OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Social Work is 1. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Quiet Quitting	48
The Relevance of Religion and Spirituality to Mental Health: A National Survey of Current Clients’ Views	20
The Impact of Psychological Capital on Well-Being of Social Workers: A Mixed-Methods Investigation	14
Bearing a Disproportionate Burden: Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Experiences of U.S.-Based Social Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic	14
When Pandemic Interferes with Work: Psychological Capital and Mental Health of Social Workers during COVID-19	14
On the Frontlines: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Social Workers’ Well-Being	13
Structural Racism, Managerialism, and the Future of the Human Services: Rewriting the Rules	12
Asian in the Time of COVID-19: Creating a Social Work Agenda for Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities	12
Racial and Age Disparities in Licensing Rates among a Sample of Urban MSW Graduates	12
Race and Ethnicity in the Social Work Grand Challenges	10
Creating Conditions for Professional Development through a Trauma-Informed and Restorative Practice	10
Needs of Children and Families during Spring 2020 COVID-19 School Closures: Findings from a National Survey	10
Library Patrons’ Psychosocial Needs: Perceptions of Need and Reasons for Accessing Social Work Services	9
“Home Is Where Your Root Is”: Place Making, Belonging, and Community Building among Somalis in Chicago	9
COVID-19 and First Responder Social Workers: An Unexpected Mental Health Storm	9
Anti-Semitism in the United States: An Overview and Strategies to Create a More Socially Just Society	8
Social Work and Artificial Intelligence: Into the Matrix	8
Social Work and Social Justice: A Conceptual Review	7
Helping People with Disabilities in the Workplace: Mezzo-Level Interventions Targeting Corporate Culture	7
Toolbox Recommendations for Social Workers to Promote Successful Social Entrepreneurship	6
Mental Health Literacy in Sport: The Role of the Social Work Profession	6
Breaking Isolation: Social Work in Solidarity with Migrant Workers through and beyond COVID-19	6
Perceived Isolation among Family Caregivers of People with Mental Illness	6
How the COVID-19 Pandemic Can and Must Expand Social Worker e-Interventions for Mental Health, Family Wellness, and Beyond	6
Ethical Practice in a Post-RoeWorld: A Guide for Social Workers	5

Professional Social Work and Public Libraries in the United States: A Scoping Review	5
Pandemics, Economic Systems, and the Future of Social Work	5
What We Lose When We “Don’t Say Gay”: Generational Shifts in Sexual Identity and Gender	5
Understanding COVID-19 through a Complex Trauma Lens: Implications for Effective Psychosocial Responses	5
“I Don’t Have Time to Be Sad”: Experiences and Perceptions of Sadness among Latina Mothers	5
The End of the World as We Know It? ChatGPT and Social Work	5
Examining Historical and Contemporary Policing Disparities in the Black Community: Implications for Social Work	5
“Could We Just Breathe for 30 Seconds?”: Social Worker Experiences of Holistic Engagement Practice Training	4
Misattribution of Mental Illness and Gun Violence	4
The Danger of Ideology: Social Work, Israel, and Anti-Semitism	4
The U.S. Safety Net since the Great Recession: Trends and Reforms, 2007–2017	4
The Administrative Burden Framework: A New Horizon for Research and Practice in Social Work?	4
Effects of Trauma and Postmigration Stress on Refugee Women’s Health: A Life Course Perspective	4
Shaping the Future of Social Work Practice in Healthcare: Addressing COVID-19 Needs through Integrated Primary Care	4
Biopsychosocial Predictors of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms among First-Generation Black African Immigrants	4
State Variation in TANF Expenditures: Implications for Social Work and Social Policy	4
It’s Time to Terminate Social Work’s Relationship with the Impact Factor	3
Social Work in U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Embracing Change in Care Delivery for Veterans during the Pandemic	3
Promoting Recovery among Older Adults with Serious Mental Illness	3
Burned Out, Engaged, Both, or Neither? Exploring Engagement and Burnout Profiles among Social Workers in Spain	3
(De)criminalization of Survivors of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: A Social Work Call to Action	3
Counternarratives: An Antiracist Approach in Social Work Education, Practice, and Research	3
The Impact of Employment on Immigrant Mental Health: Results from a National Survey	3
Community Organization and Empowerment of Women: The Mujeres Pescadoras del Manglar Cooperative in Oaxaca, Mexico	3
Social Workers’ Perspectives on Extreme Risk Protection Orders	3
Black Parents Love Their Children Too: Addressing Anti-Black Racism in the American Child Welfare System	3
“Am I the Only One Who Feels Like This?”: Needs Expressed Online by Abortion Seekers	3
Women and Incarceration: Introducing a Gendered Lens into Smart Decarceration	3
Voice and Justice	2
Mutual Efficacy, Self-Efficacy, and Collective Efficacy Theory: An Examination of Empowerment and Activism	2
Social Work Research on Immigrants: A Content Analysis of Leading Journals from 2007 to 2016	2
Social Work with Environmental Migrants: Exploring the Scope for Spiritually Sensitive Practice	2
OUP accepted manuscript	2
The Experiences of Caretaking and Financial Stress among Social Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic	2
