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Papers

(The median citation count of Australian 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Grief and Loss: Supporting Foster Carer Families Through Placement Terminations	29
Applying Human-Centred Design Tools in Social Work Research: A Desire-Centred Approach	18
Managing Risk and Child Participation in Out-Of-Home Care: Practitioner Perspectives	14
Artificial Intelligence and Implications for the Australian Social Work Journal	12
Social Work and Cancer: The Unique Contribution of Social Workers	12
The S.E.L.F. Framework for Keeping Children Connected to Their Culture in Out-of-Home Care	12
Exploring Fathers’ Experiences in Caring for Their Child on a Paediatric Oncology Ward	11
Improving Service Responses for Children and Young People Who Experience Domestic and Family Violence: A Way Forward	10
Social Work and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Student Placement Model	10
A Modern History of Child Protection in Australia: Queensland 1965–1980	9
Voices from the Frontline: Insights on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Advocacy	9
Australian Social Work: Looking Back and Looking Ahead	9
Resistance to Assimilation: Expanding Understandings of First Nations Cultural Connection in Child Protection and Out-of-home Care	9
Australian Mental Health Social Workers’ Experiences of Burnout	8
Decolonising and Reframing Critical Social Work: Research and Stories from Practice	8
First Contact Social Work: Responding to Domestic and Family Violence	8
Transitioning to Professional Practice: Experiences of International Master of Social Work [MSW] Graduates from Australian Programs	7
Anger Following the Victorian Black Saturday Bushfires: Implications for Postdisaster Service Provision	7
The Continuous Improvement Cultural Responsiveness Tools (CICRT): Creating More Culturally Responsive Social Workers	7
Response to Crisp (2022) “Response to Papadopoulos (2022): Social Work After Tehan: Reframing the Scope of Practice”	7
Enduring Familial Relationships and Identity Preservation Make Simple Adoption the Preferred Permanency Option for Children in Out-of-Home Care	7
Announcement of Journal Awards 2023	7
The Non-Indigenous Educator Teaching Australian Aboriginal Content in Social Work Education	7
Using Social Research for Social Justice: An Introduction for Social Work and Human Services	7
Barriers to Studying Social Work in Australia for Unvaccinated People	7

Artificial Intelligence in Social Work: An EPIC Model for Practice	7
Trauma-Informed Primary Healthcare for Parents: Multidisciplinary Experiences in Rural Service Implementation	6
Editorial	6
Starting the Conversation about Barriers for Endometriosis Care in Regional Areas: An Autoethnographic Perspective	6
The Consideration of Animals Within Australian Social Work Curriculum	6
Telehealth in Mental Health Social Work: Benefits and Limitations within Practice	5
Living with Experience in the Academy: Pressures to Disclose in Routine Research Activities	5
Kinship and Cultural Strengths—Learning from an Aboriginal Perspective	5
Transformational Mentoring Experiences for First Nations Young People: A Scoping Review	5
Service Users’ Descriptions of Recovery-Oriented Elements of a Rural Mental Health Service	5
Gender in Psycho-oncology	5
Trauma-Informed Mental Health: Supporting Young People Involved With Child Protection Services	5
Simulation and Skills Development: Preparing Australian Social Work Education for a Post-COVID Reality	5
Secondary Traumatisation of Social Workers Supporting Traumatised Children and Their Families: A Preliminary Qualitative Inquiry	5
Social Work Students’ Reflections on Self-care While Completing Field Education During the Covid-19 Pandemic	5
Developing a Prioritisation Framework for Social Work Referrals in Australian Hospitals: A Modified Delphi Study	5
Perceptions of Social Work in Australia: What Do Social Workers Think?	5
Special Issue: Safety and Innovation in Out-of-home Care	4
Do You See Us, Social Work: Lived Experience of Australian Young Widows	4
Mental Health Service Staff on Sharing Lived Experience in the Workplace	4
Enhancing Access to Income Support for Vulnerable Hospital Patients	4
Jilya: How One Indigenous Woman from the Remote Pilbara Transformed Psychology	4
The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Parents and Young People With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)	4
Care Support Experiences of Older Ethiopian Refugees Resettled in Australia	4
Community Service Perspectives on Climate Change and Social Justice in Western Australia	4
Social Spaces for Older Queer Adults: A Guide for Social Work Educators, Students and Practitioners	4
Call for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander/First Nations ReviewersAustralian Social Work	4
Homelessness	3
Practice Skills in Social Work and Welfare: More Than Just Common Sense	3
Reflections from a Community Capacity Building Forum to Support People Bereaved by Suicide	3
Associate Professor Fiona McDermott: in appreciation	3
Insights from Refugee Men as They Navigate Intersecting Settlement Challenges and Renegotiate Gender Identities	3
Aboriginal Social Work Academics: Failure to Thrive due to Having to Fight to Survive?	3
Social Policy in Australia: Understanding for Action Social Policy in Australia: Understanding for Action , Fourth Edition, by Alison McClelland, Paul Smyth, and Greg Ma	3
Expression of Interest: Editorial Board Chair Australian Social Work	3
Ethical Basics for the Caring Professions: Knowledge and Skills for Thoughtful Practice Ethical Basics for the Caring Professions: Knowledge and Skills for Thoughtful Practice	3
Post-Pandemic Welfare and Social Work: Re-Imagining the New Normal	3
Individual Responsibility and Disconnection: Practitioner Experiences of the First Wave COVID19 Lockdown	3
Call for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Reviewers	3
Discussion of the Knowns and Unknowns of Child Protection During Pregnancy in Australia	3
Contemporary Practitioner Experiences of Relational Social Work: The Case of Child Welfare	3
Indigenisation, (De)Colonisation, and Whiteness: Dismantling Social Work Education	3
A Grounded Theory of Living in Two Worlds: Torres Strait Islanders’ Experience of Contemporary Migration	3
Therapeutic Gardening Groups with Children and Young People Who Have Experienced Maltreatment	2
Correction	2
Explaining Psychological Distress among Men in the Helping Professions: A Serial Mediation Model	2
Utopian Thinking, Social Work, and Homelessness: Critiquing Ideas Regarding Welfare Dependence	2
Elder Abuse in Migrant Communities in Australia: A Scoping Review	2
Children, Care and Crime: Trauma and Transformation	2
Developing an Intake Assessment for Domestic and Family Violence Supported Accommodation	2

