Wouter Staal

7.7k total citations
85 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Wouter Staal is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Wouter Staal has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 33 papers in Clinical Psychology and 29 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Wouter Staal's work include Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (53 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (16 papers) and Family and Disability Support Research (14 papers). Wouter Staal is often cited by papers focused on Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (53 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (16 papers) and Family and Disability Support Research (14 papers). Wouter Staal collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and Germany. Wouter Staal's co-authors include Hermán van Engeland, Sarah Durston, Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol, Marieke Langen, Hugo G. Schnack, René S. Kahn, Emma van Daalen, Martien J. Kas, Lude Franke and Fleur P. Velders and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Wouter Staal

79 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wouter Staal Netherlands 31 2.3k 1.2k 1.2k 661 538 85 3.6k
Dene Robertson United Kingdom 34 3.2k 1.4× 1.1k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 892 1.3× 583 1.1× 54 4.3k
Clodagh M. Murphy United Kingdom 32 2.8k 1.2× 1.2k 0.9× 920 0.8× 740 1.1× 343 0.6× 57 3.5k
Christine Wu Nordahl United States 34 3.2k 1.4× 919 0.7× 1.6k 1.3× 494 0.7× 625 1.2× 70 4.2k
Christine Ecker United Kingdom 39 4.1k 1.8× 1.7k 1.4× 1.3k 1.0× 1.0k 1.6× 494 0.9× 95 5.4k
Timothea Toulopoulou United Kingdom 37 2.0k 0.9× 2.1k 1.7× 1.1k 0.9× 588 0.9× 699 1.3× 109 4.8k
Rob Nicolson Canada 37 2.4k 1.0× 2.1k 1.7× 859 0.7× 1.4k 2.1× 532 1.0× 108 4.8k
Louise Gallagher Ireland 30 1.9k 0.8× 725 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 606 0.9× 514 1.0× 104 3.3k
Sara Calderoni Italy 34 2.3k 1.0× 1.0k 0.8× 656 0.5× 790 1.2× 487 0.9× 119 3.4k
Jennifer M. Phillips United States 31 2.9k 1.3× 847 0.7× 640 0.5× 1.1k 1.7× 581 1.1× 97 4.5k
Marie Schaer Switzerland 35 2.9k 1.3× 837 0.7× 641 0.5× 735 1.1× 1.0k 1.9× 120 4.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Wouter Staal

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wouter Staal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wouter Staal

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Klip, Helen, et al.. (2025). Prevalence of Unhealthy Lifestyle Behaviours in Children and Adolescents with Mental Disorders. Child Psychiatry & Human Development.
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Staaks, Janneke, et al.. (2025). Post-traumatic stress disorder rates in trauma-exposed children and adolescents: updated three-level meta-analysis. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 1–9.
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Ketelaar, Marjolijn, et al.. (2025). Impact of peer-support programs for individuals with autism: A systematic review. Autism. 30(2). 300–315.
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Mies, Gabry W., et al.. (2024). The relationship between sleep difficulties and externalizing and internalizing problems in children and adolescents with mental illness. Journal of Sleep Research. 34(3). e14398–e14398. 1 indexed citations
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Swaab, Hanna, et al.. (2023). Perspective-taking by teachers in coping with disruptive classroom behavior: A scoping review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(1). 100439–100439. 1 indexed citations
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Deenik, Jeroen, Sigrid Pillen, Wiepke Cahn, et al.. (2023). The short and long-term effects of a lifestyle intervention in children with mental illnesses: a randomized controlled trial (Movementss study). BMC Psychiatry. 23(1). 529–529. 2 indexed citations
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Dijk, Jelle van, et al.. (2022). Design your life: user-initiated design of technology to empower autistic young adults. University of Twente Research Information. 16(3). 172–188. 2 indexed citations
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Zijlmans, Josjan, Lorynn Teela, Hanneke van Ewijk, et al.. (2021). Mental and Social Health of Children and Adolescents With Pre-existing Mental or Somatic Problems During the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 12. 692853–692853. 35 indexed citations
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Buitelaar, Jan K., et al.. (2021). Pivotal Response Treatment for School-Aged Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 51(12). 4506–4519. 10 indexed citations
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Dongen‐Boomsma, Martine van, Iris J. Oosterling, Nienke Peters‐Scheffer, et al.. (2020). Adherence and acceptability of a robot-assisted Pivotal Response Treatment protocol for children with autism spectrum disorder. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 8110–8110. 42 indexed citations
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Herpers, Pierre C. M., et al.. (2019). Intensive home treatment for adolescents in psychiatric crisis. BMC Psychiatry. 19(1). 12 indexed citations
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Du, Lin, Ling Shan, Bing Wang, et al.. (2015). A Pilot Study on the Combination of Applied Behavior Analysis and Bumetanide Treatment for Children with Autism. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 25(7). 585–588. 63 indexed citations
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Staal, Wouter. (2014). Autism, DRD3 and repetitive and stereotyped behavior, an overview of the current knowledge. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 25(9). 1421–1426. 39 indexed citations
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Langen, Marieke, Martien J. Kas, Wouter Staal, Hermán van Engeland, & Sarah Durston. (2010). The neurobiology of repetitive behavior: Of mice…. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 35(3). 345–355. 162 indexed citations
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Langen, Marieke, Sarah Durston, Martien J. Kas, Hermán van Engeland, & Wouter Staal. (2010). The neurobiology of repetitive behavior: …and men. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 35(3). 356–365. 189 indexed citations
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Zwaag, Bert van der, Wouter Staal, Ron Hochstenbach, et al.. (2009). A co‐segregating microduplication of chromosome 15q11.2 pinpoints two risk genes for autism spectrum disorder. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics. 153B(4). 960–966. 80 indexed citations
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Vorstman, J.A.S., et al.. (2005). Overview of cytogenetic regions of interest (CROIs) associated with the autism phenotype across the human genome. Molecular Psychiatry. 11(1). 1–1. 111 indexed citations
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Staal, Wouter, Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol, Hugo G. Schnack, Astrid C. van der Schot, & René S. Kahn. (1998). Partial Volume Decrease of the Thalamus in Relatives of Patients With Schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatry. 155(12). 1784–1786. 117 indexed citations

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