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Isabel M. Smith

Isabel M. Smith

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Psychology

D-Index
55
Citations
16951
World Ranking
4326
National Ranking
287

Overview

Isabel M. Smith is affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada. Their work primarily revolves around psychology and neuroscience, with a significant emphasis on autism spectrum disorder research. Their research contributions extend across clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, education, and developmental and educational psychology.

The main subjects covered in their research include:

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Behavioral and Psychological Studies
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care

Frequent collaborators in their work are Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, Tracy Vaillancourt, Eric Duku, Mayada Elsabbagh, and Stelios Georgiades.

The scientist has published extensively in several notable journals, including:

  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (11 publications)
  • Autism (9 publications)
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (5 publications)
  • Research in Developmental Disabilities (5 publications)
  • Autism Research (4 publications)

Recent representative papers authored or co-authored by Isabel M. Smith include:

  • Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats that are expanded in autism, 2020, Nature
  • Genomic architecture of autism from comprehensive whole-genome sequence annotation, 2022, Cell
  • Co-occurring trajectories of anxiety and insistence on sameness behaviour in autism spectrum disorder, 2020, The British Journal of Psychiatry
  • Trajectories of Symptom Severity in Children with Autism: Variability and Turning Points through the Transition to School, 2021, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • Effectiveness of a parent-mediated intervention for toddlers with autism spectrum disorder: Evidence from a large community implementation, 2022, Autism

In addition to journal articles, Isabel M. Smith has contributed to book publications, including a 2024 publication titled Biographical Data in a Digital World published by ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Executive function in preschoolers: A review using an integrative framework.

    Nancy Garon;Susan E. Bryson;Isabel M. Smith

  • Whole genome sequencing resource identifies 18 new candidate genes for autism spectrum disorder

    Ryan K C Yuen;Daniele Merico;Matt Bookman;Jennifer L. Howe

  • Risperidone in the Treatment of Disruptive Behavioral Symptoms in Children With Autistic and Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders

    Sarah Shea;Atilla Turgay;Alan Carroll;Miklos Schulz

  • Early language and communication development of infants later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.

    Shelley Mitchell;Jessica Brian;Lonnie Zwaigenbaum;Wendy Roberts

  • Imitation and action in autism: A critical review.

    Isabel M. Smith;Susan E. Bryson

  • First report of a Canadian epidemiological study of autistic syndromes.

    Susan E. Bryson;Barbara S. Clark;Isabel M. Smith

  • Developmental Trajectories of Symptom Severity and Adaptive Functioning in an Inception Cohort of Preschool Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Peter Szatmari;Stelios Georgiades;Eric Duku;Teresa A. Bennett

  • An epidemiological analysis of CHARGE syndrome: preliminary results from a Canadian study.

    Karina A. Issekutz;John M. Graham;Chitra Prasad;Isabel M. Smith

  • Autism spectrum disorder: advances in evidence-based practice

    Evdokia Anagnostou;Lonnie Zwaigenbaum;Peter Szatmari;Eric Fombonne

  • Investigating Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Factor Mixture Modeling Approach.

    Stelios Georgiades;Peter Szatmari;Michael Boyle;Steven Hanna

  • Examination of bidirectional relationships between parent stress and two types of problem behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder.

    Anat Zaidman-Zait;Anat Zaidman-Zait;Pat Mirenda;Eric Duku;Peter Szatmari;Peter Szatmari

  • Temperament and its Relationship to Autistic Symptoms in a High-Risk Infant Sib Cohort

    Nancy Garon;Susan E. Bryson;Susan E. Bryson;Lonnie Zwaigenbaum;Isabel M. Smith;Isabel M. Smith

  • Clinical assessment of autism in high-risk 18-month-olds

    J Brian;S E Bryson;N Garon;W Roberts

  • Impact of personal and social resources on parenting stress in mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder

    Anat Zaidman-Zait;Pat Mirenda;Eric Duku;Tracy Vaillancourt

  • Genome-wide detection of tandem DNA repeats that are expanded in autism.

    Brett Trost;Worrawat Engchuan;Charlotte M. Nguyen;Charlotte M. Nguyen;Bhooma Thiruvahindrapuram

  • Sex Differences in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Identified Within a High-Risk Infant Cohort

    Lonnie Zwaigenbaum;Lonnie Zwaigenbaum;Susan E. Bryson;Peter Szatmari;Jessica Brian

  • Comparing early language development in monolingual- and bilingual- exposed young children with autism spectrum disorders

    J. Kaori Ohashi;Pat Mirenda;Stefka Marinova-Todd;Catherine Hambly

  • Validating the Repetitive Behavior Scale-Revised in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Pat Mirenda;Isabel M. Smith;Tracy Vaillancourt;Stelios Georgiades

  • Stereotyped motor behaviors associated with autism in high-risk infants: a pilot videotape analysis of a sibling sample.

    Alvin Loh;Teesta Soman;Jessica Brian;Susan E. Bryson

  • Brief parent training in pivotal response treatment for preschoolers with autism.

    Jamesie Coolican;Isabel M. Smith;Susan E. Bryson

  • Epidemiology of autism: Prevalence, associated characteristics, and implications for research and service delivery

    Susan E. Bryson;Isabel M. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Lonnie Zwaigenbaum
Lonnie Zwaigenbaum University of Alberta
Peter Szatmari
Peter Szatmari University of Toronto
Susan E. Bryson
Susan E. Bryson Dalhousie University
Tracy Vaillancourt
Tracy Vaillancourt University of Ottawa
Wendy Roberts
Wendy Roberts University of Toronto
Jessica Brian
Jessica Brian University of Toronto
Eric Duku
Eric Duku McMaster University
Pat Mirenda
Pat Mirenda University of British Columbia
Joanne Volden
Joanne Volden University of Alberta
Charlotte Waddell
Charlotte Waddell Simon Fraser University

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