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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Fostering Community-Engaged Research on Criminal Legal Innovations with Logic Models	91
Suicide Risk among University Students in Spain: Implications for Social Work	25
NASW’s Response to Journal Commentary on Anti-Semitism in Social Work	21
Resilience over Adversity: Predictors of Secondary Traumatic Stress in Graduate Social Work Students	20
Experiences with Medicaid Renewal and Reauthorization Policies in the Context of Child Health and Vaccine Coverage	19
Women and Incarceration: Introducing a Gendered Lens into Smart Decarceration	19
Coping and Resilience: PTSD Screening and Brief Intervention for Underrepresented Students at a Public University	17
Native American Cosmological Ideas: Dimensions of Depth in Social Work	17
Outcomes of Aggression and Victimization in Social Welfare Services	15
Social Workers as Information Navigators: Insights into the Use of the Web for Serving Clients	14
An Antioppressive Approach to Suicide Prevention: Uncharted Territories in Life Promotion Work	13
Ballot Earth: Democracy, Climate Change, and Our Collective Future	13
Supervision and Training Issues in the Practice of Addictions Treatment: Factors That Impact Workforce Retention	11
Social Work in the Postpandemic World: Reflections from India	10
COVID-19 and First Responder Social Workers: An Unexpected Mental Health Storm	10
Current State and Future Directions in School Social Work Supervision	10
Needs of Children and Families during Spring 2020 COVID-19 School Closures: Findings from a National Survey	10
Creating Conditions for Professional Development through a Trauma-Informed and Restorative Practice	9
Implementation Challenges of T Visa Eligibility for Human Trafficking Survivors: A Role for Social Work	8
The End of the World as We Know It? ChatGPT and Social Work	8
Domestication of Information and Communication Technologies into Family Systems: A Conceptual Framework Evaluating Family Health	8
In the Meantime: RE/UN/DIScover Heuristic for Small-Scale Antioppressive Action within Systems and Organizations	8
A Response to “The Danger of Ideology”	8
Elder Abuse as a Social Welfare Issue	8
Breaking Isolation: Social Work in Solidarity with Migrant Workers through and beyond COVID-19	7

Navigating the Shift: Evaluation of Online Learning on MSW Students’ Professional Development in Postpandemic India	6
Annotated Psychotherapy: A Session by Session Look at How a Therapist Thinks. Richard B. Makover	6
Advancing Health Equity for Latinx Autistic Adults in the United States through an Intersectionality Lens	6
Shaping the Future of Social Work Practice in Healthcare: Addressing COVID-19 Needs through Integrated Primary Care	6
Factors Associated with Israeli Social Workers’ Intention to Stay in the Profession	6
A Case for Social Workers as Investigators in Public Defender Offices	6
Moral Disengagement in Social Work	6
Multicultural Perspectives on Race, Ethnicity, and Identity. Elizabeth Pathy Salett and Diane R. Koslow, Editors	6
Beyond Ramps, Curb Cuts, and Captions: A Call for Disability Justice in Social Work	6
Social Protections and Climate Migration: Service Navigation among Puerto Ricans Displaced by Hurricane Maria	5
Mental Health Literacy in Sport: The Role of the Social Work Profession	5
Introducing Trauma Trigger Fatigue as an Underlying Factor of Social Work Burnout	5
When Pandemic Interferes with Work: Psychological Capital and Mental Health of Social Workers during COVID-19	5
Psychosocial Theories of Human Behavior and Development: An Evolution of Big Ideas. Timothy Page	4
A U.S. Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Social Work’s Role in Racial Healing	4
Supporting Social Work Leaders: Supervision, Intersectionality, and Nonprofit Leadership	4
Countering Burnout Associated with Teleworking in This Postpandemic Era	4
International Social Work of All People in the Whole World: A New Construction. Akimoto Itsuki	4
Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement for Addiction, Stress, and Pain. Eric L. Garland	4
Social Workers Should Stand against Physical Punishment of Children	4
Multiracial Cultural Attunement. Kelly Faye Jackson and Gina Miranda Samuels	4
Misophonia: A Review of the Literature and Its Implications for the Social Work Profession	3
A Liminal Moment in Social Work	3
COVID-19: Do Hispanic Lives Matter?	3
Reimagining Suicide Prevention as a Social Justice Issue: Getting Back to Social Work’s Roots	3
The Transition to Siblinghood: An Understudied Yet Influential Process Pertinent to Social Work Research	3
How the COVID-19 Pandemic Can and Must Expand Social Worker e-Interventions for Mental Health, Family Wellness, and Beyond	3
“The Yo-Yo Effect”: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Social Workers’ Experiences with Job Flexibility during the Pandemic	3
The Paradoxical Truths of Social Work Practice and Perspectives	3
Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change and Grow (4th edition). William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick	3
What We Lose When We “Don’t Say Gay”: Generational Shifts in Sexual Identity and Gender	3
Self-Differentiation, Psychological Flexibility, and Difficulties in Practice in Social Workers and Social Work Students	3
