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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Book Review: Fostering for adoption: Our story and stories of others by Alice Hill	34
The moral behaviour of single young women immigrants to Mandatory Palestine: Between nationalism, gender, and professionalism in social work	32
Book Review: Participatory Artificial Intelligence in Public Social Services: From Bias to Fairness in Assessing Beneficiaries by Petra Ahrweiler AhrweilerPetra (Ed.), P	27
Exploring issues related to disappearing rural areas in the UAE: In search of the critical role of social workers	27
Interaction and collaboration in rural social work: A professional perspective based on social network analysis	20
Conceptualizing Sustainable Practice in Trauma-Related Work: Reflections From the Field	19
A qualitative interpretive meta-synthesis of social workers’ experience in end-of-life care	16
Social workers’ encounters with loneliness and social isolation	16
The Impact of Aggression on Acute Stress Responses, Skills Use, and Training Evaluation in Social Work: A Survey Study	12
Minding the body: A critical appraisal of three phenomenological accounts of embodiment in social work literature	11
Book Review: An A-Z of social work skills by Michaela Rogers and Dan Allen	11
Reconceptualizing protective factors in response to risk with vulnerable children	11
Book Review: Noise: A flaw in human judgement by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony and Cass R Sunstein	10
Social work in Israel with children and mothers who returned from Hamas captivity	9
The Influence of Mongolian Social Workers’ Backgrounds on the Acceptance of Protective Factors for Young Children	9
The Lived Experiences and Perspectives of Families Receiving Integrated Social Care: A CAIMeR-Informed Inquiry	9
Navigating the “crossroads”: Critical realism as the middle path in critical social work research	8
Beyond medicalized approaches to violence and trauma: Empowering social work practice	8
Book Review: Mental health in later life: Taking a life course approach by Alisoun Milne	8
Architectures of knowledge: Grounding social work theory within philosophy of science	8
From behaviour-based to ecological: Multi-agency partnership responses to extra-familial harm	8
Book Review: Coercive control in children’s and mothers’ lives by E. Katz	8
Securing citizens’ social rights under neoliberal welfare governance: the case of Israeli social services	7
What are they saying? Approaches for social workers to address anxiety and self-esteem among female Mexican American adolescents	7
Looking into backstage discussions in social work: A qualitative synthesis of recent empirical findings	7

How might we improve the mental health and well-being of care-experienced children and young people? Review and map of intervention theories	7
Book Review: The uses and abuse of humour in social work by Stephen Jordan	7
Book Review: Ethics and risk management in online and distance social work by Frederic Reamer	7
Impact of COVID-19 on social work field education: Perspectives of Canadian social work students	7
Working conditions and well-being in UK social care and social work during COVID-19	6
Empowering the marginalised: Exploring the potential of Theatre of the Oppressed as an intervention for youth offenders in social work practice	6
Experiences of social workers who witness mistreatment as captured in drawing and narrative	6
Book Review: Black men and racial trauma: impact, disparities, and interventions by Yamonte Cooper CooperYamonte, Black men and racial trauma: impact, disparities, and i	6
The (self)worth of money: Conflicting logics between young adults with mild intellectual disabilities and their social workers	6
Retention in statutory social work from fast-track child and family programs	6
Public perception of social workers as a source for providing help during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Living in a segregated community? Interaction between families and service organizations supporting people with intellectual disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Social work scope of practice with Parkinson's disease: A qualitative study	6
Social workers in schools: A feasibility study of three local authorities	6
Social workers and generative practices for the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities	5
Book Review: Utopian thinking and social work by Chris Horsell HorsellChris, Utopian thinking and social work. New York, AS: Routledge, 2025, 165 pp., £116.00 (hardback)	5
Critical social work in public social services: Poverty-aware organizational practices	5
Ethical and legal dilemmas experienced by Israeli social workers during the COVID-19 pandemic	5
Foster care breakdown in adolescence: A retrospective view of young individuals on their experiences	5
Sexuality and Intimacy Among Young Adults With Intellectual Disabilities in Sweden: Support Networks	5
Facilitating well-being with female social workers in northern Canada: A participatory narrative inquiry	4
An observation checklist for use by residential social workers in juvenile justice institutions	4
Job Satisfaction Among Social Educators in Spain	4
Social work practice in complex emergencies: A study of Northwest Syria	4
Book Review: No more police: a case for abolition by M. Kaba and A. Richie	4
Book Review: The dynamics of the social worker–client relationship by Joseph Walsh	4
