Kirk O’Brien
- Safety Research top 0.2%
- Child Welfare and Adoption 34
- Clinical Psychology top 2%
- Child Abuse and Trauma 16
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health 3
- Family and Disability Support Research 3
- General Health Professions top 2%
- Homelessness and Social Issues 11
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- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving 13
- Speech and Hearing top 5%
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- Family Dynamics and Relationships 4
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- Reproductive Health and Technologies 3
- Co-authors
- Peter J. PecoraCatherine Roller WhiteJason WilliamsRonald C. KesslerEva HiripiJames WhiteDallas R. EnglishLovie J. Jackson
- Journals
- Children and Youth Services Review (11 papers)Families in Society The Journal of Contemporary Social Services (3 papers)Child & Family Social Work (3 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesGermany
In The Last Decade
Kirk O’Brien
35 papers receiving 1.2k citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 50
- Safety Research 1.1k
- Clinical Psychology 738
- General Health Professions 478
- Sociology and Political Science 528
- Speech and Hearing 73
Countries citing papers authored by Kirk O’Brien
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Fields of papers citing papers by Kirk O’Brien
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Co-authorship network
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Kirk O’Brien, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | 4 | |
| 2 | 2015 | 15 | |
| 3 | 2015 | 1 | |
| 4 | 2013 | 24 | |
| 5 | 2013 | 40 | |
| 6 | 2013 | 10 | |
| 7 | 2012 | 6 | |
| 8 | Posttraumatic stress disorder among foster care alumni: the role of race, gender, and foster care context. | 2011 | 18 |
| 9 | 2011 | 29 | |
| 10 | 2010 | 34 | |
| 11 | 2010 | 28 | |
| 12 | 2010 | 4 | |
| 13 | Foster Care Experiences and Educational Outcomes of Young Adults Formerly Placed in Foster Care. | 2009 | 10 |
| 14 | 2009 | 20 | |
| 15 | 2009 | 12 | |
| 16 | 2009 | 51 | |
| 17 | 2008 | 106 | |
| 18 | 2007 | 33 | |
| 19 | 2007 | 40 | |
| 20 | 2007 | 41 |
About Kirk O’Brien
Kirk O’Brien is a scholar working on Safety Research, Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Demography and Reproductive Medicine, having authored 36 papers that have together received 1.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Child Welfare and Adoption (34 papers), Child Abuse and Trauma (16 papers), Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (13 papers), Homelessness and Social Issues (11 papers), Family Dynamics and Relationships (4 papers), Reproductive Health and Technologies (3 papers), Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (3 papers) and Family and Disability Support Research (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Safety Research (1.1k citations), Clinical Psychology (738 citations), General Health Professions (478 citations), Sociology and Political Science (528 citations) and Speech and Hearing (73 citations). Kirk O’Brien has collaborated with scholars based in United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Peter J. Pecora, Catherine Roller White, Jason Williams, Ronald C. Kessler, Eva Hiripi, James White, Dallas R. English, Lovie J. Jackson, John Emerson and Laurie D. McCubbin. Their work appears in journals such as Children and Youth Services Review, Families in Society The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, Child & Family Social Work, Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders and Journal of Public Child Welfare.
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