OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Child Abuse & Neglect is 39. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Stress and parenting during the global COVID-19 pandemic	753
Child Maltreatment during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Consequences of Parental Job Loss on Psychological and Physical Abuse Towards Children	270
Effects of maltreatment on coping and emotion regulation in childhood and adolescence: A meta-analytic review	155
Do suicide rates in children and adolescents change during school closure in Japan? The acute effect of the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic on child and adolescent mental health	135
Increased proportion of physical child abuse injuries at a level I pediatric trauma center during the Covid-19 pandemic	108
COVID-19 and violence against children: A review of early studies	90
Trends in Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in the United States	88
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), peer victimization, and substance use among adolescents	87
Disparities in adverse childhood experiences by race/ethnicity, gender, and economic status: Intersectional analysis of a nationally representative sample	83
“I never told anyone until the #metoo movement”: What can we learn from sexual abuse and sexual assault disclosures made through social media?	82
Is the psychological impact of exposure to COVID-19 stronger in adolescents with pre-pandemic maltreatment experiences? A survey of rural Chinese adolescents	77
Frequencies and patterns of adverse childhood events in LGBTQ+ youth	73
Using social media data for assessing children’s exposure to violence during the COVID-19 pandemic	69
Adverse childhood experiences and trajectories of internalizing, externalizing, and prosocial behaviors from childhood to adolescence	68
Telemental health for child trauma treatment during and post-COVID-19: Limitations and considerations	66
Data-informed recommendations for services providers working with vulnerable children and families during the COVID-19 pandemic	64
Adverse Childhood Experiences and Executive Function Difficulties in Children: A Systematic Review	63
The influence of adverse and advantageous childhood experiences during adolescence on young adult health	59
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) research: A bibliometric analysis of publication trends over the first 20 years	58
Reporting of child maltreatment during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in New York City from March to May 2020	56
Violence against children during COVID-19: Assessing and understanding change in use of helplines	55
Polyvictimization and psychopathology among children and adolescents: A systematic review of studies using the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire	52
Child maltreatment and the development of psychopathology: The role of developmental timing and chronicity	52
A spatiotemporal analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on child abuse and neglect in the city of Los Angeles, California	51
Parenting interventions to prevent violence against children in low- and middle-income countries in East and Southeast Asia: A systematic review and multi-level meta-analysis	50

Mediating effect of neuroticism and negative coping style in relation to childhood psychological maltreatment and smartphone addiction among college students in China	49
Parenting stress among new parents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	48
Characterizing adverse childhood experiences among children and adolescents with prenatal alcohol exposure and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder	48
Children’s participation: A new role for children in the field of child maltreatment	47
Systematic review and critical appraisal of Childhood Trauma Questionnaire — Short Form (CTQ-SF)	46
In the trauma-informed care trenches: Teacher compassion satisfaction, secondary traumatic stress, burnout, and intent to leave education within underserved elementary schools	46
Pediatrics adverse childhood experiences and related life events screener (PEARLS) and health in a safety-net practice	45
Strengthening the predictive power of screening for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in younger and older children	45
COVID-19: Differences in sentinel injury and child abuse reporting during a pandemic	43
Material hardship and parenting stress among grandparent kinship providers during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of grandparents’ mental health	43
Prevalence of child maltreatment in the Netherlands: An update and cross-time comparison	43
Child maltreatment reports and Child Protection Service responses during COVID-19: Knowledge exchange among Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Germany, Israel, and South Africa	42
A network approach to parental burnout	42
Vicarious traumatization among child welfare and child protection professionals: A systematic review	39
Child welfare in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic—Emerging evidence from Germany	39