OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Child Maltreatment is 1. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
The Relationship Between Temperature and Temporal Patterns and Incidence of Abusive Head Trauma in a Midwest Region Hospital	31
Child Maltreatment During the Pandemic	29
Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Fellow Section of Child Maltreatment Editorial Board	27
Child Maltreatment 2023 Article of the Year	25
A Qualitative Analysis of the Effects of COVID-19 on Home Visiting Service Provision	23
Testing the Appropriateness of Social Disorganization Theory in the Study of Neighborhood Factors and Rural Child Maltreatment	21
Children’s Elaborated Responses to Yes-No Questions in Forensic Interviews About Sexual Abuse	20
Adolescent Neglect and Health Risk	19
Intimate Partner Violence and Children’s Health After Parental Separation: Development and Psychometric Testing of the HELP-T Scale	15
“I Want Everybody to Know as Much of My Life Story as They Can”: Life Stories of Former Foster Youth	15
Caregiver Psychological Maltreatment Behaviors Toward Children on TikTok	13
Black Moms Matter: A Qualitative Approach to Understanding Barriers to Service Utilization at a Children’s Advocacy Center Following Childhood Abuse	13
Examining an In-Home Behavioral Parent Training Protocol Among Parents Who Use Substances Involved Child Welfare: Effectiveness of SafeCare	13
Pseudotemporal Invitations: 6- to 9-year-Old Maltreated Children’s Tendency to Misinterpret Invitations Referencing “Time” as Solely Requesting Conventional Temporal Information	12
Early Childhood Income Instability and Mental Health in Adolescence: Parenting Stress and Child Maltreatment as Mediators	12
Maternal History of Child Maltreatment and Household Chaos: Examining the Mediating Role of Maternal and Child Psychopathology	11
Perinatal Health Profiles Associated With Removal From the Home and Subsequent Child Protective Services Report in Maltreated Infants	11
Maternal Childhood Maltreatment History and Child Behavior Problems: Developmental Patterns and Mediation via Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Parenting Behavior	11
Child Maltreatment, the Law, and Two Types of Error	11
Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Adverse Childhood Experiences in Vulnerable Families: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial of SafeCare®	10
Caseworker Visitation After Reunification and Children’s Reentry Into Foster Care: A Survival Analysis	10
Factors Associated with Child Removal Among American Indian and Alaska Native People in an Alcohol Intervention Study	10
A Multimethod Exploration of the COVID-Era Transition to Virtual Hearings in Child Welfare Court Cases	9
Call for Editorial Board Nominations	9
Call for Papers: Special Issue of Child Maltreatment: Legal Responses to Child Maltreatment	9

Introduction: COVID-19 Related Professional Challenges, Innovations, and Implications for Child Maltreatment Victims	9
Prevalence of Suspected Medical Child Abuse in the School Setting: A Study of School Nurses	8
Child Maltreatment Among Children in Out-of-Home Care: Secondary Analysis of NCANDS and AFCARS Data	8
The Development of Young Peoples’ Internalising and Externalising Difficulties Over the First Three-Years in the Public Care System	8
Telehealth Delivery of the Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention is Associated With Reduced Posttraumatic Stress in Children and Caregivers	8
Prospective Associations Between Early Childhood Intimate Partner Violence Exposure and Middle Childhood Internalizing and Externalizing Psychopathology	8
Home Visiting and Child Welfare Involvement: A Matched Comparison Group Study	8
Novel Forms of Reluctance Among Suspected Child Sexual Abuse Victims in Adolescence	8
Validation of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) in the Context of Trauma-Focused Treatment	7
Is Household Unemployment Associated With Increased Verbal and Physical Child Abuse During the COVID Pandemic?	7
An Exploration of Factors that Mediate the Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Sexual Assault Victimization Among LGBTQ+ College Students	7
Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Fellow Section of Child Maltreatment Editorial Board	7
Subtle Forms of Reluctance in Commercially Sexually Exploited Adolescents’ Responses when Questioned by the Police and at Trial	7
