International Social Work

Papers
(The TQCC of International 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
News from our societies – ICSW: No one left behind: social welfare for everyone everywhere on the planet29
Regional disparities in life satisfaction of female social workers: An empirical study based on CSWLS 2019 data15
Mental health impact of setbacks in global LGBTQ+ rights: Perspectives from Asia13
Romanians’ fears linked to the social work system: Too many people take advantage without needing help13
What theories and methods do social workers report using in their practice? A scoping review13
Designing and compiling the protocol of specialized interventions of hospital social workers in crisis situations in Iran11
Troubled times: Canadian social workers’ early adversities, mental health, and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic10
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)10
Research knowledge utilisation among Swedish health social workers: Influence of higher education, job tenure and workplace10
A systematic review of qualitative social work articles: Exploring embodiment from 2000 to 20199
International social work is both the South and the North8
Community social workers as social entrepreneurs: Lessons from Israel8
‘I can’t bear giving my baby away’: Negotiation of reproductive rights of migrant domestic workers and implications for social work8
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)8
Professional concepts in preventing and countering Islamist radicalization: Insights from practitioners in Germany8
Social work with frustrations: What can we do? How do we stay hopeful?8
Writing reports in social work: Characteristics, correctness and style8
Studying how comparative data studies can contribute to macro social work: Insights from the Childcare Gap Policy Study Project8
A closer look at Thailand’s COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the health and education of children with invisible disabilities7
Impact of fly-in fly-out on the family dynamics of male miners7
Evidence for the impact of the human rights-based approach in social policy and programming: A scoping review7
Social work in an information-intensive era: Digitalization in social work practices, expertise, training, and research7
‘What’s at stake?’ An exploration on the merits and drawbacks of the Welcome Corps Program, a private sponsorship of refugees7
Moral distress in South African child protection social workers: A qualitative study7
‘Between the social worker and the rabbi’: Help-seeking perspectives of Ultraorthodox IPV survivors and insights into social work practice7
The state of eco-social work training in Canada: Transformative praxis for climate constrained futures6
Building social work capacity in Ukraine in times of war: The role of global social work engagement6
Addressing disaster fatigue: A SAFE framework for enhancing disaster resilience in social work6
Reaching invisible internally displaced persons: Doing social work in postconflict settings6
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 taken children of Ukraine6
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 child-friendly cities concept in China: A prototype case study of a migrant workers’ community6
Climate denial as disavowal: Applications for social work education and practice5
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
The link between burnout and social-occupational variables in Spanish social workers5
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)5
Strategies for promoting gender equality in Rwanda: How do the actors describe their work?5
Social work self-care education informed during the pandemic: Experience, reflection, and suggestion5
Findings from a European, cross-national project study on service user participation: Implications for social work policy, practice and education5
‘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
Nature-based interventions in social work practice and education: Insights from six nations5
Is COVID-19 related workload related to Chinese social workers’ mental health? A moderated mediation model of compassion burnout and emotional regulation4
Climate change, disasters, and global events: Prioritization of communication, practice education and student mental health in social work disaster frameworks4
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)4
Why does social work need to be ‘international’?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
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)4
Working in disasters: What social workers can do?4
Psychosocial and integration needs of unaccompanied children in Greece4
2025 Frank Turner Best paper award4
Financial capability training for social workers in Singapore: Towards more effective practice4
News from our societies: IFSW Social workers play a crucial role in achieving SDGs – reflections from the 27th IFSW Asia-Pacific conference, November 20233
News from our societies: IASSW3
Manifestations and drivers of secondary trauma among service providers working with Syrian refugees: A mixed-methods study from Istanbul, Turkey3
Social work in a global context: The case of Ghana3
Social work and global conflict: An integrated framework for practice3
Conceptualization of child safety and mental health by parents in two Global South contexts of disadvantage3
Risk factors in women experiencing homelessness from an ecological and intersectional perspective: A systematic review3
Experiences and challenges of Arab social workers in Israel with community violence3
The unique and the invariant in the field of social work: The comparison of Lithuania, Japan, and the United States3
News from our societies: ICSW – Towards the summit of the future3
News from our societies – ICSW: Weaving alliances3
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
Juxtaposing indigenous evidence-based models in India with concept of Ubuntu: Implications for psychiatric social work practice3
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
The way we were and the vision ahead: A 5-year review and renewal of International Social Work3
Inclusive integrated care for LGBTQ+ families: An exploratory qualitative study in the United Kingdom3
‘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
Standardized services and trimmed cases: Institutional ethnography in social work projects for drug addicts3
Bibliometric analysis of social work in the COVID-19 pandemic3
Listening to the child: Lessons from Estonia’s ‘Out of the Circle’ restorative practice model2
School social workers’ discretionary practice in Sweden: The need for professional creativity2
A narrative review of the international literature on social work within the military2
Serving Chinese adolescents in the digital age: A grand challenge for social work2
Social work beyond the pandemic: Exploring social work values for a new eco-social world2
How does the service quality in refugee camps, affect the satisfaction of Syrian immigrants?2
Social work graduates’ professional socialisation and identity: Perceptions and experiences of social workers and supervisors2
Social work education in the shadow of uncontrolled growth: The case of Türkiye2
Youth participation in community governance: A participatory design program in Beijing2
A feminist analysis of narratives about adult survivors of child sexual abuse in Australian peer-reviewed literature2
Examining studies conducted with LGBTIQA+ individuals in the field of social work in Turkey between 2015 and 2025: A systematic review2
The feelings of living in poverty and depending on social assistance: An exploratory study on gender differences in Dibao families in China2
Ethics of care for carer service and policy: The conceptualisation and implications for social workers2
A coding system to interpret prisoners’ perceptions and attributions, associated with psychological distress and the type of crime2
Identifying Nigerian literature to inform culturally relevant social work education: A scoping review2
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)2
Stepping-up social work services among families displaced by war2
United we stand, and divided we fall: A call to action for the decolonisation of social work in Africa2
International graduates of social work in Australia: A longitudinal study of those who struggle to develop professional identity2
Improvement in the psychological resilience of rural left-behind children: The influence of social services from 15 social organisations2
News from our societies: IASSW2
Solidarity as a value, emotion, and practice: Arab social work students’ perceptions in a multicultural society2
Social work practice in the era of economic uncertainties2
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese)2
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)2
News from our societies: IFSW2
Environments for intuitive decision-making: A theoretical framework for assessing intuitive-reasoning in social work2
The role of social work practitioners and human service professionals in long-term disaster recovery after the 2016 Alberta wildfires in Canada2
Developing supervision of social work supervisors and their practice in Singapore: A cross-national collaboration2
The struggle to find theory2
The aftermath: Community workers as place-makers in conflict-riven societies2
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)2
The role of social workers in long-term care for older adults: A mixed-methods systematic review in Europe and North America from 2000 to 20222
‘I am man, I am woman’: Gendered experiences of refugee resettlement in the United States2
Roles of health care social workers in a multi-professional team: A qualitative study in the context of China2
Supporting children in cases of assisted dying: Guidance for social workers2
News from our societies – ICSW: From the Windhoek Declaration on Social Policy and Social Protection in Africa, to the Lisbon Decl2
Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic)2
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