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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Testing the Appropriateness of Social Disorganization Theory in the Study of Neighborhood Factors and Rural Child Maltreatment	43
The Relationship Between Temperature and Temporal Patterns and Incidence of Abusive Head Trauma in a Midwest Region Hospital	28
A Qualitative Analysis of the Effects of COVID-19 on Home Visiting Service Provision	26
Adolescent Neglect and Health Risk	23
The Influence of Authority Role and Victim Gender on Perceptions of Female-Perpetrated Child Sexual Abuse	23
Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Fellow Section of Child Maltreatment Editorial Board	21
Child Maltreatment 2023 Article of the Year	21
“I Want Everybody to Know as Much of My Life Story as They Can”: Life Stories of Former Foster Youth	19
Children’s Elaborated Responses to Yes-No Questions in Forensic Interviews About Sexual Abuse	19
Child Maltreatment During the Pandemic	18
Intimate Partner Violence and Children’s Health After Parental Separation: Development and Psychometric Testing of the HELP-T Scale	18
Maternal Childhood Maltreatment History and Child Behavior Problems: Developmental Patterns and Mediation via Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Parenting Behavior	15
Perinatal Health Profiles Associated With Removal From the Home and Subsequent Child Protective Services Report in Maltreated Infants	13
Caregiver Psychological Maltreatment Behaviors Toward Children on TikTok	12
Early Childhood Income Instability and Mental Health in Adolescence: Parenting Stress and Child Maltreatment as Mediators	12
Examining an In-Home Behavioral Parent Training Protocol Among Parents Who Use Substances Involved Child Welfare: Effectiveness of SafeCare	12
Child Maltreatment, the Law, and Two Types of Error	12
Maternal History of Child Maltreatment and Household Chaos: Examining the Mediating Role of Maternal and Child Psychopathology	10
Factors Associated with Child Removal Among American Indian and Alaska Native People in an Alcohol Intervention Study	10
Pseudotemporal Invitations: 6- to 9-year-Old Maltreated Children’s Tendency to Misinterpret Invitations Referencing “Time” as Solely Requesting Conventional Temporal Information	10
Black Moms Matter: A Qualitative Approach to Understanding Barriers to Service Utilization at a Children’s Advocacy Center Following Childhood Abuse	10
Caseworker Visitation After Reunification and Children’s Reentry Into Foster Care: A Survival Analysis	9
Call for Editorial Board Nominations	9
Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Adverse Childhood Experiences in Vulnerable Families: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial of SafeCare®	9
Introduction: COVID-19 Related Professional Challenges, Innovations, and Implications for Child Maltreatment Victims	9

A Multimethod Exploration of the COVID-Era Transition to Virtual Hearings in Child Welfare Court Cases	9
Role of Risk Taking and Inhibitory Control in Alcohol Use Among Maltreated Adolescents and Nonmaltreated Adolescents	9
Call for Papers: Special Issue of Child Maltreatment: Legal Responses to Child Maltreatment	8
Home Visiting and Child Welfare Involvement: A Matched Comparison Group Study	8
The Development of Young Peoples’ Internalising and Externalising Difficulties Over the First Three-Years in the Public Care System	8
Prevalence of Suspected Medical Child Abuse in the School Setting: A Study of School Nurses	8
Prospective Associations Between Early Childhood Intimate Partner Violence Exposure and Middle Childhood Internalizing and Externalizing Psychopathology	7
The role of maltreatment risk in the interplay between maternal and child’s empathy over time	7
Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Fellow Section of Child Maltreatment Editorial Board	7
An Exploration of Factors that Mediate the Relationship Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Sexual Assault Victimization Among LGBTQ+ College Students	7
Novel Forms of Reluctance Among Suspected Child Sexual Abuse Victims in Adolescence	7
Is Household Unemployment Associated With Increased Verbal and Physical Child Abuse During the COVID Pandemic?	7
Intergenerational (Dis)continuity of Child Maltreatment: Variation by Parents’ Childhood Victimization Experiences and Sex	7
Injuries Associated With Subsequent Child Maltreatment Diagnosis: By Age, Race, Gender, and Medicaid Status	7
Telehealth Delivery of the Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention is Associated With Reduced Posttraumatic Stress in Children and Caregivers	7
Acknowledgement of Child Maltreatment’s 2023 External Reviewers The Editors	7
Factors Associated With Permanency for Children in Out-Of-Home Placement: A Survival Analysis	7
Subtle Forms of Reluctance in Commercially Sexually Exploited Adolescents’ Responses when Questioned by the Police and at Trial	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
Validation of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) in the Context of Trauma-Focused Treatment	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
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
Childhood Maltreatment, Executive Function, and Suicide Attempts in Adolescents	6
Note: The Review Process for the Drake (2024) Commentary and the Palusci (2024) Response	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	5
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
Preventable Emergency Department Utilization Among Patients With Foster Care History Compared to Patients Without Foster Care History	5
Child Maltreatment and Adolescent Dissociative Symptomatology: Moderation by Autonomic Regulation	5
Impact of Children’s Presence on Police Responses to Domestic Violence Call Situations	5
Modeling the Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire–International Version	5
Intergenerational Pathways Linking Mothers’ Adverse Childhood Experiences and Children’s Social-Emotional Problems	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
State Policy Levers for Reducing Early Childhood Maltreatment: The Importance of Family Planning and Economic Support Policies	4
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
Child Maltreatment Announces New Statistical Associate Editor	4
Relations Between Psychological Maltreatment by Teachers and Cyberbullying Perpetration Among Elementary School Students: The Roles of Self-Esteem and Sex	4
Call for Editorial Board Nominations	4
The Co-Occurrence of Child Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence: A Commentary on the Special Issue	4
Successful Criminal Prosecutions of Sex Trafficking and Sexual Abuse of Minors: A Comparative Analysis	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
Estimating Surveillance Bias in Child Maltreatment Reporting During Home Visiting Program Involvement	4
Ophthalmologists’ Attitudes, Knowledge, and Willingness to Report Child Abuse	4
Childhood Traumatic Experiences and Happiness of Nursing Students: A Mixed Methods Study	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
Parenting, Child Maltreatment, and Social Disadvantage: A Population-Based Implementation and Evaluation of the Triple P System of Evidence-Based Parenting Support	4
Predictors of Maternal Recidivism in the Child Protection System	4