Substance Use-Associated Infant Maltreatment Report Rates in the Context of Complex Prenatal Substance Use Policy Environments	7
Acknowledgement of Child Maltreatment’s 2023 External Reviewers The Editors	7
The role of maltreatment risk in the interplay between maternal and child’s empathy over time	7
Factors Associated With Permanency for Children in Out-Of-Home Placement: A Survival Analysis	7
What About the Children? Co-Occurrence of Child Maltreatment and Parental Separation	6
Childhood Maltreatment, Executive Function, and Suicide Attempts in Adolescents	6
Public Knowledge and Attitudes About the Nature and Impact of Child Emotional Abuse: A Systematic Review	6
Measurement Models of Child Maltreatment and Associations With Suicidal Ideation Endorsement by Youth in Foster Care: A Multiverse Analytic Approach	6
School Closure and Child Maltreatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic	6
Intergenerational (Dis)continuity of Child Maltreatment: Variation by Parents’ Childhood Victimization Experiences and Sex	6
Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Fellow Section of Child Maltreatment Editorial Board	6
Maternal History of Childhood Maltreatment and Brain Responses to Infant Cues Across the Postpartum Period	6
The Impact of Data Suppression on Re-Identification Risk and Data Access in the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System	5
“Locked in a Jail Cell in Your Own Home”: Child Maltreatment Investigators’ Perspectives of COVID-19’s Effects on Maltreated Children	5
Note: The Review Process for the Drake (2024) Commentary and the Palusci (2024) Response	5
A Pilot Proof-of-Concept Study of Telehealth-Based Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Autistic Youth: Initial Evidence of Efficacy and Acceptability	5
Intergenerational Pathways Linking Mothers’ Adverse Childhood Experiences and Children’s Social-Emotional Problems	5
Modeling the Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire–International Version	5
Impact of Children’s Presence on Police Responses to Domestic Violence Call Situations	5
Adolescence Does Not Divert Sex Offending Adolescents of Color from Criminal Legal System Involvement	5
Evidence-Based Home Visiting Provisions and Child Maltreatment Report Rates: County-Level Analysis of US National Data From 2016 to 2018	4
Pathways of Intergenerational Risk: Examining the Association Between Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences and Child Socio-Emotional and Behavioral Concerns at 8 Years of Age	4
From Maltreatment to Psychiatric Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence: The Relevance of Emotional Maltreatment	4
The Prevalence and Patterns of Maltreatment, Childhood Adversity, and Mental Health Disorders in an Australian Out-Of-Home Care Sample	4
The Co-Occurrence of Child Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence: A Commentary on the Special Issue	4
Childhood Traumatic Experiences and Happiness of Nursing Students: A Mixed Methods Study	4
Successful Criminal Prosecutions of Sex Trafficking and Sexual Abuse of Minors: A Comparative Analysis	4
Child Maltreatment Re-report, Substantiation, and Foster Care Placement: A Latent Class Analysis of Child, Caregiver, and Household Risk Factors Across Screened-In and Screened-Out Cases	4
Perinatal Intervention Desires of New Fathers Who Have a History of Child Maltreatment: A Mixed Methods Study	4
Call for Editorial Board Nominations	4
Preventable Emergency Department Utilization Among Patients With Foster Care History Compared to Patients Without Foster Care History	4
Ophthalmologists’ Attitudes, Knowledge, and Willingness to Report Child Abuse	4
Acknowledgement of Child Maltreatment’s 2022 External Reviewers	4
Estimating Surveillance Bias in Child Maltreatment Reporting During Home Visiting Program Involvement	4
Child Maltreatment Announces New Statistical Associate Editor	4
State Policy Levers for Reducing Early Childhood Maltreatment: The Importance of Family Planning and Economic Support Policies	4
Child Maltreatment and Adolescent Dissociative Symptomatology: Moderation by Autonomic Regulation	4

Predictors of Maternal Recidivism in the Child Protection System	3
Qualitative Analysis of the Lived Experiences of Nurses on Forensic Teams	3
Self-Reported and Agency-Notified Child Abuse as Contributors to Suicidal Behaviour in a Population-Based Birth Cohort Study at 30-Year-Follow-Up	3
