OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Nordic Journal of Music Therapy is 0. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Attunement in expressive arts therapy: Toward an understanding of embodied empathy (2nd edition)	20
When (if) to stop?: Music therapy with persons living with severe dementia – Reflections on years of care and connection	18
Music-oriented parent counseling to promote improvement in level of parental stress, quality of life and the use of music in everyday life among parents of children with autism: A mixed-methods random	10
Playlist intervention to reduce anxiety for inpatients in standard electroconvulsive therapy (ECT): An exploratory randomised controlled trial	9
Music therapists’ perceptions on their role and status in medical settings in France: A survey study	9
Where’s the evidence? A complex question for complex times	8
Upcoming events	7
Gratitude for professional service	7
Exploring music in the everyday lives of autistic women: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis	7
Examining music therapist behaviors during intervention delivery: A retrospective video analysis	6
Duet	6
Trauma-informed music therapy: Theory and practice	6
Upcoming events	6
Validation of item pool for early adolescents’ emotional skills assessment in music therapy	6
Musical immersion	5
Ethical reflections on social media use within music therapy: A conversational focus group study	5
Unleashing the potential of chaos: How music therapists and young people can engage chaos as a resource in short-term music therapy groups	5
Upcoming events	5
Parent perspectives of telehealth compared to in-person family-centred music therapy for their autistic child in Hong Kong: A qualitative study	4
Live and recorded music interventions for management of delirium symptoms in acute geriatric patients: Protocol for a randomized feasibility trial	4
The effects of group music imagery for women with methamphetamine use disorder in compulsory rehabilitation: A randomized controlled trial	4
The development of the Person Attuned Musical Interactions modified version (PAMI-M) for UK care home staff working with residents with dementia	4
Vibroacoustic music therapy for postoperative delirium in the intensive care unit (VIMUD-ICU): Study protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial	4
Music listening for improvement of sleep in post-acute rehabilitation of adults with acquired brain injury: A feasibility study	4
Integrating innovation: Arts technologies for aiding recovery in rehabilitation	4

The meaning in life: A qualitative co-research study on guided imagery and music in early-stage dementia	4
Neuropsychological assessments to evaluate cognition in music therapy and music-based interventions for mild cognitive impairment and dementia: A descriptive systematic review	3
Neurological music therapy for poststroke depression, activity of daily living and cognitive function: A pilot randomized controlled study	3
Therapeutic songwriting to enhance wellbeing and decrease depression in older people living in residential care: A lyrics analysis of participant-composed songs	3
Upcoming events	3
“The room is a mess”: Exploring the co-creation of space for attunement dynamics between an autistic child and a non-autistic music therapist	3
Depressed adults’ experiences of listening to their own clinical improvisations at home: A process evaluation of the music therapy homework	3
Moving towards anti-oppressive practice in music therapy	2
A framework to support prioritisation of music therapy resources in an acute paediatric healthcare setting	2
Exploring the lived experiences of young autistic adults in Nordoff-Robbins music therapy: An interpretative phenomenological analysis	2
Challenges and innovations during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international survey of music therapy educators	2
Breaking strings: Explorations of mistakes in music therapy	2
Music therapy and adverse childhood experiences: A scoping review	2
Collaborative roles of music therapists and teachers for students on the autism spectrum: An integrative review	2
Examining the essentialist perspective: A critical interpretive synthesis of literature on music therapy for culturally minoritised older adults	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 therapists’ perceptions of creating safety in the context of trauma with children and adolescents: A qualitative study	2
Upcoming events	2
Upcoming events	2
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	2
Developing issues in world music therapy education and training: A plurality of views	2
Upcoming events	2
A Specialised Antenatal Music Therapy (SAMT) programme for pregnant women with mental health conditions: A mixed-methods proof-of-concept study in Ireland	2
Outpatient group music therapy for the treatment of chronic tinnitus: A single group pre-experimental study	1
Upcoming events	1
The therapeutic potential of including songs that reference drugs and alcohol during music therapy for adults undergoing substance withdrawal: A grounded theory study	1
Upcoming events	1
“Our little superhero”: A phenomenological study into parents’ experiences of songwriting in music therapy in a Norwegian NICU	1
Intersectionality in the arts psychotherapies	1
Drumming-PD/HD: The impact of a pilot group drumming-based music therapy intervention on people living with Parkinson’s disease and Huntington’s disease and their caregivers	1
Promoting emotional skills in early adolescents with mental health conditions in music therapy – a content analysis of focus group interviews	1
Development and implementation of self-care strategies in undergraduate music therapy students: A qualitative thematic analysis	1
Music-mechanisms at the core of music therapy: Towards a format for a description of music therapy micro-interventions	1
Upcoming events	1
Enactivist music therapy: Toward theoretical innovation and integration	1
Reflective Lullaby Writing with two mother-infant dyads who recently experienced an admission to a neonatal intensive care unit	1
Synchronization during Improvised Active Music Therapy in clients with Parkinson’s disease	1
Upcoming events	1
Reviewers 2021–2023	1
Music therapy for young children with acquired communication impairments: An international survey of clinical practices	1
The usability and feasibility of the Person Attuned Musical Interactions intervention – modified version (PAMI-M) for UK care home staff working with residents with dementia	1
Zooming in and zooming out: What we read when we read in a journal	1
Limitations and delimitations enabling connection and collaboration	0
Navigating the “Lil Peep” paradox: Professional discretion in music therapy for young people	0
Growth	0
Nurturing our reflexivity	0
Becoming a music-centered therapist	0
Experiences of online music therapy placements in response to COVID-19 in Melbourne, Australia: Pedagogical considerations for supporting student learning	0
Group music therapy for children with internalising or externalising disorders in primary schools: Study protocol for a mixed-methods study with a cluster randomised experimental design and group disc	0
