OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Research on Social Work Practice 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
The End of Quantitative Research in Social Work? The Threat Posed by Postmodern/Critical Theory's Increasing Colonization of Academia	62
Students’ Perceived Attributes and Benefits of a Leadership Course: Subjective Outcome Evaluation	28
Social Work Research: A 40-Year Perspective and a Response to Feldman	25
Preschool-Based Program on Parenting and Child Behavior for Working Parents: Cluster RCT	22
Adventure-Based Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Hong Kong University Students: A Randomized Controlled Study	21
A Feasibility Study of Parenting for Lifelong Health for Adolescents in China	20
Book Review: Evidence-based practice process in social work: Critical thinking for clinical practice by Garcia, Antonio R., and Corcoran, Jacqueline	19
Book Review: Practice Research in the Human Services: A University Agency Practice Model	18
The Mechanisms of Implementation Support - Findings from a Systematic Integrative Review	18
Psychosocial Interventions Preventing Gang-Related Crime Among Young People: A Systematic Review	18
Peer Support and Community Engagement Interventions for Chinese Shidu Parents: A Meta-Analysis	17
A Culturally Adapted Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Group: A Randomized Controlled Trial	16
Enhancing the Organizational Evaluation Capacity of NGOs: Results of a Quasi-Experimental Study	15
Impact of Socially Assistive Robots on Geriatric Depression: A Comparative Study of Pre- and During-Pandemic Cohorts	15
Book Review: Dimensions of Human Behavior: The Changing Life Course by E. D. Hutchison and L. W. Charlesworth ¹¹ HutchisonE. D.Charles	14
Taiwan's Medical Social Work Development and the Impact of Social Work Regulation	11
Self-Recognition, Self-Efficacy, and Confidence Intervention of Kunjing Children Without Sufficient Parental Care	11
Book Review: Mindfulness for Children, Adolescents and Families: Integrating Research into Practice by Herman Hay Ming Lo	11
Poverty Indicators in the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System Child File: Challenges and Opportunities	11
Sample Size Planning in the Design of Two-Level Randomized Cost-Effectiveness Trials	11
Book Review: The psychology of trauma	11
Book Review: The children of looked after children: Outcomes, experiences, and ensuring meaningful support to young parents in and leaving care	11
Book Review: Enlightening professional supervision in social work; voices and virtues of supervisors by Manohar Pawar & A. W. (Bill) Anscombe	10
Situating the Efficacy of Certificate Course in Social Work: A Case of First-Ever Course in Bhutan	9
Capacity-Building Program for Parents of Children with SEN: A Randomized Controlled Trial	9

Structural Family Therapy with Chinese Families in After-Violence Context	9
Child Welfare and/or Legal System Involved Pregnant/Parenting Youth Intervention: A Pretest–Posttest Study	9
A Scoping Review to Guide Social Work Policy-Practice for Pandemic Recovery	9
Jane Crow and the Abolition of Family Policing	9
Interventions for Adolescent Suicide Ideation and Suicide Attempts in Latin America and Spain: A Systematic Review	9
Book Review: Social Work Practice in Health: An Introduction to Contexts, Theories and Skills	8
A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of Social Workers in Schools (SWIS) in England	8
Combination Microfinance and HIV Risk Reduction Among Women Engaged in Sex Work	8
Randomized Trial of Self-Guided Parenting Intervention on Parent Competency and Child Behavior	8
Research to Consider while Effectively Re-Designing Child Welfare Services: A Response to Commentaries	8
Evaluation of an Electronic Service-Learning Course Utilizing Regular and Intensive Delivery Modes: The Hong Kong Experience	7
Blueprint for Social Work Blended Learning Curriculum in the Chinese Context	7
Trauma-Related Knowledge and Practice Changes among Brokers in a Community-Based Learning Collaborative	7
Book Review: The other side of suffering: Finding a path to peace after tragedy	7
The Odd Year: Experiences of Care Leavers in the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic	7
Randomized Controlled Trial of Expanded Coming Out Group on Reducing Self-Stigma of Schizophrenia People	7
Book Review: Social Work Leadership and Management: Current Approaches and Concepts for Social and Human Service Organisations by Maik Arnold	7
A Comparative Analysis of the Strengths Perspective With the Theory Evaluation Scale	7
The Effectiveness of Personalisation on Health Outcomes of Older People: A Systematic Review	6
Black Girl Well-Being: A Scoping Review of Culturally and Gender Responsive Interventions	6
