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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Child Maltreatment 2023 Article of the Year	34
Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Fellow Section of Child Maltreatment Editorial Board	33
Child Maltreatment During the Pandemic	30
The Relationship Between Temperature and Temporal Patterns and Incidence of Abusive Head Trauma in a Midwest Region Hospital	30
Intimate Partner Violence and Children’s Health After Parental Separation: Development and Psychometric Testing of the HELP-T Scale	25
Children’s Elaborated Responses to Yes-No Questions in Forensic Interviews About Sexual Abuse	22
Prenatal and Infant Reports and Child Protection Involvement: A Longitudinal Cohort Study	22
“I Want Everybody to Know as Much of My Life Story as They Can”: Life Stories of Former Foster Youth	20
A Qualitative Analysis of the Effects of COVID-19 on Home Visiting Service Provision	17
Testing the Appropriateness of Social Disorganization Theory in the Study of Neighborhood Factors and Rural Child Maltreatment	17
Early Childhood Income Instability and Mental Health in Adolescence: Parenting Stress and Child Maltreatment as Mediators	16
Child Maltreatment, the Law, and Two Types of Error	15
Caregiver Psychological Maltreatment Behaviors Toward Children on TikTok	14
Perinatal Health Profiles Associated With Removal From the Home and Subsequent Child Protective Services Report in Maltreated Infants	14
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
Examining an In-Home Behavioral Parent Training Protocol Among Parents Who Use Substances Involved Child Welfare: Effectiveness of SafeCare	12
Maternal Childhood Maltreatment History and Child Behavior Problems: Developmental Patterns and Mediation via Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Parenting Behavior	11
Caseworker Visitation After Reunification and Children’s Reentry Into Foster Care: A Survival Analysis	11
Factors Associated with Child Removal Among American Indian and Alaska Native People in an Alcohol Intervention Study	11
Maternal History of Child Maltreatment and Household Chaos: Examining the Mediating Role of Maternal and Child Psychopathology	11
Home Visiting and Child Welfare Involvement: A Matched Comparison Group Study	10
Introduction: COVID-19 Related Professional Challenges, Innovations, and Implications for Child Maltreatment Victims	10
A Multimethod Exploration of the COVID-Era Transition to Virtual Hearings in Child Welfare Court Cases	10
Call for Papers: Special Issue of Child Maltreatment: Legal Responses to Child Maltreatment	10

Call for Editorial Board Nominations	10
Child Maltreatment Among Children in Out-of-Home Care: Secondary Analysis of NCANDS and AFCARS Data	9
The role of maltreatment risk in the interplay between maternal and child’s empathy over time	9
Prevalence of Suspected Medical Child Abuse in the School Setting: A Study of School Nurses	9
The Development of Young Peoples’ Internalising and Externalising Difficulties Over the First Three-Years in the Public Care System	9
Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Adverse Childhood Experiences in Vulnerable Families: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial of SafeCare®	9
Prospective Associations Between Early Childhood Intimate Partner Violence Exposure and Middle Childhood Internalizing and Externalizing Psychopathology	9
Novel Forms of Reluctance Among Suspected Child Sexual Abuse Victims in Adolescence	8
Telehealth Delivery of the Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention is Associated With Reduced Posttraumatic Stress in Children and Caregivers	7
Public Knowledge and Attitudes About the Nature and Impact of Child Emotional Abuse: A Systematic Review	7
Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Fellow Section of Child Maltreatment Editorial Board	7
What About the Children? Co-Occurrence of Child Maltreatment and Parental Separation	7
Acknowledgement of Child Maltreatment’s 2023 External Reviewers The Editors	7
Is Household Unemployment Associated With Increased Verbal and Physical Child Abuse During the COVID Pandemic?	7
Validation of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) in the Context of Trauma-Focused Treatment	7
Substance Use-Associated Infant Maltreatment Report Rates in the Context of Complex Prenatal Substance Use Policy Environments	6
Measurement Models of Child Maltreatment and Associations With Suicidal Ideation Endorsement by Youth in Foster Care: A Multiverse Analytic Approach	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
The Impact of Child Maltreatment and Adverse Childhood Experiences on Problematic Alcohol Use in a Nationally Representative Survey of Youth	6
Intergenerational (Dis)continuity of Child Maltreatment: Variation by Parents’ Childhood Victimization Experiences and Sex	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
Subtle Forms of Reluctance in Commercially Sexually Exploited Adolescents’ Responses when Questioned by the Police and at Trial	6
Factors Associated With Permanency for Children in Out-Of-Home Placement: A Survival Analysis	6
Childhood Maltreatment, Executive Function, and Suicide Attempts in Adolescents	6
School Closure and Child Maltreatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic	6
Impact of Children’s Presence on Police Responses to Domestic Violence Call Situations	5
Note: The Review Process for the Drake (2024) Commentary and the Palusci (2024) Response	5
Intergenerational Pathways Linking Mothers’ Adverse Childhood Experiences and Children’s Social-Emotional Problems	5
Ophthalmologists’ Attitudes, Knowledge, and Willingness to Report Child Abuse	5
Child Maltreatment and Adolescent Dissociative Symptomatology: Moderation by Autonomic Regulation	5
Adolescence Does Not Divert Sex Offending Adolescents of Color from Criminal Legal System Involvement	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
Evidence-Based Home Visiting Provisions and Child Maltreatment Report Rates: County-Level Analysis of US National Data From 2016 to 2018	5
Preventable Emergency Department Utilization Among Patients With Foster Care History Compared to Patients Without Foster Care History	4
Adults’ Ability to Detect the Pseudotemporal Problem when Children Give “I Don’t Know” Responses	4
Patterns of Protective Factors Following Childhood Maltreatment and Youth Developmental Outcomes	4
Exploring the Area-Level Link Between Poverty and Different Types of Child Maltreatment: Is Neglect the Most Pronounced?	4
Call for Editorial Board Nominations	4
Childhood Traumatic Experiences and Happiness of Nursing Students: A Mixed Methods Study	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
Acknowledgement of Child Maltreatment’s 2022 External Reviewers	4
Perinatal Intervention Desires of New Fathers Who Have a History of Child Maltreatment: A Mixed Methods Study	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
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
Successful Criminal Prosecutions of Sex Trafficking and Sexual Abuse of Minors: A Comparative Analysis	4