OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Child Maltreatment is 4. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Children’s Elaborated Responses to Yes-No Questions in Forensic Interviews About Sexual Abuse	46
Child Maltreatment 2023 Article of the Year	43
“I Want Everybody to Know as Much of My Life Story as They Can”: Life Stories of Former Foster Youth	38
A Qualitative Analysis of the Effects of COVID-19 on Home Visiting Service Provision	38
Prenatal and Infant Reports and Child Protection Involvement: A Longitudinal Cohort Study	22
Child Maltreatment During the Pandemic	21
Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Fellow Section of Child Maltreatment Editorial Board	17
Intimate Partner Violence and Children’s Health After Parental Separation: Development and Psychometric Testing of the HELP-T Scale	17
Testing the Appropriateness of Social Disorganization Theory in the Study of Neighborhood Factors and Rural Child Maltreatment	17
Ten Years Later: An Updated Critical Look at Trauma Informed Care Among Agencies and Systems Serving Youth and Their Families	15
Caregiver Psychological Maltreatment Behaviors Toward Children on TikTok	14
Black Moms Matter: A Qualitative Approach to Understanding Barriers to Service Utilization at a Children’s Advocacy Center Following Childhood Abuse	14
Perinatal Health Profiles Associated With Removal From the Home and Subsequent Child Protective Services Report in Maltreated Infants	14
When Empathy Helps and Hurts: Non-Linear Associations Between Early Childhood Maltreatment History, Empathy and Self-Harm Thoughts	13
Development and Performance of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network Trauma-Informed Organizational Assessment	13
Early Childhood Income Instability and Mental Health in Adolescence: Parenting Stress and Child Maltreatment as Mediators	12
Child Maltreatment, the Law, and Two Types of Error	11
A Multimethod Exploration of the COVID-Era Transition to Virtual Hearings in Child Welfare Court Cases	10
Prevalence of Suspected Medical Child Abuse in the School Setting: A Study of School Nurses	10
Caseworker Visitation After Reunification and Children’s Reentry Into Foster Care: A Survival Analysis	10
Call for Editorial Board Nominations	10
Factors Associated with Child Removal Among American Indian and Alaska Native People in an Alcohol Intervention Study	9
Home Visiting and Child Welfare Involvement: A Matched Comparison Group Study	9
Child Maltreatment Among Children in Out-of-Home Care: Secondary Analysis of NCANDS and AFCARS Data	8
Introduction: COVID-19 Related Professional Challenges, Innovations, and Implications for Child Maltreatment Victims	8

Subtle Forms of Reluctance in Commercially Sexually Exploited Adolescents’ Responses when Questioned by the Police and at Trial	7
Telehealth Delivery of the Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention is Associated With Reduced Posttraumatic Stress in Children and Caregivers	7
Public Knowledge and Attitudes About the Nature and Impact of Child Emotional Abuse: A Systematic Review	7
The role of maltreatment risk in the interplay between maternal and child’s empathy over time	7
The Impact of Data Suppression on Re-Identification Risk and Data Access in the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System	6
Call for Papers: Special Issue: The Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA): Policy, Implementation, Equity, and Outcomes	6
Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Fellow Section of Child Maltreatment Editorial Board	6
Intergenerational (Dis)continuity of Child Maltreatment: Variation by Parents’ Childhood Victimization Experiences and Sex	6
Factors Associated With Permanency for Children in Out-Of-Home Placement: A Survival Analysis	6
What About the Children? Co-Occurrence of Child Maltreatment and Parental Separation	6
Substance Use-Associated Infant Maltreatment Report Rates in the Context of Complex Prenatal Substance Use Policy Environments	6
Validation of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) in the Context of Trauma-Focused Treatment	6
Acknowledgement of Child Maltreatment’s 2023 External Reviewers The Editors	6
Maternal History of Childhood Maltreatment and Brain Responses to Infant Cues Across the Postpartum Period	5
The Impact of Child Maltreatment and Adverse Childhood Experiences on Problematic Alcohol Use in a Nationally Representative Survey of Youth	5
State Policy Levers for Reducing Early Childhood Maltreatment: The Importance of Family Planning and Economic Support Policies	5
Successful Criminal Prosecutions of Sex Trafficking and Sexual Abuse of Minors: A Comparative Analysis	5
Childhood Maltreatment, Executive Function, and Suicide Attempts in Adolescents	5
School Closure and Child Maltreatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic	5
Note: The Review Process for the Drake (2024) Commentary and the Palusci (2024) Response	5
Measurement Models of Child Maltreatment and Associations With Suicidal Ideation Endorsement by Youth in Foster Care: A Multiverse Analytic Approach	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
Preventable Emergency Department Utilization Among Patients With Foster Care History Compared to Patients Without Foster Care History	5
Adolescence Does Not Divert Sex Offending Adolescents of Color from Criminal Legal System Involvement	5
Perinatal Intervention Desires of New Fathers Who Have a History of Child Maltreatment: A Mixed Methods Study	4
Acknowledgement of Child Maltreatment’s 2022 External Reviewers	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
Patterns of Protective Factors Following Childhood Maltreatment and Youth Developmental Outcomes	4
Childhood Traumatic Experiences and Happiness of Nursing Students: A Mixed Methods Study	4
Impact of Children’s Presence on Police Responses to Domestic Violence Call Situations	4
“Locked in a Jail Cell in Your Own Home”: Child Maltreatment Investigators’ Perspectives of COVID-19’s Effects on Maltreated Children	4
Evidence-Based Home Visiting Provisions and Child Maltreatment Report Rates: County-Level Analysis of US National Data From 2016 to 2018	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
Going Home: Predictors of Reunification and Reentry in Dutch Child Protection Cases	4
From Maltreatment to Psychiatric Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence: The Relevance of Emotional Maltreatment	4
Profiles of Childhood Adversity, Strengths, and Wellbeing in Adulthood	4
Ophthalmologists’ Attitudes, Knowledge, and Willingness to Report Child Abuse	4
Child Maltreatment and Adolescent Dissociative Symptomatology: Moderation by Autonomic Regulation	4
Estimating Surveillance Bias in Child Maltreatment Reporting During Home Visiting Program Involvement	4
Adults’ Ability to Detect the Pseudotemporal Problem when Children Give “I Don’t Know” Responses	4
Structured Topic Modeling of Child Fatal Injury Narratives Using Machine Learning with County-Level Demographic Indicators to Strengthen Prevention Strategies	4
Associations Between Medication for Opioid Use Disorder and Family Functioning in Child Welfare-Involved Families	4