Leanne Heaton

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Leanne Heaton is a scholar working on Safety Research, Social Psychology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Leanne Heaton has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Safety Research, 4 papers in Social Psychology and 4 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Leanne Heaton's work include Child Welfare and Adoption (6 papers), Reproductive Health and Technologies (4 papers) and Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (3 papers). Leanne Heaton is often cited by papers focused on Child Welfare and Adoption (6 papers), Reproductive Health and Technologies (4 papers) and Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (3 papers). Leanne Heaton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and France. Leanne Heaton's co-authors include Kathleen R. Merikangas, Mark Olfson, Sonja A. Swanson, Marcy Burstein, Shelli Avenevoli, Katholiki Georgiades, Brady G. Case, Jianping He, Joël Swendsen and Lihong Cui and has published in prestigious journals such as PEDIATRICS, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Molecular Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Leanne Heaton

11 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Service Utilization for Lifetime Mental Disorders in U.S. Adolescents: Results of the National Comorbidity Survey–Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A)

2010 1.2k citations Kathleen R. Merikangas, Jianping He et al. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leanne Heaton United States	7	1.0k	309	273	239	227	13	1.4k
Jennifer Hafekost Australia	13	979 0.9×	403 1.3×	236 0.9×	307 1.3×	169 0.7×	14	1.4k
Alexa Bagnell Canada	18	764 0.7×	326 1.1×	193 0.7×	157 0.7×	270 1.2×	58	1.3k
David A. Langer United States	21	1.4k 1.4×	388 1.3×	228 0.8×	368 1.5×	337 1.5×	44	2.0k
Ana M. Ugueto United States	14	1.5k 1.5×	508 1.6×	426 1.6×	218 0.9×	241 1.1×	19	1.9k
Tessa Reardon United Kingdom	16	1.5k 1.4×	501 1.6×	392 1.4×	304 1.3×	195 0.9×	36	2.0k
Araceli González United States	16	859 0.8×	263 0.9×	226 0.8×	189 0.8×	116 0.5×	38	1.1k
Laura J. Sherman United States	14	922 0.9×	421 1.4×	229 0.8×	227 0.9×	121 0.5×	22	1.4k
Christa Winkler Metzke Switzerland	29	1.5k 1.4×	294 1.0×	200 0.7×	389 1.6×	433 1.9×	59	2.0k
Rachel Vaughn United States	14	1.1k 1.0×	266 0.9×	220 0.8×	155 0.6×	137 0.6×	32	1.3k
Meredith A. Gruhn United States	15	1.4k 1.3×	409 1.3×	142 0.5×	326 1.4×	105 0.5×	42	1.9k

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13 of 13 papers shown

Heaton, Leanne, et al.. (2025). Family first policy to practice: Using implementation science and CQI to advance prevention focused practice. Children and Youth Services Review. 176. 108403–108403.

Heaton, Leanne, et al.. (2025). The Effects of Socioeconomic Contextual Factors on Racial Differences in Foster Care Placement Stability. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 22(8). 1274–1274.

Heaton, Leanne, et al.. (2025). The Effects of Socioeconomic Contextual Factors on Racial Differences in CFSR-3 Permanency Outcomes. Child Maltreatment. 30(3). 540–552. 1 indexed citations

Keefe, Rachael J., et al.. (2024). State Implementation of Congregate Care Reforms for Children in Foster Care. PEDIATRICS. 154(1). 1 indexed citations

Weiner, Dana, et al.. (2020). COVID-19 and Child Welfare: Using Data to Understand Trends in Maltreatment and Response. Issue Brief.. 1 indexed citations

Heaton, Leanne. (2018). Racial/ethnic differences of justice-involved youth insubstance-related problems and services received.. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 88(3). 363–375. 14 indexed citations

Heaton, Leanne, et al.. (2018). Strengthening Family Connections and Support for Youth in Foster Care Who Identify as LGBTQ: Findings from the PII-RISE Evaluation. Child welfare. 96(1). 53. 10 indexed citations

Heaton, Leanne, et al.. (2018). Strengthening the Workforce to Support Youth in Foster Care Who Identify as LGBTQ+ through Increasing LGBTQ+ Competency: Trainers' Experience with Bias. Child welfare. 96(2). 125. 14 indexed citations

Heaton, Leanne. (2018). Race and ethnic differences in mental health need and services received in justice-involved youth. Children and Youth Services Review. 90. 54–65. 3 indexed citations

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Merikangas, Kathleen R., Lihong Cui, Leanne Heaton, et al.. (2013). Independence of familial transmission of mania and depression: results of the NIMH family study of affective spectrum disorders. Molecular Psychiatry. 19(2). 214–219. 111 indexed citations

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Lateef, Tarannum, Lihong Cui, Leanne Heaton, et al.. (2012). Validation of a Migraine Interview for Children and Adolescents. PEDIATRICS. 131(1). e96–e102. 7 indexed citations

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Schmitz, Anja, et al.. (2011). Measuring anxious responses to predictable and unpredictable threat in children and adolescents. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 110(2). 159–170. 35 indexed citations

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Merikangas, Kathleen R., Jianping He, Marcy Burstein, et al.. (2010). Service Utilization for Lifetime Mental Disorders in U.S. Adolescents: Results of the National Comorbidity Survey–Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A). Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 50(1). 32–45. 1175 indexed citations breakdown →

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