County-Level Factors Matter: The Role of Contextual Factors in Foster Youths’ Extended Foster Care Participation and Human Capital Outcomes	3
A Commentary on Recent Announcements by The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children and Child Maltreatment	3
What Do Child Abuse and Neglect Medical Evaluation Consultation Notes Tell Researchers and Clinicians?	3
Community-Based Victimization Prevention Education for Children and Youth With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Scoping Review	3
Prenatal Substance Exposure and Infant Discharge Placement: Results From the ACT NOW Study	3
Parenting, Child Maltreatment, and Social Disadvantage: A Population-Based Implementation and Evaluation of the Triple P System of Evidence-Based Parenting Support	3
Response to Drake (2024) “A Commentary on Recent Announcements by American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children and Child Maltreatment”	3
Verified Human Trafficking Allegations Among Single and Dual System-Involved Children: Predicting Initial and Repeat Victimization	3
Affordable Housing and Neighborhood Child Maltreatment Reports	3
Annual Credit Checks for Adolescent Youth in Foster Care: Factors Associated with Identity Fraud Victimization	3
Using an AI-based avatar for interviewer training at Children’s Advocacy Centers: Proof of Concept	3
Recurrence of Substantiated Maltreatment Reports between Low-Income Parents With Disabilities and Their Propensity-Score Matched Sample Without Disabilities	3
Exploring the Area-Level Link Between Poverty and Different Types of Child Maltreatment: Is Neglect the Most Pronounced?	3
Using a Person-Centered Approach to Identify Patterns of Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence and Child Abuse in Women: Associations With Mental Health	3
Relations Between Psychological Maltreatment by Teachers and Cyberbullying Perpetration Among Elementary School Students: The Roles of Self-Esteem and Sex	3
Traumatized Sexuality: Understanding and Predicting Profiles of Sexual Behaviors Using Childhood Abuse and Trauma Measures	3
Child Maltreatment Welcomes New Editors	3
Longitudinal Predictors of Mother- and Child-Report of Maternal Support Following Child Sexual Abuse	3
Relevance of Routine Abdominopelvic Ultrasound in Suspected Child Abuse in Children Under 2 years of Age: Review of 15 years of Experience	2
Introduction: Special Collection of Medical and Health-Related Research	2
Describing Coercion in the Courtroom: The Influence of Language and Maltreatment Severity on Jurors’ Perceptions of Child Witnesses	2
The Role of Psychopathology and Emotion Regulation in the Intergenerational Transmission of Childhood Abuse: A Family Study	2
The Comparative Productivity of the Birthday Narrative in 6- to 11-year-Old Maltreated Children	2
Contrasting Methods of Measurement in Spatial Analyses Examining the Alcohol Environment and Child Maltreatment	2
Acknowledgment of Child Maltreatment’s External Reviewers The Editors	2
Linked Child Welfare and Medicaid Data in Kentucky and Florida Highlights Racial Disparities in Access to Care	2
Is the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion Associated With Reported Incidents of Child Sexual Abuse?	2
Statutory Threshold Wording is Associated with Child Maltreatment Reporting	2
Swedish Courts’ Evaluations of Interpreter-Mediated Child Investigative Interviews	2
From Early Trauma to Cardiovascular Risk Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Young Adults	2
Identification of Child Survivors of Sex Trafficking From Electronic Health Records: An Artificial Intelligence Guided Approach	2
Contamination in Observational Research on Child Maltreatment: A Conceptual and Empirical Review With Implications for Future Research	2
What Happens When Child Abuse Pediatricians and CPS Investigators Collaborate? A Study of the Multidisciplinary Pediatric Education and Evaluation Consortium	2
Impact of Safe@Home on Placement and Permanency Outcomes: Results of a Quasi-Experimental Study	2
Understanding the Mediation Effect of Social Cohesion on the Relationship Between Material Hardship and Child Maltreatment by Poverty Spells	2
A Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal of the Psychometric Properties of the Child Abuse Potential Inventory (CAPI)	2
Complex Trauma Exposure and Placement Stability among Systems-Impacted Black and Latinx Youth: The Mediating Role of Multisystemic Strengths	2
