| Bias, racism and evidence-based practice: The case for more focused development of the child welfare evidence base SJ Wells, LM Merritt, HE Briggs Children and Youth Services Review 31 (11), 1160-1171, 2009 | 119 | 2009 |
| Predictors of maltreatment recurrence at two milestones in the life of a case TL Fuller, SJ Wells, EE Cotton Children and Youth Services Review 23 (1), 49-78, 2001 | 109 | 2001 |
| Predicting maltreatment recurrence among CPS cases with alcohol and other drug involvement TL Fuller, SJ Wells Children and Youth Services Review 25 (7), 553-569, 2003 | 108 | 2003 |
| Cultural adaptations to augment health and mental health services: a systematic review P Healey, ML Stager, K Woodmass, AJ Dettlaff, A Vergara, R Janke, ... BMC Health Services Research 17 (1), 8, 2017 | 95 | 2017 |
| Child protective services: research for the future. SJ Wells Child welfare 73 (5), 431-447, 1993 | 90 | 1993 |
| The meaning of quality in kinship foster care: Caregiver, child, and worker perspectives R Chipman, SJ Wells, MA Johnson Families in Society 83 (5), 508-520, 2002 | 86 | 2002 |
| Child protection and justice systems processing of serious child abuse and neglect cases AJ Sedlak, D Schultz, SJ Wells, P Lyons, HJ Doueck, F Gragg Child Abuse & Neglect 30 (6), 657-677, 2006 | 73 | 2006 |
| The decision to investigate: Child protection practice in 12 local agencies SJ Wells, JD Fluke, CH Brown Children and Youth Services Review 17 (4), 523-546, 1995 | 68 | 1995 |
| Gatekeeping in child protective services: A survey of screening policies. JD Downing, SJ Wells, J Fluke Child Welfare 69 (4), 357-69, 1990 | 62 | 1990 |
| Screening in child protective services SJ Wells, TJ Stein, J Fluke, J Downing Social Work 34 (1), 45-48, 1989 | 51 | 1989 |
| Ecological factors and screening in child protective services SJ Wells, P Lyons, HJ Doueck, CH Brown, J Thomas Children and Youth Services Review 26 (10), 981-997, 2004 | 50 | 2004 |
| Selecting outcome measures for child welfare settings: Lessons for use in performance management SJ Wells, MA Johnson Children and Youth Services Review 23 (2), 169-199, 2001 | 50 | 2001 |
| Using classification and regression trees (CART) to support worker decision making MA Johnson, CH Brown, SJ Wells Social Work Research 26 (1), 19-29, 2002 | 46 | 2002 |
| Reducing recurrence in child protective services: impact of a targeted safety protocol J Fluke, M Edwards, M Bussey, S Wells, W Johnson Child Maltreatment 6 (3), 207-218, 2001 | 45 | 2001 |
| Caffeine: implications of recent research for clinical practice. SJ Wells American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 54 (3), 375, 1984 | 44 | 1984 |
| Children and the child welfare system SJ Wells In Weil, M. & Karls, J. M., Case management in human service practice, 119-144, 1985 | 41* | 1985 |
| Evaluation of the Pennsylvania approach to risk assessment J Fluke, S Wells, P England, W Walsh, D English, W Johnson, T Gamble, ... Seventh national roundtable on CPS risk assessment: Summary of highlights …, 1993 | 40 | 1993 |
| Child abuse and neglect SJ Wells, G Johnson In C. Franklin (Ed.) Encyclopedia of social work, Revision of 2008 publication., 2016 | 34* | 2016 |
| Responding to reports of child abuse and neglect SJ Wells, J Downing, JD Fluke Child & youth services 15 (2), 63-72, 1991 | 34* | 1991 |
| Indicators of quality in kinship foster care LA Falconnier, NM Tomasello, HJ Doueck, SJ Wells, H Luckey, ... Families in society 91 (4), 415-420, 2010 | 32 | 2010 |
Michelle Johnson-MotoyamaProfessor & Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, The Ohio State University College of Social WorkVerified email at osu.edu
