OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Social Work is 2. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Designing and compiling the protocol of specialized interventions of hospital social workers in crisis situations in Iran	27
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)	20
News from our societies – ICSW: No one left behind: social welfare for everyone everywhere on the planet	20
Beyond the state: Developments and trends in critical social work in Switzerland and Hungary	14
Mental health impact of setbacks in global LGBTQ+ rights: Perspectives from Asia	12
Romanians’ fears linked to the social work system: Too many people take advantage without needing help	12
What theories and methods do social workers report using in their practice? A scoping review	11
Regional disparities in life satisfaction of female social workers: An empirical study based on CSWLS 2019 data	11
‘I can’t bear giving my baby away’: Negotiation of reproductive rights of migrant domestic workers and implications for social work	10
Troubled times: Canadian social workers’ early adversities, mental health, and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic	10
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)	10
Research knowledge utilisation among Swedish health social workers: Influence of higher education, job tenure and workplace	10
Nordic welfare chauvinism: A comparative study of welfare chauvinism in Sweden, Norway and Finland	9
Writing reports in social work: Characteristics, correctness and style	9
Child Well-Being and Rights in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Considerations for Social Work Practice and Acknowledging their Sacrifices	9
Social work with frustrations: What can we do? How do we stay hopeful?	9
Feminisms in social work and social care: Backwards, forwards or something in between	9
International social work is both the South and the North	8
A systematic review of qualitative social work articles: Exploring embodiment from 2000 to 2019	8
Supervision of supervisory practice: From idea to practice	7
A closer look at Thailand’s COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the health and education of children with invisible disabilities	7
Coping strategies among middle-aged and older cancer survivors in Japan: A qualitative study	7
‘What’s at stake?’ An exploration on the merits and drawbacks of the Welcome Corps Program, a private sponsorship of refugees	7
Community social workers as social entrepreneurs: Lessons from Israel	7
Professional concepts in preventing and countering Islamist radicalization: Insights from practitioners in Germany	7

Reaching invisible internally displaced persons: Doing social work in postconflict settings	7
Social work in an information-intensive era: Digitalization in social work practices, expertise, training, and research	7
Impact of fly-in fly-out on the family dynamics of male miners	7
Moral distress in South African child protection social workers: A qualitative study	7
Improving field education for social work in Vietnam: Intern supervisors’ perspectives of the current state and potential solutions	6
Building social work capacity in Ukraine in times of war: The role of global social work engagement	6
‘Between the social worker and the rabbi’: Help-seeking perspectives of Ultraorthodox IPV survivors and insights into social work practice	6
News from our societies – ICSW: How to strengthen intergenerational solidarity for sustainable well-being? The key role of citizen participation in super-diverse societies	6
Evidence for the impact of the human rights-based approach in social policy and programming: A scoping review	6
Social work in the digital age: Towards adopting artificial intelligence in social work	6
The child-friendly cities concept in China: A prototype case study of a migrant workers’ community	6
‘Special Sections’ call for papers	5
Addressing disaster fatigue: A SAFE framework for enhancing disaster resilience in social work	5
Social work self-care education informed during the pandemic: Experience, reflection, and suggestion	5
The state of eco-social work training in Canada: Transformative praxis for climate constrained futures	5
Exploring semester abroad as a model for developing competencies for international social work	5
The taken children of Ukraine	5
What makes social work research distinct? A comparison of three Latin American and three Anglophone countries	4
The link between burnout and social-occupational variables in Spanish social workers	4
Nature-based interventions in social work practice and education: Insights from six nations	4
Psychosocial and integration needs of unaccompanied children in Greece	4
Evolution of values in China: Disembedding factors and structural transformation	4
Organizational career support, perception of social work development, and career self-management of Chinese social workers: A structural equation modeling	4
Experiences of middle-class fathers of children with autism spectrum disorders in the context of hegemonic masculinity: The case of Turkey	4
Strategies for promoting gender equality in Rwanda: How do the actors describe their work?	4
Findings from a European, cross-national project study on service user participation: Implications for social work policy, practice and education	4
Working in disasters: What social workers can do?	4
Social exclusion of US immigrants in the 21st century: A systematic review of qualitative studies	4
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)	4
Youth participation in community governance: A participatory design program in Beijing	3
Social work graduates’ professional socialisation and identity: Perceptions and experiences of social workers and supervisors	3
Bibliometric analysis of social work in the COVID-19 pandemic	3
‘Earthquake of the century’ and its aftermath: Reflections on social work practices implemented in the first hours of the disaster at a hospital in Türkiye	3
