Child welfare

492 papers and 4.6k indexed citations

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The 492 papers published in Child welfare in the last decades have received a total of 4.6k indexed citations. Papers published in Child welfare usually cover Safety Research (189 papers), Clinical Psychology (117 papers) and Sociology and Political Science (84 papers) specifically the topics of Child Welfare and Adoption (179 papers), Family and Disability Support Research (54 papers) and Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (51 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Child welfare are Howard Dubowitz, Edith Fein, Diane Vinokur‐Kaplan, David Fanshel, Perminder S. Sachdev, Ilene Staff, Kristine Nelson, Andrew Billingsley, Jeanne M. Giovannoni and Anthony N. Maluccio.

In The Last Decade

Child welfare

368 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Peers

Child welfare
Comparison fields: 5 of 107
  • Safety Research 2.6k
  • Clinical Psychology 2.3k
  • Sociology and Political Science 1.7k
  • General Health Professions 1.2k
  • Demography 637
Replace Journal of Public Child Welfare with:
Journal of Public Child Welfare United States
Journal of Family Social Work United States
Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research Sweden
Child Care in Practice United Kingdom
International Journal of Law Policy and the Family United Kingdom
Smith College Studies in Social Work United States
Practice United Kingdom
Family matters Australia
Child & Youth Services United States
Health Sociology Review Australia
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Countries where authors publish in Child welfare

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Fields of papers published in Child welfare

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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