2026 Helen Tager-Flusberg: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Female Scientists	111	850	812	513	486	311	48046
Psychology	113	357	311	224	191	309	50675

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Helen Tager-Flusberg is affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their research spans fields including Neuroscience and Psychology, with a primary focus on Cognitive Neuroscience and Developmental and Educational Psychology.

The scientist's work predominantly addresses topics related to Autism Spectrum Disorder Research and Language Development and Disorders. Other notable research interests include Family and Disability Support Research, Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility, Child Development and Digital Technology, Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues, and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

Recent publications by Helen Tager-Flusberg include:

Reciprocal Influences Between Parent Input and Child Language Skills in Dyads Involving High- and Low-Risk Infants for Autism Spectrum Disorder, 2020, Autism Research
Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in the Study of Speech and Language Impairment Across the Life Span: A Systematic Review, 2020, American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
Brain correlates of motor complexity during observed and executed actions, 2020, Scientific Reports
Comparing the Pragmatic Speech Profiles of Minimally Verbal and Verbally Fluent Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, 2020, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Prediction of autism spectrum disorder diagnosis using nonlinear measures of language-related EEG at 6 and 12 months, 2021, Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Frequent coauthors collaborating with this scientist include:

Charles A. Nelson
Karen Chenausky
Carol L. Wilkinson
Chelsea La Valle
Lindsay K. Butler

The scholar has published extensively in venues such as:

Autism Research
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
arXiv (Cornell University)
Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research

Helen Tager-Flusberg's research integrates clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, and educational perspectives into investigations of neurodevelopmental disorders, language acquisition, and support systems for individuals with disabilities.

They have been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2007.

Best Publications

Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders in Children with Autism: Interview Development and Rates of Disorders

Ovsanna T. Leyfer;Susan E. Folstein;Susan Bacalman;Naomi O. Davis;Naomi O. Davis

2141
Citations
Ca(V)1.2 calcium channel dysfunction causes a multisystem disorder including arrhythmia and autism.

Igor Splawski;Katherine W. Timothy;Leah M. Sharpe;Niels Decher

1858
Citations
Language and Communication in Autism

Helen Tager‐Flusberg;Rhea Paul;Catherine Lord

1757
Citations
Phase 2 of CATALISE: a multinational and multidisciplinary Delphi consensus study of problems with language development: Terminology

Dorothy V.M. Bishop;Margaret J. Snowling;Paul A. Thompson;Trisha Greenhalgh

1580
Citations
An investigation of language impairment in autism: Implications for genetic subgroups

Margaret M. Kjelgaard;Helen Tager-Flusberg

1487
Citations
Understanding Other Minds: Perspectives from developmental social neuroscience

Simon Baron-Cohen;Helen Tager-Flusberg;Michael V. Lombardo

1393
Citations
Understanding other minds : perspectives from autism

Simon Baron-Cohen;Helen Tager-Flusberg;Donald J. Cohen

1250
Citations
Understanding Other Minds Perspectives From Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Simon Baron-Cohen;Helen Tager-Flusberg;Donald J. Cohen

1140
Citations
Minimally verbal school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder: the neglected end of the spectrum.

Helen Tager-Flusberg;Connie Kasari

1020
Citations
Anatomical Differences in the Mirror Neuron System and Social Cognition Network in Autism

Nouchine Hadjikhani;Robert M. Joseph;Josh Snyder;Helen Tager-Flusberg

871
Citations
Preschoolers can attribute second-order beliefs

Kate Sullivan;Deborah Zaitchik;Helen Tager-Flusberg

858
Citations
A componential view of theory of mind: evidence from Williams syndrome.

Helen Tager-Flusberg;Kate Sullivan

842
Citations
The influence of language on theory of mind: a training study.

Courtney Melinda Hale;Helen Tager-Flusberg

760
Citations
Language Assessment and Development in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Rhiannon J. Luyster;Mary Beth Kadlec;Alice Carter;Helen Tager-Flusberg

689
Citations
Atypical behaviors in children with autism and children with a history of language impairment.

Kelli C. Dominick;Naomi Ornstein Davis;Janet Lainhart;Helen Tager-Flusberg

661
Citations
Cognitive profiles and social-communicative functioning in children with autism spectrum disorder

Robert M. Joseph;Helen Tager-Flusberg;Catherine Lord

641
Citations
Identifying neurocognitive phenotypes in autism

Helen Tager-Flusberg;Robert M. Joseph

621
Citations
Clinical Assessment and Management of Toddlers With Suspected Autism Spectrum Disorder: Insights From Studies of High-Risk Infants

Lonnie Zwaigenbaum;Susan Bryson;Catherine Lord;Sally J Rogers

615
Citations
On the nature of linguistic functioning in early infantile autism

Helen Tager-Flusberg

587
Citations
EEG complexity as a biomarker for autism spectrum disorder risk

William Bosl;William Bosl;Adrienne Tierney;Adrienne Tierney;Helen Tager-Flusberg;Charles A. Nelson;Charles A. Nelson

574
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles A. Nelson Boston Children's Hospital

Robert M. Joseph Boston University

Alice S. Carter University of Massachusetts Boston

Catherine Lord University of California, Los Angeles

Rebecca Landa Kennedy Krieger Institute

Sally J Ozonoff University of California, Davis

Wendy L. Stone University of Washington

Sally J. Rogers University of California, Davis

Geraldine Dawson Duke University

Daniel S. Messinger University of Miami

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