OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Children and Youth Services Review is 26. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
A national New Zealand study of childhood non-offending contact with police and later offending in adolescence	163
Social behaviour changes via mindfulness practices in early childhood	74
Development of a dissemination and implementation framework for an adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) prevention program in a rural community setting	64
A preliminary analysis of parent-child interaction therapy plus natural helper support to increase treatment access and engagement for low-income families of color	54
The relationship between preadoptive adversity and intercountry adoptees’ adjustment: A mediating or moderating role of adoptive parenting?	47
Addressing the needs of infants and toddlers exposed to maltreatment: Examining the impact of an integrated early head start & children and youth services program	43
Case management in community mental health centers: Staffing considerations that account for client and agency context	41
“I found the power of my presence”: Low income and noncustodial fathers’ experiences and insights from parenting young children through the COVID-19 pandemic	39
Facilitators and barriers to sexual and gender minority youth development: Addressing accessibility and “Isms”, building collaborations, and supporting mental health in community-based organizations	37
Kinship navigation: Facilitating permanency and equity for youth in child welfare	36
Care practices and approaches with children experiencing attachment difficulties: A scoping review	36
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander children in foster care: A descriptive study of an overlooked child welfare population	35
Living in Italian residential care under COVID-19 restrictions. A survey on adolescents’ perspectives over their psychosocial wellbeing	33
Meta-analysis of family functioning and self-esteem among Chinese adolescents	33
Effects of cultural stressors and family etiologic factors on behavioral and mental health among Mexican and other Latino/a immigrant parents in the United States	33
Evaluating the impact of Family Visit Coaching on future system contact	32
Parental attachment and mental health in Chinese early adolescents: The mediation role of narcissism	31
Sociodemographic risk, school engagement, and community characteristics: A mediated approach to understanding high school dropout	30
Navigating the grey zone in the response to child abuse and neglect in primary healthcare settings	29
An exploration of the motivations and barriers to being a foster parent in Florida	28
The associations between destructive parenting practice and addiction behaviors in internet and smartphone: A three-level meta-analysis	27
The relationship between human rights, negative affect, bullying victimization, and life satisfaction among Korean adolescents: A national sample study	27
Psychometric properties of pandemic awareness scale for students aged 8–12: The case of COVID-19	26
Socioeconomic disparities in school life expectancy among India and its major states of India in the last decade: Insights from large scale household surveys data	26
Corporate parenting in a pandemic: Considering the delivery and receipt of support to care leavers in Wales during Covid-19	26

Do child care characteristics during toddlerhood explain income-based gaps in reading and math skills at preschool?	26
Consequences of cyber dating abuse on adolescent victims: Systematic review	26
Care experienced LGBTQA + young people in out-of-home care in Australia: A case study	26