Body image and autism: A scoping review

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Longhurst, P. (2023). Body image and autism: A scoping review. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 105, 102170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2023.102170

Journal or book title
Research in Autism
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Volume
105
Pages
102170
Article number
102170
Publication date: 2 May 2023 Added to AutiHub: 28 Sep 2026 Type: Article Article language: English

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1
Publication authors identified as autistic
1 / 1 (100.0%)

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Cited references
72
With a DOI
62
Without a DOI, from raw bibliography text
8
0 / 72 (0.0%) cited references include at least one author identified as autistic.
References with data to complete
2 / 72 (2.8%)
References with detected author names
70 / 72 (97.2%)
Without detected author names
2
Without a structured title
0
Without a stable identifier
8
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0
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0
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Author names detected in the cited bibliography
274
From DOI or external metadata
274
From validated raw bibliography text
0
Raw names already validated
0
Raw names still to review
0
54 / 274 (19.7%) names are linked to an author already present in AutiHub. 220 / 274 (80.3%) names are not yet linked.
Names linked to a person identified as autistic
0 / 274 (0.0%)
Calculated across all author names detected in the cited bibliography. Among names linked to an author already present in AutiHub: 0 / 54 (0.0%). Distinct people identified as autistic: 0 / 234 (0.0%).
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