OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Australian Social Work is 3. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Applying Human-Centred Design Tools in Social Work Research: A Desire-Centred Approach	24
Grief and Loss: Supporting Foster Carer Families Through Placement Terminations	16
The Impact of Community Work: How to Gather Evidence	13
The S.E.L.F. Framework for Keeping Children Connected to Their Culture in Out-of-Home Care	12
Social Work and Cancer: The Unique Contribution of Social Workers	10
Improving Service Responses for Children and Young People Who Experience Domestic and Family Violence: A Way Forward	10
Artificial Intelligence and Implications for the Australian Social Work Journal	9
Exploring Fathers’ Experiences in Caring for Their Child on a Paediatric Oncology Ward	9
Service Users in Social Work Student Supervision: A Scoping Review	9
Social Work and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Student Placement Model	8
Voices from the Frontline: Insights on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Advocacy	8
Australian Social Work: Looking Back and Looking Ahead	8
Resistance to Assimilation: Expanding Understandings of First Nations Cultural Connection in Child Protection and Out-of-home Care	8
Artificial Intelligence in Social Work: An EPIC Model for Practice	8
A Modern History of Child Protection in Australia: Queensland 1965–1980	7
Using Social Research for Social Justice: An Introduction for Social Work and Human Services Using Social Research for Social Justice: An Introduction for Social Work and Human Services	7
Response to Crisp (2022) “Response to Papadopoulos (2022): Social Work After Tehan: Reframing the Scope of Practice”	7
Transitioning to Professional Practice: Experiences of International Master of Social Work [MSW] Graduates from Australian Programs	6
The Continuous Improvement Cultural Responsiveness Tools (CICRT): Creating More Culturally Responsive Social Workers	6
First Contact Social Work: Responding to Domestic and Family Violence	6
Decolonising and Reframing Critical Social Work: Research and Stories from Practice	6
The Non-Indigenous Educator Teaching Australian Aboriginal Content in Social Work Education	6
Australian Mental Health Social Workers’ Experiences of Burnout	6
Enduring Familial Relationships and Identity Preservation Make Simple Adoption the Preferred Permanency Option for Children in Out-of-Home Care	5
Announcement of Journal Awards 2023	5

Editorial	5
Starting the Conversation about Barriers for Endometriosis Care in Regional Areas: An Autoethnographic Perspective	5
Anger Following the Victorian Black Saturday Bushfires: Implications for Postdisaster Service Provision	5
Trauma-Informed Primary Healthcare for Parents: Multidisciplinary Experiences in Rural Service Implementation	5
The Consideration of Animals Within Australian Social Work Curriculum	5
Barriers to Studying Social Work in Australia for Unvaccinated People	5
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
Gender in Psycho-oncology	4
Kinship and Cultural Strengths—Learning from an Aboriginal Perspective	4
Transformational Mentoring Experiences for First Nations Young People: A Scoping Review	4
Special Issue: Safety and Innovation in Out-of-home Care	4
Social Work Students’ Reflections on Self-care While Completing Field Education During the Covid-19 Pandemic	4
Developing a Prioritisation Framework for Social Work Referrals in Australian Hospitals: A Modified Delphi Study	4
Jilya: How One Indigenous Woman from the Remote Pilbara Transformed Psychology	4
Care Support Experiences of Older Ethiopian Refugees Resettled in Australia	4
Service Users’ Descriptions of Recovery-Oriented Elements of a Rural Mental Health Service	4
Perceptions of Social Work in Australia: What Do Social Workers Think?	4
Simulation and Skills Development: Preparing Australian Social Work Education for a Post-COVID Reality	4
Community Service Perspectives on Climate Change and Social Justice in Western Australia	4
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
Practice Skills in Social Work and Welfare: More Than Just Common Sense	3
Social Spaces for Older Queer Adults: A Guide for Social Work Educators, Students and Practitioners	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
Discussion of the Knowns and Unknowns of Child Protection During Pregnancy in Australia	3
Clinician Perspectives of the Evidence Underpinning Suicide Risk Assessment: A Mixed Methods Study	3
Mental Health Service Staff on Sharing Lived Experience in the Workplace	3
Enhancing Access to Income Support for Vulnerable Hospital Patients	3
Reflections from a Community Capacity Building Forum to Support People Bereaved by Suicide	3
Aboriginal Social Work Academics: Failure to Thrive due to Having to Fight to Survive?	3
Post-Pandemic Welfare and Social Work: Re-Imagining the New Normal	3
Homelessness	3
Call for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Reviewers	3
Contemporary Practitioner Experiences of Relational Social Work: The Case of Child Welfare	3
Call for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander/First Nations ReviewersAustralian Social Work	3
The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Parents and Young People With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)	3
Associate Professor Fiona McDermott: in appreciation	3
Responding to the Needs of Internally Displaced Persons: A Social Work Perspective	3