Both sex- and gender-related factors should be considered in autism research and clinical practice

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Strang, J. F., van der Miesen, A. I., Caplan, R., Hughes, C., daVanport, S., & Lai, M. C. (2020). Both sex- and gender-related factors should be considered in autism research and clinical practice. Autism, 24(3), 539-543. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361320913192

Publication date: 1 Apr 2020 Added to AutiHub: 5 Jul 2026 Type: Article Article language: English
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6
Publication authors identified as autistic
3 / 6 (50.0%)
  1. John F. Strang
  2. Anna I.R. van der Miesen
  3. Reid Caplan *
  1. Cat Hughes *
  2. Sharon daVanport *
  3. Meng-Chuan Lai

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Cited references
48
With a DOI
37
Without a DOI, from raw bibliography text
11
4 / 48 (8.3%) cited references include at least one author identified as autistic.
References with data to complete
8 / 48 (16.7%)
References with detected author names
40 / 48 (83.3%)
Without detected author names
8
Without a structured title
8
Without a stable identifier
10
References with raw author names still to review
8
References with external metadata lookup issues
0
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Author names detected in the cited bibliography
167
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167
From validated raw bibliography text
0
Raw names already validated
0
Raw names still to review
8
93 / 167 (55.7%) names are linked to an author already present in AutiHub. 74 / 167 (44.3%) names are not yet linked.
Names linked to a person identified as autistic
10 / 167 (6.0%)
Calculated across all author names detected in the cited bibliography. Among names linked to an author already present in AutiHub: 10 / 93 (10.8%). Distinct people identified as autistic: 9 / 137 (6.6%).
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