| Research with children: Methodological issues and innovative techniques M Fargas-Malet, D McSherry, E Larkin, C Robinson Journal of early childhood research 8 (2), 175-192, 2010 | 805 | 2010 |
| Understanding and addressing the “neglect of neglect”: Why are we making a mole-hill out of a mountain? D McSherry Child abuse & neglect 31 (6), 607-614, 2007 | 215 | 2007 |
| Emotionally harmful parenting D Iwaniec, E Larkin, D McSherry Child Care in Practice 13 (3), 203-220, 2007 | 92 | 2007 |
| Comparing long-term placements for young children in care: Does placement type really matter? D McSherry, MF Malet, K Weatherall Children and Youth Services Review 69, 56-66, 2016 | 76 | 2016 |
| Open adoption: Adoptive parents' experiences of birth family contact and talking to their child about adoption M MacDonald, D McSherry Adoption & Fostering 35 (3), 4-16, 2011 | 64 | 2011 |
| Young children returning home from care: The birth parents' perspective MF Malet, D Mcsherry, E Larkin, G Kelly, C Robinson, D Schubotz Child & Family Social Work 15 (1), 77-86, 2010 | 63 | 2010 |
| Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Examining the relationship between child neglect and poverty D McSherry British Journal of Social Work 34 (5), 727-733, 2004 | 42 | 2004 |
| Constrained adoptive parenthood and family transition: Adopters' experience of unplanned birth family contact in adolescence M MacDonald, D McSherry Child & Family Social Work 18 (1), 87-96, 2013 | 39 | 2013 |
| Who goes where?: Young children's pathways through care in Northern Ireland D McSherry, K Weatherall, E Larkin, MF Malet, G Kelly Adoption & Fostering 34 (2), 23-37, 2010 | 34 | 2010 |
| Comparing long-term placements for young children in care: The care pathways and outcomes study-Northern Ireland D McSherry, MF Malet, K Weatherall British Association for Adoption and Fostering, 2013 | 33 | 2013 |
| From Care to Where? A care pathways and outcomes report for practitioners D Mc Sherry, E Larkin, M Fargas, G Kelly, C Robinson, G Macdonald, ... | 33 | 2008 |
| The mental health and help-seeking behaviour of children and young people in care in Northern Ireland: Making services accessible and engaging M Fargas-Malet, D McSherry British Journal of Social Work 48 (3), 578-595, 2018 | 28 | 2018 |
| Mind your health-the physical and mental health of looked after children and young people in Northern Ireland D McSherry, M Fargas Malet, K McLaughlin, C Adams, N O’Neill, J Cole, ... Queen's University Belfast, 2015 | 24 | 2015 |
| Lest we forget: Remembering the consequences of child neglect—A clarion call to “feisty advocates” D McSherry Child Care in Practice 17 (2), 103-113, 2011 | 20 | 2011 |
| The extent of stability and relational permanence achieved for young children in care in Northern Ireland D McSherry, MF Malet Children Australia 43 (2), 124-134, 2018 | 19 | 2018 |
| Counting the Costs: The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, Social Work, and the Courts D Mc Sherry, D Iwaniec, E Larkin Queen's University Belfast, 2004 | 17 | 2004 |
| The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ): A proxy measure of parenting stress D McSherry, M Fargas Malet, K Weatherall The British Journal of Social Work 49 (1), 96-115, 2019 | 16 | 2019 |
| Residential care in Great Britain and Northern Ireland R Bullock, D McSherry Residential care of children: Comparative perspectives, 20-37, 2009 | 16 | 2009 |
| Adoption from care in Northern Ireland: Problems in the process G Kelly, D McSherry Child & Family Social Work 7 (4), 297-309, 2002 | 15 | 2002 |
| Exploring the relationship between adoption and psychological trauma for children who are adopted from care: a longitudinal case study perspective D McSherry, G McAnee Child Abuse & Neglect 130, 105623, 2022 | 13 | 2022 |