Evaluation of a Parenting Program for Disadvantaged Families in the Czech Republic	6
Comparison of Two Controlled Trials Designed to Reduce Aggressive Behavior in China	6
The Aftermath of Covid and Cyclones Idai and Kenneth: A Naturalistic Experiment Examining Empowerment and Resiliency in Rural Mozambique	6
An Instrumental Variable Approach for Head Start Attendance on Low Income Children	6
Telephone-Supported Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for People With Depression: Users’ Perspective	6
Role of Competencies and Attitudes in Training for Family Prevention Programme Facilitators	6
Integrating Policy into School Safety Theory and Research	5
Poverty, Neglect, and Child Protection Reform: An Invited Editorial	5
Book Review: Cynical Therapies – Perspectives on the Antitherapeutic Nature of Critical Social Justice by V. Thomas	5
Efficacy of Internet-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Hong Kong University Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial	5
Newly Released Data on Examination Pass Rates Supports Need for Widespread Reform	5
Book Review: Challenging parental alienation: New directions for professionals and parents	5
Ensuring Authentic Representation and Collaboration Along with Research to Re-Design Child Welfare	5
Social Rehabilitation to Strengthen the Autonomy and Self-Sufficiency of Disabled People: Pre–Post Study	4
Book Review: Research on Community-Centered Poverty-Alleviation Social Work	4
Effects of an Online Psychoeducational Program for People With Dissociative Symptoms: A Randomized Controlled Trial	4
Validation of a Multi-Dimensional Social Support Measure for Individuals Who Are Incarcerated	4
Outcomes of a Design Thinking Program on Social Workers: An Evaluation Study	4
Factors That Influence MSW Students’ Referral Decisions for Depression: A Factorial Survey	4
A Response to Barth et al. From the Perspective of a Child Protective Services Worker	4
Teaching an Evidence-Based Practice Process to Undergraduate Social Work Students in China	4
Obituary: David Patterson Silver Wolf	4
Pedagogical Methods of Teaching Social Justice in Social Work: A Scoping Review	4
Assessing the Effectiveness of TSL Program for Runaway and Homeless Youth	4
Ethnic Minority and Majority Social Workers Working with Ethnic Minority Clients: Culture-Bound Professional Interventions and Burnout among Arab and Jewish Israeli Social Workers	4
Poverty or Racism? A Re-Analysis of Briggs et al. 2022	4
Book Review: Fieldwork in Social Work: A Practical Guide by M. Rezaul Islam	4
Book Review: Social work in the frame of a professional competencies approach by Ana, Opačić	4
Inclusive Practice for Children with Special Education Needs: Training for Social Workers	4
Domestic Violence and Alcohol and Other Drug Use: Australian Pilot Intervention Findings	4

Book Review: Transnational Mobility and Externalization of EU Borders: Social Work, Migration Management, and Resistance by Petra Daňková, Robel Afeworki Abay, Nikos Xypolytas, Tanja Kleibl	4
When Research Learns From Practice: Synthesized Action Research on the BIKVA Model	4
Social Work as Mediocracy: A Response to Gambrill, Esptein, Cabin, and Teasley, Dettlaff, and Abrams	4
Advancing Social Intervention Research Through Program Theory Reconstruction	4
The Perceived Informal Support Questionnaire: Validation and Clinical Correlates in People with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms	4
Transforming Impossible into Possible (TIP) for Financial Capability: Application of Practice-Based Program Theory and Measures in Intervention Design	4
Book Review: Welfare State 3.0: Social Policy After the Pandemic	4
Book Review: Social Work Practice During Times of Disaster: A Transformative Green Social Work Model for Theory, Education and Practice in Disaster Interventions	4
Book Review: Social Work for Women Poverty-Alleviation by Cuie Zhang and Yunsu Du ZhangCuieDuYunsu. Social Work for Women Poverty-Alleviation	4
Assessing the Fidelity of an Affirmative Cognitive Behavioral Group Intervention	3
Behavioral Health Interventions for Incarcerated Adults With Histories of Trauma: A Scoping Review	3
One Last Fandango Professor Por Favor? The Potential Contribution of Clinical Data-Mining to Randomized Clinical Trials	3
Corrigendum to Evaluating the Effectiveness of Mental Health First Aid Program for Chinese People in Hong Kong	3
Validation of the Revised Chen Internet Addition Scale for Chinese Older Adults	3
Is Self-Care Sustainable Without Structural Support? A Systematic Review of Self-Care Interventions	3
Book Review: The Routledge Handbook of Social Work Field Education in the Global South by Baikady R., S.M., S., Nadesan, V., & Islam, M.R. BaikadyR.S.M.S.NadesanV.Is	3
