International Social Work

Papers
(The median citation count of International Social Work is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
News from our societies - IAASW: Social Workers and Social Work Educators as Agents and Teachers of Peace46
News from our societies: IFSW Social workers play a crucial role in achieving SDGs – reflections from the 27th IFSW Asia-Pacific conference, November 202320
‘Social work as a shared dream’19
Eliminating gender-based violence can unlock the solutions to ending all violence17
Designing and developing a virtual reality escape game for youth vocational rehabilitation17
The experience of violence of Syrian women living in Konya: An intersectional study through the narratives of service providers14
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)13
COVID-19 and mental health services delivery at Ingutsheni Central Hospital in Zimbabwe: Lessons for psychiatric social work practice12
Inclusive integrated care for LGBTQ+ families: An exploratory qualitative study in the United Kingdom12
Social work in a global context: The case of Ghana11
Social work in Azerbaijan: Achievements and challenges of the profession10
COVID-19 and client violence toward healthcare social workers in Chile10
‘Respect’ and ‘justice’ for whom? Culturally irresponsive ethical practices with refugee communities10
Whose life matters? A call for social work action in response to a global humanitarian crisis9
Challenges for social work with older people in the first COVID-19 pandemic state of emergency in Portugal9
Designing and compiling the protocol of specialized interventions of hospital social workers in crisis situations in Iran9
Romanians’ fears linked to the social work system: Too many people take advantage without needing help9
News from our societies: ICSW – Towards the summit of the future8
News from our societies – ICSW: No one left behind: social welfare for everyone everywhere on the planet8
News from our societies: IFSW8
Beyond institutions: Non-governmental organisations’ beneficiaries’ role in poverty reduction8
Developing a ‘defamilisation framework’ to examine the strategies for promoting the adult worker model and women’s welfare in eight European countries8
A phenomenological study of addiction recovery at a model drug abuse center, Social Welfare Department, Punjab, Pakistan7
Decolonizing social work: Lessons for social work practice and education from the Jamaican Diaspora transnational movement7
ISW Journal Prize 20237
Mentoring social work adjunct educators: A collaborative autoethnography provides a blueprint for support7
Addressing food insecurity in Africa: Strategies for ensuring child-sensitive social protection7
News from our societies: IFSW - Co-Building a New Eco-Social World: Leaving No One Behind7
News from our societies: IASSW6
The way we were and the vision ahead: A 5-year review and renewal of International Social Work6
Creating a world social work map: The need for an International Social Work Observatory (ISWO)6
The unique and the invariant in the field of social work: The comparison of Lithuania, Japan, and the United States6
How the environment is conceptualised and represented globally in social work codes of ethics6
Gaps between academia and practice: Perspectives on new graduates’ readiness for social work practice in Georgia6
The different roles of productive aging activities in the life satisfaction of older adults in urban and rural China6
The impact of teaching culture online during COVID-196
Urgency and relevance of feminist social work to curb domestic violence amid COVID-196
Personal and environmental factors associated with self-reported resilience among social workers5
Abstracts (French, Spanish)5
Residential care settings for children in the Philippines: Examining their transnational and neocolonial characteristics and the implications for children’s social welfare5
The effect of climate change anxiety on social work students in Turkey5
‘Raising their voices’: Explaining the policy practice of minority social workers in multicultural societies5
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)5
Manifestations and drivers of secondary trauma among service providers working with Syrian refugees: A mixed-methods study from Istanbul, Turkey5
Raising the ‘environmental question’ in social work in Canada and Scotland5
A practical study of the main transformations from social welfare to social development in Lesotho: Success factors, challenges and prospects5
Perspectives on psychosocial support services for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and child victims of abuse in Türkiye5
Bridging the gaps in service delivery: Using social audit as tool of social work practice – Insights from short-term training course5
Consequences of client violence towards the social worker: A systematic review5
Is indigenisation a social justice risk? Exploring indigenisation of social work in Africa through the lens of universalism versus relativism of social work ethics and values5
Serving the affected: Role of social workers during the pandemic4
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)4
Social work and mutuality4
Research knowledge utilisation among Swedish health social workers: Influence of higher education, job tenure and workplace4
Resilience-based intervention for youth: An initial investigation of school social work program in Kuwait4
Financial technology (Fintech): A social work response4
The association between trajectories of marital status and successful aging varies by sex: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)4
Factors associated with the prevalence of diarrhoea among children in rural areas of Enugu State, Nigeria: Practice considerations for social workers4
Validation of the social provisions scale in a sample of undergraduate students of social work in Spain4
Troubled times: Canadian social workers’ early adversities, mental health, and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic4
Learning through simulation: A systematic literature review of the use of virtual reality and augmented reality in social work education4