The Impact of Data Suppression Rules on Data Access and Re-Identification Risk in Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System Annual Files	2
Practice Analysis: Developing a Content Outline for the Child Abuse Pediatrics Certification Exam	2
Profiling Changes in the Needs of Caregivers With Child Welfare Involvement: What Do They Tell Us About Risk for Maltreatment?	2
Glimpsing the Iceberg: Parent-Child Physical Aggression and Abuse	2
Child Welfare Outcomes After Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up Intervention Participation: A Quasi-Experimental Study	2
Dimensions of Child Maltreatment in Australians With a History of Out-of-Home Care	1
Next Steps in Untangling the Web of Violence: A Research Agenda	1
Childcare Subsidy Employment and Copayment Requirements and Child Maltreatment	1
Effects of COVID on Mandated Child Abuse Reporting Among Nurses: The Mediating Role of Compassion Fatigue	1
Commentary: The Legal System Response to Child Maltreatment	1
Birth Spacing and Child Maltreatment: Population-Level Estimates for North Carolina	1
Creating a Path From Crisis to Care and Connection: Perspectives on Child Removal and Family Separation from Parental Substance Use	1
Child, Family and Societal Factors Related to Neglect Recurrence After CPS Investigation	1
Measuring Image-Based Sexual Abuse (IBSA): Psychometric Validation and Analysis of the IBSA Scale	1
Early Exposure to Deprivation or Threat Moderates Expected Associations Between Neural Structure and Age in Adolescent Girls	1
Examining Foster Care Outcomes for American Indian Children in the Context of the Indian Child Welfare Act	1
Child Abuse Pediatricians Assess a Low Likelihood of Abuse in Half of 2890 Physical Abuse Consults	1
Leveraging Administrative Data to Better Understand and Address Child Maltreatment: A Scoping Review of Data Linkage Studies	1
Polyvictimization Profiles and Variations in Youth Mental Health Symptoms: A Person-Centered Approach	1
Maltreatment in Childhood and Perceived Partner Responsiveness in Adult Romantic Relationships: A Dyadic Daily Diary and Longitudinal Study	1
Childhood Maltreatment and Midlife Mortality: A Prospective Investigation	1
The Cumulative Prevalence of Congregate Care Placement for U.S. Children by Race/Ethnicity, 2019	1
Change in Caregivers’ Attitudes and Use of Corporal Punishment Following a Legal Ban: A Multi-Country Longitudinal Comparison	1
Intergenerational Continuity of Childhood Adversity and Its Underlying Mechanisms Among Teen Mothers and Their Offspring	1
Racial Identification as a Protective Factor for At-Risk Parenting in Black Parents: A Longitudinal, Multi-Method Investigation	1
School-Based Victimization Prevention Education Programs for Children and Youth With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Scoping Review	1
Are Home Evictions Associated with Child Welfare System Involvement? Empirical Evidence from National Eviction Records and Child Protective Services Data	1
Characteristics of Child Sexual Abuse Material in Peer-to-Peer Networks and Predictors of its Severity: Insights From Filenames	1
Infant and Pre-birth Involvement With Child Protection Across Australia	1
Differential Response and the Reduction of Child Maltreatment and Foster Care Services Utilization in the U.S. From 2004 to 2017	1
More Severe Juror Sexual Abuse Strengthens Empathy for Child Sexual Abuse Victims: Meta-Analyses	1
Longitudinal Impacts of Housing Cost Burden on Physical and Psychological Aggression of Children From Age 3 to 15	1
From Pachymeningitis Hemorrhagica to Abusive Head Trauma: A Journey Through the Centuries	1
Exploring State Level Factors Associated with Short-Stays in Child Welfare: The Role of Systemic Risk and Surveillance	1
Role of Sports Motivation and Basic Psychological Needs in the Relationship Between Child Maltreatment and Psychological Adaptation in Adolescents	1
Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Fellow Section of Child Maltreatment Editorial Board	1
Clinical Consultation During a Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Community-Based Learning Collaborative: Examination of Consultation Content, Consultative Strategies, and Provider Engagement	1
Child Welfare System-Level Factors Associated with All-Cause Mortality Among Children in Foster Care in the United States, 2009–2018	1
Corrigendum to “The Relationship Between Temperature and Temporal Patterns and Incidence of Abusive Head Trauma in a Midwest Region Hospital”	1