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David Skuse publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Skuse sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 706+

This scientist: 368 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 706 publications or more.

David Skuse D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Skuse sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 85 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

David Skuse is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within the life sciences, focusing primarily on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Key subfields of their work include Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's main research topics include Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Family and Disability Support Research, Retinal Development and Disorders, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, Muscle Physiology and Disorders, as well as Genomic Variations and Chromosomal Abnormalities.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with David Skuse include Jeanne Wolstencroft, Irene Lee, Marianne B. M. van den Bree, Samuel J. R. A. Chawner, and Jérémy Hall.

Their publications appear most often in the following venues:

  • BJPsych International
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Neuromuscular Disorders
  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Recent papers authored or coauthored by David Skuse include:

  • An organization- and category-level comparison of diagnostic requirements for mental disorders in ICD-11 and DSM-5, 2021, World Psychiatry
  • A framework for an evidence-based gene list relevant to autism spectrum disorder, 2020, Nature Reviews Genetics
  • Trajectories of autistic social traits in childhood and adolescence and disordered eating behaviours at age 14 years: A UK general population cohort study, 2020, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Atypical Neurogenesis in Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells From Autistic Individuals, 2020, Biological Psychiatry
  • Neuropsychiatric risk in children with intellectual disability of genetic origin: IMAGINE, a UK national cohort study, 2022, The Lancet Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • Strong Association of De Novo Copy Number Mutations with Autism

    Jonathan Sebat;B. Lakshmi;Dheeraj Malhotra;Jennifer Troge

  • Synaptic, transcriptional and chromatin genes disrupted in autism

    Silvia De Rubeis;Xin-Xin He;Arthur P Goldberg;Christopher S. Poultney

  • Evidence from Turner's syndrome of an imprinted X-linked locus affecting cognitive function

    D.H. Skuse;R.S. James;D.V.M. Bishop;B. Coppin

  • Sex differences in autism spectrum disorder: evidence from a large sample of children and adolescents.

    William Mandy;Rebecca Chilvers;Uttom Chowdhury;Gemma Salter

  • Microduplications of 16p11.2 are Associated with Schizophrenia

    Shane E. McCarthy;Vladimir Makarov;George Kirov;Anjene M. Addington

  • Polygenic transmission disequilibrium confirms that common and rare variation act additively to create risk for autism spectrum disorders

    Daniel J Weiner;Daniel J Weiner;Emilie M Wigdor;Emilie M Wigdor;Stephan Ripke;Raymond K Walters;Raymond K Walters

  • Genetic and Functional Analyses of SHANK2 Mutations Suggest a Multiple Hit Model of Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Claire S. Leblond;Jutta Heinrich;Richard Delorme;Christian Proepper

  • Development of sexually abusive behaviour in sexually victimised males: a longitudinal study

    Daniel Salter;Dean McMillan;Mark Richards;Tiffany Talbot

  • The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease

    Klaudia Walter;Josine L. Min;Jie Huang;Lucy Crooks

  • Genetic risk for autism spectrum disorders and neuropsychiatric variation in the general population.

    Elise B Robinson;Elise B Robinson;Beate St Pourcain;Verneri Anttila;Verneri Anttila;Jack A Kosmicki

  • Dopaminergic-neuropeptide interactions in the social brain

    David H. Skuse;Louise Gallagher

  • The developmental, dimensional and diagnostic interview (3di): a novel computerized assessment for autism spectrum disorders.

    David Skuse;Richard Warrington;Dorothy Bishop;Uttom Chowdhury

  • Imprinting, the X-chromosome, and the male brain: explaining sex differences in the liability to autism.

    David H Skuse

  • Avoidance of emotionally arousing stimuli predicts social-perceptual impairment in Asperger's syndrome.

    Ben Corden;Rebecca Chilvers;David Skuse

  • Measuring autistic traits: heritability, reliability and validity of the Social and Communication Disorders Checklist.

    David H. Skuse;William P. L. Mandy;Jane Scourfield

  • Age, gender, and puberty influence the development of facial emotion recognition

    Kate Lawrence;Ruth Campbell;David Skuse

  • Turner Syndrome: a cytogenetic and molecular study

    P Jacobs;P Dalton;R James;K Mosse

  • Neurodevelopmental, emotional, and behavioural problems in Duchenne muscular dystrophy in relation to underlying dystrophin gene mutations

    Valeria Ricotti;William P L W.P.L. Mandy;Mariacristina M. Scoto;Marika M Pane

  • X-linked genes and mental functioning

    David H. Skuse

  • Characteristics and management of feeding problems of young children with cerebral palsy.

    Sheena Reilly;David Skuse

  • Genetic risk for autism spectrum disorders and neuropsychiatric variation in the general population

    Elise B. Robinson;Beate St Pourcain;Verneri Anttilal;Jack Kosmicki

Frequent Co-Authors

William Mandy
William Mandy University College London
Sheena Reilly
Sheena Reilly Griffith University
Mark J. Daly
Mark J. Daly Massachusetts General Hospital
Dieter Wolke
Dieter Wolke University of Warwick
David Evans
David Evans University of Bristol
Ruth Campbell
Ruth Campbell University College London
Elise B. Robinson
Elise B. Robinson Broad Institute
Anders D. Børglum
Anders D. Børglum Aarhus University
Michael John Owen
Michael John Owen Cardiff University
Louise Gallagher
Louise Gallagher Trinity College Dublin

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