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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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Grief and Loss: Supporting Foster Carer Families Through Placement Terminations	35
Managing Risk and Child Participation in Out-Of-Home Care: Practitioner Perspectives	15
Fragmented Justice: The Role of Social Work in Addressing Risks to Children Navigating Parallel Legal Systems in Australia	14
Social Work in Primary Health Care: Integration, Implications and Impact	12
Social Work and Cancer: The Unique Contribution of Social Workers	11
Voices from the Frontline: Insights on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Advocacy	11
Exploring Fathers’ Experiences in Caring for Their Child on a Paediatric Oncology Ward	11
Applying Human-Centred Design Tools in Social Work Research: A Desire-Centred Approach	11
Resistance to Assimilation: Expanding Understandings of First Nations Cultural Connection in Child Protection and Out-of-home Care	9
Australian Social Work: Looking Back and Looking Ahead	9
Artificial Intelligence and Implications for the Australian Social Work Journal	9
Improving Service Responses for Children and Young People Who Experience Domestic and Family Violence: A Way Forward	9
The S.E.L.F. Framework for Keeping Children Connected to Their Culture in Out-of-Home Care	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	8
Australian Mental Health Social Workers’ Experiences of Burnout	8
The Non-Indigenous Educator Teaching Australian Aboriginal Content in Social Work Education	8
Recognising and Responding to Burnout: Insights From Social Work Managers and Supervisors in Australia	8
Artificial Intelligence in Social Work: An EPIC Model for Practice	7
Transitioning to Professional Practice: Experiences of International Master of Social Work [MSW] Graduates from Australian Programs	7
Decolonising and Reframing Critical Social Work: Research and Stories from Practice	6
Enduring Familial Relationships and Identity Preservation Make Simple Adoption the Preferred Permanency Option for Children in Out-of-Home Care	6
Editorial	6
Announcement of Journal Awards 2023	6
Starting the Conversation about Barriers for Endometriosis Care in Regional Areas: An Autoethnographic Perspective	6

Barriers to Studying Social Work in Australia for Unvaccinated People	6
The Consideration of Animals Within Australian Social Work Curriculum	6
Living with Experience in the Academy: Pressures to Disclose in Routine Research Activities	5
Service Users’ Descriptions of Recovery-Oriented Elements of a Rural Mental Health Service	5
Gender in Psycho-oncology	5
Trauma-Informed Primary Healthcare for Parents: Multidisciplinary Experiences in Rural Service Implementation	5
Qualitative Social Research: Critical Methods for Social Change	5
Anger Following the Victorian Black Saturday Bushfires: Implications for Postdisaster Service Provision	5
Secondary Traumatisation of Social Workers Supporting Traumatised Children and Their Families: A Preliminary Qualitative Inquiry	5
Telehealth in Mental Health Social Work: Benefits and Limitations within Practice	5
Kinship and Cultural Strengths—Learning from an Aboriginal Perspective	4
Empathy in Social Work: A Critical Appraisal of Simulation Theory	4
Perceptions of Social Work in Australia: What Do Social Workers Think?	4
Social Work Students’ Reflections on Self-care While Completing Field Education During the Covid-19 Pandemic	4
Trauma-Informed Mental Health: Supporting Young People Involved With Child Protection Services	4
Developing a Prioritisation Framework for Social Work Referrals in Australian Hospitals: A Modified Delphi Study	4
Community Service Perspectives on Climate Change and Social Justice in Western Australia	3
Transformational Mentoring Experiences for First Nations Young People: A Scoping Review	3
Mental Health Service Staff on Sharing Lived Experience in the Workplace	3
Expression of Interest: Editorial Board Chair Australian Social Work	3
Associate Professor Fiona McDermott: in appreciation	3
Social Spaces for Older Queer Adults: A Guide for Social Work Educators, Students and Practitioners	3
Do You See Us, Social Work: Lived Experience of Australian Young Widows	3
Social Work Perspectives: Conceptualising Youth Mental Health Through Trauma-Informed Systems Thinking	3
The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Parents and Young People With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)	3
Homelessness	3
Reflections from a Community Capacity Building Forum to Support People Bereaved by Suicide	3
Jilya: How One Indigenous Woman from the Remote Pilbara Transformed Psychology	3
Care Support Experiences of Older Ethiopian Refugees Resettled in Australia	3
Special Issue: Safety and Innovation in Out-of-home Care	3
Practice Skills in Social Work and Welfare: More Than Just Common Sense	3
Ethical Basics for the Caring Professions: Knowledge and Skills for Thoughtful Practice Ethical Basics for the Caring Professions: Knowledge and Skills for Thoughtful Practice	3
Social Policy in Australia: Understanding for Action Social Policy in Australia: Understanding for Action , Fourth Edition, by Alison McClelland, Paul Smyth, and Greg Ma	3
Indigenisation, (De)Colonisation, and Whiteness: Dismantling Social Work Education	2
