OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Research on Social Work Practice 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Social Work Research: A 40-Year Perspective and a Response to Feldman	65
Preschool-Based Program on Parenting and Child Behavior for Working Parents: Cluster RCT	52
A Feasibility Study of Parenting for Lifelong Health for Adolescents in China	31
Book Review: Practice Research in the Human Services: A University Agency Practice Model	24
The End of Quantitative Research in Social Work? The Threat Posed by Postmodern/Critical Theory's Increasing Colonization of Academia	21
Adventure-Based Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Hong Kong University Students: A Randomized Controlled Study	21
Students’ Perceived Attributes and Benefits of a Leadership Course: Subjective Outcome Evaluation	20
Evaluation of a School-Based Group Counseling Program for Adolescent Internet Gaming Disorder	19
Book Review: Dimensions of Human Behavior: The Changing Life Course by E. D. Hutchison and L. W. Charlesworth ¹¹ HutchisonE. D.Charles	18
Book Review: Evidence-based practice process in social work: Critical thinking for clinical practice by Garcia, Antonio R., and Corcoran, Jacqueline	17
Psychosocial Interventions Preventing Gang-Related Crime Among Young People: A Systematic Review	17
Impact of Socially Assistive Robots on Geriatric Depression: A Comparative Study of Pre- and During-Pandemic Cohorts	16
Enhancing the Organizational Evaluation Capacity of NGOs: Results of a Quasi-Experimental Study	15
The Mechanisms of Implementation Support - Findings from a Systematic Integrative Review	14
A Culturally Adapted Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Group: A Randomized Controlled Trial	13
Sample Size Planning in the Design of Two-Level Randomized Cost-Effectiveness Trials	12
Peer Support and Community Engagement Interventions for Chinese Shidu Parents: A Meta-Analysis	12
Book Review: The psychology of trauma	12
Community-Based Recovery in Persons with Suicide Attempts from a Latin American Population	12
Structural Family Therapy with Chinese Families in After-Violence Context	11
Taiwan's Medical Social Work Development and the Impact of Social Work Regulation	11
Jane Crow and the Abolition of Family Policing	11
Poverty Indicators in the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System Child File: Challenges and Opportunities	11
A Scoping Review to Guide Social Work Policy-Practice for Pandemic Recovery	11
Self-Recognition, Self-Efficacy, and Confidence Intervention of Kunjing Children Without Sufficient Parental Care	11

Interventions for Adolescent Suicide Ideation and Suicide Attempts in Latin America and Spain: A Systematic Review	10
Capacity-Building Program for Parents of Children with SEN: A Randomized Controlled Trial	10
Research to Consider while Effectively Re-Designing Child Welfare Services: A Response to Commentaries	10
Book Review: Mindfulness for Children, Adolescents and Families: Integrating Research into Practice by Herman Hay Ming Lo	9
A Scale to Measure the Effectiveness of Casework (CES-10)	9
Child Welfare and/or Legal System Involved Pregnant/Parenting Youth Intervention: A Pretest–Posttest Study	9
Black Girl Well-Being: A Scoping Review of Culturally and Gender Responsive Interventions	9
Book Review: Enlightening professional supervision in social work; voices and virtues of supervisors by Manohar Pawar & A. W. (Bill) Anscombe	9
Combination Microfinance and HIV Risk Reduction Among Women Engaged in Sex Work	9
A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of Social Workers in Schools (SWIS) in England	9
The Odd Year: Experiences of Care Leavers in the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic	8
A Comparative Analysis of the Strengths Perspective With the Theory Evaluation Scale	8
Book Review: Social Work Practice in Health: An Introduction to Contexts, Theories and Skills	8
Blueprint for Social Work Blended Learning Curriculum in the Chinese Context	8
Randomized Trial of Self-Guided Parenting Intervention on Parent Competency and Child Behavior	7
Randomized Controlled Trial of Expanded Coming Out Group on Reducing Self-Stigma of Schizophrenia People	7
The Effectiveness of Personalisation on Health Outcomes of Older People: A Systematic Review	7
Group Work Intervention Enhancing Resilience of Kunjing Children Without Sufficient Parental Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial	7
Comparison of Two Controlled Trials Designed to Reduce Aggressive Behavior in China	7
Trauma-Related Knowledge and Practice Changes among Brokers in a Community-Based Learning Collaborative	7
Book Review: Social Work Leadership and Management: Current Approaches and Concepts for Social and Human Service Organisations by Maik Arnold	7
Evaluation of an Electronic Service-Learning Course Utilizing Regular and Intensive Delivery Modes: The Hong Kong Experience	7
The Aftermath of Covid and Cyclones Idai and Kenneth: A Naturalistic Experiment Examining Empowerment and Resiliency in Rural Mozambique	6
Efficacy of Internet-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Hong Kong University Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial	6
Role of Competencies and Attitudes in Training for Family Prevention Programme Facilitators	6
Ensuring Authentic Representation and Collaboration Along with Research to Re-Design Child Welfare	6
Telephone-Supported Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for People With Depression: Users’ Perspective	6
An Instrumental Variable Approach for Head Start Attendance on Low Income Children	6
