OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Social Work Research 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
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
“I’ve Been Through It”: Assessing Employment Barriers among Unaccompanied Women Experiencing Homelessness	7
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
Advancing Active Allyship for Social Justice: Cross-Group Friendships, Social Empathy, and Political Engagement	6
Caregiving and Obesity among Black American Adults	6
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
“We Have to Build Trust”: Intimate Partner Violence Risk Assessment with Immigrant and Refugee Survivors	5
What Is Research Now?	5
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

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
A Longitudinal Examination of the Relationship between Religious Service Attendance and Young Adult Substance Use	3
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