OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nordic Journal of Music Therapy is 2. 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
Dementia-inclusive group-singing online during COVID-19: A qualitative exploration	21
NICU music therapy and mother-preterm infant synchrony: A longitudinal case study in the South of Brazil	10
Effects of maternal singing during kangaroo care on maternal anxiety, wellbeing, and mother-infant relationship after preterm birth: a mixed methods study	10
Impact of COVID-19 on clinical research	8
Musical pathways to the peer community: A collective case study of refugee children’s use of music therapy	8
Intimacy, mutuality & negotiations: Dialogic moments in joint improvisation	8
Developing consensus description of group music therapy characteristics for persons with dementia	7
Embracing technological possibilities in the telehealth delivery of interactive music therapy	7
Evaluating feasibility of the LongSTEP (Longitudinal study of music therapy’s effectiveness for premature infants and their caregivers) protocol with a Polish cohort	7
Feasibility of emotion-regulating improvisational music therapy for young adult students with depressive symptoms: A process evaluation	7
The LongSTEP approach: Theoretical framework and intervention protocol for using parent-driven infant-directed singing as resource-oriented music therapy	7
A musical improvisation framework for Shaping Interpersonal Trust	6
Exploring the role and impact of group songwriting with multiple stakeholders in recovery-oriented mental health services	6
Together in song: Designing a singing for health group intervention for older people living in the community	6
Professional entanglements: A qualitative systematic review of healthcare musicians’ work in somatic hospital wards	6
The influences of inter music therapy on music therapists who experience it	5
COME_IN: A qualitative framework for content, meanings and intersubjectivity in free dyadic improvisations	5
Music-mechanisms at the core of music therapy: Towards a format for a description of music therapy micro-interventions	5
Structure, agency and community: Using online music gatherings to support social inclusion for people with disabilities in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic	5
The inner music of analytical music therapy	4
Study protocol of the MUSED study: A randomized controlled trial to evaluate the psychobiological effects of group music therapy in women with depression	4
Music therapy as multiplicity: Implications for music therapy philosophy and theory	3
Reflecting on relational needs in the context of a global health crisis	3
Where are the mixed methods research studies?	3
Yoik in Sami elderly and dementia care – a potential for culturally sensitive music therapy?	3

Monitoring variation to Guided Imagery and Music (GIM): Development of the GIM Treatment Fidelity Instrument	3
Research into increasing resilience in children with autism through music therapy: Statistical analysis of video data	3
Three aspects of dialogue in music therapy: A theoretical treatise	3
Alliance building in music therapy for forensic psychiatric patients with schizophrenia. An exploratory case study research design	3
Therapist and individual experiences and perceptions of music therapy for adolescents who stutter: A qualitative exploration	3
Clinical teletraining in music therapy: Two educators’ perspectives	3
Transitioning to teletherapy during COVID-19	3
Perceptions of mental health assessment and resource-oriented music therapy assessment in a child and youth mental health service	3
The effects of music listening on the management of pain in primary dysmenorrhea: A randomized controlled clinical trial	3
Scoping review and concept analysis of early adolescents’ emotional skills: Towards development of a music therapy assessment tool	2
Historical and contemporary perspectives on the development of analytical music therapy Training	2
A response to Blauth and Oldfield’s “Research into increasing resilience in children with autism through music therapy: Statistical analysis of video data”	2
Respect-focused writing: An invitation to reflexivity in the use of terminology	2
Musical improvisation: A mixed methods study on social interactions in younger and older adults	2
“The room is a mess”: Exploring the co-creation of space for attunement dynamics between an autistic child and a non-autistic music therapist	2
Shaping the digital space: Exploring relationships in online music therapy session delivery	2
Promoting emotional skills in early adolescents with mental health conditions in music therapy – a content analysis of focus group interviews	2
A research-based map of music therapy in the Czech Republic: Comparisons with other arts therapies	2
“No, I Guess it’s kind of Sensitive” - Communication patterns in a music listening group with older men	2
Moments of fun: Narratives of children’s experiences of music therapy in mental health care	2
The application of the Music Therapy Visual Schedule Approach (MT-ViSA) within a group music therapy program	2
Being a person who plays in a band rather than being a person with a mental illness playing in a band: A qualitative study of stigma in the context of music therapy in mental health aftercare	2
The Dementia Coding System (DeCS): Development and initial evaluation of a coding system to assess positive, challenging, and music-related behaviors of people with dementia	2
Potential spaces: Supporting the development of relationships between classroom practitioners and children with complex needs in Belarus through music therapy consultation	2
Institutional logics and the organizational context of music therapy	2
Clinical applications of feminist music therapy: An overview of the literature	2
The impact of imitation on engagement in minimally verbal children with autism during improvisational music therapy	2
A theoretical framework for the use of music therapy in the treatment of selective mutism in young children: Multiple case study research	2
Rhythmic exercises as tools for rehabilitation following cerebellar stroke: A case study integrating music therapy and physiotherapy techniques	2
Music therapy spanning from NICU to home: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of Israeli parents’ experiences in the LongSTEP Trial	2