International Social Work

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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Designing and compiling the protocol of specialized interventions of hospital social workers in crisis situations in Iran26
News from our societies – ICSW: No one left behind: social welfare for everyone everywhere on the planet20
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)20
Romanians’ fears linked to the social work system: Too many people take advantage without needing help13
Research knowledge utilisation among Swedish health social workers: Influence of higher education, job tenure and workplace11
Beyond the state: Developments and trends in critical social work in Switzerland and Hungary11
Troubled times: Canadian social workers’ early adversities, mental health, and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic11
What theories and methods do social workers report using in their practice? A scoping review11
Mental health impact of setbacks in global LGBTQ+ rights: Perspectives from Asia11
Working and learning from home during COVID-19: International experiences among social work educators and students10
Writing reports in social work: Characteristics, correctness and style10
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)10
‘I can’t bear giving my baby away’: Negotiation of reproductive rights of migrant domestic workers and implications for social work10
Social work with frustrations: What can we do? How do we stay hopeful?9
International social work is both the South and the North9
A systematic review of qualitative social work articles: Exploring embodiment from 2000 to 20199
Child Well-Being and Rights in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Considerations for Social Work Practice and Acknowledging their Sacrifices9
‘Between the social worker and the rabbi’: Help-seeking perspectives of Ultraorthodox IPV survivors and insights into social work practice8
Feminisms in social work and social care: Backwards, forwards or something in between8
Moral distress in South African child protection social workers: A qualitative study8
Nordic welfare chauvinism: A comparative study of welfare chauvinism in Sweden, Norway and Finland8
‘What’s at stake?’ An exploration on the merits and drawbacks of the Welcome Corps Program, a private sponsorship of refugees8
Coping strategies among middle-aged and older cancer survivors in Japan: A qualitative study7
Community social workers as social entrepreneurs: Lessons from Israel7
Supervision of supervisory practice: From idea to practice7
A closer look at Thailand’s COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the health and education of children with invisible disabilities7
Evidence for the impact of the human rights-based approach in social policy and programming: A scoping review7
Professional concepts in preventing and countering Islamist radicalization: Insights from practitioners in Germany6
Improving field education for social work in Vietnam: Intern supervisors’ perspectives of the current state and potential solutions6
The child-friendly cities concept in China: A prototype case study of a migrant workers’ community6
Reaching invisible internally displaced persons: Doing social work in postconflict settings6
The taken children of Ukraine6
Impact of fly-in fly-out on the family dynamics of male miners6
Social work in an information-intensive era: Digitalization in social work practices, expertise, training, and research6
Addressing disaster fatigue: A SAFE framework for enhancing disaster resilience in social work6
Evolution of values in China: Disembedding factors and structural transformation5
Social work self-care education informed during the pandemic: Experience, reflection, and suggestion5
News from our societies – ICSW: How to strengthen intergenerational solidarity for sustainable well-being? The key role of citizen participation in super-diverse societies5
‘Special Sections’ call for papers5
What makes social work research distinct? A comparison of three Latin American and three Anglophone countries5
The state of eco-social work training in Canada: Transformative praxis for climate constrained futures5
Building social work capacity in Ukraine in times of war: The role of global social work engagement5
Working in disasters: What social workers can do?5
Exploring semester abroad as a model for developing competencies for international social work5
Care and rehabilitation institutions for people with intellectual disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic: Polish experiences5
The link between burnout and social-occupational variables in Spanish social workers4
Is COVID-19 related workload related to Chinese social workers’ mental health? A moderated mediation model of compassion burnout and emotional regulation4
Psychosocial and integration needs of unaccompanied children in Greece4
Findings from a European, cross-national project study on service user participation: Implications for social work policy, practice and education4
Nature-based interventions in social work practice and education: Insights from six nations4
Financial capability training for social workers in Singapore: Towards more effective practice4
Barriers to the community participation of persons with disabilities: Insights from ableist microaggressions4
Organizational career support, perception of social work development, and career self-management of Chinese social workers: A structural equation modeling4
Social exclusion of US immigrants in the 21st century: A systematic review of qualitative studies4