Safe and Unsafe Housing for Domestic and Family Violence Survivors: Practitioner Perspectives	2
Call for Reviewers- Australian Social Work	2
Enhancing Child Wellbeing Through Trauma-Informed Parenting Practices: A Pilot Study	2
Using Photography to Capture Young People’s Views About Community and Local Service Delivery	2
Indigenous Data Sovereignty: What Can Yarning Teach Us?	2
Interprofessional Collaboration to Develop and Deliver Domestic Violence Curriculum to Dental Students	2
Social Work Education: Developing Professional Identity and Readiness for Practice	2
Challenges Underlying the Involvement of Social Workers From Minority Groups in Policy Practice	2
Responding to the Needs of Internally Displaced Persons: A Social Work Perspective	2
Supporting Pregnant Women Experiencing Homelessness	2
Experiences of Mental Health Carers Examined Using a Recovery Framework	2
The Challenges of Using Available Practice Classification Systems in Researching Social Work	2
Sexual Health, Fertility, and Relationships in Cancer Care. Psycho-oncology Care Series: Companion Guides for Clinicians	2
Safeguarding Children, Young People and Families	2
Journal Publication Awards	2
A Decolonising Critical Discourse Analysis Framework for Positive Behaviour Support Plans	1
Social Work With Interpreters in the Disability Sector: Developing Practice Principles	1
Love, Attachment and Intellectual Disability: Meeting Emotional Needs and Developmental Trauma	1
Responding to the Needs of Transgender and Gender Diverse Students in Australian Nongovernment Schools	1
Book Reviews	1
Social Work in the Oncology Setting Compared to Social Work in General Medical Settings: An Analysis of Findings From a Multisite Australian Social Work Practice Audit	1
A Structured Template for Social Work Psychosocial Assessments and Formulations in Healthcare	1
Social Work in Primary Health Care: Integration, Implications and Impact	1
Social Impact Bonds and Homelessness: A Review of the Literature	1
Young People’s Support Needs During the Military–Civilian Transition: “I Would Have Been a Very Different Person if There was More Support Available”	1
The Prevailing Contexts of Domestic and Family Violence and Child Protection	1
Practising Feminism for Social Welfare: A Global Perspective	1
Australian Social Work: Proposed Guidelines for Articles by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Authors and About Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Issues	1
Community Reintegration of Long-Stay Hospitalised Mental Health Consumers During COVID-19 Pandemic	1
Practicing Critical Reflection in Social Care Organisations	1
Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Social Work in Australia	1
“Our Voices: Being Seen and Heard”	1
Family Violence Presentations to a Metropolitan Emergency Department During COVID-19: A Retrospective Audit	1
Implementing the Sleeping Dogs Method in Engaging Young People in Residential Care in EMDR	1
Advancing Trauma-Informed Practices for K–12 Schools and Institutions of Higher Education	1
The Complexities of Home in Social Work	1
Early Intervention Program for High-Risk Youth: Preliminary Evidence on Costs Avoided	1
Narratives of Domestic Violence: Policing, Identity, and Indexicality	1
Domestic Violence Risk Assessment Tools and Australian Homelessness Services: A Scoping Review	1
Addendum	1
The Human Services: Practitioners’ Experiences of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s & 1990s	1
A Simulated Placement: Using a Mixed-Reality Learning Environment for Social Work Field Education	1
Book reviews	1
An Expressive Arts Approach to Healing Loss and Grief: Working Across the Spectrum of Loss With Individuals and Communities	1
Reconstructing the Bicultural Worker within Health and Human Service Organisations	1
Special Issue: Our Voices: Being Seen and Heard	1
Vale Helen Cleak, 1951–2023—An Esteemed Member of Australian Social Work Editorial Board	1