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Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autism research including early detection, social communication, sensory processing, and adult outcomes.

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PubMed records indexed
24,067
Published in last 5 years
10,527
Active NIH grants
5,075
NIH funding
$50M

Publication volume by year

  • 465121
  • 460622
  • 428323
  • 431324
  • 406425
  • 215026

Under-studied questions

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  • Declining publication activity in autism spectrum disorder

    Moderately supported

    Annual PubMed output for Autism Spectrum Disorder is trending down by roughly 10% per year. Declining areas are sometimes genuinely resolved, but more often attention has moved on while open questions remain — worth checking which of the two applies here.

    Evidence

    Least-squares trend across yearly PubMed counts: 2021: 4651, 2022: 4606, 2023: 4283, 2024: 4313, 2025: 4064, 2026: 2150.

    Possible dissertation angle

    Audit what was actually settled versus abandoned in this literature, and target a question that was dropped for practical rather than scientific reasons.

    Sources (4)

    Derived from 28 PubMed records and 5075 active NIH grants.

  • Review coverage without recent trials

    Tentative

    The recent autism spectrum disorder sample analyzed contains 7 reviews or meta-analyses but no randomized or clinical trials. When synthesis outpaces primary intervention work, the practical questions usually remain untested.

    Evidence

    Publication-type tags on cached PubMed records: 7 review/meta-analysis, 0 trials, out of 28 articles analyzed.

    Possible dissertation angle

    Design a small, well-powered pilot trial on the intervention question these reviews repeatedly identify as untested.

    Sources (5)

    Derived from 28 PubMed records and 5075 active NIH grants.

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