According to Google Scholar, my work has been cited 1100+ times, and my h-index is 16.
Zhai, S., Palermo, T. M., Shenoi, S., Demiris, G., Howard, W. J., Kientz, J., Yuwen, W., Ward, T. M. (2025). A shared-management web-based intervention for sleep deficiency in school-age children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis and their parents: feasibility and acceptability study. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 21(6), 1007-1021. [Impact Factor 4.2], (Cite, Source Document)
Dervan, L., Garros, D., Howard, W. J., & Roumeliotis, N. (2025). Prevalence and Predictors of Home Discharge from the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Critical Care Explorations, 7(5), e1266. [Impact Factor 2.7] (PDF, Cite, Source Document)
McKinney, C., Howard, W. J., Bijlani, K., Kinter, S., Crerand, C., Dang, R., Jackson, O., Discolo, C., Rosenman, M., Mendonca, E., Dickinson, K., Heike C. (2025). A Retrospective Cohort Study of Growth in Children with Orofacial Cleft in 8 US Hospitals. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 125(4), 537-544. [Impact Factor 4.0] (PDF, Cite, Source Document)
Ross, F., Tjoeng, L., Chan, T., Tan, J., Howard, W. J., & Jimenez, N. (2025). The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Congenital Heart Surgery Outcomes: Data from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database. Anesthesia & Analgesia [Impact Factor 4.6] (Source Document)
Kim, S., Kim, L., Howard, W. J., McNulty, B., Salehi, P. (2024). Aberrant Behavior Checklist in Youth with Prader-Willi Syndrome: Preliminary Study of Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Behavior Characterization. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A [Impact Factor 2.249] (PDF, Cite, Source Document)
Webb, S. J., Howard, W. J., Garrison, M., Corrigan, S., Quinata, S., Taylor, L., & Christakis, D. A. (2024). Mobile Media Content Exposure and Toddlers Responses to Attention Prompts and Behavioral Requests. JAMA Network Open, 7(7), e2418492-e2418492. [Impact Factor 13.8] (PDF, Cite, Source Document, Altmetric)
McKinney, C. M., Howard, W. J., Bijlani, K., Rahman, M., Meehan, A., Evans, K. N., Leavitt, D., Sitzman, T. J., Amoako-Yirenkyi, P., & Heike, C. L. (2024). Growth patterns between 0 to 36 months of age among US children with orofacial cleft: A retrospective cohort study. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. [Impact Factor 4.7] (PDF, Cite, Source Document)
Law, E. F., Tham, S. W., Howard, W. J., Ward, T. M., & Palermo, T. M. (2024). Executive Functioning and Self-Management Processes Mediate the Relationship between Insomnia and Pain-Related Disability. The Journal of Pain. [Impact Factor 5.559] (PDF, Cite, Source Document)
Boyd, B. A., Howard, W. J., Bodfish, J. W., Lecavalier, L., Harrop, C., Jones, D., Dallman, A., Kalburgi, S. N., & Hollway J. (2024). Examining Sensitivity to Developmental Changes on the Behavioral Inflexibility Scale. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1-10. [Impact Factor 5.258] (PDF, Cite, Source Document)
Okech, D., Howard, W. J., Matthew, R. A., & Purser, G. L. (2020). The effects of sociodemographic variables on the economic behaviour of poorer households in the US and Kenya: a cross-national analyses. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 1-19. [Impact Factor 0.69] (PDF, Cite, Source Document)
Okech, D., Hansen, N., Howard, W. J., Anarfi, J. K., & Burns, A. C. (2018). Social support, dysfunctional coping, and community reintegration as predictors of PTSD among human trafficking survivors. Behavioral Medicine, 44(3), 209-218. [Impact Factor 2.442] (PDF, Cite, Source Document)
Desai, A. D., Jacob-Files, E. A., Lowry, S. J., Opel, D. J., Mangione-Smith, R., Britto, M. T., & Howard, W. J. (2018). Development of a Caregivers Reported Experience Measure for Pediatric Hospital-to-Home Transitions. Health Services Research. Behavioral Health Services Research, 53(S1), 3084-3106. [Impact Factor 1.769] (PDF, Cite, Source Document)
