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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Designing and compiling the protocol of specialized interventions of hospital social workers in crisis situations in Iran29
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)14
News from our societies – ICSW: No one left behind: social welfare for everyone everywhere on the planet13
Mental health impact of setbacks in global LGBTQ+ rights: Perspectives from Asia12
Romanians’ fears linked to the social work system: Too many people take advantage without needing help12
Regional disparities in life satisfaction of female social workers: An empirical study based on CSWLS 2019 data12
Research knowledge utilisation among Swedish health social workers: Influence of higher education, job tenure and workplace11
What theories and methods do social workers report using in their practice? A scoping review11
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)10
Troubled times: Canadian social workers’ early adversities, mental health, and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic10
‘I can’t bear giving my baby away’: Negotiation of reproductive rights of migrant domestic workers and implications for social work9
Writing reports in social work: Characteristics, correctness and style9
Nordic welfare chauvinism: A comparative study of welfare chauvinism in Sweden, Norway and Finland8
‘What’s at stake?’ An exploration on the merits and drawbacks of the Welcome Corps Program, a private sponsorship of refugees8
A systematic review of qualitative social work articles: Exploring embodiment from 2000 to 20198
International social work is both the South and the North8
Feminisms in social work and social care: Backwards, forwards or something in between8
Impact of fly-in fly-out on the family dynamics of male miners8
Studying how comparative data studies can contribute to macro social work: Insights from the Childcare Gap Policy Study Project8
Social work with frustrations: What can we do? How do we stay hopeful?8
Community social workers as social entrepreneurs: Lessons from Israel8
Moral distress in South African child protection social workers: A qualitative study7
A closer look at Thailand’s COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the health and education of children with invisible disabilities7
Evidence for the impact of the human rights-based approach in social policy and programming: A scoping review7
Professional concepts in preventing and countering Islamist radicalization: Insights from practitioners in Germany7
Social work in an information-intensive era: Digitalization in social work practices, expertise, training, and research7
Reaching invisible internally displaced persons: Doing social work in postconflict settings7
‘Between the social worker and the rabbi’: Help-seeking perspectives of Ultraorthodox IPV survivors and insights into social work practice7
Addressing disaster fatigue: A SAFE framework for enhancing disaster resilience in social work6
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
Social work in the digital age: Towards adopting artificial intelligence in social work6
The taken children of Ukraine6
News from our societies – ICSW: How to strengthen intergenerational solidarity for sustainable well-being? The key role of citizen participation in super-diverse societies6
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
Social work self-care education informed during the pandemic: Experience, reflection, and suggestion5
Nature-based interventions in social work practice and education: Insights from six nations5
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)5
‘Special Sections’ call for papers5
Organizational career support, perception of social work development, and career self-management of Chinese social workers: A structural equation modeling5
The link between burnout and social-occupational variables in Spanish social workers5
Working in disasters: What social workers can do?5
Strategies for promoting gender equality in Rwanda: How do the actors describe their work?5
Evolution of values in China: Disembedding factors and structural transformation5
What makes social work research distinct? A comparison of three Latin American and three Anglophone countries5
Why does social work need to be ‘international’?5
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)5
The state of eco-social work training in Canada: Transformative praxis for climate constrained futures5
Findings from a European, cross-national project study on service user participation: Implications for social work policy, practice and education5
Financial capability training for social workers in Singapore: Towards more effective practice4
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)4
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)4
News from our societies – ICSW: Weaving alliances4
Barriers to the community participation of persons with disabilities: Insights from ableist microaggressions4
Psychosocial and integration needs of unaccompanied children in Greece4
2025 Frank Turner Best paper award4
The way we were and the vision ahead: A 5-year review and renewal of International Social Work4
News from our societies: ICSW – Towards the summit of the future4
Social exclusion of US immigrants in the 21st century: A systematic review of qualitative studies4
Experiences of middle-class fathers of children with autism spectrum disorders in the context of hegemonic masculinity: The case of Turkey4
Is COVID-19 related workload related to Chinese social workers’ mental health? A moderated mediation model of compassion burnout and emotional regulation4
Manifestations and drivers of secondary trauma among service providers working with Syrian refugees: A mixed-methods study from Istanbul, Turkey4
News from our societies: IFSW Social workers play a crucial role in achieving SDGs – reflections from the 27th IFSW Asia-Pacific conference, November 20234
‘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
Youth participation in community governance: A participatory design program in Beijing3
News from our societies: IASSW3
Voices of postgraduate social work students: Reflections on fertility and reproductive decision-making in the UAE3
Solidarity as a value, emotion, and practice: Arab social work students’ perceptions in a multicultural society3
Experiences and challenges of Arab social workers in Israel with community violence3
Inclusive integrated care for LGBTQ+ families: An exploratory qualitative study in the United Kingdom3
Metaphorical analysis of social worker candidates’ perceptions of homeless people3
Conceptualization of child safety and mental health by parents in two Global South contexts of disadvantage3
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)3
Social work graduates’ professional socialisation and identity: Perceptions and experiences of social workers and supervisors3
Standardized services and trimmed cases: Institutional ethnography in social work projects for drug addicts3
Roles of health care social workers in a multi-professional team: A qualitative study in the context of China3
Social work and global conflict: An integrated framework for practice3
The unique and the invariant in the field of social work: The comparison of Lithuania, Japan, and the United States3
Juxtaposing indigenous evidence-based models in India with concept of Ubuntu: Implications for psychiatric social work practice3
Bibliometric analysis of social work in the COVID-19 pandemic3
Risk factors in women experiencing homelessness from an ecological and intersectional perspective: A systematic review3
A feminist analysis of narratives about adult survivors of child sexual abuse in Australian peer-reviewed literature3
News from our societies: IASSW3
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
Social work in a global context: The case of Ghana3
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