OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Nordic Journal of Music Therapy is 2. 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
Attunement in expressive arts therapy: Toward an understanding of embodied empathy (2nd edition)	24
The LongSTEP approach: Theoretical framework and intervention protocol for using parent-driven infant-directed singing as resource-oriented music therapy	16
Rhythmic exercises as tools for rehabilitation following cerebellar stroke: A case study integrating music therapy and physiotherapy techniques	10
Shaping the digital space: Exploring relationships in online music therapy session delivery	9
When (if) to stop?: Music therapy with persons living with severe dementia – Reflections on years of care and connection	9
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	9
Where’s the evidence? A complex question for complex times	8
Exploring music in the everyday lives of autistic women: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis	8
Gratitude for professional service	6
Together in song: Designing a singing for health group intervention for older people living in the community	5
Examining music therapist behaviors during intervention delivery: A retrospective video analysis	5
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	5
Upcoming events	5
Trauma-informed music therapy: Theory and practice	5
Music therapists’ perceptions on their role and status in medical settings in France: A survey study	5
Validation of item pool for early adolescents’ emotional skills assessment in music therapy	5
Ethical reflections on social media use within music therapy: A conversational focus group study	4
Upcoming events	4
Upcoming events	4
Musical immersion	4
Where are the mixed methods research studies?	4
The inner music of analytical music therapy	4
Unleashing the potential of chaos: How music therapists and young people can engage chaos as a resource in short-term music therapy groups	4
Duet	4
“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

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	3
Music therapy in a multicultural context: A handbook for music therapy students and professionals	3
Integrating innovation: Arts technologies for aiding recovery in rehabilitation	3
Music listening for improvement of sleep in post-acute rehabilitation of adults with acquired brain injury: A feasibility study	3
Live and recorded music interventions for management of delirium symptoms in acute geriatric patients: Protocol for a randomized feasibility trial	3
The effects of group music imagery for women with methamphetamine use disorder in compulsory rehabilitation: A randomized controlled trial	3
The development of the Person Attuned Musical Interactions modified version (PAMI-M) for UK care home staff working with residents with dementia	3
The meaning in life: A qualitative co-research study on guided imagery and music in early-stage dementia	3
Depressed adults’ experiences of listening to their own clinical improvisations at home: A process evaluation of the music therapy homework	2
Neurological music therapy for poststroke depression, activity of daily living and cognitive function: A pilot randomized controlled study	2
Upcoming events	2
Breaking strings: Explorations of mistakes in music therapy	2
Challenges and innovations during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international survey of music therapy educators	2
Exploring the lived experiences of young autistic adults in Nordoff-Robbins music therapy: An interpretative phenomenological analysis	2
Upcoming events	2
A framework to support prioritisation of music therapy resources in an acute paediatric healthcare setting	2
Upcoming events	2
Music therapy assessments	2
The research pipeline	2
Neuropsychological assessments to evaluate cognition in music therapy and music-based interventions for mild cognitive impairment and dementia: A descriptive systematic review	2
Moving towards anti-oppressive practice in music therapy	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