Predicting Intimate Partner Violence Reassault and Homicide: A Practitioner’s Guide to Making Sense of Predictive Validity Statistics	2
The Role of Grandparents in Israeli Muslim Families with Intellectually Disabled Fathers: Social Workers’ Perspectives	2
Racial Injustice in Schools: Underscoring Social Work’s Obligation to Promote Antiracist Practice	2
A U.S. Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Social Work’s Role in Racial Healing	2
Locating Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health at the Heart of Social Work	2
Finding Joy in Social Work: Practical Strategies	2
Beyond Ramps, Curb Cuts, and Captions: A Call for Disability Justice in Social Work	2
A Liminal Moment in Social Work	2
The Nature of Social Work: An Ecocentered Analysis of Key Social Work Statements	2
Anti-Asian Hatred and Japanese Parents’ Support of Their Children’s Acculturation to the United States	2
Suicide Risk among University Students in Spain: Implications for Social Work	2
The COVID-19 Pandemic: Health Impact on Unaccompanied Migrant Children	2
How to Work with Muslim Clients in a Successful, Culturally Relevant Manner: A National Sample of American Muslims Share Their Perspectives	2
Social Work Licensure Portability: A Necessity in a Post-COVID-19 World	2
From Colorblindness to Critical Investigations: Examining Structural Racism in Social Work Research	2
Social Work and Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR): Past, Present, and Future	2

“The Yo-Yo Effect”: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Social Workers’ Experiences with Job Flexibility during the Pandemic	1
Exploring Social Work Practitioners’ Perspectives on the Contributors to Burnout since the COVID-19 Pandemic	1
Self-Differentiation, Psychological Flexibility, and Difficulties in Practice in Social Workers and Social Work Students	1
A National Study of Adult Women Sexually Abused by Clergy: Insights for Social Workers	1
Will Race Always Matter?	1
Pathways to Social Work Licensure: An Examination of Hawai′i’s Licensed Social Workers	1
Survivors Achieving Stable Housing: Implementation, Challenges, and Lessons Learned	1
From the Ivory Tower to the Treatment Trenches: Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice	1
Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement for Addiction, Stress, and Pain. Eric L. Garland	1
Immigration and the World in 2021	1
Forget the “Five Stages”: Ask the Five Questions of Grief	1
The Time Is Right for Social Work	1
Factors Associated with Chinese Migrant Children’s Social Engagement during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study in Guangzhou City, China	1
Social Work’s Role in Rebuilding the Child Welfare Workforce	1
Advancing Sex-Positive Social Work Research and Practice	1
Adverse Childhood Experiences, Women Who Are Sex Trafficked, and Social Service Utilization: Implications for Social Work	1
A Case for Social Workers as Investigators in Public Defender Offices	1
Reimagining Suicide Prevention as a Social Justice Issue: Getting Back to Social Work’s Roots	1
Empowering Clinical Social Work Practice in a Time of Global Economic Distress. Janice Berry Edwards and Linda Openshaw, Editors	1
Disability Justice and the Americans with Disabilities Act: An Opportunity for Social Work	1
The Social Construction of Cannabis in Social Work	1
Misophonia: A Review of the Literature and Its Implications for the Social Work Profession	1
Social Workers’ Views of Ways to Engage Communities in Refugee Resettlement	1
The Need for Expanding the Conceptualization and Investigation of Domestic Violence among Immigrants from South Asia: Implications for Practice	1
Perceived Parental Support in Teen Dating Violence	1
A Time for Transformation	1
It Is Time to Improve How We Deliver Services to Children and Families	1
Incongruence in Perceptions of Pain: Associations with Mental Health in Couples Living with Fibromyalgia	1
Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: Indicators and Recommended Inquiries and Responses for Social Workers	1
New Innovations Needed to Address Psychotropic Medication Use in Foster Care	1
The Mass Incarceration Trauma Framework: A Conceptual Model for Understanding Trauma among Individuals Who Experience Incarceration	1
Brokering Resources during a Pandemic: Exploring How Organizations and Clinics Responded to the Needs of Immigrant Communities during COVID-19	1
Strengths of Latinas in Spain: A Challenge for a Resilient Social Work Practice	1
In the Meantime: RE/UN/DIScover Heuristic for Small-Scale Antioppressive Action within Systems and Organizations	1
Refuge for Rover: A Social Return on Investment of a Program Assisting Victim–Survivors of Domestic and Family Violence with Their Pets	1
A Response to “The Danger of Ideology”	1
Coping and Resilience: PTSD Screening and Brief Intervention for Underrepresented Students at a Public University	1
The Transition to Siblinghood: An Understudied Yet Influential Process Pertinent to Social Work Research	1
The Responsibility of Self-Care in Social Work	1
African-Centered Social Work in the 21st Century: A Content Analysis	1
A Community Social Work Paradigm: Thoughts and Reflections	1
The Parent Effect. How Parenting Style Affects Adolescent Behavior and Personality Development. Joanne E. Carlson	1
Transforming Lives of Former Foster Youths: A Campus-Based Support Program Grounded in Social Work Values	1
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in Rural Appalachia	1
An Examination of Suicidal Behavior among Black College Students with Exposure to Police Violence	1