Articles Selected for 2008 Summary of Advances

Diagnosis

Citation	Funding Data	Journal Impact Factor*
Jones, W., K. Carr, et al. (2008). "Absence of preferential looking to the eyes of approaching adults predicts level of social disability in 2-year-old toddlers with autism spectrum disorder." Arch. Gen. Psychiatry 65(8): 946-54. Epub 2008/08/06.	NIMH, Autism Speaks, the Simons Foundation and the American Psychological Foundation Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Award	14.273
Mefford, H. C., A. J. Sharp, et al. (2008). "Recurrent rearrangements of chromosome 1q21.1 and variable pediatric phenotypes." N. Engl. J. Med. 359(16): 1685-99. Epub 2008/09/12.	NICHD, DDSN, the Wellcome Trust, the André & Cyprien Foundation, the University Hospitals of Geneva , the Health Research Board, the European Union, the Dutch Foundation for Brain Research, the OxBRC, NIHR Biomedical Research Centres (UK), NGRL (UK), the FWO–Vlaanderen, and the HHMI.	50.017
Pinto-Martin, J.A., Young, L.M., Mandell, D., Poghosyan, L., Giarelli, E., & Levy, S. (2008). "Screening strategies for autism spectrum disorders in pediatric primary care." Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 29(5), 1-6.	CDC	2.487

*Journal impact factor is a measure of the number of citations an indexed journal receives annually and may be used to rank the relative importance of the journal. Higher impact factor scores represent a greater number of citations.