Varun Warrier

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
61 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Varun Warrier is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Genetics and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Varun Warrier has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 30 papers in Genetics and 21 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Varun Warrier's work include Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (27 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (20 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (11 papers). Varun Warrier is often cited by papers focused on Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (27 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (20 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (11 papers). Varun Warrier collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Varun Warrier's co-authors include Simon Baron‐Cohen, Carrie Allison, David M. Greenberg, Bhismadev Chakrabarti, Richard A. I. Bethlehem, Paula Smith, Elizabeth Weir, Edward T. Bullmore, Meng‐Chuan Lai and Sara Mole and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Varun Warrier

59 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Elevated rates of autism, other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses, and autistic traits in transgender and gender-diverse individuals

2020 293 citations Varun Warrier, Elizabeth Weir et al. Nature Communications profile →
Gene–environment correlations and causal effects of childhood maltreatment on physical and mental health: a genetically informed approach

2021 114 citations Varun Warrier, Alex S. F. Kwong et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Varun Warrier United Kingdom	24	922	663	390	321	272	61	1.9k
Eva Carlström Sweden	15	803 0.9×	894 1.3×	464 1.2×	267 0.8×	686 2.5×	22	2.4k
Nóra Kerekes Sweden	25	555 0.6×	837 1.3×	182 0.5×	207 0.6×	587 2.2×	76	1.8k
Natalie L. Colich United States	29	955 1.0×	1.2k 1.9×	180 0.5×	380 1.2×	292 1.1×	51	2.8k
Shulamite A. Green United States	21	1.4k 1.6×	1.2k 1.8×	337 0.9×	158 0.5×	639 2.3×	43	2.6k
Brian W. Haas United States	28	1.2k 1.3×	550 0.8×	234 0.6×	558 1.7×	343 1.3×	62	2.7k
Kate Lawrence United Kingdom	23	615 0.7×	241 0.4×	601 1.5×	158 0.5×	360 1.3×	52	1.8k
Amber Ruigrok United Kingdom	16	2.0k 2.1×	793 1.2×	570 1.5×	214 0.7×	448 1.6×	26	2.6k
Liliana Ruta Italy	23	1.5k 1.7×	908 1.4×	482 1.2×	215 0.7×	585 2.2×	42	2.3k
Adriene M. Beltz United States	23	556 0.6×	621 0.9×	182 0.5×	409 1.3×	159 0.6×	96	2.4k
Zsófia Nemoda Hungary	30	374 0.4×	818 1.2×	261 0.7×	373 1.2×	510 1.9×	74	2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Varun Warrier

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Varun Warrier

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mills, Daniel S., et al.. (2025). GWAS for behavioral traits in golden retrievers identifies genes implicated in human temperament, mental health, and cognition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(48). e2421757122–e2421757122.

Sha, Zhiqiang, Varun Warrier, Richard A. I. Bethlehem, et al.. (2025). The overlapping genetic architecture of psychiatric disorders and cortical brain structure. Nature Mental Health. 3(9). 1020–1036. 1 indexed citations

Goldshtein, Inbal, Yair Sadaka, Guy Amit, et al.. (2025). Breastfeeding Duration and Child Development. JAMA Network Open. 8(3). e251540–e251540. 4 indexed citations

Kumar, Kuldeep, Zhijie Liao, Jakub Kopál, et al.. (2024). 295. Rare Variant Genetic Architecture of the Human Cortical MRI Phenotypes in General Population. Biological Psychiatry. 95(10). S220–S221.

Seidlitz, Jakob, Varun Warrier, Richard A. I. Bethlehem, et al.. (2023). Robust estimation of cortical similarity networks from brain MRI. Nature Neuroscience. 26(8). 1461–1471. 40 indexed citations

Bethlehem, Richard A. I., et al.. (2023). The genetic relationships between brain structure and schizophrenia. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7820–7820. 19 indexed citations

Warrier, Varun, Héléna Brunel, Paula Smith, et al.. (2023). Identifying rare genetic variants in 21 highly multiplex autism families: the role of diagnosis and autistic traits. Molecular Psychiatry. 28(5). 2148–2157. 6 indexed citations

Moore, Tyler M., Elina Visoki, Stirling T. Argabright, et al.. (2022). Modeling environment through a general exposome factor in two independent adolescent cohorts. PubMed. 2(1). osac010–osac010. 23 indexed citations

Baldwin, Jessie R., Hannah Sallis, Tabea Schoeler, et al.. (2022). A genetically informed Registered Report on adverse childhood experiences and mental health. Nature Human Behaviour. 7(2). 269–290. 39 indexed citations

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Richards, Gareth, Simon Baron‐Cohen, Varun Warrier, et al.. (2022). Evidence of partner similarity for autistic traits, systemizing, and theory of mind via facial expressions. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 8451–8451. 5 indexed citations

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Richards, Gareth, Simon Baron‐Cohen, Varun Warrier, et al.. (2021). Assortative mating for autistic traits, systemizing, and theory of mind. Behavior Genetics. 1 indexed citations

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Barzilay, Ran, Tyler M. Moore, Monica E. Calkins, et al.. (2021). Deconstructing the role of the exposome in youth suicidal ideation: Trauma, neighborhood environment, developmental and gender effects. Neurobiology of Stress. 14. 100314–100314. 29 indexed citations

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Weir, Elizabeth, Carrie Allison, Varun Warrier, & Simon Baron‐Cohen. (2020). Increased prevalence of non-communicable physical health conditions among autistic adults. Autism. 25(3). 681–694. 57 indexed citations

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Conson, Massimiliano, et al.. (2019). The effects of autistic traits and academic degree on visuospatial abilities. Cognitive Processing. 21(1). 127–140. 7 indexed citations

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Warrier, Varun, Roberto Toro, Hyejung Won, et al.. (2019). Social and non-social autism symptoms and trait domains are genetically dissociable. Communications Biology. 2(1). 328–328. 55 indexed citations

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Warrier, Varun, Roberto Toro, Bhismadev Chakrabarti, et al.. (2018). Genome-wide analyses of self-reported empathy: correlations with autism, schizophrenia, and anorexia nervosa. Translational Psychiatry. 8(1). 35–35. 75 indexed citations

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Warrier, Varun, Katrina L. Grasby, Florina Uzefovsky, et al.. (2017). Genome-wide meta-analysis of cognitive empathy: heritability, and correlates with sex, neuropsychiatric conditions and cognition. Molecular Psychiatry. 23(6). 1402–1409. 100 indexed citations

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Durdiaková, Jaroslava, Varun Warrier, Simon Baron‐Cohen, & Bhismadev Chakrabarti. (2014). Single nucleotide polymorphism rs6716901 in SLC25A12 gene is associated with Asperger syndrome. Molecular Autism. 5(1). 25–25. 8 indexed citations

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Warrier, Varun, Simon Baron‐Cohen, & Bhismadev Chakrabarti. (2013). Genetic variation in GABRB3 is associated with Asperger syndrome and multiple endophenotypes relevant to autism. Molecular Autism. 4(1). 48–48. 38 indexed citations

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Warrier, Varun, et al.. (2013). Genetic basis and phenotypic correlations of the neuronal ceroid lipofusinoses. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1832(11). 1827–1830. 92 indexed citations

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