Book Review: I have been buried underneath years of dust: A memoir of autism and hope	3
Book Review: Global Challenges: Social, Economic, Environmental, Political and Ethical by Katarzyna, Podhorodecka, & Tomasz, Wites	3
Book Review: Empowerment Evaluation and Social Justice: Confronting the Culture of Silence by Fetterman, David M.	3
Comparative Efficacy of Online vs. Face-to-Face Group Interventions: A Systematic Review	3
Social Work Regulation in the United Arab Emirates	3
Enhancing Social Workers’ Capacity Building for Career and Life Development Services: A Quasi-Experimental Outcome Study	3
Qualitative System Dynamics Modeling to Support Community Planning in Opioid Overdose Prevention	3
Assessing Foster/Adoptive Parent Training Curriculum's Improvement of Resource Parent Knowledge and Skills	3
Development and Validation of a Chinese Standardized Client Satisfaction Scale	3
Racial Bias and ASWB Exams: A Failure of Data Equity	3
Don’t Waste Your Time Doing Social Work Research!	3
Clarity is Charity in the Advances of Causal Inquiry	3
Psychometric Properties of a European French Version of the PTGI	3
Extended Case Management Services Among Resettled Refugees in the United States	3
Book Review: Care in Social Work With Children and Families; Theory, Everyday Practices and Possibilities for Social Change by Maria Appel Nissen, Mie Engen and Andreas	3
Interventions that Address Institutional Child Maltreatment: An Evidence and Gap Map	2
A Systematic Review of Measures of Child Neglect	2
Effectiveness of an LGBTQ+ E-Learning Module for Social Workers: A Randomized Controlled Trial	2
Book Review: Multidimensional human behavior in the Complex social environment: Decolonizing theories for social work practice	2
Engaging Nonresident Fathers: Exploring Collaborative Competencies in Support of Family-Centered Practice	2
Impact of Community Service on Latent Deprivation of Social Assistance Recipients	2
Mental Health Symptom Reduction in US Adults Postincarceration	2
Using Brief Habit Reversal to Decrease Speech Disfluencies in Public Speaking. A Systematic Replication	2
Adult Depression and Anxiety Outcomes at a Student-Staffed Mental Health Clinic	2
Computerized Suicide Prevention Clinical Training Simulations: A Pilot Study	2
The 100 Most Impactful Global Contributors to Social Work Publications: An Update Based on 2023 Data	2
Martin Bloom and Primary Prevention	2
Response to the Respondents: The NIMH Task Force Report on Social Work Research	2
Some Comments on the Notion of Social Work as a Human Service Cartel	2
Preventing Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Adolescents: A Pilot Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial	2
A Feasibility Study of the SAFE Pilot Program: A University–School Board Partnership in Ontario	2
Book Review: The Routledge International Handbook of Social Work and Disaster Practice by Adamson, C., Alston, M., Bennett, B., Boddy, J., Boetto, H., Harms, L., and Tud	2
School-based Child Sexual Abuse Interventions: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis	2
Book Review: Modern social work theory	2
The Effects of Tax-Time Interventions on Savings Rate and Amount: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	2
Adapted, Adopted, and Novel Interventions: A Whole-Population Meta-Analytic Replication of Intervention Effects	2
The 5 + 1 Practice Research Model in Health Social Work: The “Eye of the Storm”	2
Condom Decision Making Among Latino and Black Adolescent Males: Social Neurobiological and Paternal Influences	2
Book Review: Addiction Treatment: A Strengths Perspective by Katherine Van Wormer and Diane Rae Davis	2
Effectiveness of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Among Maltreated Children: A Meta-Analysis	2
Racial Disparity in Social Work Licensure Exam Pass Rates	2
Book Review: Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Those Who Say They Can’t by Cohen, Elliot CohenElliot. Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Those Who Say They Can’t. New York, NY:	2
Human Rights Engagement in Social Work: Validating an Eight-Item Spanish-Language Scale	2
Innovation of Social Workers Under Different Leadership Styles: An Experimental Vignette Study	2
Book Review: The evidence-based practice process in social work: Critical thinking for clinical practice by Antonio, R. Garcia and Jacqueline Corcoran	2
Building Program Evaluation Capacity of Non-Governmental Organizations Practitioners in Hong Kong	2
Feasibility of Supported Education for Youth with Mental Illness in Hong Kong	2
Self-Regulation Interventions for Children in Living Poverty in the United States: A Systematic Review	2