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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Child Maltreatment 2023 Article of the Year	37
Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Fellow Section of Child Maltreatment Editorial Board	36
Intimate Partner Violence and Children’s Health After Parental Separation: Development and Psychometric Testing of the HELP-T Scale	35
Prenatal and Infant Reports and Child Protection Involvement: A Longitudinal Cohort Study	31
Child Maltreatment During the Pandemic	29
The Relationship Between Temperature and Temporal Patterns and Incidence of Abusive Head Trauma in a Midwest Region Hospital	23
“I Want Everybody to Know as Much of My Life Story as They Can”: Life Stories of Former Foster Youth	22
A Qualitative Analysis of the Effects of COVID-19 on Home Visiting Service Provision	21
Testing the Appropriateness of Social Disorganization Theory in the Study of Neighborhood Factors and Rural Child Maltreatment	18
Children’s Elaborated Responses to Yes-No Questions in Forensic Interviews About Sexual Abuse	17
Early Childhood Income Instability and Mental Health in Adolescence: Parenting Stress and Child Maltreatment as Mediators	15
Child Maltreatment, the Law, and Two Types of Error	14
Development and Performance of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network Trauma-Informed Organizational Assessment	14
Perinatal Health Profiles Associated With Removal From the Home and Subsequent Child Protective Services Report in Maltreated Infants	14
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
Pseudotemporal Invitations: 6- to 9-year-Old Maltreated Children’s Tendency to Misinterpret Invitations Referencing “Time” as Solely Requesting Conventional Temporal Information	12
Maternal History of Child Maltreatment and Household Chaos: Examining the Mediating Role of Maternal and Child Psychopathology	12
Maternal Childhood Maltreatment History and Child Behavior Problems: Developmental Patterns and Mediation via Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Parenting Behavior	12
Prevalence of Suspected Medical Child Abuse in the School Setting: A Study of School Nurses	11
A Multimethod Exploration of the COVID-Era Transition to Virtual Hearings in Child Welfare Court Cases	11
The Development of Young Peoples’ Internalising and Externalising Difficulties Over the First Three-Years in the Public Care System	11
Call for Editorial Board Nominations	11
Home Visiting and Child Welfare Involvement: A Matched Comparison Group Study	11
Caseworker Visitation After Reunification and Children’s Reentry Into Foster Care: A Survival Analysis	10

Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Adverse Childhood Experiences in Vulnerable Families: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial of SafeCare®	10
Telehealth Delivery of the Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention is Associated With Reduced Posttraumatic Stress in Children and Caregivers	9
The role of maltreatment risk in the interplay between maternal and child’s empathy over time	9
Introduction: COVID-19 Related Professional Challenges, Innovations, and Implications for Child Maltreatment Victims	9
Is Household Unemployment Associated With Increased Verbal and Physical Child Abuse During the COVID Pandemic?	9
Child Maltreatment Among Children in Out-of-Home Care: Secondary Analysis of NCANDS and AFCARS Data	9
Prospective Associations Between Early Childhood Intimate Partner Violence Exposure and Middle Childhood Internalizing and Externalizing Psychopathology	9
Factors Associated with Child Removal Among American Indian and Alaska Native People in an Alcohol Intervention Study	9
Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Fellow Section of Child Maltreatment Editorial Board	8
Acknowledgement of Child Maltreatment’s 2023 External Reviewers The Editors	8
Novel Forms of Reluctance Among Suspected Child Sexual Abuse Victims in Adolescence	8
Subtle Forms of Reluctance in Commercially Sexually Exploited Adolescents’ Responses when Questioned by the Police and at Trial	8
Substance Use-Associated Infant Maltreatment Report Rates in the Context of Complex Prenatal Substance Use Policy Environments	7
Validation of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) in the Context of Trauma-Focused Treatment	7
Public Knowledge and Attitudes About the Nature and Impact of Child Emotional Abuse: A Systematic Review	7
What About the Children? Co-Occurrence of Child Maltreatment and Parental Separation	7
Factors Associated With Permanency for Children in Out-Of-Home Placement: A Survival Analysis	7
Measurement Models of Child Maltreatment and Associations With Suicidal Ideation Endorsement by Youth in Foster Care: A Multiverse Analytic Approach	6
The Impact of Child Maltreatment and Adverse Childhood Experiences on Problematic Alcohol Use in a Nationally Representative Survey of Youth	6
Note: The Review Process for the Drake (2024) Commentary and the Palusci (2024) Response	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	6
Childhood Maltreatment, Executive Function, and Suicide Attempts in Adolescents	6
Intergenerational (Dis)continuity of Child Maltreatment: Variation by Parents’ Childhood Victimization Experiences and Sex	6
School Closure and Child Maltreatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic	6
A Pilot Proof-of-Concept Study of Telehealth-Based Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Autistic Youth: Initial Evidence of Efficacy and Acceptability	6
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	5
Call for Editorial Board Nominations	5
Ophthalmologists’ Attitudes, Knowledge, and Willingness to Report Child Abuse	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
Successful Criminal Prosecutions of Sex Trafficking and Sexual Abuse of Minors: A Comparative Analysis	5
Intergenerational Pathways Linking Mothers’ Adverse Childhood Experiences and Children’s Social-Emotional Problems	5
“Locked in a Jail Cell in Your Own Home”: Child Maltreatment Investigators’ Perspectives of COVID-19’s Effects on Maltreated Children	5
State Policy Levers for Reducing Early Childhood Maltreatment: The Importance of Family Planning and Economic Support Policies	5
Patterns of Protective Factors Following Childhood Maltreatment and Youth Developmental Outcomes	4
Estimating Surveillance Bias in Child Maltreatment Reporting During Home Visiting Program Involvement	4
Relations Between Psychological Maltreatment by Teachers and Cyberbullying Perpetration Among Elementary School Students: The Roles of Self-Esteem and Sex	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
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
From Maltreatment to Psychiatric Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence: The Relevance of Emotional Maltreatment	4
Predicting Maltreatment in Foster Homes: The Role of Child Welfare Agency Policies	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
Childhood Traumatic Experiences and Happiness of Nursing Students: A Mixed Methods Study	4
The Prevalence and Patterns of Maltreatment, Childhood Adversity, and Mental Health Disorders in an Australian Out-Of-Home Care Sample	4
Predictors of Maternal Recidivism in the Child Protection System	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