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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Psychology D-index 69 Citations 15,097 185 World Ranking 1689 National Ranking 1023

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Developmental psychology
  • Psychiatry
  • Mental health

Howard Dubowitz mainly focuses on Child abuse, Developmental psychology, Neglect, Injury prevention and Child neglect. His study on Victimology and Physical abuse is often connected to Pediatrics as part of broader study in Child abuse. As a part of the same scientific family, he mostly works in the field of Developmental psychology, focusing on Social support and, on occasion, Social competence.

Neglect and Longitudinal study are two areas of study in which Howard Dubowitz engages in interdisciplinary research. Howard Dubowitz integrates Injury prevention with Clinical psychology in his research. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Foster care, Kinship care and Family medicine.

His most cited work include:

  • Defining maltreatment according to substantiation: distinction without a difference? (310 citations)
  • Children who prosper in unfavorable environments: the relationship to social capital (294 citations)
  • Health care needs of children in the foster care system. (247 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Howard Dubowitz mainly investigates Child abuse, Neglect, Injury prevention, Psychiatry and Suicide prevention. His study in the fields of Victimology and Physical abuse under the domain of Child abuse overlaps with other disciplines such as Clinical psychology and Developmental psychology. His studies deal with areas such as Early childhood and Child protection as well as Neglect.

His Injury prevention research spans across into areas like Occupational safety and health and Pediatrics. Howard Dubowitz works mostly in the field of Psychiatry, limiting it down to topics relating to Health care and, in certain cases, Foster care and Kinship care. His Human factors and ergonomics research extends to the thematically linked field of Suicide prevention.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Child abuse (55.91%)
  • Neglect (40.32%)
  • Injury prevention (36.02%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2021)?

  • Neglect (40.32%)
  • Suicide prevention (37.10%)
  • Child abuse (55.91%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Neglect, Suicide prevention, Child abuse, Injury prevention and Human factors and ergonomics are his primary areas of study. In his research on the topic of Neglect, Poverty is strongly related with Developmental psychology. His Suicide prevention research includes a combination of various areas of study, such as Occupational safety and health, Nursing and Psychosocial.

His research on Child abuse often connects related topics like Child sexual abuse. His Child neglect research includes elements of Domestic violence and Psychological abuse. His work on Physical abuse as part of his general Sexual abuse study is frequently connected to Mediation, Structural equation modeling, Conceptualization and Intervention, thereby bridging the divide between different branches of science.

Between 2013 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Trajectories of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Self-Reported Health at Age 18 (66 citations)
  • Child Neglect: Challenges and Controversies (31 citations)
  • The Safe Environment for Every Kid (SEEK) Model: helping promote children's health, development, and safety: SEEK offers a practical model for enhancing pediatric primary care. (29 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Psychiatry
  • Developmental psychology
  • Social psychology

His main research concerns Suicide prevention, Injury prevention, Neglect, Occupational safety and health and Child abuse. Howard Dubowitz integrates many fields, such as Neglect and engineering, in his works. Howard Dubowitz merges Occupational safety and health with Human factors and ergonomics in his research.

Howard Dubowitz merges many fields, such as Child abuse and Clinical psychology, in his writings. His Psychiatry research incorporates elements of Adolescent health, Affect, Social issues and Gerontology. His Conduct disorder study in the realm of Developmental psychology connects with subjects such as Social consequence, Systemic problem and Phenomenon.

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Best Publications

Children who prosper in unfavorable environments: the relationship to social capital

Desmond K. Runyan;Wanda M. Hunter;Rebecca R. S. Socolar;Lisa Amaya-Jackson.
Pediatrics (1998)

567 Citations

Defining maltreatment according to substantiation: distinction without a difference?

Jon M. Hussey;Jane Marie Marshall;Diana J. English;Elizabeth Dawes Knight.
Child Abuse & Neglect (2005)

511 Citations

Health care needs of children in the foster care system.

Mark D. Simms;Howard Dubowitz;Moira A. Szilagyi.
Pediatrics (2000)

489 Citations

African American Fathers in Low Income, Urban Families: Development, Behavior, and Home Environment of Their Three-Year-Old Children.

Maureen M. Black;Howard Dubowitz;Raymond H. Starr.
Child Development (1999)

438 Citations

Maltreatment's Wake: The Relationship of Maltreatment Dimensions to Child Outcomes.

Diana J. English;Mukund P. Upadhyaya;Alan J. Litrownik;Jane M. Marshall.
Child Abuse & Neglect (2005)

410 Citations

Physical abuse and neglect of children

Howard Dubowitz;Stephanie Bennett.
The Lancet (2007)

400 Citations

Longscan: A consortium for longitudinal studies of maltreatment and the life course of children

Desmond Kimo Runyan;Patrick A. Curtis;Wanda M. Hunter;Maureen M. Black.
Aggression and Violent Behavior (1998)

370 Citations

Children in kinship care: How do they fare?

Howard Dubowitz;Susan Feigelman;Donna Harrington;Raymond H. Starr.
Children and Youth Services Review (1994)

346 Citations

Identifying Children at High Risk for a Child Maltreatment Report.

Howard Dubowitz;Jeongeun Kim;Maureen M. Black;Cindy Weisbart.
Child Abuse & Neglect (2011)

344 Citations

A Profile of Kinship Care.

Howard Dubowitz.
Child Welfare (1993)

327 Citations

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