2026 Molly Losh: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	35	9710	9085	5126	4678	86	8449

Overview

Molly Losh is a researcher affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on neuroscience and psychology, with a specialized interest in cognitive neuroscience, genetics, developmental and educational psychology, clinical psychology, and psychiatry and mental health.

The researcher's main topics of investigation include Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Language Development and Disorders, Family and Disability Support Research, Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues, Child Development and Digital Technology, and Neuroscience and Music Perception.

Notable recent papers authored by Molly Losh include:

Elevated Polygenic Burden for Autism Spectrum Disorder Is Associated With the Broad Autism Phenotype in Mothers of Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder, 2020, Biological Psychiatry
An Acoustic Characterization of Prosodic Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder and First-Degree Relatives, 2020, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Insight and Recommendations for Fragile X-Premutation-Associated Conditions from the Fifth International Conference on FMR1 Premutation, 2023, Cells
A constellation of eye-tracking measures reveals social attention differences in ASD and the broad autism phenotype, 2022, Molecular Autism
Cross-linguistic patterns of speech prosodic differences in autism: A machine learning study, 2022, PLoS ONE

Molly Losh has frequently published in venues including UNC Libraries, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Frontiers in Psychiatry, Scientific Reports, and Autism.

Their frequent co-authors include:

Kritika Nayar
Gary E. Martin
Molly Winston
Joseph C. Y. Lau
Emily B. Landau

Best Publications

Auditory brain stem response to complex sounds: a tutorial.

Erika Skoe;Nina Kraus

928
Citations
The broad autism phenotype questionnaire.

Robert S E Hurley;Molly Losh;Morgan Parlier;J Steven Reznick

807
Citations
Narrative Ability in High-Functioning Children with Autism or Asperger's Syndrome

Molly Losh;Lisa Capps

679
Citations
''Frog, where are you?'' Narratives in children with specific language impairment, early focal brain injury, and Williams syndrome

Judy Reilly;Molly Losh;Ursula Bellugi;Beverly Wulfeck

619
Citations
The frog ate the bug and made his mouth sad : Narrative competence in children with autism

Lisa Capps;Molly Losh;Christopher Thurber

460
Citations
Neuropsychological profile of autism and the broad autism phenotype.

Molly Losh;Ralph Adolphs;Michele D. Poe;Shannon Couture

397
Citations
Defining Key Features of the Broad Autism Phenotype : A Comparison Across Parents of Multiple-and Single-Incidence Autism Families

Molly Losh;Debra Childress;Kristen Lam;Joseph Piven

392
Citations
Anorexia nervosa and autism spectrum disorders: Guided investigation of social cognitive endophenotypes.

Nancy L. Zucker;Molly Losh;Cynthia M. Bulik;Kevin S. LaBar

383
Citations
Understanding of Emotional Experience in Autism: Insights from the Personal Accounts of High-Functioning Children with Autism.

Molly Losh;Lisa Capps

331
Citations
Comparison of social cognitive functioning in schizophrenia and high functioning autism: More convergence than divergence

S. M. Couture;David Penn;M. Losh;R Adolphs

318
Citations
Social-cognition and the broad autism phenotype: identifying genetically meaningful phenotypes

Molly Losh;Joseph Piven

279
Citations
Brief Report: Vocational Outcomes for Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders at Six Months After Virtual Reality Job Interview Training

Matthew J. Smith;Michael F. Fleming;Michael A. Wright;Molly Losh

192
Citations
Current developments in the genetics of autism: from phenome to genome.

Molly Losh;Patrick F. Sullivan;Dimitri Trembath;Joseph Piven

166
Citations
Longitudinal profiles of expressive vocabulary, syntax and pragmatic language in boys with fragile X syndrome or Down syndrome

Gary E. Martin;Molly Losh;Bruno Estigarribia;John Sideris

160
Citations
Associated features in females with an FMR1 premutation

Anne C. Wheeler;Anne C. Wheeler;Donald B. Bailey;Elizabeth Berry-Kravis;Jan Greenberg

150
Citations
Quantifying narrative ability in autism spectrum disorder: a computational linguistic analysis of narrative coherence.

Molly Losh;Peter C. Gordon

132
Citations
A Comparison of Pragmatic Language in Boys with Autism and Fragile X Syndrome.

Jessica Klusek;Gary E. Martin;Molly Losh

126
Citations
Cardiac autonomic regulation in autism and Fragile X syndrome: a review.

Jessica Klusek;Jane E. Roberts;Molly Losh

117
Citations
Consistency Between Research and Clinical Diagnoses of Autism Among Boys and Girls with Fragile X Syndrome

Jessica Klusek;Gary E. Martin;Molly Losh

114
Citations
Narrative as a social engagement tool: the excessive use of evaluation in narratives from children with williams syndrome

Molly Losh;Ursula Bellugi;Judy Reilly

108
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick F. Sullivan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

John Sideris University of Southern California

Judy Reilly San Diego State University

Ursula Bellugi Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Cynthia M. Bulik University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Randi J Hagerman University of California, Davis

Jane E. Roberts University of South Carolina

Edwin H. Cook University of Illinois at Chicago

Donald B. Bailey Research Triangle Park Foundation

Val C. Sheffield University of Iowa

External Links

Personal website of Molly Losh

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