OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Children and Youth Services Review is 26. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Living in Italian residential care under COVID-19 restrictions. A survey on adolescents’ perspectives over their psychosocial wellbeing	64
Development of a dissemination and implementation framework for an adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) prevention program in a rural community setting	55
Parental attachment and mental health in Chinese early adolescents: The mediation role of narcissism	53
Bullying victimization and aggression, physical activity and sedentary behaviors: A systematic review and meta-analysis	49
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander children in foster care: A descriptive study of an overlooked child welfare population	47
Emerging practices of foster care in Italy within the framework of the European child guarantee: case studies from a participatory perspective	47
Deeply navigating among cross-cultural issues makes you a better expert	43
Separation and psychosocial challenges of parents with children in foster care	40
Meta-analysis of family functioning and self-esteem among Chinese adolescents	39
Addressing the needs of infants and toddlers exposed to maltreatment: Examining the impact of an integrated early head start & children and youth services program	38
Socioeconomic disparities in school life expectancy among India and its major states of India in the last decade: Insights from large scale household surveys data	36
Care practices and approaches with children experiencing attachment difficulties: A scoping review	36
Effectiveness of a brief social network intervention for depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescents under major chronic stress	35
Psychometric properties of pandemic awareness scale for students aged 8–12: The case of COVID-19	35
Facilitators and barriers to sexual and gender minority youth development: Addressing accessibility and “Isms”, building collaborations, and supporting mental health in community-based organizations	34
“I found the power of my presence”: Low income and noncustodial fathers’ experiences and insights from parenting young children through the COVID-19 pandemic	33
Evaluating the impact of Family Visit Coaching on future system contact	32
Perceived effects of an art therapeutic treatment (ArAT) for children and adolescents with psychosocial problems	31
Cultural influences on learning motivation: a comparative study of informal learning practices among Syrian refugee and Turkish child laborers in Turkey	31
A national New Zealand study of childhood non-offending contact with police and later offending in adolescence	31
The associations between destructive parenting practice and addiction behaviors in internet and smartphone: A three-level meta-analysis	30
Turning points for children experiencing vulnerabilities: the role of outdoor adventure	29
Pre-adoption and post-adoption factors associated with internalizing problems in adopted children and adolescents: A systematic review	29
Families’ involvement with the child protection system in Portugal: A one-year follow-up study on case closure after receiving an evidence-based parenting program	28
Family resilience before and during the COVID-19 epidemic: A latent transition analysis	27

“I’d lost trust and having to tell everyone the same story again and again and again…”: Bottlenecks and barriers to the application of therapeutic approaches within care services’ ecological systems	27
Preventing child protective services system involvement by asking families what they need: Findings from a multi-site RCT of the community response program (CRP)	26
Navigating the grey zone in the response to child abuse and neglect in primary healthcare settings	26
More money, more questions: How caregivers spent the expanded child tax credit	26
Home visiting in home-based child care: Staff and provider experiences	26