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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Elder Suicide: Durkheim’s Vision. Stephen M. Marson	77
African-Centered Social Work in the 21st Century: A Content Analysis	21
NASW’s Response to Journal Commentary on Anti-Semitism in Social Work	21
A Time for Transformation	20
Immigration and the World in 2021	17
The COVID-19 Pandemic: Health Impact on Unaccompanied Migrant Children	16
Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement for Addiction, Stress, and Pain. Eric L. Garland	15
Perceived Parental Support in Teen Dating Violence	15
Women and Incarceration: Introducing a Gendered Lens into Smart Decarceration	14
Suicide Risk among University Students in Spain: Implications for Social Work	13
Fostering Community-Engaged Research on Criminal Legal Innovations with Logic Models	12
Standards of Care in Social Work: Ethical and Risk Management Implications	12
Social Work	11
Social WorkVol. 69, Nos. 1-4, January 2024-October 2024	10
Emotional Distress in a Marginalized Population as a Function of Household-Level Social Determinants of Health	9
The Responsibility of Self-Care in Social Work	9
Social Work Research on Immigrants: A Content Analysis of Leading Journals from 2007 to 2016	8
Locating Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health at the Heart of Social Work	8
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Still Matters: A Social Work Perspective	7
Social Workers Should Stand against Physical Punishment of Children	7
Burned Out, Engaged, Both, or Neither? Exploring Engagement and Burnout Profiles among Social Workers in Spain	6
Preventing Firearm Injuries and Deaths among Clients: An Action Plan Model for Social Workers	6
Bearing a Disproportionate Burden: Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Experiences of U.S.-Based Social Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic	6
Social Work with Environmental Migrants: Exploring the Scope for Spiritually Sensitive Practice	6
Social Workers’ Views of Ways to Engage Communities in Refugee Resettlement	6

Black Male Youth Raised in Public Systems: Engagement, Healing, Hope. Edited by Sheryl Brissett Chapman, Ralph Belk, Jasilyn Morgan, and Krystal Holland, with Bruce Tyson and Omore Okhomina	6
Community Organization and Empowerment of Women: The Mujeres Pescadoras del Manglar Cooperative in Oaxaca, Mexico	6
The Social Work Ethics Casebook: Cases and Commentary (revised 2nd ed.).. Frederic G. Reamer	6
A U.S. Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Social Work’s Role in Racial Healing	6
Final Thoughts: Hope, Kindness, and Gratitude	5
Library Patrons’ Psychosocial Needs: Perceptions of Need and Reasons for Accessing Social Work Services	5
Coping and Resilience: PTSD Screening and Brief Intervention for Underrepresented Students at a Public University	5
When Does Resilience Become Epistemic Injustice?	5
Experiences with Medicaid Renewal and Reauthorization Policies in the Context of Child Health and Vaccine Coverage	5
Exploring the Intention to Engage in Policy Practice: The Role of Values and Career Motivations	5
Who Is Helping Us? Exploring the Transition to Parenthood in Infant–Family Professionals during the COVID-19 Era	5
Diagnosing and Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Guide for Social Workers and All Frontline Staff. Gregory L. Nooney	5
Multiracial Cultural Attunement. Kelly Faye Jackson and Gina Miranda Samuels	5
Examining Historical and Contemporary Policing Disparities in the Black Community: Implications for Social Work	4
Anti-Asian Hate’s Impact on Asian American Social Workers: Implications for Professional Training and Education	4
Another Dobbs? The Supreme Court and the Administrative State	4
The Social Construction of Cannabis in Social Work	4
Native American Cosmological Ideas: Dimensions of Depth in Social Work	4
Parent Training for Disruptive Behavior: The RUBI Autism Network, Clinical Manual. Karen Bearss, Cynthia R. Johnson, Benjamin L. Handen, Eric Butter, Luc Lecavalier, Tristram Smith, and Lawrence Scahi	4
Promoting Recovery among Older Adults with Serious Mental Illness	4
Countering Burnout Associated with Teleworking in This Postpandemic Era	4
Will Race Always Matter?	4
Ballot Earth: Democracy, Climate Change, and Our Collective Future	3
International Social Work of All People in the Whole World: A New Construction. Akimoto Itsuki	3
State Variation in TANF Expenditures: Implications for Social Work and Social Policy	3
Understanding COVID-19 through a Complex Trauma Lens: Implications for Effective Psychosocial Responses	3
Anti-Asian Hatred and Japanese Parents’ Support of Their Children’s Acculturation to the United States	3
Social Workers as Information Navigators: Insights into the Use of the Web for Serving Clients	3
How the COVID-19 Pandemic Can and Must Expand Social Worker e-Interventions for Mental Health, Family Wellness, and Beyond	3
Voter Registration in the United States: A Call for Change	3
Regional Differences in Job Satisfaction among Chinese Social Workers: The Mediating Effect of Attitudinal Professionalism	3
Criminalization of Sex Workers Living with HIV	3
Critical Public Management Studies: A Research Agenda Proposition	2
The Danger of Ideology: Social Work, Israel, and Anti-Semitism	2
Does the Field of Social Work Have Debts to Pay?	2
LGBTQ+ Sociopolitical Engagement: Examining the Role of House Ball Community Involvement and LGBTQ+ Community Connection	2
Racial Injustice in Schools: Underscoring Social Work’s Obligation to Promote Antiracist Practice	2
Addressing Kinship Caregivers’ Ambivalence and Internalized Stigma to Improve Acceptance of Financial Assistance for Children in Foster Care	2
