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Papers

(The median citation count of Australian 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Applying Human-Centred Design Tools in Social Work Research: A Desire-Centred Approach	41
Social Work in Primary Health Care: Integration, Implications and Impact	19
Fragmented Justice: The Role of Social Work in Addressing Risks to Children Navigating Parallel Legal Systems in Australia	17
Managing Risk and Child Participation in Out-Of-Home Care: Practitioner Perspectives	15
The S.E.L.F. Framework for Keeping Children Connected to Their Culture in Out-of-Home Care	13
Announcement of Australian Social Work Journal Awards 2025	13
Resistance to Assimilation: Expanding Understandings of First Nations Cultural Connection in Child Protection and Out-of-home Care	13
Grief and Loss: Supporting Foster Carer Families Through Placement Terminations	13
Voices from the Frontline: Insights on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Advocacy	12
Improving Service Responses for Children and Young People Who Experience Domestic and Family Violence: A Way Forward	11
Artificial Intelligence and Implications for the Australian Social Work Journal	11
The Non-Indigenous Educator Teaching Australian Aboriginal Content in Social Work Education	10
Recognising and Responding to Burnout: Insights From Social Work Managers and Supervisors in Australia	9
Transitioning to Professional Practice: Experiences of International Master of Social Work [MSW] Graduates from Australian Programs	9
Decolonising and Reframing Critical Social Work: Research and Stories from Practice	9
Using Social Research for Social Justice: An Introduction for Social Work and Human Services	9
The Continuous Improvement Cultural Responsiveness Tools (CICRT): Creating More Culturally Responsive Social Workers	9
Australian Social Work: Looking Back and Looking Ahead	9
Australian Mental Health Social Workers’ Experiences of Burnout	8
Announcement of Journal Awards 2023	8
Enduring Familial Relationships and Identity Preservation Make Simple Adoption the Preferred Permanency Option for Children in Out-of-Home Care	8
Artificial Intelligence in Social Work: An EPIC Model for Practice	8
Barriers to Studying Social Work in Australia for Unvaccinated People	8
Editorial	7
Secondary Traumatisation of Social Workers Supporting Traumatised Children and Their Families: A Preliminary Qualitative Inquiry	7

Qualitative Social Research: Critical Methods for Social Change	7
Anger Following the Victorian Black Saturday Bushfires: Implications for Postdisaster Service Provision	6
Service Users’ Descriptions of Recovery-Oriented Elements of a Rural Mental Health Service	6
Telehealth in Mental Health Social Work: Benefits and Limitations within Practice	6
Living with Experience in the Academy: Pressures to Disclose in Routine Research Activities	6
Starting the Conversation about Barriers for Endometriosis Care in Regional Areas: An Autoethnographic Perspective	6
Trauma-Informed Primary Healthcare for Parents: Multidisciplinary Experiences in Rural Service Implementation	6
The Consideration of Animals Within Australian Social Work Curriculum	6
Equipped for the Frontline? Alcohol and other Drug-Related Competencies among Australian Social Workers	5
Social Work Students’ Reflections on Self-care While Completing Field Education During the Covid-19 Pandemic	5
Kinship and Cultural Strengths—Learning from an Aboriginal Perspective	5
Transformational Mentoring Experiences for First Nations Young People: A Scoping Review	5
Empathy in Social Work: A Critical Appraisal of Simulation Theory	5
Perceptions of Social Work in Australia: What Do Social Workers Think?	5
Transformative Social Work Practices for Academic Settings	5
Special Issue: Safety and Innovation in Out-of-home Care	5
Developing a Prioritisation Framework for Social Work Referrals in Australian Hospitals: A Modified Delphi Study	5
Trauma-Informed Mental Health: Supporting Young People Involved With Child Protection Services	5
Care Support Experiences of Older Ethiopian Refugees Resettled in Australia	5
Social Work Perspectives: Conceptualising Youth Mental Health Through Trauma-Informed Systems Thinking	5
Practice Skills in Social Work and Welfare: More Than Just Common Sense	4
Social Spaces for Older Queer Adults: A Guide for Social Work Educators, Students and Practitioners	4
Ethical Basics for the Caring Professions: Knowledge and Skills for Thoughtful Practice Ethical Basics for the Caring Professions: Knowledge and Skills for Thoughtful Practice	4
The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Parents and Young People With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)	4
Jilya: How One Indigenous Woman from the Remote Pilbara Transformed Psychology	4
Homelessness	4
Mental Health Service Staff on Sharing Lived Experience in the Workplace	4
Community Service Perspectives on Climate Change and Social Justice in Western Australia	4
Do You See Us, Social Work: Lived Experience of Australian Young Widows	4
Associate Professor Fiona McDermott: in appreciation	3
Expression of Interest: Editorial Board Chair Australian Social Work	3
A Grounded Theory of Living in Two Worlds: Torres Strait Islanders’ Experience of Contemporary Migration	3
Reflections from a Community Capacity Building Forum to Support People Bereaved by Suicide	3
Developing an Intake Assessment for Domestic and Family Violence Supported Accommodation	3
Therapeutic Gardening Groups with Children and Young People Who Have Experienced Maltreatment	3
Perceptions of Mental Health Recovery among Social Work Students: A Descriptive Qualitative Study	3
Individual Responsibility and Disconnection: Practitioner Experiences of the First Wave COVID19 Lockdown	3
Building Social Work Practitioner Research Capacity in a Health Service: An Inquiry	3
Responding to the Needs of Internally Displaced Persons: A Social Work Perspective	2
Insights from Refugee Men as They Navigate Intersecting Settlement Challenges and Renegotiate Gender Identities	2
Supporting Pregnant Women Experiencing Homelessness	2
Interprofessional Collaboration to Develop and Deliver Domestic Violence Curriculum to Dental Students	2
Safeguarding Children, Young People and Families	2
The Endometriosis-Related Healthcare Experiences of Regional Australian Women: A Qualitative Systematic Review	2
A Simulated Placement: Using a Mixed-Reality Learning Environment for Social Work Field Education	2
“Our Voices: Being Seen and Heard”	2
Social Work Education: Developing Professional Identity and Readiness for Practice	2
Journal Publication Awards	2
The Cubbies: The Battle for Australia's First Adventure Playground	2
Safe and Unsafe Housing for Domestic and Family Violence Survivors: Practitioner Perspectives	2

