Matt Woolgar

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Matt Woolgar is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Safety Research and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Matt Woolgar has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Clinical Psychology, 20 papers in Safety Research and 15 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Matt Woolgar's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (36 papers), Child Welfare and Adoption (20 papers) and Child Abuse and Trauma (20 papers). Matt Woolgar is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (36 papers), Child Welfare and Adoption (20 papers) and Child Abuse and Trauma (20 papers). Matt Woolgar collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Matt Woolgar's co-authors include Lynne Murray, Peter Cooper, Stephen Scott, Richard Hooper, Christopher Molteno, Leslie Swartz, Mark Tomlinson, Alison E. Hipwell, Mark R. Dadds and Jennifer L. Allen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Social Science & Medicine and The British Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Matt Woolgar

59 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Evidence‐Based Psychotherapies for Children and Adolescents 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Evidence‐Based Psychotherapies for Children and Adolescents
    2011 754 citations Matt Woolgar profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matt Woolgar United Kingdom 22 2.1k 791 711 330 310 65 2.7k
George M. Tarabulsy Canada 27 2.0k 1.0× 1.1k 1.4× 1.0k 1.5× 354 1.1× 453 1.5× 94 2.9k
Zeynep Biringen United States 32 2.4k 1.1× 1.0k 1.3× 1.3k 1.8× 216 0.7× 445 1.4× 82 3.2k
Laura V. Scaramella United States 34 2.4k 1.2× 799 1.0× 919 1.3× 352 1.1× 288 0.9× 54 3.4k
Lara R. Robinson United States 18 2.4k 1.2× 494 0.6× 916 1.3× 159 0.5× 236 0.8× 46 3.1k
Patricia A. Graczyk United States 15 2.6k 1.3× 1.3k 1.6× 893 1.3× 219 0.7× 294 0.9× 23 3.6k
Ellen Moss Canada 30 2.3k 1.1× 614 0.8× 1.7k 2.4× 348 1.1× 169 0.5× 80 3.0k
Lisa J. Berlin United States 30 2.9k 1.4× 659 0.8× 1.5k 2.1× 463 1.4× 360 1.2× 59 4.0k
Alison Pike United Kingdom 27 1.9k 0.9× 487 0.6× 586 0.8× 129 0.4× 245 0.8× 79 2.6k
Marianne S. de Wolff Netherlands 11 2.1k 1.0× 722 0.9× 1.7k 2.4× 222 0.7× 229 0.7× 20 2.8k
Deborah Jacobvitz United States 33 2.7k 1.3× 677 0.9× 1.8k 2.5× 435 1.3× 196 0.6× 73 3.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matt Woolgar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matt Woolgar

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All Works

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Graham, David Y., Jeanette Cossar, Barry Coughlan, et al.. (2025). The social must be stabilised: How are the social needs of young people with social work involvement characterized in their mental health case notes?. Social Science & Medicine. 374. 118052–118052.
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Coughlan, Barry, Matt Woolgar, Ayla Humphrey, et al.. (2024). Typological and cumulative approaches to risk and adversity in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS): Retrospective cohort analysis in South London. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 137. 152568–152568.
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Duncan, Morvwen, Pasco Fearon, & Matt Woolgar. (2024). Primary and secondary trauma in adoptive parents. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 30(1). 127–141. 1 indexed citations
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Wright, Barry, Pasco Fearon, Danya Glaser, et al.. (2023). Routinely used interventions to improve attachment in infants and young children: a national survey and two systematic reviews. Health Technology Assessment. 27(2). 1–226. 6 indexed citations
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Woolgar, Matt, Sajid Humayun, Stephen Scott, & Mark R. Dadds. (2023). I Know What to Do; I Can Do It; It Will Work: The Brief Parental Self Efficacy Scale (BPSES) for Parenting Interventions. Child Psychiatry & Human Development. 56(3). 619–628. 8 indexed citations
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Beckwith, Helen, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn, Mark H. Freeston, et al.. (2022). A “transmission gap” between research and practice? A Q-methodology study of perceptions of the application of attachment theory among clinicians working with children and among attachment researchers. Attachment & Human Development. 24(6). 661–689. 3 indexed citations
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Coughlan, Barry, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn, Matt Woolgar, Emma Weisblatt, & Robbie Duschinsky. (2022). Differentiating “Attachment Difficulties” From Autism Spectrum Disorders and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Qualitative Interviews With Experienced Health Care Professionals. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 780128–780128. 4 indexed citations
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Byford, Sarah, James Shearer, Paul Ramchandani, et al.. (2022). Children in foster care with symptoms of reactive attachment disorder: feasibility randomised controlled trial of a modified video-feedback parenting intervention. BJPsych Open. 8(4). e134–e134. 3 indexed citations
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Coughlan, Barry, Matt Woolgar, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn, & Robbie Duschinsky. (2021). Socioemotional profiles of autism spectrum disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and disinhibited and reactive attachment disorders: a symptom comparison and network approach.. Apollo (University of Cambridge). 7 indexed citations
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Sawrikar, Vilas, Brendan F. Andrade, Matt Woolgar, et al.. (2021). Global Workforce Development in Father Engagement Competencies for Family-Based Interventions Using an Online Training Program: A Mixed-Method Feasibility Study. Child Psychiatry & Human Development. 54(3). 758–769. 2 indexed citations
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Eisler, Ivan, et al.. (2019). Systematic literature review and meta-analysis of the relationship between adherence, competence and outcome in psychotherapy for children and adolescents. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 29(4). 417–431. 73 indexed citations
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Challacombe, Fiona, et al.. (2016). Parenting and mother-infant interactions in the context of maternal postpartum obsessive-compulsive disorder: Effects of obsessional symptoms and mood. Infant Behavior and Development. 44. 11–20. 52 indexed citations
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Cooper, Peter, Leonardo De Pascalis, Matt Woolgar, Helena Romaniuk, & Lynne Murray. (2014). Attempting to prevent postnatal depression by targeting the mother–infant relationship: a randomised controlled trial. Primary Health Care Research & Development. 16(4). 383–397. 32 indexed citations
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Scott, Stephen, Jackie Briskman, Matt Woolgar, Sajid Humayun, & Thomas G. O’Connor. (2011). Attachment in adolescence: overlap with parenting and unique prediction of behavioural adjustment. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 52(10). 1052–1062. 96 indexed citations
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Woolgar, Matt & Lynne Murray. (2009). The representation of fathers by children of depressed mothers: refining the meaning of parentification in high‐risk samples. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 51(5). 621–629. 9 indexed citations
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Cooper, Peter, Elizabeth Whelan, Matt Woolgar, J. A. Morrell, & Lynne Murray. (2004). Association between childhood feeding problems and maternal eating disorder: role of the family environment. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 184(3). 210–215. 71 indexed citations
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Murray, Lynne A., Matt Woolgar, Joseph Murray, & Peter Cooper. (2003). Self-exclusion from health care in women at high risk for postpartum depression. Journal of Public Health. 25(2). 131–137. 60 indexed citations
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Murray, Lynne, et al.. (1993). Depressed Mothers' Speech to Their Infants and its Relation to Infant Gender and Cognitive Development. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 34(7). 1083–1101. 250 indexed citations

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