OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Social Work 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Tension management and support when leaving a gang	20
Social workers in schools: A feasibility study of three local authorities	19
Medical social worker support for elderly patients in a tertiary care hospital in Japan	18
Evidence informed fatherhood program: An evaluation	12
Social workers as state and citizen-agents. How social workers in a German, Dutch and Flemish public welfare organisation manage this dual responsibility in practice	12
Reconceptualizing protective factors in response to risk with vulnerable children	12
Asian American social workers’ experiences and perspectives on anti-Asian hate	9
Book Review: Cultural diversity in child protection: Cultural competence in practice by Siobhan E. Laird and Prospera Tedam	9
Book Review: The end of social work: A defense of the social worker in times of transformatin by Steve Burghardt	8
Parenting in migration: Critical aspects and challenges of “doing family” of refugee families and social workers	8
Book Review: Against critical thinking in health, social care and social work reframing philosophy for professional practice by Tom Grimwood	8
Book Review: Working with families by Patricia Spindel	8
How might shared decision-making meetings reduce the need for children to be in care? A rapid realist review	7
Book Review: Working with conflict in social work practice by Brian Littlechild, Karen Mills and Rose Parkes	7
“There's a lot missing”: Treating survivors of sex trafficking with trauma bonds	7
Validating a model for indicating the professionalisation of social work in China	7
The reality of transitioning from orphanages to family homes: Life in extended families in Zimbabwe	7
Care recipients’ management of and approaches to receiving personal and intimate care	7
Exploring issues related to disappearing rural areas in the UAE: In search of the critical role of social workers	7
A qualitative interpretive meta-synthesis of social workers’ experience in end-of-life care	6
Experiences of adult social work addressing self-neglect during the Covid-19 pandemic	6
Book Review: The future of social work: What next for social policy? by Bill Jordan	6
The effects of social, familial, and economic stress on social workers working with disabled individuals	6
Book Review: Cornerstones of attachment research by Duschinsky Robbie	6
The moral behaviour of single young women immigrants to Mandatory Palestine: Between nationalism, gender, and professionalism in social work	6

Retention in statutory social work from fast-track child and family programs	5
Book Review: Fostering for adoption: Our story and stories of others by Alice Hill	5
Book Review: Men, families, and poverty: Tracing the intergenerational trajectories of place-based hardship by Kahryn, Hughes, & Anna	5
Social work scope of practice with Parkinson's disease: A qualitative study	5
An applied model of cultural competence in child protection practice	5
Child-focused practice in social services for adults in Norway	5
Book Review: Practitioner research for social work, nursing and the health professions by Payam Sheikhattari, Michael T Wright, Gillian B Silver, Cyrilla van der Donk and Bas van Lanen	4
Changing children's public perception of social work: A narrative evaluation of an educational intervention about social services	4
Public perception of social workers as a source for providing help during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
When support seekers encounter unsettling responses: A dual-factor approach	4
Book Review: Social work practice with people with dementia by Alisoun Milne	4
Exploring participatory approach to community development projects in Africa: Toward an empowerment-participatory approach for sustainable development	4
How “helping” can sustain the stigmatization of homeless people	4
Book Review: Toward a livable life: A 21st century agenda for social work by Mark Robert Rank	4
U.S. social work students’ attitudes on social media as treatment modality: A prepandemic national survey	4
Book Review: Rural social work in the 21st century: Serving individuals, families, and communities in the countryside by Michael R. Daley	4
Book Review: Photography in social work and social change: Theory and applications for practice and research by Matthias J Naleppa, Kristina M Hash and Anissa T Rogers	4
Book Review: Education and equity in times of crisis: Learning, engagement and support by Emily S. Rudling, Sherridan Emery, Becky Shelley, Kitty te Riele, Jessica Woodroffe, Natalie Brown	3
Interaction and collaboration in rural social work: A professional perspective based on social network analysis	3
The Impact of COVID-19 on Social Workers: An Assessment of Peritraumatic Distress	3
Book Review: Practicing what you preach: Self-care for helping professionals by Jeffrey Kottler	3
Book Review: Inequality, Social Protection and Social Justice by James Midgley	3
Using the capability approach in social work with unaccompanied young adult refugees	3
Social work at the end of life: Humanization of the process	3
Core competencies in disaster management for social workers in China: A modified e-Delphi study	3
Working conditions and well-being in UK social care and social work during COVID-19	3
Luhmann's theory of psychic systems and communication in social work practice	3
Book Review: Disability practice: Safeguarding quality service delivery by Christine Bigby and Alan Hough	3
Foster parent perspectives on necessary supports for youth and their families departing foster care	3
Ubuntu philosophy, values, and principles: An opportunity to do social work differently	3
Book Review: Exploring social work: An anthropological perspective by Linda Bell	2
Book Review: Shame and social work: Theory, reflexivity and practice by Liz Frost, Veronika Magyar-Haas, Holger Schoneville and Alessandro Sicora	2
Book Review: The Routledge international handbook of feminisms in social work by Carolyn Noble, Shahana Rasool, Linda Harms-Smith, Gianinna Muñoz-Arce and Donna Baines	2
Book Review: Asian social work by Ian Shaw and Rosaleen Ow (Eds.)	2
Book Review: How to thrive in professional practice: A self-care handbook by Stephen J. Mordue, Lisa Watson, and Steph Hunter	2
Book Review: Social work and COVID-19: lessons for education and practice by Denise Turner	2
Social work research culture in Australian university settings	2
Emerging social workers during COVID-19: Exploring perceived readiness and training needs	2
Child protection investigations by private consultants or municipally employed social workers: What are the differences for children?	2
Book Review: Radical hope: Poverty-aware practice for social work by Michal Krumer-Nevo	2
Book Review: My journey to becoming a Black male social worker: Challenges, reflections and lived experiences by Debonico Aleski, Brandy-Williams	2
Book Review: Social Work: Past, Present and Future by Terry Bamford and Keith Bilton	2
Book Review: Sex-positive social work by S. J. Dodd	2
Interprofessional dynamics that promote client empowerment in mental health practice: A social work perspective	2
Book Review: An A-Z of Social Work Theory by Malcom Payne	2
Critical social work in public social services: Poverty-aware organizational practices	2
Minding the body: A critical appraisal of three phenomenological accounts of embodiment in social work literature	2
Parents’ views on improving relationships with their social workers	2
Social Workers’ Impact on Policy Through Regulations: A Case Study of the U.S. Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program	2
Native American social work – Including family and community	2

Experiences of social workers who witness mistreatment as captured in drawing and narrative	2
Feminization and burnout among female social workers	2
Book Review: Writing for social work by Lucy Rai	2
Book Review: International social work: Professional action in an interdependent world by Lynn Healy and Rebecca Thomas	2
Social workers and generative practices for the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities	2
Eating disorder mental health literacy: A national survey of clinical social workers in the United States	2
The attitudes of Vietnamese social work practitioners toward sexual minorities	2
The impact of COVID-19 quarantine measures on the mental health of families	2
Impact of COVID-19 on home care provision: A qualitative study	2
Social work's role in implementing de-escalation alternatives to law enforcement responses	2