| 1 | Music therapy for depression | The Cochrane Library | 2017 | 368 |
| 2 | The Effects of Improvisational Music Therapy on Joint Attention Behaviors in Autistic Children: A Randomized Controlled Study | Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | 2008 | 273 |
| 3 | Music therapy for people with autism spectrum disorder | The Cochrane Library | 2016 | 225 |
| 4 | Music Therapy for Preterm Infants and Their Parents: A Meta-analysis | Pediatrics | 2016 | 175 |
| 5 | Individual music therapy for agitation in dementia: an exploratory randomized controlled trial | Aging and Mental Health | 2013 | 172 |
| 6 | Effects of Improvisational Music Therapy vs Enhanced Standard Care on Symptom Severity Among Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2017 | 148 |
| 7 | Music therapy for people with schizophrenia and schizophrenia-like disorders | The Cochrane Library | 2017 | 139 |
| 8 | Music Therapy and Other Music-Based Interventions in Pediatric Health Care: An Overview | Medicines (Basel, Switzerland) | 2019 | 137 |
| 9 | Validity and reliability of electroencephalographic frontal alpha asymmetry and frontal midline theta as biomarkers for depression | Scandinavian Journal of Psychology | 2013 | 130 |
| 10 | Family‐centred music therapy to promote social engagement in young children with severe autism spectrum disorder: a randomized controlled study | Child: Care, Health and Development | 2014 | 120 |
| 11 | The effect of music therapy on cognitive functions in patients with dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Aging and Mental Health | 2018 | 101 |
| 12 | Maternal–Infant Bonding and Its Relationships with Maternal Depressive Symptoms, Stress and Anxiety in the Early Postpartum Period in a Polish Sample | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 2020 | 95 |
| 13 | The additional therapeutic effect of group music therapy for schizophrenic patients: a randomized study | Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica | 2007 | 85 |
| 14 | The Therapeutic Relationship as Predictor of Change in Music Therapy with Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder | Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | 2017 | 81 |
| 15 | Randomised controlled trial of improvisational music therapy's effectiveness for children with autism spectrum disorders (TIME-A): study protocol | BMC Pediatrics | 2012 | 67 |
| 16 | Tracing the temporal stability of autism spectrum diagnosis and severity as measured by the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule: A systematic review and meta-analysis | PLoS ONE | 2017 | 67 |
| 17 | Music therapy for autistic people | The Cochrane Library | 2022 | 62 |
| 18 | Music therapy for children with autism: investigating social behaviour through music | The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health | 2019 | 50 |
| 19 | Music Therapy for Prisoners | International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology | 2014 | 49 |
| 20 | Music Interventions for Dementia and Depression in ELderly care (MIDDEL): protocol and statistical analysis plan for a multinational cluster-randomised trial | BMJ Open | 2019 | 49 |
| 21 | Defining Attachment and Bonding: Overlaps, Differences and Implications for Music Therapy Clinical Practice and Research in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 2021 | 48 |
| 22 | Patient’s and health care provider’s perspectives on music therapy in palliative care – an integrative review | BMC Palliative Care | 2018 | 46 |
| 23 | Longitudinal Study of music Therapy’s Effectiveness for Premature infants and their caregivers (LongSTEP): protocol for an international randomised trial | BMJ Open | 2019 | 45 |
| 24 | The effect of improvisational music therapy on the treatment of depression: protocol for a randomised controlled trial | BMC Psychiatry | 2008 | 43 |
| 25 | Effects of music production on cortical plasticity within cognitive rehabilitation of patients with mild traumatic brain injury | Brain Injury | 2018 | 41 |
| 26 | Music therapy for improving mental health problems of offenders in correctional settings: systematic review and meta-analysis | Journal of Experimental Criminology | 2016 | 38 |
| 27 | Paternal Postpartum Bonding and Its Predictors in the Early Postpartum Period: Cross-Sectional Study in a Polish Cohort | Frontiers in Psychology | 2021 | 34 |
| 28 | Short-term Music Therapy for Families With Preterm Infants: A Randomized Trial | Pediatrics | 2022 | 32 |
| 29 | Music therapy for people with substance use disorders | The Cochrane Library | 2022 | 30 |
| 30 | A Theoretical Model of Resource-Oriented Music Therapy with Informal Hospice Caregivers during Pre-Bereavement | Journal of Music Therapy | 2018 | 27 |
| 31 | Neuroplastic Effects in Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury After Music-Supported Therapy | Frontiers in Human Neuroscience | 2019 | 25 |
| 32 | Associations of Maternal-Infant Bonding with Maternal Mental Health, Infant’s Characteristics and Socio-Demographical Variables in the Early Postpartum Period: A Cross-Sectional Study | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 2021 | 24 |
| 33 | Attunement in Music Therapy for Young Children with Autism: Revisiting Qualities of Relationship as Mechanisms of Change | Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | 2020 | 22 |
| 34 | Feasibility of the music therapy assessment tool for awareness in disorders of consciousness (MATADOC) for use with pediatric populations | Frontiers in Psychology | 2015 | 19 |
| 35 | Enhancing the efficacy of integrative improvisational music therapy in the treatment of depression: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial | Trials | 2019 | 19 |
| 36 | Rhythmic Relating: Bidirectional Support for Social Timing in Autism Therapies | Frontiers in Psychology | 2022 | 19 |
| 37 | Estimating Components and Costs of Standard Care for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Europe from a Large International Sample | Brain Sciences | 2021 | 18 |
| 38 | Effect of Music Therapy on Parent-Infant Bonding Among Infants Born Preterm | JAMA Network Open | 2023 | 16 |
| 39 | Reliability of the Music in Everyday Life (MEL) Scale: A Parent-Report Assessment for Children on the Autism Spectrum | Journal of Music Therapy | 2018 | 15 |
| 40 | The LongSTEP approach: Theoretical framework and intervention protocol for using parent-driven infant-directed singing as resource-oriented music therapy | Nordic Journal of Music Therapy | 2022 | 14 |
| 41 | Potential Psychological and Biological Mechanisms Underlying the Effectiveness of Neonatal Music Therapy during Kangaroo Mother Care for Preterm Infants and Their Parents | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 2021 | 14 |
| 42 | Special section: music therapy for people with autistic spectrum disorder | Nordic Journal of Music Therapy | 2011 | 12 |
| 43 | Improvisation and meaning | International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being | 2013 | 12 |
| 44 | In Visible Hands: The Matter and Making of Music Therapy | Journal of Music Therapy | 2015 | 12 |
| 45 | The gendering of musical instruments: what is it? Why does it matter to music therapy? | Nordic Journal of Music Therapy | 2017 | 12 |
| 46 | Developing consensus description of group music therapy characteristics for persons with dementia | Nordic Journal of Music Therapy | 2021 | 12 |
| 47 | Do we understand children's restlessness? Constructing ecologically valid understandings through reflexive cooperation | International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being | 2015 | 10 |
| 48 | Correspondence in Stakeholder Assessment of Health, Work Capacity and Sick Leave in Workers with Comorbid Subjective Health Complaints? A Video Vignette Study | Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation | 2015 | 10 |
| 49 | Evaluating feasibility of the LongSTEP (Longitudinal study of music therapy’s effectiveness for premature infants and their caregivers) protocol with a Polish cohort | Nordic Journal of Music Therapy | 2020 | 10 |
| 50 | Dance/Movement Therapists’ Attitudes and Actions Regarding LGBTQI and Gender Nonconforming Communities | American Journal of Dance Therapy | 2018 | 9 |
