OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Social Work is 1. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Fostering Community-Engaged Research on Criminal Legal Innovations with Logic Models	146
NASW’s Response to Journal Commentary on Anti-Semitism in Social Work	31
Navigating Ethical Disparities between Evidence-Based Practice and Advocacy Regarding Pediatric Gender Dysphoria Treatment	29
Suicide Risk among University Students in Spain: Implications for Social Work	23
Resilience over Adversity: Predictors of Secondary Traumatic Stress in Graduate Social Work Students	21
Native American Cosmological Ideas: Dimensions of Depth in Social Work	18
An Antioppressive Approach to Suicide Prevention: Uncharted Territories in Life Promotion Work	16
Outcomes of Aggression and Victimization in Social Welfare Services	15
Ballot Earth: Democracy, Climate Change, and Our Collective Future	15
Supervision and Training Issues in the Practice of Addictions Treatment: Factors That Impact Workforce Retention	14
Current State and Future Directions in School Social Work Supervision	13
Elder Abuse as a Social Welfare Issue	12
Social Work in the Postpandemic World: Reflections from India	12
Hidden Bias: Social Service Professionals’ Attitudes toward Physical Disability	10
In the Meantime: RE/UN/DIScover Heuristic for Small-Scale Antioppressive Action within Systems and Organizations	9
Implementation Challenges of T Visa Eligibility for Human Trafficking Survivors: A Role for Social Work	8
Annotated Psychotherapy: A Session by Session Look at How a Therapist Thinks. Richard B. Makover	8
What Do Social Workers Do All Day? Real-Life Cases for Generalist Practice. Jacqueline Corcoran, Editor	8
A Response to “The Danger of Ideology”	8
The End of the World as We Know It? ChatGPT and Social Work	7
Navigating the Shift: Evaluation of Online Learning on MSW Students’ Professional Development in Postpandemic India	7
A Case for Social Workers as Investigators in Public Defender Offices	7
Domestication of Information and Communication Technologies into Family Systems: A Conceptual Framework Evaluating Family Health	7
Beyond Ramps, Curb Cuts, and Captions: A Call for Disability Justice in Social Work	6
Advancing Health Equity for Latinx Autistic Adults in the United States through an Intersectionality Lens	6

Factors Associated with Israeli Social Workers’ Intention to Stay in the Profession	6
Introducing Trauma Trigger Fatigue as an Underlying Factor of Social Work Burnout	5
Supporting Social Work Leaders: Supervision, Intersectionality, and Nonprofit Leadership	5
When Pandemic Interferes with Work: Psychological Capital and Mental Health of Social Workers during COVID-19	5
Moral Disengagement in Social Work	5
Social Protections and Climate Migration: Service Navigation among Puerto Ricans Displaced by Hurricane Maria	5
Psychosocial Theories of Human Behavior and Development: An Evolution of Big Ideas. Timothy Page	4
Countering Burnout Associated with Teleworking in This Postpandemic Era	4
Social Workers Taking Action for Transgender Veterans	4
Social Workers Should Stand against Physical Punishment of Children	4
International Social Work of All People in the Whole World: A New Construction. Akimoto Itsuki	4
Association between Workplace Bullying and Social Workers’ Well-Being: Exploring the Mediating Role of Meaning at Work	4
An Antiracist/Antioppressive Framework for Social Work Supervision: The SHARP Framework Applied to Reflective Supervision	4
Misophonia: A Review of the Literature and Its Implications for the Social Work Profession	3
Bridging Research and Practice: Publishing Perspectives from NASW Press Editors and Authors	3
What We Lose When We “Don’t Say Gay”: Generational Shifts in Sexual Identity and Gender	3
“The Yo-Yo Effect”: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Social Workers’ Experiences with Job Flexibility during the Pandemic	3
Self-Differentiation, Psychological Flexibility, and Difficulties in Practice in Social Workers and Social Work Students	3
Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change and Grow (4th edition). William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick	3
The Role of Supervision in Enhancing Social Workers’ Professional Resilience	3
Emotion as a Skill: A Practical Methodology for Coping with Emotional Risks in Social Work	3
Reimagining Suicide Prevention as a Social Justice Issue: Getting Back to Social Work’s Roots	3
Incorporating a Strengths-Based Approach to the Treatment of Fibromyalgia	3
Social Work in an Online World: A Guide to Digital Practice. Edited by David A. Wilkerson and Liam O’Sullivan	3
Thriving in Healthcare: Boosting Health Perception, Resilience, and Professional Quality of Life in Medical Social Workers	3
Examining Spirituality’s Influence on Resilience among Adopted or Fostered Native American Emerging Adults	3
The Paradoxical Truths of Social Work Practice and Perspectives	3
A Liminal Moment in Social Work	3
Tracing Job Quality and Equity in the Social Work Profession	3
Current Issues in Social Work Supervision	3
The Moderating Role of Perceived Community Belonging in the Association between Food Insecurity and Health and Well-Being	3
Ethical Challenges in Social Work Licensing Examinations: A Call for Integrity and Strategies for Success	2
Lubkin’s Chronic Illness: Impact and Intervention (11th ed.) . Pamala D. Larsen, Editor	2