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)4
Experiences of middle-class fathers of children with autism spectrum disorders in the context of hegemonic masculinity: The case of Turkey4
News from our societies – ICSW: Weaving alliances3
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)3
Social work in a global context: The case of Ghana3
Voices of postgraduate social work students: Reflections on fertility and reproductive decision-making in the UAE3
Social work graduates’ professional socialisation and identity: Perceptions and experiences of social workers and supervisors3
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
Social work and global conflict: An integrated framework for practice3
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 values3
News from our societies: IFSW Social workers play a crucial role in achieving SDGs – reflections from the 27th IFSW Asia-Pacific conference, November 20233
Manifestations and drivers of secondary trauma among service providers working with Syrian refugees: A mixed-methods study from Istanbul, Turkey3
Experiences and challenges of Arab social workers in Israel with community violence3
Environmental social work through the African philosophy of Ubuntu: A conceptual analysis3
Roles of health care social workers in a multi-professional team: A qualitative study in the context of China3
Juxtaposing indigenous evidence-based models in India with concept of Ubuntu: Implications for psychiatric social work practice3
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)3
News from our societies: IASSW3
News from our societies: ICSW – Towards the summit of the future3
The way we were and the vision ahead: A 5-year review and renewal of International Social Work3
Inclusive integrated care for LGBTQ+ families: An exploratory qualitative study in the United Kingdom3
‘Earthquake of the century’ and its aftermath: Reflections on social work practices implemented in the first hours of the disaster at a hospital in Türkiye3
Bibliometric analysis of social work in the COVID-19 pandemic3
Risk factors in women experiencing homelessness from an ecological and intersectional perspective: A systematic review3
Positioning structural social work in Indian context3
Continuity of care for drug users in prison and beyond: A qualitative insight3
The unique and the invariant in the field of social work: The comparison of Lithuania, Japan, and the United States3
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 beyond the pandemic: Exploring social work values for a new eco-social world2
The environment has rights: Eco-spiritual social work through ubuntu philosophy and Pachamama: A commentary2
‘I am man, I am woman’: Gendered experiences of refugee resettlement in the United States2
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 20222
Recruiting and nurturing social workers in Hong Kong and Australia2
The feelings of living in poverty and depending on social assistance: An exploratory study on gender differences in Dibao families in China2
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)2
Developing supervision of social work supervisors and their practice in Singapore: A cross-national collaboration2
Workplace friendships while teleworking during COVID-19: Experiences of social workers in Australia2
The aftermath: Community workers as place-makers in conflict-riven societies2
International graduates of social work in Australia: A longitudinal study of those who struggle to develop professional identity2
A narrative review of the international literature on social work within the military2
Stepping-up social work services among families displaced by war2
News from our societies: IASSW2
Does goal ambiguity influence the program structure of nonprofit human service organizations?2
Supervision framework for international field education in India: Shared knowledge and experiences of supervisors from India, Israel, and Australia2
United we stand, and divided we fall: A call to action for the decolonisation of social work in Africa2
Ethics of care for carer service and policy: The conceptualisation and implications for social workers2
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)2
Enhancing environmental wellbeing: What social workers can learn from hybrid business activities2
Environments for intuitive decision-making: A theoretical framework for assessing intuitive-reasoning in social work2
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese)2
Identifying Nigerian literature to inform culturally relevant social work education: A scoping review2
The role of social work practitioners and human service professionals in long-term disaster recovery after the 2016 Alberta wildfires in Canada2
Social work practice in the era of economic uncertainties2
The struggle to find theory2
Youth participation in community governance: A participatory design program in Beijing2
Professionalization of social work in colonial India: Glancing at the history of social work in India before 19362
Serving Chinese adolescents in the digital age: A grand challenge for social work2
Evidence, truth, fact, claim, belief or view? – Social work knowledge in a new dynamic world of digital information2
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)2
Indigenous social work with older persons: An international perspective2
How does the service quality in refugee camps, affect the satisfaction of Syrian immigrants?2
Improvement in the psychological resilience of rural left-behind children: The influence of social services from 15 social organisations2
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