Indigenous methods and knowledge: Maternal health policy and practice in Ethiopia, Africa4
An exploratory study on the challenges faced by social workers working with transnational families in Singapore3
COVID-19 feminist framework and biopsychosocial-spiritual perspective for social workers and mental health practitioners to manage violence, abuse, and trauma against children, women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ3
HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitudes among social work students: A comparative study3
Social work with families in the pandemic of COVID-19: Ten challenges facing families3
News from our societies – ICSW: Weaving alliances3
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)3
Challenges in making school social work a reality in Brazilian schools3
Non-governmental organizations’ enablers of asset accumulation and poverty reduction in Zimbabwe3
Poverty in Arab-Palestinian society in Israel: Social work perspectives before and during COVID-193
Lived experience: A constant companion for the social work relationship3
Social work graduates’ professional socialisation and identity: Perceptions and experiences of social workers and supervisors3
Environmental social work through the African philosophy of Ubuntu: A conceptual analysis3
The doctor, development and (un)sociable monkey: An autoethnography of a social worker3
Minority group local government mayors and their relations with welfare bureau social workers3
A community of practice approach for school-based developmental social work in South Africa: Reflections of social workers3
Undocumented migrants: A special category of concern for social work services3
‘We were social ICUs’: Qualitative study on the perception of the impact of Covid-19 on social work professionals in Spain3
Strategic processes to further the professional status of social work in Nigeria3
What theories and methods do social workers report using in their practice? A scoping review3
Deconstructing bias: The decision-making process among child protective service workers in Chile3
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)3
Beyond the state: Developments and trends in critical social work in Switzerland and Hungary3
‘All social work takes place in a macro context’: The gap between international social work training and practice3
Bridging the know–do gap in African road safety through social work3
‘Earthquake of the century’ and its aftermath: Reflections on social work practices implemented in the first hours of the disaster at a hospital in Türkiye2
Recognition, social work and homelessness2
‘Thrown into a pit’: Early-career social workers’ preparedness for practice2
Work-related stressors accompanying school social workers while assessing children’s well-being: A comparative study between Germany and Finland2
Interdisciplinary Bridging Response Teams in the COVID-19 outbreak aid provision in China2
A bridge over the troubled water: The roles and functions of social workers in the divided world2
Social work and funeral service: A proposed framework for practice2
Living arrangements and intergenerational support among older Chinese: Does the gender of the co-resident adult children make a difference?2
Roles of health care social workers in a multi-professional team: A qualitative study in the context of China2
Are residential care homes really bad for children? Voices of alumni of residential child and youth care in Trinidad and Tobago2
Social work field education in the United Arab Emirates: Emerging standards, opportunities, and challenges2
Quality of life among indigenous and Afro-descendant Chilean older people: A persistent inequality gap2
Alienated social workers in China’s communities: The impacts of role stress, professional efficacy, and state interventions2
Citizenship and multicultural social work: Challenges and opportunities of ethnic minority youth in political engagement in Hong Kong2
Child Well-Being and Rights in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Considerations for Social Work Practice and Acknowledging their Sacrifices2
‘Everybody needs to be on board’: Individual and organisational youth worker experiences of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy training and implementation in a multi-cultural Singaporean context2
Writing reports in social work: Characteristics, correctness and style2
The utilisation of Ubuntu across cultures: A case study of a rural development programme in China2
Child protection social workers facing the Covid-19 challenge2
Feminisms in social work and social care: Backwards, forwards or something in between2
Social work with frustrations: What can we do? How do we stay hopeful?2
Motivational factors among social work undergraduates in online education during the post-COVID-19 era2
Working and learning from home during COVID-19: International experiences among social work educators and students2
Providing virtual suicide prevention groups for people experiencing suicidality: Pivoting service delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic2
Psychological distress, work–family conflict and family life satisfaction: A quantitative study of social workers in the UK2
Addressing the issue of child sexual abuse in Pakistan: A conceptual analysis2
News from our societies: IFSW2
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)2
A closer look at Thailand’s COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the health and education of children with invisible disabilities1
Responding to COVID-19 in social work field education in Australia, New Zealand and the United States1
Erratum to International Social Work Volume 65 Issue 11
Social work in the face of emerging technologies: A technological acceptance study in 13 countries1
New conceptual categories to attend to the new relationships of domination found in Latin America1
Application of social work in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals for children: A case study from Abkhazia1
Coping strategies among middle-aged and older cancer survivors in Japan: A qualitative study1
Working for peace: Conflict and social work practice in the divided Cyprus1
‘From volunteer to social worker’1
