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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
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 30 Citations 5,671 153 World Ranking 5989 National Ranking 2964

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Social science
  • Mental health

His scientific interests lie mostly in Foster care, Nursing, Mental health, Occupational safety and health and Suicide prevention. His Aging out study in the realm of Foster care interacts with subjects such as Random assignment. His Aging out research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Structured interview, Impact factor and Adult development.

His Nursing research includes themes of Independent living and Affect. His Mental health study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Welfare and MEDLINE. His work on Child abuse as part of general Suicide prevention study is frequently linked to Randomized controlled trial, bridging the gap between disciplines.

His most cited work include:

  • Educational and employment outcomes of adults formerly placed in foster care: Results from the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study (333 citations)
  • Educational and employment outcomes of adults formerly placed in foster care: Results from the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study (333 citations)
  • Assessing the educational achievements of adults who were formerly placed in family foster care (175 citations)

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

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Foster care, Nursing, Welfare, Mental health and Gerontology. In his research on the topic of Foster care, Clinical psychology is strongly related with Psychiatry. Nursing is closely attributed to Occupational safety and health in his study.

His work in Welfare addresses subjects such as Public relations, which are connected to disciplines such as Social work. His Mental health research incorporates themes from Psychological intervention, Substance abuse and Psychosocial. His study in Public health extends to Gerontology with its themes.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Foster care (63.58%)
  • Nursing (32.72%)
  • Welfare (24.69%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2020)?

  • Welfare (24.69%)
  • Foster care (63.58%)
  • Public relations (9.26%)

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

Welfare, Foster care, Public relations, Family medicine and Nursing are his primary areas of study. His Welfare research also works with subjects such as

  • Criminology, which have a strong connection to Economic Justice, Agency and Family preservation,
  • Legal guardian which intersects with area such as Public administration. In his work, Intervention is strongly intertwined with Social work, which is a subfield of Foster care.

His studies deal with areas such as Psychological intervention and Social Welfare as well as Public relations. Peter J. Pecora combines subjects such as Group care and Residential care with his study of Family medicine. His research in the fields of Staffing and Kinship care overlaps with other disciplines such as Sample and Effective safety training.

Between 2016 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Aligning Community Capacity, Networks, and Solutions to Address Adverse Childhood Experiences and Increase Resilience. (8 citations)
  • Advancing the measurement of collective community capacity to address adverse childhood experiences and resilience (5 citations)
  • Effects of an interdisciplinary approach to parental representation in child welfare (4 citations)

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

  • Law
  • Social science
  • Mental health

His primary areas of study are Welfare, Foster care, Public relations, Child abuse and Adverse Childhood Experiences. As part of the same scientific family, Peter J. Pecora usually focuses on Welfare, concentrating on Neglect and intersecting with Intervention. His research integrates issues of Social work and Juvenile court in his study of Foster care.

His study looks at the intersection of Public relations and topics like Psychological intervention with Data collection, Health care, Voluntary sector and State. His work carried out in the field of Adverse Childhood Experiences brings together such families of science as Capacity building, Community organization and Resilience. His Resilience research integrates issues from Economic growth and Poverty.

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Best Publications

Educational and employment outcomes of adults formerly placed in foster care: Results from the Northwest Foster Care Alumni Study

Peter J. Pecora;Peter J. Pecora;Ronald C. Kessler;Kirk O'Brien;Catherine Roller White.
Children and Youth Services Review (2006)

671 Citations

Assessing the educational achievements of adults who were formerly placed in family foster care

Peter J. Pecora;Peter J. Pecora;Jason Williams;Ronald C. Kessler;Eva Hiripi.
Child & Family Social Work (2006)

327 Citations

Maximizing educational achievement of youth in foster care and alumni: Factors associated with success ☆

Peter J. Pecora.
Children and Youth Services Review (2012)

314 Citations

Mental health of current and former recipients of foster care: a review of recent studies in the USA

Peter J. Pecora;Peter J. Pecora;Catherine Roller White;Lovie J. Jackson;Tamera Wiggins.
Child & Family Social Work (2009)

257 Citations

Families in Crisis: The Impact of Intensive Family Preservation Services

Mark W. Fraser;Peter J. Pecora;David Haapala.
(1991)

252 Citations

Providing better opportunities for older children in the child welfare system.

Ruth Massinga;Peter J. Pecora.
The Future of Children (2004)

240 Citations

Mental health services for children placed in foster care: an overview of current challenges.

Peter J. Pecora;Peter S. Jensen;Lisa Hunter Romanelli;Lovie J. Jackson.
Child Welfare (2009)

234 Citations

Risk assessment as a practice method in child protective services.

Diana J. English;Peter J. Pecora.
Child Welfare (1994)

220 Citations

An experiment in family reunification: Correlates of outcomes at one-year follow-up

Mark W. Fraser;Elaine Walton;Robert E. Lewis;Peter J. Pecora.
Children and Youth Services Review (1996)

198 Citations

Evaluating Family-Based Services

Peter J. Pecora.
(1995)

187 Citations

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