OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Nordic Journal of Music Therapy 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Dementia-inclusive group-singing online during COVID-19: A qualitative exploration	22
Effects of maternal singing during kangaroo care on maternal anxiety, wellbeing, and mother-infant relationship after preterm birth: a mixed methods study	14
Musical pathways to the peer community: A collective case study of refugee children’s use of music therapy	11
The LongSTEP approach: Theoretical framework and intervention protocol for using parent-driven infant-directed singing as resource-oriented music therapy	9
Embracing technological possibilities in the telehealth delivery of interactive music therapy	9
Feasibility of emotion-regulating improvisational music therapy for young adult students with depressive symptoms: A process evaluation	9
Intimacy, mutuality & negotiations: Dialogic moments in joint improvisation	8
Music-mechanisms at the core of music therapy: Towards a format for a description of music therapy micro-interventions	7
Together in song: Designing a singing for health group intervention for older people living in the community	6
Being a person who plays in a band rather than being a person with a mental illness playing in a band: A qualitative study of stigma in the context of music therapy in mental health aftercare	6
Clinical teletraining in music therapy: Two educators’ perspectives	5
COME_IN: A qualitative framework for content, meanings and intersubjectivity in free dyadic improvisations	5
Research into increasing resilience in children with autism through music therapy: Statistical analysis of video data	5
The influences of inter music therapy on music therapists who experience it	5
Structure, agency and community: Using online music gatherings to support social inclusion for people with disabilities in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic	5
Perceptions of mental health assessment and resource-oriented music therapy assessment in a child and youth mental health service	4
“No, I Guess it’s kind of Sensitive” - Communication patterns in a music listening group with older men	4
The inner music of analytical music therapy	4
Transitioning to teletherapy during COVID-19	4
Where are the mixed methods research studies?	4
Music therapy spanning from NICU to home: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of Israeli parents’ experiences in the LongSTEP Trial	4
Yoik in Sami elderly and dementia care – a potential for culturally sensitive music therapy?	3
Respect-focused writing: An invitation to reflexivity in the use of terminology	3
A research-based map of music therapy in the Czech Republic: Comparisons with other arts therapies	3
The impact of imitation on engagement in minimally verbal children with autism during improvisational music therapy	3

Rhythmic exercises as tools for rehabilitation following cerebellar stroke: A case study integrating music therapy and physiotherapy techniques	3
Three aspects of dialogue in music therapy: A theoretical treatise	3
Monitoring variation to Guided Imagery and Music (GIM): Development of the GIM Treatment Fidelity Instrument	3
The Dementia Coding System (DeCS): Development and initial evaluation of a coding system to assess positive, challenging, and music-related behaviors of people with dementia	3
The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music for family caregivers of people with dementia: A within subject feasibility study	2
Exploring parents’ musical agency in resource-oriented music therapy with their preterm infants in the NICU and at home	2
Reflective Lullaby Writing with two mother-infant dyads who recently experienced an admission to a neonatal intensive care unit	2
A theoretical framework for the use of music therapy in the treatment of selective mutism in young children: Multiple case study research	2
International service-learning and intercultural competence of U.S. music therapists: Initial survey findings	2
Shaping the digital space: Exploring relationships in online music therapy session delivery	2
Scoping review and concept analysis of early adolescents’ emotional skills: Towards development of a music therapy assessment tool	2
Music therapy assessments	2
A response to Blauth and Oldfield’s “Research into increasing resilience in children with autism through music therapy: Statistical analysis of video data”	2
Music moves – Ettlingen dementia study: Protocol of a pragmatic randomised controlled trial	2
Exploring the lived experiences of young autistic adults in Nordoff-Robbins music therapy: An interpretative phenomenological analysis	2
“The room is a mess”: Exploring the co-creation of space for attunement dynamics between an autistic child and a non-autistic music therapist	2
Promoting emotional skills in early adolescents with mental health conditions in music therapy – a content analysis of focus group interviews	2
Historical and contemporary perspectives on the development of analytical music therapy Training	2
Moments of fun: Narratives of children’s experiences of music therapy in mental health care	2
The application of the Music Therapy Visual Schedule Approach (MT-ViSA) within a group music therapy program	2
Musical improvisation: A mixed methods study on social interactions in younger and older adults	2
Considering case formulation and decision-making processes in music therapy assessment and treatment planning	2
Music therapy for children on the autism spectrum: Improved social interaction observed by multiple informants across different social contexts	1
Conversations on echolalia: A qualitative inquiry into autistic adults’ views on echolalia, language, and music	1
Personalized audio montage: Impact of a receptive music therapy method-variation on youth experiencing homelessness	1
Encountering transgenerational trauma through analytical music therapy	1
Challenges and innovations during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international survey of music therapy educators	1
Nurturing our reflexivity	1
Reflections on reviews	1
Depressed adults’ experiences of listening to their own clinical improvisations at home: A process evaluation of the music therapy homework	1
Creating a prenatal song for an unborn infant during a music therapy program: A longitudinal and microanalytic case study from before birth to three months of age	1
Music therapy and social recovery in flexible assertive community treatment	1
Self-care and creativity: A group therapeutic songwriting intervention protocol for caregivers of people with dementia	1
Enactivist music therapy: Toward theoretical innovation and integration	1
Duet	1
‘Getting to know you through music.’ Music therapists’ unique ways of ‘knowing’ their clients and our collective responsibilities to articulate our implicit knowledge	1
Moving towards anti-oppressive practice in music therapy	1
Portuguese translation and cultural adaptation of the Music in Dementia Assessment Scales (MiDAS)	1
Neurological music therapy for poststroke depression, activity of daily living and cognitive function: A pilot randomized controlled study	1
The research pipeline	1
Live and recorded music interventions for management of delirium symptoms in acute geriatric patients: Protocol for a randomized feasibility trial	1
Growth	1
Group music therapy for people living with mental health conditions in the community: A pilot longitudinal quantitative micro-analysis study	1
Understanding the impact of international music therapy student placements on music therapy practice and professional identity	1
Collective experiences in medical music therapy teams during COVID-19	1
The impact of COVID-19 on music therapy provision in Dutch care homes	1
Understanding awareness of music therapy in parents of children with special needs in India: A survey study	1
Recommendations for patient-reported outcome use in music therapy practice and research within chronic pain and sickle cell disease populations	1
Synchronization during Improvised Active Music Therapy in clients with Parkinson’s disease	1
Music therapy in child welfare: Bridging provision, protection, and participation	1