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)1
Golden opportunities for resolving students’ emotional disturbance in learning social work values: A 3Ps approach in f ieldwork practicum1
News from our societies: IAASW1
A systematic review of cultural competence educational techniques in social work education1
Policy response for disadvantaged groups during the COVID-19 pandemic: Vietnam experiences1
Professional concepts in preventing and countering Islamist radicalization: Insights from practitioners in Germany1
African migrants and stress coping strategies in Australia: Implications for social work1
Rethinking clinical empathy: The relevance of empathy affect in child welfare work in Chile1
Global forensic social work education: A cross-national comparison of education models in 10 countries1
Bibliometric analysis of social work in the COVID-19 pandemic1
Walking with and empowering family caregivers – Roles and functions of social workers1
Supervision of supervisory practice: From idea to practice1
International social work is both the South and the North1
Five pillars of well-being for social work in times of local and global challenges1
National Strategy for a Barrier-Free Environment: Problems, tolerance and implementation1
Social work beyond the pandemic: Exploring social work values for a new eco-social world1
International social work at the time of wars1
Reimagining Indigenised social work in Uganda: Voices of practitioners1
Ubuntu and its potential impact on the international social work profession1
Social work post-disaster response in Iran: A case study of the 2019 mass flooding in Poldokhtar, Lorestan1
The environment has rights: Eco-spiritual social work through ubuntu philosophy and Pachamama: A commentary1
Sacrifices for child rights and well-being during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Considerations for social work1
Surviving on the margins: Volunteers’ agency to survive poverty and vulnerability in Zimbabwe1
‘What’s at stake?’ An exploration on the merits and drawbacks of the Welcome Corps Program, a private sponsorship of refugees1
Positioning structural social work in Indian context1
Trajectories of incorporation and the socioeconomic status of immigrants in Spain during the economic crisis: The case of the Basque Country1
Indigenization–internationalization debate and Bangladesh strategies in international social work and women’s development1
Moral distress in South African child protection social workers: A qualitative study1
News from our societies – ICSW: Beyond the pandemic: Challenges for social welfare1
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese)1
‘I can’t bear giving my baby away’: Negotiation of reproductive rights of migrant domestic workers and implications for social work1
‘I am man, I am woman’: Gendered experiences of refugee resettlement in the United States1
The role of job satisfaction and organizational culture match in the relationship between pay satisfaction and turnover intention: A moderated mediation model1
Juxtaposing indigenous evidence-based models in India with concept of Ubuntu: Implications for psychiatric social work practice1
Ubuntu among the ‘born frees’: Exploring the transmission of social values through community engagement in South Africa1
Investigating the influence of the Catholic Church on social work in the Philippines: An exploration of policy, practice and education1
Association between child, early, and forced marriage and extreme weather events: A mixed-methods systematic review1
Youth participation in community governance: A participatory design program in Beijing1
Compassion fatigue among social workers in juvenile offender systems in Chile1
Resisting politics of authoritarian populism during COVID-19, reclaiming democracy and narrative justice: Centering critical thinking in social work1
A systematic review of qualitative social work articles: Exploring embodiment from 2000 to 20191
The relevance of exposure to and engagement in human rights in Latin American health students1
A longitudinal study of intergenerational transmission of poverty in Hong Kong across the 2010s: Social investment, homeownership and mother’s education1
Supervision of Chinese social work students during field practice: Harmonising a student-focused, egalitarian approach with traditional teaching and learning1
Decolonising social work practice field education: A scoping review1
Acceptance of using technologies in telesupervision during the pandemic: An international study1
Reaching invisible internally displaced persons: Doing social work in postconflict settings1
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)1
Career commitment among social workers: The contribution of personal, organizational, and vocational factors1
Cartography of Southern Feminisms: Contributions of decolonial feminisms and community feminisms1
Enhancing social work education’s diversity-oriented perspective by integrating refugees into higher education: Experiences from the ‘refugee crisis’ in Germany1
Is the natural environment important to social work education and practice? Perspectives from social work students in Queensland, Australia1
Embedding preventive lawyering principles in preventive social work as a response to clients with complex problems in the post-Covid-19 era: An opinion piece1
Nordic welfare chauvinism: A comparative study of welfare chauvinism in Sweden, Norway and Finland1
Impact of fly-in fly-out on the family dynamics of male miners1
Thinking beyond the stomach: Fixing social work’s food aid provision in displaced environments1
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)1
An exploration of teachers’ perceptions of Syrian students in Turkey and implications for school social work1
Exploring the state of Qatar’s child protection system through the lens of frontline social workers1
Community social workers as social entrepreneurs: Lessons from Israel1
How does the service quality in refugee camps, affect the satisfaction of Syrian immigrants?0
Social work research ethics in China: A scoping review of research involving human subjects during COVID-190