Social Work	2
Who Is Helping Us? Exploring the Transition to Parenthood in Infant–Family Professionals during the COVID-19 Era	2
Mutual Efficacy, Self-Efficacy, and Collective Efficacy Theory: An Examination of Empowerment and Activism	2
Authentic Behavior and Job Satisfaction among Child Welfare Caseworkers	2
Professional and Personal Attitudes toward Discussing Sexuality and Degree of Religiosity among Social Workers	2
Social Work in an Online World: A Guide to Digital Practice. Edited by David A. Wilkerson and Liam O’Sullivan	2
Trauma-Informed Cultural Humility Mental Health Practice: Centering History among African American Women	2
Preventing Firearm Injuries and Deaths among Clients: An Action Plan Model for Social Workers	2
Critical Public Management Studies: A Research Agenda Proposition	2
Social Workers’ Experiences of Support in the Workplace during the COVID-19 Pandemic	2
Advancing Sex-Positive Social Work Research and Practice	2
Current Issues in Social Work Supervision	2
The Parent Effect. How Parenting Style Affects Adolescent Behavior and Personality Development. Joanne E. Carlson	2
Criminalization of Sex Workers Living with HIV	2
The Social Construction of Cannabis in Social Work	2
The Multilevel Factor Structure of Social Cohesion, Mutual Efficacy, and Informal Social Control: A Case for Practice-Informed Research	2
Incongruence in Perceptions of Pain: Associations with Mental Health in Couples Living with Fibromyalgia	2
Advancing Psychodynamic-Based Clinical Social Work Practice to Address Structural Trauma: Integrating Neuroscience and Attachment Theory	2

Reenvisioning Therapy with Women of Color: A Black Feminist Healing Perspective. Lani V. Jones	2
Social Work and Social Justice: A Conceptual Review	1
Sexual Grooming: Integrating Research, Practice, Prevention, and Policy. Georgia M. Winters and Elizabeth L. Jeglic	1
At the Forefront: Social Workers’ Role in Psilocybin Treatment for Depression and Substance Misuse	1
When Does Resilience Become Epistemic Injustice?	1
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Still Matters: A Social Work Perspective	1
Brokering Resources during a Pandemic: Exploring How Organizations and Clinics Responded to the Needs of Immigrant Communities during COVID-19	1
Exploring the Intention to Engage in Policy Practice: The Role of Values and Career Motivations	1
Finding Joy in Social Work: Practical Strategies	1
Emotionally Preparing Doctoral Students as They Enter Academia	1
The Nature of Social Work: An Ecocentered Analysis of Key Social Work Statements	1
Diversity and Its Discontents in Social Work	1
Structural Racism, Managerialism, and the Future of the Human Services: Rewriting the Rules	1
The Impact of Psychological Capital on Well-Being of Social Workers: A Mixed-Methods Investigation	1
The Pressures of Neoliberal Managerialism: Challenges and Opportunities for Social Work Supervisors	1
Quiet Quitting: The Need to Reframe a Growing Occupational Health Issue	1
Voter Registration in the United States: A Call for Change	1
Spirituality among People Who Are Transgender: A Nationally Representative Examination and Comparison with Members of the Public	1
Addressing Kinship Caregivers’ Ambivalence and Internalized Stigma to Improve Acceptance of Financial Assistance for Children in Foster Care	1
Anti-Asian Hate’s Impact on Asian American Social Workers: Implications for Professional Training and Education	1
Factors Associated with Chinese Migrant Children’s Social Engagement during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study in Guangzhou City, China	1
Enhancing Implementation of a Multisystem Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program to Support Positive Mental Health Outcomes in High-Need Populations	1
Predicting Intimate Partner Violence Reassault and Homicide: A Practitioner’s Guide to Making Sense of Predictive Validity Statistics	1
Preparing Social Work for Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy	1
Effects of Trauma and Postmigration Stress on Refugee Women’s Health: A Life Course Perspective	1
Ethical Challenges in Social Work Licensing Examinations: A Call for Integrity and Strategies for Success	1
Anti-Asian Hatred and Japanese Parents’ Support of Their Children’s Acculturation to the United States	1
A Call to Action: How Social Work Programs Can Respond to Student Food Insecurity	1
Burned Out, Engaged, Both, or Neither? Exploring Engagement and Burnout Profiles among Social Workers in Spain	1
The State of Interprofessional Supervision in Practice: A Qualitative Analysis	1
On the Frontlines: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Social Workers’ Well-Being	1
Diagnosing and Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Guide for Social Workers and All Frontline Staff. Gregory L. Nooney	1
Forget the “Five Stages”: Ask the Five Questions of Grief	1
Social Workers’ Views of Ways to Engage Communities in Refugee Resettlement	1
Disability Justice and the Americans with Disabilities Act: An Opportunity for Social Work	1
Transformational Leadership, Secondary Traumatic Stress, and Burnout of Child Welfare Workers: Multilevel Moderation Effects	1
A Lack of Workplace Resources for Social Workers in Schools	1