Parent–Child Relationship Satisfaction and Filial Piety: The Role of Adult Children’s Gender	2
Preventing Firearm Injuries and Deaths among Clients: An Action Plan Model for Social Workers	2
Professional and Personal Attitudes toward Discussing Sexuality and Degree of Religiosity among Social Workers	2
Trauma-Informed Cultural Humility Mental Health Practice: Centering History among African American Women	2
Advancing Sex-Positive Social Work Research and Practice	2
Critical Public Management Studies: A Research Agenda Proposition	2
Labor Trafficking of Immigrant Children: Gaps in the Social Work Literature	2
Sexual Grooming: Integrating Research, Practice, Prevention, and Policy. Georgia M. Winters and Elizabeth L. Jeglic	2
The Pressures of Neoliberal Managerialism: Challenges and Opportunities for Social Work Supervisors	2
Social Work	2
Incongruence in Perceptions of Pain: Associations with Mental Health in Couples Living with Fibromyalgia	2
Social Workers’ Experiences of Support in the Workplace during the COVID-19 Pandemic	2
Advancing Psychodynamic-Based Clinical Social Work Practice to Address Structural Trauma: Integrating Neuroscience and Attachment Theory	2
Practical Considerations for Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy among Social Workers	2
Quiet Quitting: The Need to Reframe a Growing Occupational Health Issue	2
Social Work and Social Justice: A Conceptual Review	2
Mutual Efficacy, Self-Efficacy, and Collective Efficacy Theory: An Examination of Empowerment and Activism	2

The Role of Professional Mission in Buffering Secondary Traumatization	2
Authentic Behavior and Job Satisfaction among Child Welfare Caseworkers	2
Who Is Helping Us? Exploring the Transition to Parenthood in Infant–Family Professionals during the COVID-19 Era	2
Criminalization of Sex Workers Living with HIV	2
The Multilevel Factor Structure of Social Cohesion, Mutual Efficacy, and Informal Social Control: A Case for Practice-Informed Research	2
Anti-Asian Hate’s Impact on Asian American Social Workers: Implications for Professional Training and Education	1
Guided Online Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Community Residents with Emotional Distress during the COVID-19 Pandemic	1
Addressing Kinship Caregivers’ Ambivalence and Internalized Stigma to Improve Acceptance of Financial Assistance for Children in Foster Care	1
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Still Matters: A Social Work Perspective	1
A Human Rights-Based Approach to Justice in Social Work Practice . Shirley Gatenio Gabel	1
Forget the “Five Stages”: Ask the Five Questions of Grief	1
At the Forefront: Social Workers’ Role in Psilocybin Treatment for Depression and Substance Misuse	1
Spirituality among People Who Are Transgender: A Nationally Representative Examination and Comparison with Members of the Public	1
A Lack of Workplace Resources for Social Workers in Schools	1
Promoting Prison Reform through Collaborative Research: A Case Study in Chile	1
Ecosocial Work: Environmental Practice and Advocacy. Rachel Forbes & Kelly Smith, Editors	1
Words Create Worlds: Maintaining Social Work Values in the Current Sociopolitical Environment	1
Trauma, Diagnosis, and Borderline Personality Disorder: The Need for Conceptual Clarity	1
Exploring the Intention to Engage in Policy Practice: The Role of Values and Career Motivations	1
The State of Interprofessional Supervision in Practice: A Qualitative Analysis	1
Burned Out, Engaged, Both, or Neither? Exploring Engagement and Burnout Profiles among Social Workers in Spain	1
Community-Led Solutions Require More Macro Social Work: Reflections on Institutional Trends from the Special Commission	1
A Call to Action: How Social Work Programs Can Respond to Student Food Insecurity	1
Brokering Resources during a Pandemic: Exploring How Organizations and Clinics Responded to the Needs of Immigrant Communities during COVID-19	1
Transformational Leadership, Secondary Traumatic Stress, and Burnout of Child Welfare Workers: Multilevel Moderation Effects	1
Preparing Social Work for Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy	1
Predicting Intimate Partner Violence Reassault and Homicide: A Practitioner’s Guide to Making Sense of Predictive Validity Statistics	1
Maternal Health and Child Welfare: A Long-Overdue Conversation	1
On the Frontlines: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Social Workers’ Well-Being	1
When Does Resilience Become Epistemic Injustice?	1
South Asians in the United States: A Guide for Social Workers and Other Helping Professionals . Shreya Bhandari, Editor	1
Diagnosing and Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Guide for Social Workers and All Frontline Staff. Gregory L. Nooney	1
Social Workers’ Views of Ways to Engage Communities in Refugee Resettlement	1
Voter Registration in the United States: A Call for Change	1
Emotionally Preparing Doctoral Students as They Enter Academia	1
Enhancing Implementation of a Multisystem Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program to Support Positive Mental Health Outcomes in High-Need Populations	1
Diversity and Its Discontents in Social Work	1
Disability Justice and the Americans with Disabilities Act: An Opportunity for Social Work	1
Factors Associated with Chinese Migrant Children’s Social Engagement during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study in Guangzhou City, China	1