Exploring semester abroad as a model for developing competencies for international social work0
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)0
Indigenization and authentization of epistemology in China’s social work: Moving beyond Confucianism, Taoism, and Chinese Buddhism0
What has been done for social workers’ self-care practice? A systematic review of interventions0
COVID-19 and the calls of humanistic social work: Exploring the developmental-clinical social work concerns of the pandemic0
‘From our ownselves’: Acompañamiento with Indigenous Women in Perú0
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)0
Improvement in the psychological resilience of rural left-behind children: The influence of social services from 15 social organisations0
The perceived importance of educational qualifications and professional development/continuous education for social work administrators: A case of the NASW-KY chapter0
Digital social work0
Community responses to LGBT+ adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities during the COVID-19 confinement in Madrid0
ISW Journal Prize0
Standing with children in situations of wars and military conflict0
Does goal ambiguity influence the program structure of nonprofit human service organizations?0
Developing a complexity-informed approach to hospital end-of-life care for people with dementia and their families0
A systematic review of the roles of social workers in inclusive education for children with disabilities0
Communal parenting, marriage and children in Papua, Indonesia: Insights for social work0
Using living experience and practitioner research to create unique programmes providing help for caregivers, professionals and students to increase support for children living with Foetal Alcohol Spec0
Recruiting and nurturing social workers in Hong Kong and Australia0
The feelings of living in poverty and depending on social assistance: An exploratory study on gender differences in Dibao families in China0
Psychosocial and integration needs of unaccompanied children in Greece0
Serving Chinese adolescents in the digital age: A grand challenge for social work0
Is mediation a profession? Views of professionals and trainers from an international perspective0
ISW Journal Prize 20240
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)0
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)0
Social work education in Turkey at the crossroads: An analysis of educational trends and socio-political context in a historical perspective0
Food insecurity and social capital during COVID-19: A cross-national qualitative study of communities from South Africa and the United States0
Establishing the relevance of the Ubuntu philosophy in social work practice: Inspired by the Ubuntu World Social Work Day, 2021 celebrations and the IFSW and IASSW’s (2014) Global Definition of Social0
A good casework relationship and Buddhist philosophy0
Social work self-care education informed during the pandemic: Experience, reflection, and suggestion0
News from our societies: ICSW: A decade of global activities on social protection floors0
Developmental social work training programmes in the Global South: A scoping review0
A review of Indigenous social work around the world: Concepts, debates and challenges0
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)0
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese)0
Social work and management: Interdisciplinary education from an international perspective in South America0
Working on Chinese male carers’ ‘Qing’ in a social work group with an innovative approach – ‘Emoto’0
Social work with refugees: Examining social workers’ role and practice in times of crisis in Greece0
Preventing adolescents’ social exclusion with serious games – a scoping review0
News from our societies - IA: Social solidarity and the future of social work0
Managing social policy in the emerging welfare regime of governance: What Indonesia can learn from South Korea’s experience0
AI and social work0
Globalization and social work practice: Consequences of sanctions in health care (case study of Iran)0
Motivation, social work and immigration: Job satisfaction according to a qualitative and quantitative evaluation0
Burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic in caring professions: The case of social work0
Changing nature of adoption and need for post-adoption services: Intercountry adoption practice in Taiwan and Australia0
Developing supervision of social work supervisors and their practice in Singapore: A cross-national collaboration0
‘Brick’ or ‘Bridge’? – The roles and functions of Chinese social workers during the COVID-19 pandemic0
News from our societies: IASSW – Social dialogue0
Social work students and teachers responding to internally displaced persons’ need of shelter in Ukraine in spring 2022: Service learning and recognition0
Tobacco harm reduction: Implementation of the concept in social work practice0
All people matter – Global vaccine equity and human rights: An urgent macro social work challenge0
The aftermath: Community workers as place-makers in conflict-riven societies0
Indigenous knowledge and social work education in Nigeria: Challenges and need for sustainable development0
Global trends in forced migration: Policy, practice and research imperatives for social work0
Continuity of care for drug users in prison and beyond: A qualitative insight0
Connecting the dots: Neighbourhood House and institutional accessibility0
Advancing community engagement within the context of tribal social work0
An overlooked human rights crisis: The accelerating persecution of Christians across the globe0
Empowering Kibera during political change: A case study through a Freirean lens0
Workplace friendships while teleworking during COVID-19: Experiences of social workers in Australia0
Considerations for integrating technology into social work practice: A content analysis of nine professional social work associations’ Codes of Ethics0
Coparenting autistic children during COVID-19: Emerging insights from practice0
Pathways to organizational commitment: Workplace empowerment and engagement among Spanish social workers0
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