Safe and Unsafe Housing for Domestic and Family Violence Survivors: Practitioner Perspectives	2
Supporting Pregnant Women Experiencing Homelessness	2
Call for Reviewers- Australian Social Work	2
Social Work Education: Developing Professional Identity and Readiness for Practice	2
Post-Pandemic Welfare and Social Work: Re-Imagining the New Normal	2
Developing an Intake Assessment for Domestic and Family Violence Supported Accommodation	2
Professional Development Needs of Social Work Field Education Supervisors in Australia	2
Individual Responsibility and Disconnection: Practitioner Experiences of the First Wave COVID19 Lockdown	2
Children, Care and Crime: Trauma and Transformation	2
Enhancing Child Wellbeing Through Trauma-Informed Parenting Practices: A Pilot Study	2
Elder Abuse in Migrant Communities in Australia: A Scoping Review	2
Building Social Work Practitioner Research Capacity in a Health Service: An Inquiry	2
A Grounded Theory of Living in Two Worlds: Torres Strait Islanders’ Experience of Contemporary Migration	2
Responding to the Needs of Internally Displaced Persons: A Social Work Perspective	2
Journal Publication Awards	2
Interprofessional Collaboration to Develop and Deliver Domestic Violence Curriculum to Dental Students	2

Correction	2
Safeguarding Children, Young People and Families	2
Therapeutic Gardening Groups with Children and Young People Who Have Experienced Maltreatment	2
Insights from Refugee Men as They Navigate Intersecting Settlement Challenges and Renegotiate Gender Identities	2
Utopian Thinking, Social Work, and Homelessness: Critiquing Ideas Regarding Welfare Dependence	1
Domestic Violence Risk Assessment Tools and Australian Homelessness Services: A Scoping Review	1
Social Impact Bonds and Homelessness: A Review of the Literature	1
Professional Registration of Social Work: A Blunt Instrument for Creating Professional Identity?	1
Forensic Social Work in Australian Undergraduate Social Work Education: A Generic Practice Versus Specialisation Consideration	1
Reconstructing the Bicultural Worker within Health and Human Service Organisations	1
Practicing Critical Reflection in Social Care Organisations	1
The Sustainable Development Goals at a Crossroads: Social Work and the Pact for the Future	1
The Prevailing Contexts of Domestic and Family Violence and Child Protection	1
Social Work in the Oncology Setting Compared to Social Work in General Medical Settings: An Analysis of Findings From a Multisite Australian Social Work Practice Audit	1
Practising Feminism for Social Welfare: A Global Perspective	1
Responding to the Needs of Transgender and Gender Diverse Students in Australian Nongovernment Schools	1
Family Violence Presentations to a Metropolitan Emergency Department During COVID-19: A Retrospective Audit	1
A Structured Template for Social Work Psychosocial Assessments and Formulations in Healthcare	1
Indigenous Data Sovereignty: What Can Yarning Teach Us?	1
An Expressive Arts Approach to Healing Loss and Grief: Working Across the Spectrum of Loss With Individuals and Communities	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
An Innovative Approach to Feeding the Hungry with Healthy Meals	1
Social Work Practice in Health: An Introduction to Contexts, Theories and Skills	1
Advancing Social Work Research in Australia: Experienced Researcher Perspectives	1
Social Work Theories in Context: Creating Frameworks for Practice	1
Book Reviews	1
Special Issue: Our Voices: Being Seen and Heard	1
Early Intervention Program for High-Risk Youth: Preliminary Evidence on Costs Avoided	1
Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Social Work in Australia	1
The Complexities of Home in Social Work	1
Mental Health Carers from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities: Wellbeing and Recovery	1
“Our Voices: Being Seen and Heard”	1
Explaining Psychological Distress among Men in the Helping Professions: A Serial Mediation Model	1
Experiences of Mental Health Carers Examined Using a Recovery Framework	1
Social Work in Primary Health Care: Integration, Implications and Impact	1
Advancing Trauma-Informed Practices for K–12 Schools and Institutions of Higher Education	1
Reflections on the Social Work in Schools Program: Insights from School Leaders	1
A Decolonising Critical Discourse Analysis Framework for Positive Behaviour Support Plans	1
Addendum	1
First Nations Children and Families and Permanency Planning Reform: The Evidence Counts	1
Vale Helen Cleak, 1951–2023—An Esteemed Member of Australian Social Work Editorial Board	1
Implementing the Sleeping Dogs Method in Engaging Young People in Residential Care in EMDR	1
Love, Attachment and Intellectual Disability: Meeting Emotional Needs and Developmental Trauma	1
Aboriginal Women Sharing Their Work: Conversations Inside a Women’s Domestic and Family Violence Shelter	1
Narratives of Domestic Violence: Policing, Identity, and Indexicality	1
The Human Services: Practitioners’ Experiences of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s & 1990s	1
A Simulated Placement: Using a Mixed-Reality Learning Environment for Social Work Field Education	1
Sexual Health, Fertility, and Relationships in Cancer Care. Psycho-oncology Care Series: Companion Guides for Clinicians	1