News from our societies: IASSW	3
News from our societies: IFSW Social workers play a crucial role in achieving SDGs – reflections from the 27th IFSW Asia-Pacific conference, November 2023	3
The way we were and the vision ahead: A 5-year review and renewal of International Social Work	3
Financial capability training for social workers in Singapore: Towards more effective practice	3
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 values	3
Roles of health care social workers in a multi-professional team: A qualitative study in the context of China	3
Positioning structural social work in Indian context	3
Supporting children in cases of assisted dying: Guidance for social workers	3
‘I am man, I am woman’: Gendered experiences of refugee resettlement in the United States	3
Juxtaposing indigenous evidence-based models in India with concept of Ubuntu: Implications for psychiatric social work practice	3
A feminist analysis of narratives about adult survivors of child sexual abuse in Australian peer-reviewed literature	3
Barriers to the community participation of persons with disabilities: Insights from ableist microaggressions	3
News from our societies: ICSW – Towards the summit of the future	3
Manifestations and drivers of secondary trauma among service providers working with Syrian refugees: A mixed-methods study from Istanbul, Turkey	3
Is COVID-19 related workload related to Chinese social workers’ mental health? A moderated mediation model of compassion burnout and emotional regulation	3
News from our societies – ICSW: Weaving alliances	3
Experiences and challenges of Arab social workers in Israel with community violence	3

News from our societies: IASSW	3
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)	3
Risk factors in women experiencing homelessness from an ecological and intersectional perspective: A systematic review	3
Voices of postgraduate social work students: Reflections on fertility and reproductive decision-making in the UAE	3
Social work in a global context: The case of Ghana	3
The unique and the invariant in the field of social work: The comparison of Lithuania, Japan, and the United States	3
Inclusive integrated care for LGBTQ+ families: An exploratory qualitative study in the United Kingdom	3
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)	3
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)	3
Environmental social work through the African philosophy of Ubuntu: A conceptual analysis	3
Social work and global conflict: An integrated framework for practice	3
The feelings of living in poverty and depending on social assistance: An exploratory study on gender differences in Dibao families in China	2
United we stand, and divided we fall: A call to action for the decolonisation of social work in Africa	2
Does goal ambiguity influence the program structure of nonprofit human service organizations?	2
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)	2
International graduates of social work in Australia: A longitudinal study of those who struggle to develop professional identity	2
A narrative review of the international literature on social work within the military	2
Social work beyond the pandemic: Exploring social work values for a new eco-social world	2
The role of social work practitioners and human service professionals in long-term disaster recovery after the 2016 Alberta wildfires in Canada	2
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)	2
News from our societies: IFSW	2
Indigenous social work with older persons: An international perspective	2
Perspectives on psychosocial support services for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and child victims of abuse in Türkiye	2
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)	2
The aftermath: Community workers as place-makers in conflict-riven societies	2
Improvement in the psychological resilience of rural left-behind children: The influence of social services from 15 social organisations	2
Environments for intuitive decision-making: A theoretical framework for assessing intuitive-reasoning in social work	2
Stepping-up social work services among families displaced by war	2
Identifying Nigerian literature to inform culturally relevant social work education: A scoping review	2
The environment has rights: Eco-spiritual social work through ubuntu philosophy and Pachamama: A commentary	2
The role of social workers in long-term care for older adults: A mixed-methods systematic review in Europe and North America from 2000 to 2022	2
Supervision framework for international field education in India: Shared knowledge and experiences of supervisors from India, Israel, and Australia	2
School social workers’ discretionary practice in Sweden: The need for professional creativity	2
Religion and spirituality as a source of resilience among social workers: A strength-based perspective	2
Evidence, truth, fact, claim, belief or view? – Social work knowledge in a new dynamic world of digital information	2
The struggle to find theory	2
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese)	2
Serving Chinese adolescents in the digital age: A grand challenge for social work	2
How does the service quality in refugee camps, affect the satisfaction of Syrian immigrants?	2
News from our societies – ICSW: From the Windhoek Declaration on Social Policy and Social Protection in Africa, to the Lisbon Declaration for the Development of Social Work and Humanitarian	2
Social work practice in the era of economic uncertainties	2
Enhancing environmental wellbeing: What social workers can learn from hybrid business activities	2
Recruiting and nurturing social workers in Hong Kong and Australia	2
Abstracts (French, Spanish)	2
Developing supervision of social work supervisors and their practice in Singapore: A cross-national collaboration	2
Ethics of care for carer service and policy: The conceptualisation and implications for social workers	2