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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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Applying Human-Centred Design Tools in Social Work Research: A Desire-Centred Approach	42
Fragmented Justice: The Role of Social Work in Addressing Risks to Children Navigating Parallel Legal Systems in Australia	19
Social Work in Primary Health Care: Integration, Implications and Impact	18
Managing Risk and Child Participation in Out-Of-Home Care: Practitioner Perspectives	15
Grief and Loss: Supporting Foster Carer Families Through Placement Terminations	13
Silent Ripples: Understanding the Impact of Student Suicide on University Counsellors	13
Announcement of Australian Social Work Journal Awards 2025	13
Improving Service Responses for Children and Young People Who Experience Domestic and Family Violence: A Way Forward	13
Voices from the Frontline: Insights on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Advocacy	13
The S.E.L.F. Framework for Keeping Children Connected to Their Culture in Out-of-Home Care	12
Artificial Intelligence and Implications for the Australian Social Work Journal	12
Decolonising and Reframing Critical Social Work: Research and Stories from Practice	10
Resistance to Assimilation: Expanding Understandings of First Nations Cultural Connection in Child Protection and Out-of-home Care	10
The Continuous Improvement Cultural Responsiveness Tools (CICRT): Creating More Culturally Responsive Social Workers	10
Australian Social Work: Looking Back and Looking Ahead	10
Recognising and Responding to Burnout: Insights From Social Work Managers and Supervisors in Australia	9
Using Social Research for Social Justice: An Introduction for Social Work and Human Services	9
The Non-Indigenous Educator Teaching Australian Aboriginal Content in Social Work Education	9
Artificial Intelligence in Social Work: An EPIC Model for Practice	9
Transitioning to Professional Practice: Experiences of International Master of Social Work [MSW] Graduates from Australian Programs	9
Australian Mental Health Social Workers’ Experiences of Burnout	9
Anger Following the Victorian Black Saturday Bushfires: Implications for Postdisaster Service Provision	8
Qualitative Social Research: Critical Methods for Social Change	8
Barriers to Studying Social Work in Australia for Unvaccinated People	8
Editorial	8

Announcement of Journal Awards 2023	8
Secondary Traumatisation of Social Workers Supporting Traumatised Children and Their Families: A Preliminary Qualitative Inquiry	7
Trauma-Informed Primary Healthcare for Parents: Multidisciplinary Experiences in Rural Service Implementation	7
Service Users’ Descriptions of Recovery-Oriented Elements of a Rural Mental Health Service	6
Enduring Familial Relationships and Identity Preservation Make Simple Adoption the Preferred Permanency Option for Children in Out-of-Home Care	6
Living with Experience in the Academy: Pressures to Disclose in Routine Research Activities	6
Telehealth in Mental Health Social Work: Benefits and Limitations within Practice	6
The Consideration of Animals Within Australian Social Work Curriculum	6
Starting the Conversation about Barriers for Endometriosis Care in Regional Areas: An Autoethnographic Perspective	6
Trauma-Informed Mental Health: Supporting Young People Involved With Child Protection Services	5
Equipped for the Frontline? Alcohol and other Drug-Related Competencies among Australian Social Workers	5
Developing a Prioritisation Framework for Social Work Referrals in Australian Hospitals: A Modified Delphi Study	5
Social Work Perspectives: Conceptualising Youth Mental Health Through Trauma-Informed Systems Thinking	5
Kinship and Cultural Strengths—Learning from an Aboriginal Perspective	5
Perceptions of Social Work in Australia: What Do Social Workers Think?	5
Transformational Mentoring Experiences for First Nations Young People: A Scoping Review	5
Social Work Students’ Reflections on Self-care While Completing Field Education During the Covid-19 Pandemic	5
Empathy in Social Work: A Critical Appraisal of Simulation Theory	5
Care Support Experiences of Older Ethiopian Refugees Resettled in Australia	5
Special Issue: Safety and Innovation in Out-of-home Care	5
Do You See Us, Social Work: Lived Experience of Australian Young Widows	4
Jilya: How One Indigenous Woman from the Remote Pilbara Transformed Psychology	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
Transformative Social Work Practices for Academic Settings	4
Social Spaces for Older Queer Adults: A Guide for Social Work Educators, Students and Practitioners	4
Practice Skills in Social Work and Welfare: More Than Just Common Sense	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
The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Parents and Young People With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)	4
Homelessness	4
Perceptions of Mental Health Recovery among Social Work Students: A Descriptive Qualitative Study	3
A Grounded Theory of Living in Two Worlds: Torres Strait Islanders’ Experience of Contemporary Migration	3
