko Uljarević, Margot Prior, Ted Ruffman, Beatriz López and Carmen Nieto and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Child Development.

In The Last Decade

Susan Leekam

93 papers receiving 8.0k 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.

Three‐year‐olds' difficulty with false belief: The case for a conceptual deficit

1987 1.0k citations Josef Perner, Susan Leekam et al. profile →
Describing the Sensory Abnormalities of Children and Adults with Autism

2006 778 citations Susan Leekam et al. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders profile →
Making the future together: Shaping autism research through meaningful participation

2018 414 citations Sue Fletcher‐Watson, Susan Leekam et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Measuring self and informant perspectives of Restricted and Repetitive Behaviours (RRBs): psychometric evaluation of the Repetitive Behaviours Questionnaire-3 (RBQ-3) in adult clinical practice and research settings 2024 ·Molecular Autism ·Catherine R. G. Jones, Lucy A. Livingston, (unknown), Mirko Uljarević, Sarah J. Carrington, Punit Shah, Susan Leekam	2
2	Assessing pragmatic language difficulties using the Revised Children's Communication Checklist‐2. Exploratory structural equation modeling and associations with restricted and repetitive behaviors 2024 ·Autism Research ·(unknown), Mirko Uljarević, Stephanie van Goozen, Kirsten Abbot‐Smith, Dale F. Hay, Susan Leekam	2
3	Restricted and repetitive behaviors and their developmental and demographic correlates in 4–8-year-old children: A transdiagnostic approach 2023 ·Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience ·(unknown), Stephanie van Goozen, Mirko Uljarević, Dale F. Hay, Susan Leekam	8
4	Neurodevelopmental dimensional assessment of young children at high genomic risk of neuropsychiatric conditions 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Samuel J. R. A. Chawner, Amy L. Paine, Matt J. Dunn, (unknown), P. D. Sloane, Megan Thomas, Alexandra Evans, (unknown), Siske Struik, Jérémy Hall, Jonathan T. Erichsen, Susan Leekam, Michael J. Owen, Dale F. Hay, Marianne van den Bree	5
5	Reliability of the Commonly Used and Newly-Developed Autism Measures 2023 ·Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders ·Thomas Frazier, Andrew Whitehouse, Susan Leekam, Sarah J. Carrington, Gail A. Alvares, David W. Evans, Antonio Y. Hardan, Mirko Uljarević	6
6	Arriving at the empirically based conceptualization of restricted and repetitive behaviors: A systematic review and meta-analytic examination of factor analyses 2023 ·Clinical Psychology Review ·Mirko Uljarević, (unknown), Andrew Whitehouse, Thomas Frazier, Wesley Billingham, Patrick Condron, Antonio Y. Hardan, Susan Leekam	13
7	Attention to the face is characterised by a difficult to inhibit first fixation to the eyes 2019 ·Acta Psychologica ·(unknown), Tom Foulsham, Susan Leekam, Catherine R. G. Jones	19
8	Anxiety, Intolerance of Uncertainty and Restricted and Repetitive Behaviour: Insights Directly from Young People with ASD 2017 ·Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders ·Caroline Joyce, Emma Honey, Susan Leekam, Sarah Barrett, Jacqui Rodgers	119
9	Development of restricted and repetitive behaviors from 15 to 77 months: Stability of two distinct subtypes? 2017 ·Developmental Psychology ·Mirko Uljarević, Bronia Arnott, Sarah J. Carrington, Elizabeth Meins, Charles Fernyhough, Helen McConachie, Ann Le Couteur, Susan Leekam	38
10	How does restricted and repetitive behavior relate to language and cognition in typical development? 2016 ·Development and Psychopathology ·(unknown), Elizabeth Meins, Luna C. Muñoz Centifanti, Charles Fernyhough, Susan Leekam	28
11	Knowledge acquisition and research evidence in autism: Researcher and practitioner perspectives and engagement 2016 ·Research in Developmental Disabilities ·Sarah J. Carrington, Mirko Uljarević, (unknown), Louise J. White, (unknown), Dawn Wimpory, (unknown), Susan Leekam	12
12	Social cognitive impairment and autism: what are we trying to explain? 2015 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Susan Leekam	77
13	First evidence of sensory atypicality in mothers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) 2014 ·Molecular Autism ·Mirko Uljarević, Margot Prior, Susan Leekam	26
14	Individual Differences in Infants’ Joint Attention Behaviors With Mother and a New Social Partner 2011 ·Infancy ·Elizabeth Meins, Charles Fernyhough, Bronia Arnott, (unknown), Michelle Turner, Susan Leekam, Kathryn Parkinson	24
15	The development of change blindness: children's attentional priorities whilst viewing naturalistic scenes 2009 ·Developmental Science ·Sue Fletcher‐Watson, (unknown), John M. Findlay, Susan Leekam	20
16	Repetitive behaviours in typically developing 2‐year‐olds 2007 ·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry ·Susan Leekam, (unknown), Helen McConachie, Elizabeth Meins, Kathryn Parkinson, Charlotte Wright, Michelle Turner, Bronia Arnott, (unknown), Ann Le Couteur	165
17	Do children with autism fail to process information in context? 2003 ·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry ·Beatriz López, Susan Leekam	155
18	Can Autistic Children Distinguish Lies from Jokes? A Second Look at Second‐order Belief Attribution 1994 ·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry ·Susan Leekam, Margot Prior	52
19	Theory of Mind Is Contagious: You Catch It from Your Sibs 1994 ·Child Development ·Josef Perner, Ted Ruffman, Susan Leekam	234
20	The influence of meal composition on post-lunch changes in performance efficiency and mood 1988 ·Appetite ·Andrew Smith, Susan Leekam, Ann Ralph, Geraldine McNeill	61

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