Book Review: 8 ways to hope: Charting a path through uncertain times by Miller, W. R. MillerW. R. (2024). 8 ways to hope: Charting a path through uncertain times. New Yo	4
Book Review: Social work in child care by Elisabeth Pugh Elisabeth Pugh, Social work in child care . New Y	4
Buraalgamayi: Positioning Koori Approaches to Social Work	4
Outreach to farmworkers before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Book Review: Rethinking social work practice with multicultural communities by Yolanda Padilla, Ruth McRoy and Rocio Calvo (eds)	4
Minoritized Arab social workers’ attitudes and strategies concerning welfare services for Palestinians working with Israeli security services	4
Welcoming atmospheres and interdictory spaces: The loud and silent politics of social work architecture	4
Book Review: Social work, cats and rocket science – stories of making a difference in social work with adults by Elaine James, Rob Mitchell and Hannah Morgan with Mark Harvey and Ian Burgess	3
Integrating an innovative social work practice into a pediatric dental residency program	3
Understanding youth circumstances in workforce development programs: Opportunities for social work	3
Meeting the nutrition and physical activity needs of young people in residential out-of-home care	3
Early work experiences, social inclusion and transition to adulthood: The voice of care-experienced young adults	3
Skills to enhance the efficacy of anti-racist supervision	3
Book Review: Too young to parent by Carey Patterson PattersonCarey, Too young to parent, Social Work Books, 2023, 130 pp., £5.99, ISBN: 1739280504	3
Family support workforce skills: A conceptualization through a Delphi study	3
Social workers’ experiences of working with older adults affected by abuse and violence: A scoping review of the literature	3
Vulnerability among older people ageing with deafblindness	3
Digitalization, stress, and social worker–client relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Book Review: Social work in health emergencies: Global perspectives by Patricia Fronek and Karen Smith Rotabi-Casares (Eds)	3
Social service providers under COVID-19 duress: adaptation, burnout, and resilience	3
A systematic review of Spanish academic production in the field of social work	3
Why ‘Common-Sense’ is Complicated: Unearthing the Cultural Facilitators of Contextual Safeguarding Structures	3
U.S. social work students’ attitudes on social media as treatment modality: A prepandemic national survey	2
When support seekers encounter unsettling responses: A dual-factor approach	2

Parents’ views on improving relationships with their social workers	2
Early Police Social Workers and Implications for Today	2
Feminization and burnout among female social workers	2
Support Resources in the Lives of Parents of Children with Duchenne–Becker Muscular Dystrophy: An Ecological Approach Perspective	2
A review of empathy in social work: A relational and situated practice with directions for further research	2
Social Work Assistance and Stipends for Housing (SASH): A pilot feasibility study for homeless patients receiving methadone for opioid use disorder	2
Improving the Experience of Care Home Admission for Family Carers: The Value and Impact of Care-Embedded Social Work	2
Brief review of the 2022 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act: Gaps and way forward	2
The Untold Story of Black Social Reformers in Early Social Work History	2
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	2
Social Workers’ Concerns About Artificial Intelligence: The Mediating Role of Ethics and Innovation	2
Book Review: The medicalisation of everyday life: A critical perspective by Barbara Fawcett, Zita Weber, and Helen Bannister	2
Impact of COVID-19 on home care provision: A qualitative study	2
The family as a source of social support for older adults: Implications for gerontological social work	2
Feminist community social work during COVID-19	2
Social workers’ views on neglect of people with disabilities: From perspectives to practices	2
The reality of transitioning from orphanages to family homes: Life in extended families in Zimbabwe	2
Book Review: Families affected by addiction: A handbook by Gallus Bischof, Richard Velleman, Jim Orford, Abhijit Nadkarni and Marcela Tiburcio BischofGallusVellemanRicha	2
Book Review: Disability practice: Safeguarding quality service delivery by Christine Bigby and Alan Hough (eds.) BigbyChristine and HoughAlan (eds.), Disability practice	2
Book Review: The end of social work: A defense of the social worker in times of transformatin by Steve Burghardt	2
Realizing Rights in the Shadow of the Welfare State: An Urban Ethnography of Outreach Social Work with Precaritized Migrants Experiencing Homelessness	2
In search of a distinct identity for rural social work: A review of empirical literature	2
Book Review: Asian social work by Ian Shaw and Rosaleen Ow (Eds.)	2
Evaluating the Impact of Gender-Sensitive Group Supervision: A Randomized Controlled Trial with Social Workers	2
Media Review: Earth Mama by Savannah Leaf Earth Mama, Directed by LeafSavannah, 101 min, 2023; Produced by RyderCodyO’ConnorShirleyRiordanMedbBisbeeSamLeafSavannah.	2
Book Review: My journey to becoming a Black male social worker: Challenges, reflections and lived experiences by Debonico Aleski, Brandy-Williams	2
Social workers’ support of the status quo: Results from a national survey	2