Evaluation of a Parenting Program for Disadvantaged Families in the Czech Republic	6
Methodological Approaches to Measuring Self-Efficacy Among Social Work Students in Online Education	5
Integrating Policy into School Safety Theory and Research	5
Teaching an Evidence-Based Practice Process to Undergraduate Social Work Students in China	5
Newly Released Data on Examination Pass Rates Supports Need for Widespread Reform	5
Book Review: Cynical Therapies – Perspectives on the Antitherapeutic Nature of Critical Social Justice by V. Thomas	5
Poverty, Neglect, and Child Protection Reform: An Invited Editorial	5
Book Review: Social Work for Women Poverty-Alleviation by Cuie Zhang and Yunsu Du ZhangCuieDuYunsu. Social Work for Women Poverty-Alleviation	5
Book Review: Challenging parental alienation: New directions for professionals and parents	5
Book Review: Scripture and scrubs: A Christian calling to healthcare by M. E. Sherr, J. K. Lee, and A. M. Mickle SherrM. E.LeeJ. K.MickleA. M.. Scripture and scrubs: A C	5
Effectiveness of the Forgiveness Interventions Among Left-Behind Junior High School Students in China	4
Inclusive Practice for Children with Special Education Needs: Training for Social Workers	4
A Response to Barth et al. From the Perspective of a Child Protective Services Worker	4
Book Review: Welfare State 3.0: Social Policy After the Pandemic	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
Advancing Social Intervention Research Through Program Theory Reconstruction	4
Book Review: Social work in the frame of a professional competencies approach by Ana, Opačić	4
Transforming Impossible into Possible (TIP) for Financial Capability: Application of Practice-Based Program Theory and Measures in Intervention Design	4
Book Review: Racial trauma in Black clients: Effective practice for clinicians by Jones-Damis, J. R., & Moore, K. N. Jones-DamisJ. R.MooreK. N. (2025). Racial trauma	4
Social Rehabilitation to Strengthen the Autonomy and Self-Sufficiency of Disabled People: Pre–Post Study	4
Domestic Violence and Alcohol and Other Drug Use: Australian Pilot Intervention Findings	4
When Research Learns From Practice: Synthesized Action Research on the BIKVA Model	4

Validation of a Multi-Dimensional Social Support Measure for Individuals Who Are Incarcerated	4
Comparative Efficacy of Online vs. Face-to-Face Group Interventions: A Systematic Review	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
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
Perspectives on Technology Use in Social Work: Scale Development and Validation	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: Research on Community-Centered Poverty-Alleviation Social Work	4
Poverty or Racism? A Re-Analysis of Briggs et al. 2022	4
Pedagogical Methods of Teaching Social Justice in Social Work: A Scoping Review	4
The Perceived Informal Support Questionnaire: Validation and Clinical Correlates in People with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms	4
Book Review: Human rights in this age of uncertainty: Social work approaches and practices from Southeast Europe by Krasniqi, Vjollca & and McPherson, Jane KrasniqiV	4
Validation of the Revised Chen Internet Addition Scale for Chinese Older Adults	3
Book Review: Empowerment Evaluation and Social Justice: Confronting the Culture of Silence by Fetterman, David M.	3
Clarity is Charity in the Advances of Causal Inquiry	3
Behavioral Health Interventions for Incarcerated Adults With Histories of Trauma: A Scoping Review	3
Theoretical and Methodological Shifts in Social Work Research: An AI-Driven Analysis of Postmodern and Critical Theory at the SSWR Annual Conference	3
One Last Fandango Professor Por Favor? The Potential Contribution of Clinical Data-Mining to Randomized Clinical Trials	3
Assessing the Effectiveness of TSL Program for Runaway and Homeless Youth	3
Vulnerability Scale for Families: Spanish Validation of a Social Work Assessment Tool	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
Impact of Substance Use Terminology on MSW Students: A Randomized Vignette Study	3
Qualitative System Dynamics Modeling to Support Community Planning in Opioid Overdose Prevention	3
Extended Case Management Services Among Resettled Refugees in the United States	3
Racial Bias and ASWB Exams: A Failure of Data Equity	3
Don’t Waste Your Time Doing Social Work Research!	3
Book Review: Uncommon Cause: Living for Environmental Justice in Kerala by John Mathias MathiasJohn. Uncommon Cause: Living for Environmental Justice in Kerala, Universi	3
Book Review: Fieldwork in Social Work: A Practical Guide M. Rezaul Islam. Fieldwork in Social Work: A Practical Guide , Springer, 2024, 277 pp. EUR 85.59, ISBN 978-3-031	3
Effects of an Online Psychoeducational Program for People With Dissociative Symptoms: A Randomized Controlled Trial	3
Corrigendum to Evaluating the Effectiveness of Mental Health First Aid Program for Chinese People in Hong Kong	3
A Guest Editorial: Turning Your Research into a Best-Seller—An Innovative Approach to Knowledge Mobilization and Becoming Newsworthy	3
Social Work Regulation in the United Arab Emirates	3
Book Review: Global Challenges: Social, Economic, Environmental, Political and Ethical by Katarzyna, Podhorodecka, & Tomasz, Wites	3
Assessing the Fidelity of an Affirmative Cognitive Behavioral Group Intervention	3
Enhancing Social Workers’ Capacity Building for Career and Life Development Services: A Quasi-Experimental Outcome Study	3
Psychometric Properties of a European French Version of the PTGI	3
Development and Validation of a Chinese Standardized Client Satisfaction Scale	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