The Impact of Employment on Immigrant Mental Health: Results from a National Survey	2
“Am I the Only One Who Feels Like This?”: Needs Expressed Online by Abortion Seekers	2
Empowering Clinical Social Work Practice in a Time of Global Economic Distress. Janice Berry Edwards and Linda Openshaw, Editors	2
Social Work and Burnout: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once	2
The Nature of Social Work: An Ecocentered Analysis of Key Social Work Statements	2
Mutual Efficacy, Self-Efficacy, and Collective Efficacy Theory: An Examination of Empowerment and Activism	2
Outcomes of Aggression and Victimization in Social Welfare Services	2
Quiet Quitting	2
Quiet Quitting: The Need to Reframe a Growing Occupational Health Issue	2
The Need for Expanding the Conceptualization and Investigation of Domestic Violence among Immigrants from South Asia: Implications for Practice	2
Social Work Interstate Compact Legislation: Points for Analysis and Advocacy	2
Refuge for Rover: A Social Return on Investment of a Program Assisting Victim–Survivors of Domestic and Family Violence with Their Pets	2

The Multilevel Factor Structure of Social Cohesion, Mutual Efficacy, and Informal Social Control: A Case for Practice-Informed Research	2
Pandemics, Economic Systems, and the Future of Social Work	2
An Antioppressive Approach to Suicide Prevention: Uncharted Territories in Life Promotion Work	2
Social Work Vol. 67, Nos. 1–4, January 2022–October 2022	1
Pathways to Social Work Licensure: An Examination of Hawai′i’s Licensed Social Workers	1
The Relevance of Religion and Spirituality to Mental Health: A National Survey of Current Clients’ Views	1
The Paradoxical Truths of Social Work Practice and Perspectives	1
A Representative Profile of MSW Graduates in the United States	1
Helping People with Disabilities in the Workplace: Mezzo-Level Interventions Targeting Corporate Culture	1
Ethical Challenges in Social Work Licensing Examinations: A Call for Integrity and Strategies for Success	1
Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change and Grow (4th edition). William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick	1
Professional Social Work and Public Libraries in the United States: A Scoping Review	1
State-Level Income Inequality as a Determinant of Suicide Mortality in the United States	1
Creating Conditions for Professional Development through a Trauma-Informed and Restorative Practice	1
The Impact of Psychological Capital on Well-Being of Social Workers: A Mixed-Methods Investigation	1
“It Was against the Rules but Had to Be Done”: Exploring Social Workers’ Professional Obligations	1
Domestication of Information and Communication Technologies into Family Systems: A Conceptual Framework Evaluating Family Health	1
Practicing Social Work in Deprived Communities: Competencies, Methods, and Techniques. Ana Opačić	1
In the Meantime: RE/UN/DIScover Heuristic for Small-Scale Antioppressive Action within Systems and Organizations	1
Breaking Isolation: Social Work in Solidarity with Migrant Workers through and beyond COVID-19	1
Guided Online Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Community Residents with Emotional Distress during the COVID-19 Pandemic	1
Social Work, Harm Reduction, and Substance Use: Progress, Policy, and Perseverance	1
Structural Racism, Managerialism, and the Future of the Human Services: Rewriting the Rules	1
A National Study of Adult Women Sexually Abused by Clergy: Insights for Social Workers	1
Applying a Novel Approach to Understanding Social Worker Job Retention during the Pandemic	1
Ethical Practice in a Post-RoeWorld: A Guide for Social Workers	1
From the Ivory Tower to the Treatment Trenches: Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice	1
Correction	1
Social Work and Social Justice: A Conceptual Review	1
Social Work in the Postpandemic World: Reflections from India	1
Biopsychosocial Predictors of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms among First-Generation Black African Immigrants	1
COVID-19 and First Responder Social Workers: An Unexpected Mental Health Storm	1
Implementation Challenges of T Visa Eligibility for Human Trafficking Survivors: A Role for Social Work	1
The End of the World as We Know It? ChatGPT and Social Work	1
Effects of Trauma and Postmigration Stress on Refugee Women’s Health: A Life Course Perspective	1
Social Work in U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Embracing Change in Care Delivery for Veterans during the Pandemic	1
Advancing the Social Work Role in Serious Illness Communication	1
Sexual Grooming: Integrating Research, Practice, Prevention, and Policy. Georgia M. Winters and Elizabeth L. Jeglic	1
Needs of Children and Families during Spring 2020 COVID-19 School Closures: Findings from a National Survey	1
Predicting Intimate Partner Violence Reassault and Homicide: A Practitioner’s Guide to Making Sense of Predictive Validity Statistics	1
Misophonia: A Review of the Literature and Its Implications for the Social Work Profession	1
Social Entrepreneurship, Intrapreneurship, and Social Value Creation: Relevance for Contemporary Social Work Practice. Monica Nandan, Tricia B. Bent-Goodley, & Gokul Mandayam (Editors)	1
The Role of Grandparents in Israeli Muslim Families with Intellectually Disabled Fathers: Social Workers’ Perspectives	1
The Transition to Siblinghood: An Understudied Yet Influential Process Pertinent to Social Work Research	1
Misattribution of Mental Illness and Gun Violence	1
Social Workers’ Attitudes and Beliefs about MDMA-Assisted Therapy for Adolescents with PTSD	1
Social Work and Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR): Past, Present, and Future	1