Child Maltreatment

43.8k citations
1.1k papers · indexed · active since 1950
Topics
Child Abuse and TraumaChild Welfare and AdoptionChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

In The Last Decade

Child Maltreatment

1.0k papers receiving 40.5k citations

Peers

Child Maltreatment
Comparison fields: 5 of 173
  • Clinical Psychology 36.3k
  • General Health Professions 11.4k
  • Safety Research 9.9k
  • Health 9.8k
  • Sociology and Political Science 9.6k
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About Child Maltreatment

The 1.1k papers published in Child Maltreatment in the last decades have received a total of 43.8k indexed citations . Papers published in Child Maltreatment usually cover Clinical Psychology (993 papers), Safety Research (300 papers) and Health (238 papers) specifically the topics of Child Abuse and Trauma (912 papers), Child Welfare and Adoption (292 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (243 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Child Maltreatment are Brett Drake, Marian J. Bakermans‐Kranenburg, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn, Michael D. De Bellis, Richard Ormrod, Heather A. Turner, Eveline M. Euser, Esther Deblinger, Catalina M. Arata and David Finkelhor.

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