OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Social Work Research 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
LGBTQ+ People’s Perceptions of Interactions with Outgroup Members: Implications for Social Work Education and Practice	59
Factors That Impact Caseload and Case Acuity in Outpatient Mental Health and Family Maltreatment	13
Affirmation and Safety: An Intersectional Analysis of Trans and Nonbinary Youths in Quebec	10
Addressing Social Workers’ Stress, Burnout, and Resiliency: A Qualitative Study with Supervisors	9
Prevalence and Correlates of Police Contact Anxiety among Male and Female Black Emerging Adults in St. Louis, Missouri	9
Attuning and Queering SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework	8
A Critical Content Analysis of Multiracial Content at Society for Social Work and Research, 2009–2022	8
Depression Mediates the Relationships between Hallucinations, Delusions, and Social Isolation in First-Episode Psychosis	7
Guns and the Culture of Violence in America	7
International Social Work Research: Some Lessons Learned	7
Synthetic Data: A Very Short Primer for Social Workers	7
Current Mental Health Clients’ Religious/Spiritual Beliefs and Practices: A National Survey	7
“I’ve Been Through It”: Assessing Employment Barriers among Unaccompanied Women Experiencing Homelessness	7
Licensing, Testing Disparities, and the Social Work Profession	6
Operationalizing Intersectionality in Social Work Research: Approaches and Limitations	6
Attending to Our Own Trauma: Promoting Vicarious Resilience and Preventing Vicarious Traumatization among Researchers	6
Neuroplasticity in the Biopsychosocial Framework: A Foundational Theory for Intervention	6
The Impact of Strengths-Based Working on Long-Term Housing Outcomes: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis	6
Advancing Active Allyship for Social Justice: Cross-Group Friendships, Social Empathy, and Political Engagement	6
Caregiving and Obesity among Black American Adults	6
What Is Research Now?	5
“We Have to Build Trust”: Intimate Partner Violence Risk Assessment with Immigrant and Refugee Survivors	5
A Mixed-Methods Study of the Experiences of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color MSW Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic	4
Social Work Research	4
Intimate Partner Violence, Mental Health, and Intimate Partner Homicide: Perceptions of Black Communities	4

Traumatic Brain Injury and Health-Related Quality of Life: A Cross-Sectional Study of Incarcerated Adults	4
Validation of the Substance Abuse Scale of the Personal and Relationships Profile	4
Why Is the Turnover Intention in Large Institutions Higher? Perceived Organizational Support, Organizational Cultural Identity, and Turnover Intention of Chinese Social Workers	4
Exploring Neighborhood Social Environment and Social Support in Baltimore	4
Transnational Family Separation among Migrant Women in Canada: An Intersectional Analysis	4
When Families Fail: Women’s Responses to Spousal Violence in Central Asia	4
What Is Our Added Value? A Systematic Analysis of Epidemic Narratives in the Social Work Literature	4
Social Work Research	3
Learning from “Racism, Not Race” for Intersectionality Research and the Research Enterprise	3
Nos Quieren Sacar para Fuera:Older Undocumented Immigrants’ Perceptions of Living in the United States	3
Associations between Solitary Confinement and Psychosis Symptoms in the Postrelease Community Setting	3
Crossing Borders: Exploring the Role of School Social Workers in Immigrant-Serving Schools	3
Bending toward Justice: Social Work Research Advocacy in Times of Political Turmoil	3
Operationalizing the Four Expressions of Power as a Framework of Analysis in Qualitative Social Work Research	3
A Longitudinal Examination of the Relationship between Religious Service Attendance and Young Adult Substance Use	3
Correction to: The Value of Social Work to Health, Health Systems, and Interprofessional Teams: A Scoping Review	2
Measuring Afrocentrism: A Review of Existing Instruments	2
Correction	2
The Relationship between Lifetime Opioid Use and Mental and Physical Health among Incarcerated Individuals	2
A Green Social Work Study of Environmental and Social Justice in an Australian River Community	2
Factors Associated with Resilience among MSW Students in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic	2
The Effect of Work on Antisocial Behavior among Formerly Incarcerated Young Adults: A Panel Analysis	2
Correction to: Mental Health Interventions That Address Historical Trauma among Indigenous Peoples: A Systematic Review	2
Correction to: Predictors of National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Alcohol Recovery among Individuals in Alcohol Treatment: Implications for Social Work	2
Social Work Research	1
Perceived Social Support and Symptom Loads of Psychiatric Disorders among Adolescents in Residential Youth Care	1
Licensing Investigations: Suggestions from Social Workers Who Received Sanctions	1
Expressive Writing for Korean Immigrant Older Adults Residing in Areas without Well-Established Korean Communities	1
Citizenship Status and Restrictive Policies Affect Participation in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)	1
Developmental Disabilities in the Context of Fragile Families: Racial and Ethnic Disparities at Age Nine	1
Making AIMS Explicit: Establishing Intersectionality Criteria for Gender Equity Analyses	1
How Many Immigrant-Friendly Communities Are in the United States? Classifying the Policy Stream	1
Ableism in the Child Welfare System: Findings from a Qualitative Study	1
“Es Como Que no los Conociera”: Reunification of Unaccompanied Migrant Youth with Their U.S. Families	1
Assessing for Bias and Evidential Value: Introducing the P-Curve to Social Work Research	1
Perspectives of South Asian Youth in the United States about Gender Norms and Healthcare Decision Making	1
Government Support, Professional Support, and Vicarious Trauma in Social Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediating Roles of Compassion Fatigue and Professional Identity	1
When the Lie Becomes the Truth: Misinformation and Conspiracy Theories in Social Work	1
Looks Matter: Are U.S. Schools of Social Work Representing Diversity on Their Websites?	1
A New Journey, but an Old Passion	1
Coresidence and Well-Being among Adult Child Caregivers in Urban China: Impacts of the Domain-Specific Caregiver Burden	1
Resilience of Families Involved in Child Welfare: A Mixed-Methods Study	1