Correction	2
Experiences of Mental Health Carers Examined Using a Recovery Framework	2
Indigenous Data Sovereignty: What Can Yarning Teach Us?	2
Utopian Thinking, Social Work, and Homelessness: Critiquing Ideas Regarding Welfare Dependence	2
Family Violence Presentations to a Metropolitan Emergency Department During COVID-19: A Retrospective Audit	2
Call for Reviewers- Australian Social Work	2
Enhancing Child Wellbeing Through Trauma-Informed Parenting Practices: A Pilot Study	2
Indigenisation, (De)Colonisation, and Whiteness: Dismantling Social Work Education	2
Post-Pandemic Welfare and Social Work: Re-Imagining the New Normal	2
Professional Development Needs of Social Work Field Education Supervisors in Australia	2
Elder Abuse in Migrant Communities in Australia: A Scoping Review	2
The Mechanic and the Luddite: A Ruthless Criticism of Technology and Capitalism	2
Explaining Psychological Distress among Men in the Helping Professions: A Serial Mediation Model	2
A Structured Template for Social Work Psychosocial Assessments and Formulations in Healthcare	2
Children, Care and Crime: Trauma and Transformation	2
Vale Helen Cleak, 1951–2023—An Esteemed Member of Australian Social Work Editorial Board	1
Advancing Social Work Research in Australia: Experienced Researcher Perspectives	1
Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Social Work in Australia	1
Practicing Critical Reflection in Social Care Organisations	1
Aboriginal Women Sharing Their Work: Conversations Inside a Women’s Domestic and Family Violence Shelter	1
Advancing Trauma-Informed Practices for K–12 Schools and Institutions of Higher Education	1
Young People’s Support Needs During the Military–Civilian Transition: “I Would Have Been a Very Different Person if There was More Support Available”	1
Child Protection Staff Perspectives of the SOFT Program: Touch, Textures, Weights, and Pressures	1
We Come With This Place	1
Ethics and Self-Disclosure: How Social Workers Decide What is Appropriate to Share With Young People	1
Reflections on the Social Work in Schools Program: Insights from School Leaders	1
Practising Feminism for Social Welfare: A Global Perspective	1
Narratives of Domestic Violence: Policing, Identity, and Indexicality	1
A Decolonising Critical Discourse Analysis Framework for Positive Behaviour Support Plans	1
The Prevailing Contexts of Domestic and Family Violence and Child Protection	1
The Sustainable Development Goals at a Crossroads: Social Work and the Pact for the Future	1
Social Impact Bonds and Homelessness: A Review of the Literature	1
The Human Services: Practitioners’ Experiences of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s & 1990s	1
Responding to the Needs of Transgender and Gender Diverse Students in Australian Nongovernment Schools	1
The Complexities of Home in Social Work	1
Developing Social Work Professional Identity Resilience: Seven Protective Factors	1
National Registration for Social Workers: Getting our Act(s) Together	1
Professional Registration of Social Work: A Blunt Instrument for Creating Professional Identity?	1
Reflecting on Social Work Practice in the Northern Territory, Australia	1
Implementing the Sleeping Dogs Method in Engaging Young People in Residential Care in EMDR	1
First Nations Children and Families and Permanency Planning Reform: The Evidence Counts	1
Love, Attachment and Intellectual Disability: Meeting Emotional Needs and Developmental Trauma	1
An Expressive Arts Approach to Healing Loss and Grief: Working Across the Spectrum of Loss With Individuals and Communities	1
Special Issue: Our Voices: Being Seen and Heard	1
Addendum	1
Responding to Domestic Violence: Difficult Conversations Responding to Domestic Violence: Difficult Conversations , by Kate Seymour, Sarah Wendt, and Kris Natalier, Lond	1
Mental Health Carers from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities: Wellbeing and Recovery	1
Social Work in Primary Health Care: Integration, Implications and Impact	1
Reconstructing the Bicultural Worker within Health and Human Service Organisations	1
Social Work Theories in Context: Creating Frameworks for Practice	1
Sharing the Care: One Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisation’s Approach to Out-of-Home Care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children	1
Challenging the Neoliberal Paradigm: Homelessness, Displacement, and the Need for Care	1
Social Work Practice in Health: An Introduction to Contexts, Theories and Skills	1
An Innovative Approach to Feeding the Hungry with Healthy Meals	1
Domestic Violence Risk Assessment Tools and Australian Homelessness Services: A Scoping Review	1
Early Intervention Program for High-Risk Youth: Preliminary Evidence on Costs Avoided	1
Forensic Social Work in Australian Undergraduate Social Work Education: A Generic Practice Versus Specialisation Consideration	1