Malik, F. S., Yi-Frazier, J. P., Taplin, C. E., Roth, C. L., Whitlock, K. B., Howard, W. J., & Pihoker, C. (2018). Improving the Care of Youth with Type 1 Diabetes with a Novel Medical-Legal Community Intervention: The Diabetes Community Care Ambassador Program. The Diabetes Educator, 44(2) 168-177. [Impact Factor 1.736] (PDF, Cite, Source Document)
Okech, D., McGarity, S. V., Hansen, N., Burns, A. C., & Howard, W. J. (2018). Financial capability and sociodemographic factors among survivors of human trafficking. Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work, 15(2), 123-136. (PDF, Cite, Source Document)
Stein, E., Howard, W. J., Rowhani-Rahbar, A., Rivara, F. P., Zatzick, D., & McCarty, C. A. (2017). Longitudinal trajectories of post-concussive and depressive symptoms in adolescents with prolonged recovery from concussion. Brain injury, 31(13-14), 1736-1744. [Impact Factor 2.061] (PDF, Cite, Source Document)
Simon, T. D., Whitlock K. B., Haaland, W., Wright, D. R., Hood, M., Zhou, C., Neff, J., Howard, W. J., Cartin, B., & Mangione-Smith, R. (2017). Effectiveness of a comprehensive case management service for children with medical complexity. Pediatrics, 140(6) e20171641. [Impact Factor 5.515] (PDF, Cite, Source Document)
Law, E. F., Fisher, E., Howard, W. J., Levy, R., Ritterband, L., & Palermo, T. M. (2017). Longitudinal change in parent and child functioning after internet-delivered cognitive-behavioral therapy for chronic pain. PAIN, 158(10), 1992-2000. [Impact Factor 5.559] (PDF, Cite, Source Document)
Nicholson, J., Deboeck, P. R., & Howard, W. J. (2017). Attrition in developmental psychology: A review of modern missing data reporting and practices. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 41(1) 143-153. [Impact Factor 1.760] (PDF, Cite, Source Document)
Howard, W. J., Rhemtulla, M., & Little, T. D. (2015). Using principal component analysis (PCA) to obtain auxiliary variables for missing data in large data sets. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 50(3), 285-299. [Impact Factor 3.691] (PDF, Cite, Source Document)
Chan, C. S., Rhodes, J. E., Howard, W. J., Lowe, S. R., Schwartz, S. E., & Herrera, C. (2013). Pathways of influence in school-based mentoring: The mediating role of parent and teacher relationships. Journal of School Psychology, 51(1), 129-142. [Impact Factor 2.299] (PDF, Cite, Source Document)
Greenwood, C. R., Buzhardt, J., Walker, D., McCune, L., & Howard, W. J. (2013). Advancing the construct validity of the Early Communication Indicator (ECI) for infants and toddlers: Equivalence of growth trajectories across two early head start samples. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 28(4), 743-758. [Impact Factor 2.364] (PDF, Cite, Source Document)
Greenwood, C. R., Walker, D., Buzhardt, J., Howard, W. J., McCune, L., & Anderson, R. A., (2013). Evidence of a continuum in foundational expressive communication skills. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 28, 540-554. [Impact Factor 2.364] (PDF, Cite, Source Document)
Okech, D., Howard, W. J., Mauldin, T., Mimura, Y., & Kim, J. (2012). The Effects of Economic Pressure on the Resilience and Strengths of Individuals Living in Extreme Poverty. Journal of Poverty, 16(4), 429-446. (PDF, Cite, Source Document)
Okech, D., Howard, W. J., & Kim, J. (2012). Efficacy and agency among poor families with and without children. Child & Family Social Work, 17(2) 1-12. (PDF, Cite, Source Document)
Buzhardt, J., Greenwood, C. R., Walker, D., Anderson, R., Howard, W. J., & Carta, J. J. (2011). Effects of web-based support on early head start home visitors use of evidence-based intervention decision making and growth in children’s expressive communication. NHSA Dialog: A Research-to-Practice Journal for the Early Childhood Field, 14(3), 121-146. (PDF, Cite, Source Document)
Greenwood, C. R., Buzhardt, J., Walker, D., Howard, W. J., & Anderson, R. A. (2011). Program-level influences on the measurement of early communication of infants and toddlers in Early Head Start. Journal of Early Intervention, 33(2), 110-134. [Impact Factor 1.241] (PDF, Cite, Source Document)