2026 Joel S. Milner: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	52	5024	4662	2758	2499	188	9712

Joel S. Milner publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joel S. Milner sits on this spectrum.

31 publications 705+

This scientist: 188 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Joel S. Milner D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joel S. Milner sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Joel S. Milner is affiliated with Northern Illinois University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on topics related to child abuse, trauma, and family violence within the fields of psychology and social sciences.

The main fields of study for Joel S. Milner include:

Psychology
Social Sciences

Within these fields, their work addresses several subfields, such as:

Clinical Psychology
Health
Sociology and Political Science
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
General Health Professions

The primary research topics covered by Joel S. Milner encompass:

Child Abuse and Trauma
Intimate Partner and Family Violence
Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
Migration, Health and Trauma
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
Community Health and Development

Joel S. Milner has contributed to several recent papers, including:

Child physical abuse risk factors: A systematic review and a meta-analysis (2022, Aggression and Violent Behavior)
Effect sizes and effect size benchmarks in family violence research (2023, Child Abuse & Neglect)
Prolonged Infant Crying: Caregiving Quality and Child Physical Abuse Risk (2022, Journal of Interpersonal Violence)
Does the Fading Affect Bias Vary by Memory Type and a Parent's Risk of Physically Abusing a Child? A Replication and Extension (2022, Psychological Reports)
Ability of the United States Air Force Family Needs Screener to Predict Child Maltreatment: A Prospective Study (2020, Military Behavioral Health)

The publication venues where Joel S. Milner frequently publishes include:

Child Abuse & Neglect
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Military Behavioral Health
Aggression and Violent Behavior
Psychological Reports

Joel S. Milner has collaborated multiple times with several co-authors, notably:

Julie L. Crouch
Joe Ammar
Audra P. Jensen
Randy J. McCarthy
John J. Skowronski

Best Publications

The child abuse potential inventory : manual

Joel S. Milner

804
Citations
Assessing physical child abuse risk: The child abuse potential inventory

Joel S. Milner

536
Citations
Predicting the impact of child sexual abuse on women: the role of abuse severity, parental support, and coping strategies.

Lex L. Merrill;Cynthia J. Thomsen;Barbara B. Sinclair;Steven R. Gold

343
Citations
Child Abuse Potential Inventory

J. Milner

326
Citations
Social information processing and physical child abuse

Joel S. Milner

309
Citations
Childhood abuse and sexual revictimization in a female Navy recruit sample.

Lex L. Merrill;Carol E. Newell;Cynthia J. Thomsen;Steven R. Gold

306
Citations
Predictive validity of the child abuse potential inventory.

Joel S. Milner;Ruth G. Gold;Catherine Ayoub;Marion M. Jacewitz

265
Citations
Social information processing in high-risk and physically abusive parents.

Joel S. Milner

236
Citations
Child sexual abuse and number of sexual partners in young women: the role of abuse severity, coping style, and sexual functioning

Lex L. Merrill;Jennifer M. Guimond;Cynthia J. Thomsen;Joel S. Milner

227
Citations
Physical Child Abuse Perpetrator Characteristics A Review of the Literature

Joel S. Milner;Chinni Chilamkurti

210
Citations
Prediction and explanation of child abuse

Joel S. Milner;Ronald C. Wimberley

209
Citations
Social information processing and child physical abuse: theory and research.

Joel S. Milner

203
Citations
Childhood history of abuse and adult child abuse potential

Joel S. Milner;Kevin R. Robertson;Debbie L. Rogers

192
Citations
Prediction and explanation of child abuse: cross-validation of the child abuse potential inventory

Joel S. Milner;Ruth G. Gold;Ronald C. Wimberley

183
Citations
Victim, perpetrator, family, and incident characteristics of 32 infant maltreatment deaths in the United States Air Force

Albert L. Brewster;John P. Nelson;Kent P. Hymel;Donald R. Colby

163
Citations
An inventory for the identification of child abusers.

Joel S. Milner;Ronald C. Wimberley

147
Citations
Empathic responsiveness and affective reactivity to infant stimuli in high- and low-risk for physical child abuse mothers

Joel S. Milner;Lea B. Halsey;Jim Fultz

145
Citations
Childhood physical abuse, early social support, and risk for maltreatment: current social support as a mediator of risk for child physical abuse.

Julie L. Crouch;Joel S. Milner;Cynthia Thomsen

145
Citations
Childhood history of abuse and child abuse screening

John A. Caliso;Joel S. Milner

127
Citations
Evaluations, attributions, affect, and disciplinary choices in mothers at high and low risk for child physical abuse.

M Paz Montes;Joaquı́n de Paúl;Joel S Milner

126
Citations
Childhood maltreatment, childhood social support, and child abuse potential in a Basque sample

J. de Paul;Joel S. Milner;Pedro Múgica

124
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John J. Skowronski Northern Illinois University

Catherine Ayoub Boston Children's Hospital

Mary P. Koss University of Arizona

David J. Bridgett Northern Illinois University

Marinus H. van IJzendoorn University College London

Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg ISPA - University Institute of Psychological, Social and Life Sciences

Joseph R. Bardeen Northern Illinois University

David P. Valentiner Northern Illinois University

Sandra M. Stith Kansas State University

Lenneke R. A. Alink Leiden University

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