Respect-focused writing: An invitation to reflexivity in the use of terminology	0

Music, time, and self: A time model for Nordoff-Robbins clinical improvisation	0
Upcoming events	0
Upcoming events	0
The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music for family caregivers of people with dementia: A within subject feasibility study	0
‘Getting to know you through music.’ Music therapists’ unique ways of ‘knowing’ their clients and our collective responsibilities to articulate our implicit knowledge	0
Reflections on reviews	0
“It is my own sky”: A reflexive thematic analysis exploring lived experiences of dyslexic young people in Hong Kong through group songwriting	0
The impact of COVID-19 on music therapy provision in Dutch care homes	0
Navigating research challenges with people living with dementia: Reflections from music therapy research practice	0
Personalized audio montage: Impact of a receptive music therapy method-variation on youth experiencing homelessness	0
Exploring the experiences of a person with dementia and their spouse who attended a telehealth music therapy programme: Two case examples from Ireland	0
The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music for women with non-metastatic breast cancer: Exploring effects on distress, quality of life, and neuroendocrine hormone levels	0
Relationship completion in palliative care music therapy	0
Music of hate, music for healing: Paired stories from the hate music industry and the profession of music therapy	0
Music therapy and social recovery in flexible assertive community treatment	0
Music therapy approaches to support relationship quality in couples living with dementia: A hermeneutic-phenomenological study of music therapists’ reflections	0
The role of technology in music therapy, occupational therapy, and co-treatment of an injured United States service member	0
Assessment in music therapy: Options & resources	0
Music therapy Embedded in the Life Of Dementia Inpatient Care (MELODIC) to help manage distress: A mixed methods study protocol for co-designing a complex intervention	0
Applications of technology innovations in music therapy practice	0
Future music therapy programming and research for adults with substance use disorders: A reflexive thematic analysis of service user recommendations	0
Friends or not? Navigating the therapeutic bond in music therapy within Flexible Assertive Community Treatment—A qualitative interview study	0
The art of reading and academic musing	0
Exploring the continuum of music listening for emotion regulation with university students: A meta-ethnography	0
Group rehabilitation in Parkinson’s disease: A case study combining music and physiotherapy	0
Songs of discovery for music therapy: A practical resource for therapists and educators	0
Music therapy spanning from NICU to home: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of Israeli parents’ experiences in the LongSTEP Trial	0
Do we need a reporting guideline for music-based interventions?	0
Better together: Mentoring and teamwork in research and publishing	0
Health care workers’ perspectives on the challenges and possibilities of music therapy within medication-free treatment services	0
Foundational frameworks supporting selection of music and outcome measures in studies of cognition among older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI): An integrative review	0
Upcoming events	0
A qualitative exploration of music therapy practice development in intellectual disability services in Ireland: “The future is the community”	0
A personal reflection on “othering” music in the practice and profession of music therapy	0
A psychometric and interview perspective on change in music therapy with Anna diagnosed with PTSD – a mixed method case study	0
Inpatient stroke survivors with low gait functioning benefit from music interventions during cardiorespiratory exercise: A randomized cross-over trial	0
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	0
What research questions are we asking in English-language music therapy journals? A descriptive analysis	0
Upcoming events	0
Small but important steps towards accessible publishing	0
Graduate music therapists’ experiences of using the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music as a form of supervision: A creative process for exploring work-based issues, professional identity, and pe	0
Considering case formulation and decision-making processes in music therapy assessment and treatment planning	0
The role of music listening in the music therapy process for people with anxiety disorders: The therapist’s perspective	0
Artificial intelligence: Collaborator or false friend?	0
Effects of group music therapy on quality of life, anxiety and depressive symptoms in older adults living in the community: A pre-post with follow-up study	0
Music therapy during weaning from mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit: Study protocol for a randomised control trial	0
Supporting Asian international music therapy students in the United States: A thematic analysis	0
COME_IN: A qualitative framework for content, meanings and intersubjectivity in free dyadic improvisations	0
Hope and change	0
Building relationships between autistic and non-autistic family members through music therapy: An interpretative case study	0
Dedicated low-cost electronic ocarina for people with COPD: Rationale and prototype development	0
Exploring parents’ musical agency in resource-oriented music therapy with their preterm infants in the NICU and at home	0
Using GlassOuse assistive technology to facilitate original music creation with GarageBand by a patient with tetraplegia	0
Exploring communicative responses to collaborative music therapy and speech and language therapy in young children with acquired communication impairments: A case series	0
Stimulating neuroplasticity: Therapeutic applications of an extended digital musical instrument	0
Effects of group music therapy on symptoms and functional recovery in outpatients with chronic psychoses: A randomized controlled trial	0
Intercultural music therapy consultation research: Shared humanity in collaborative theory and practice	0
Understanding the impact of international music therapy student placements on music therapy practice and professional identity	0
Conversations on echolalia: A qualitative inquiry into autistic adults’ views on echolalia, language, and music	0
Recommendations for patient-reported outcome use in music therapy practice and research within chronic pain and sickle cell disease populations	0
Exploring the rehabilitative potential of familiar song for a child with acute DoC: A single case analysis of EEG and time-locked video	0
Clarity and specificity in research reporting	0
Group music therapy for people living with mental health conditions in the community: A pilot longitudinal quantitative micro-analysis study	0
The effects of live vs. pre-recorded monochord sounds on healthy adults: Study protocol for a crossover randomized controlled trial	0