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54
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9896
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4639
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Melissa Jonson-Reid 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 Melissa Jonson-Reid sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 174 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Melissa Jonson-Reid 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 Melissa Jonson-Reid sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Melissa Jonson-Reid is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology, Social Sciences, and Health Professions, with significant contributions to Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, and Safety Research.

The main topics addressed in Jonson-Reid's work include:

  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Child Welfare and Adoption
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Health disparities and outcomes

Jonson-Reid has published extensively, with recent papers that reflect ongoing investigations in child welfare and social work contexts. Selected recent publications include:

  • Research to Consider While Effectively Re-Designing Child Welfare Services, 2021, Research on Social Work Practice
  • Outcomes following child welfare services: what are they and do they differ for black children?, 2020, Journal of Public Child Welfare
  • Racial/Ethnic Differences in Child Protective Services Reporting, Substantiation and Placement, With Comparison to Non-CPS Risks and Outcomes: 2005-2019, 2023, Child Maltreatment
  • A Practical Framework for Considering the Use of Predictive Risk Modeling in Child Welfare, 2020, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
  • Longitudinal Understanding of Child Maltreatment Report Risks, 2020, Child Abuse & Neglect

Jonson-Reid frequently collaborates with other researchers. Prominent co-authors include Brett Drake, Jun-Hong Chen, Richard P. Barth, Dylan Jones, and Hyunil Kim. These collaborations have produced a substantial body of work advancing the understanding of child welfare, protective services, and related sociopolitical factors.

Publications by Jonson-Reid are commonly found in several key academic venues, reflecting a focus on child welfare, social work practice, and related social issues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Child Abuse & Neglect
  • Children and Youth Services Review
  • Child Maltreatment
  • Research on Social Work Practice
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Overall, Jonson-Reid's work integrates empirical research and applied perspectives within child welfare and trauma-related fields. The emphasis on racial and ethnic disparities within child protective services and on predictive modeling frameworks underscores a commitment to addressing systemic and methodological challenges in these areas.

Best Publications

  • Lifetime Prevalence of Investigating Child Maltreatment Among US Children

    Hyunil Kim;Christopher Wildeman;Melissa Jonson-Reid;Brett Drake

  • Time to Leave Substantiation Behind: Findings From A National Probability Study

    Patricia L. Kohl;Melissa Jonson-Reid;Brett Drake

  • Child and Adult Outcomes of Chronic Child Maltreatment

    Melissa Jonson-Reid;Patricia L. Kohl;Brett Drake

  • Racial Bias in Child Protection? A Comparison of Competing Explanations Using National Data

    Brett Drake;Jennifer M. Jolley;Paul Lanier;John D. Fluke

  • From placement to prison: The path to adolescent incarceration from child welfare supervised foster or group care

    Melissa Jonson-Reid;Richard P. Barth

  • From maltreatment report to juvenile incarceration: the role of child welfare services.

    Melissa Jonson-Reid;Richard P Barth

  • Substantiation and recidivism.

    Brett Drake;Melissa Jonson-Reid;Ineke Way;Sulki Chung

  • Race and child maltreatment reporting: Are Blacks overrepresented?

    Brett Drake;Sang Moo Lee;Melissa Jonson-Reid

  • A prospective analysis of the relationship between reported child maltreatment and special education eligibility among poor children

    Melissa Jonson-Reid;Brett Drake;Jaeyeun Kim;Shirley Porterfield

  • Is the overrepresentation of the poor in child welfare caseloads due to bias or need

    Melissa Jonson-Reid;Brett Drake;Patricia L. Kohl

  • Poverty and Child Maltreatment

    Brett Drake;Melissa Jonson-Reid

  • Child Maltreatment and Pediatric Health Outcomes: A Longitudinal Study of Low-income Children

    Paul Lanier;Melissa Jonson-Reid;Mary Jo Stahlschmidt;Brett Drake

  • Youth violence and exposure to violence in childhood: An ecological review

    Melissa Jonson-Reid

  • Cross-type recidivism among child maltreatment victims and perpetrators.

    Melissa Jonson-Reid;Brett Drake;Seockhoon Chung;Ineke Way

  • Rereporting of child maltreatment: Does participation in other public sector services moderate the likelihood of a second maltreatment report?

    Brett Drake;Melissa Jonson-Reid;Lina Sapokaite

  • Neglect subtypes, race, and poverty: individual, family, and service characteristics.

    Melissa Jonson-Reid;Brett Drake;Pan Zhou

  • Exploring the relationship between child welfare intervention and juvenile corrections involvement

    Melissa Jonson-Reid

  • Academic Self-Efficacy among African American Youths: Implications for School Social Work Practice.

    Melissa Jonson-Reid;Larry Davis;Jeanne Saunders;Trina Williams

  • Mental Health Problems and Sexual Abuse Among Adolescents in Foster Care: Relationship to HIV Risk Behaviors and Intentions

    Wendy F. Auslander;J. Curtis McMillen;Diane Elze;Ron Thompson

  • Teachers' perspectives of children's mental health service needs in urban elementary schools

    James Herbert Williams;Violet E. Horvath;Hsi-Sheng Wei;Richard A. Van Dorn

  • Group Care and Young Children

    Jill Duerr Berrick;Richard P. Barth;Barbara Needell;Melissa Jonson-Reid

  • The Tender Years: Toward Developmentally Sensitive Child Welfare Services for Very Young Children. Child Welfare Series.

    Jill Duerr Berrick;Barbara Needell;Richard P. Barth;Melissa Jonson-Reid

Frequent Co-Authors

Brett Drake
Brett Drake Washington University in St. Louis
Richard P. Barth
Richard P. Barth University of Maryland, Baltimore
Jill Duerr Berrick
Jill Duerr Berrick University of California, Berkeley
John N. Constantino
John N. Constantino Washington University in St. Louis
Nancy Morrow-Howell
Nancy Morrow-Howell Washington University in St. Louis
Edward L. Spitznagel
Edward L. Spitznagel Washington University in St. Louis
Carol S. North
Carol S. North The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
David E. Pollio
David E. Pollio National Institutes of Health
Carolyn E. Sartor
Carolyn E. Sartor Yale University
Luis H. Zayas
Luis H. Zayas The University of Texas at Austin

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