International Social Work

Papers
(The TQCC of International Social Work 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
News from our societies – ICSW: No one left behind: social welfare for everyone everywhere on the planet33
Regional disparities in life satisfaction of female social workers: An empirical study based on CSWLS 2019 data16
Romanians’ fears linked to the social work system: Too many people take advantage without needing help15
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)13
Designing and compiling the protocol of specialized interventions of hospital social workers in crisis situations in Iran13
Research knowledge utilisation among Swedish health social workers: Influence of higher education, job tenure and workplace13
Troubled times: Canadian social workers’ early adversities, mental health, and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic13
What theories and methods do social workers report using in their practice? A scoping review11
Revisiting professional autonomy and structural constraints: Relational work in anti-drug social work11
Mental health impact of setbacks in global LGBTQ+ rights: Perspectives from Asia11
‘I can’t bear giving my baby away’: Negotiation of reproductive rights of migrant domestic workers and implications for social work10
IASSW news10
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)9
Studying how comparative data studies can contribute to macro social work: Insights from the Childcare Gap Policy Study Project9
Social work with frustrations: What can we do? How do we stay hopeful?9
Writing reports in social work: Characteristics, correctness and style9
International social work is both the South and the North9
A systematic review of qualitative social work articles: Exploring embodiment from 2000 to 20199
‘Between the social worker and the rabbi’: Help-seeking perspectives of Ultraorthodox IPV survivors and insights into social work practice8
‘What’s at stake?’ An exploration on the merits and drawbacks of the Welcome Corps Program, a private sponsorship of refugees8
Community social workers as social entrepreneurs: Lessons from Israel8
Professional concepts in preventing and countering Islamist radicalization: Insights from practitioners in Germany8
Evidence for the impact of the human rights-based approach in social policy and programming: A scoping review8
Impact of fly-in fly-out on the family dynamics of male miners8
A closer look at Thailand’s COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the health and education of children with invisible disabilities7
Moral distress in South African child protection social workers: A qualitative study7
Silencing the professional voice: Institutional barriers and policy implications for Bedouin social workers in Israel7
Reaching invisible internally displaced persons: Doing social work in postconflict settings7
Social work in an information-intensive era: Digitalization in social work practices, expertise, training, and research7
Addressing disaster fatigue: A SAFE framework for enhancing disaster resilience in social work6
The child-friendly cities concept in China: A prototype case study of a migrant workers’ community6
Building social work capacity in Ukraine in times of war: The role of global social work engagement6
The state of eco-social work training in Canada: Transformative praxis for climate constrained futures6
The taken children of Ukraine6
Climate denial as disavowal: Applications for social work education and practice6
Improving field education for social work in Vietnam: Intern supervisors’ perspectives of the current state and potential solutions6
News from our societies – ICSW: How to strengthen intergenerational solidarity for sustainable well-being? The key role of citizen participation in super-diverse societies6
Why does social work need to be ‘international’?5
‘Special Sections’ call for papers5
Findings from a European, cross-national project study on service user participation: Implications for social work policy, practice and education5
Working in disasters: What social workers can do?5
What makes social work research distinct? A comparison of three Latin American and three Anglophone countries5
Evolution of values in China: Disembedding factors and structural transformation5
Social work in the digital age: Towards adopting artificial intelligence in social work5
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)5
Organizational career support, perception of social work development, and career self-management of Chinese social workers: A structural equation modeling5
Mapping the landscape of disability in social work research: A bibliometric analysis4
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)4
Barriers to the community participation of persons with disabilities: Insights from ableist microaggressions4
Experiences of middle-class fathers of children with autism spectrum disorders in the context of hegemonic masculinity: The case of Turkey4
The link between burnout and social-occupational variables in Spanish social workers4
Strategies for promoting gender equality in Rwanda: How do the actors describe their work?4
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)4
Psychosocial and integration needs of unaccompanied children in Greece4
News from our societies: IFSW Social workers play a crucial role in achieving SDGs – reflections from the 27th IFSW Asia-Pacific conference, November 20234
Nature-based interventions in social work practice and education: Insights from six nations4
Climate change, disasters, and global events: Prioritization of communication, practice education and student mental health in social work disaster frameworks4
Is COVID-19 related workload related to Chinese social workers’ mental health? A moderated mediation model of compassion burnout and emotional regulation4
Financial capability training for social workers in Singapore: Towards more effective practice4
2025 Frank Turner Best paper award4
Manifestations and drivers of secondary trauma among service providers working with Syrian refugees: A mixed-methods study from Istanbul, Turkey3
News from our societies: IASSW3
Inclusive integrated care for LGBTQ+ families: An exploratory qualitative study in the United Kingdom3
Social work in a global context: The case of Ghana3
Bibliometric analysis of social work in the COVID-19 pandemic3
A feminist analysis of narratives about adult survivors of child sexual abuse in Australian peer-reviewed literature3
Listening to the child: Lessons from Estonia’s ‘Out of the Circle’ restorative practice model3
Standardized services and trimmed cases: Institutional ethnography in social work projects for drug addicts3
Social work and global conflict: An integrated framework for practice3
News from our societies: ICSW – Towards the summit of the future3
The way we were and the vision ahead: A 5-year review and renewal of International Social Work3
The unique and the invariant in the field of social work: The comparison of Lithuania, Japan, and the United States3
Solidarity as a value, emotion, and practice: Arab social work students’ perceptions in a multicultural society3
Roles of health care social workers in a multi-professional team: A qualitative study in the context of China3
Social work graduates’ professional socialisation and identity: Perceptions and experiences of social workers and supervisors3
Risk factors in women experiencing homelessness from an ecological and intersectional perspective: A systematic review3
Voices of postgraduate social work students: Reflections on fertility and reproductive decision-making in the UAE3
Metaphorical analysis of social worker candidates’ perceptions of homeless people3
Is indigenisation a social justice risk? Exploring indigenisation of social work in Africa through the lens of universalism versus relativism of social work ethics and values3
Experiences and challenges of Arab social workers in Israel with community violence3
News from our societies – ICSW: Weaving alliances3
Conceptualization of child safety and mental health by parents in two Global South contexts of disadvantage3
Social work beyond the pandemic: Exploring social work values for a new eco-social world3
‘Earthquake of the century’ and its aftermath: Reflections on social work practices implemented in the first hours of the disaster at a hospital in Türkiye3
Juxtaposing indigenous evidence-based models in India with concept of Ubuntu: Implications for psychiatric social work practice3
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