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Helen Tager-Flusberg

Helen Tager-Flusberg

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Best Female Scientists
2025

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Best Female Scientists

D-Index
111
Citations
48046
World Ranking
850
National Ranking
513

Psychology

D-Index
113
Citations
50675
World Ranking
357
National Ranking
224

Helen Tager-Flusberg 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 Helen Tager-Flusberg sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 309 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Helen Tager-Flusberg 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 Helen Tager-Flusberg sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 113 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • 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

  • Language and Communication in Autism

    Helen Tager‐Flusberg;Rhea Paul;Catherine Lord

  • 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

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

    Margaret M. Kjelgaard;Helen Tager-Flusberg

  • Understanding Other Minds: Perspectives from developmental social neuroscience

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

  • Understanding other minds : perspectives from autism

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

  • Understanding Other Minds Perspectives From Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

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

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

    Helen Tager-Flusberg;Connie Kasari

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

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

  • Preschoolers can attribute second-order beliefs

    Kate Sullivan;Deborah Zaitchik;Helen Tager-Flusberg

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

    Helen Tager-Flusberg;Kate Sullivan

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

    Courtney Melinda Hale;Helen Tager-Flusberg

  • Language Assessment and Development in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorders

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

  • 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

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

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

  • Identifying neurocognitive phenotypes in autism

    Helen Tager-Flusberg;Robert M. Joseph

  • 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

  • On the nature of linguistic functioning in early infantile autism

    Helen Tager-Flusberg

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles A. Nelson
Charles A. Nelson Boston Children's Hospital
Robert M. Joseph
Robert M. Joseph Boston University
Alice S. Carter
Alice S. Carter University of Massachusetts Boston
Catherine Lord
Catherine Lord University of California, Los Angeles
Rebecca Landa
Rebecca Landa Kennedy Krieger Institute
Sally J Ozonoff
Sally J Ozonoff University of California, Davis
Susan E. Folstein
Susan E. Folstein University of Miami
Wendy L. Stone
Wendy L. Stone University of Washington
Sally J. Rogers
Sally J. Rogers University of California, Davis
Geraldine Dawson
Geraldine Dawson Duke University

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