OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Public Child Welfare 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
It is not a broken system, it is a system that needs to be broken: the upEND movement to abolish the child welfare system	102
Outcomes following child welfare services: what are they and do they differ for black children?	46
Systematic literature review of foster and adoptive caregiver factors for increasing placement stability and permanency	15
Caring for children in foster and kinship care during a pandemic: lessons learned and recommendations	10
Attempting to operationalize a multi-dimensional definition of permanency in child welfare practice: results from a demonstration project	9
Supporting disabled parents and their families: perspectives and recommendations from parents, attorneys, and child welfare professionals	9
Child’s adjustment and parent-child contact after child placement into foster care: a systematic review	8
Understanding wellbeing and caregiver commitment after adoption or guardianship from foster care	8
Feasibility of engaging child welfare-involved parents with substance use disorders in research: key challenges and lessons learned	8
Attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of child welfare workers toward LGBTQ youth	8
Indigenous-centered racial disproportionality in American foster care: a national population study	7
Children prenatally exposed to alcohol and other drugs: what the literature tells us about child welfare information sources, policies, and practices to identify and care for children	7
The ‘cost’ of collaborating and other challenges in inter-organizational child welfare practice: a community-wide perspective	6
Tuning in to Teens (TINT) with adoptive parents and guardians in the US: the replication phase of intervention research	6
Perceptions of agency leadership and intent to stay: an examination of turnover in the child welfare workforce	6
Resilient Outcomes among Youth Aging-Out of Foster Care: Findings from the National Youth in Transition Database	5
Kinship navigator program development: Listening to family, youth, and advocate voice	5
Peer models for families involved in the child welfare system: a systematic review	4
Substantiation of child maltreatment among parents with disabilities in the United States	4
Physiological evidence of escalating stress during COVID-19: a longitudinal assessment of child welfare workers	4
Moving from procedure to practice: a statewide child protection simulation training model	4
Exploring self-care practices in foster carers: a qualitative study	3
Trajectories of psychosocial functioning and attachment behaviors among children adopted in the Ontario child welfare system	3
Comparing population views on state responsibility for children in vulnerable situations – the role of institutional context and socio-demographic characteristics	3
The effects of neighborhood factors, maternal depression and parental emotional support on social – behavioral outcomes of children involved in the child welfare system	3

Assessing appeals against emergency placements in Norway: A balancing act	3
Child and state factors in positive permanency: a multi-level survival analysis	3
Building evidence for family group decision-making in child welfare: operationalizing the intervention	3
Impact of COVID-19 on the educational experiences of youth in foster care: caseworker perspectives	3
Child protection agencies collaborating with grass-root community organizations: partnership or tokenism?	2
Analyzing decision-maker’s justifications of care orders for newborn children: equal and individualized treatment	2
Investigations involving urgent protection concerns vs. chronic needs: are there differences in post-investigation service decisions?	2
Transformative lessons learned from COVID-19 to reimagine child welfare work	2
Examining a peer-delivered program for child welfare-involved caregivers at risk for depression	2
Identifying families who may be struggling after adoption or guardianship	2
Intersectional individualization: toward a theoretical framework for youth transitioning out of the child welfare system	2
A longitudinal investigation of infants and out-of-home care	2
Trial home visits and foster care reentry	2
Evaluation of a Brief Foster Parent/ Case Worker Training to Support Relationship Building Skills and Acceptance of LGBTQ+ Youth in Care	2
A mixed methods study of how interprofessional communication relates to timely reunification in the U.S. child welfare system	2
STRENGTHS-BASED CASE MANAGEMENT	2
Inviting Plain Mennonite and Amish families to provide foster care for children	2
Fostering a sense of belonging: The role of family terminology and discourse for individuals involved in non-kinship foster care	2
Kinship Care: Evaluating Policy and Practice	2
Psychometrics of family empowerment scale scores for caregivers of youth transitioning from therapeutic residential care	2
The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA): Where we’ve been, where we’re headed, and where we need to go	2
Persistent racial disproportionality in investigated and substantiated child maltreatment reports: Trend analysis before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2019–2020)	2
Connecticut’s Family Assessment Response system	2