Individual Responsibility and Disconnection: Practitioner Experiences of the First Wave COVID19 Lockdown	3
Expression of Interest: Editorial Board Chair Australian Social Work	3
Professional Development Needs of Social Work Field Education Supervisors in Australia	3
Developing an Intake Assessment for Domestic and Family Violence Supported Accommodation	3
Reflections from a Community Capacity Building Forum to Support People Bereaved by Suicide	3
Associate Professor Fiona McDermott: in appreciation	3
Therapeutic Gardening Groups with Children and Young People Who Have Experienced Maltreatment	3
Interprofessional Collaboration to Develop and Deliver Domestic Violence Curriculum to Dental Students	2
Experiences of Mental Health Carers Examined Using a Recovery Framework	2
Children, Care and Crime: Trauma and Transformation	2
The Cubbies: The Battle for Australia's First Adventure Playground	2
Building Social Work Practitioner Research Capacity in a Health Service: An Inquiry	2
Safe and Unsafe Housing for Domestic and Family Violence Survivors: Practitioner Perspectives	2
The Human Services: Practitioners’ Experiences of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s & 1990s	2
Family Violence Presentations to a Metropolitan Emergency Department During COVID-19: A Retrospective Audit	2
A Structured Template for Social Work Psychosocial Assessments and Formulations in Healthcare	2
Safeguarding Children, Young People and Families	2
Enhancing Child Wellbeing Through Trauma-Informed Parenting Practices: A Pilot Study	2

Journal Publication Awards	2
Indigenisation, (De)Colonisation, and Whiteness: Dismantling Social Work Education	2
Social Work Education: Developing Professional Identity and Readiness for Practice	2
The Mechanic and the Luddite: A Ruthless Criticism of Technology and Capitalism	2
“Our Voices: Being Seen and Heard”	2
Call for Reviewers- Australian Social Work	2
The Endometriosis-Related Healthcare Experiences of Regional Australian Women: A Qualitative Systematic Review	2
Correction	2
Utopian Thinking, Social Work, and Homelessness: Critiquing Ideas Regarding Welfare Dependence	2
Post-Pandemic Welfare and Social Work: Re-Imagining the New Normal	2
Insights from Refugee Men as They Navigate Intersecting Settlement Challenges and Renegotiate Gender Identities	2
Responding to the Needs of Internally Displaced Persons: A Social Work Perspective	2
Elder Abuse in Migrant Communities in Australia: A Scoping Review	2
A Simulated Placement: Using a Mixed-Reality Learning Environment for Social Work Field Education	2
Explaining Psychological Distress among Men in the Helping Professions: A Serial Mediation Model	2
Indigenous Data Sovereignty: What Can Yarning Teach Us?	2
Supporting Pregnant Women Experiencing Homelessness	2
Social Impact Bonds and Homelessness: A Review of the Literature	1
Responding to the Needs of Transgender and Gender Diverse Students in Australian Nongovernment Schools	1
The Complexities of Home in Social Work	1
The Sustainable Development Goals at a Crossroads: Social Work and the Pact for the Future	1
Child Protection Staff Perspectives of the SOFT Program: Touch, Textures, Weights, and Pressures	1
We Come With This Place	1
Social Work Practice in Health: An Introduction to Contexts, Theories and Skills	1
Implementing the Sleeping Dogs Method in Engaging Young People in Residential Care in EMDR	1
AI-Generated Images of Social Workers in Healthcare and Implications for Professional Identity	1
Narratives of Domestic Violence: Policing, Identity, and Indexicality	1
Special Issue: Our Voices: Being Seen and Heard	1
Practising Feminism for Social Welfare: A Global Perspective	1
Forensic Social Work in Australian Undergraduate Social Work Education: A Generic Practice Versus Specialisation Consideration	1
Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Social Work in Australia	1
Social Work in Primary Health Care: Integration, Implications and Impact	1
Mental Health Carers from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities: Wellbeing and Recovery	1
Addendum	1
A Decolonising Critical Discourse Analysis Framework for Positive Behaviour Support Plans	1
National Registration for Social Workers: Getting our Act(s) Together	1
Ethics and Self-Disclosure: How Social Workers Decide What is Appropriate to Share With Young People	1
Responding to Domestic Violence: Difficult Conversations Responding to Domestic Violence: Difficult Conversations , by Kate Seymour, Sarah Wendt, and Kris Natalier, Lond	1
Vale Helen Cleak, 1951–2023—An Esteemed Member of Australian Social Work Editorial Board	1
Reflections on the Social Work in Schools Program: Insights from School Leaders	1
The Prevailing Contexts of Domestic and Family Violence and Child Protection	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
Domestic Violence Risk Assessment Tools and Australian Homelessness Services: A Scoping Review	1
An Innovative Approach to Feeding the Hungry with Healthy Meals	1
Advancing Trauma-Informed Practices for K–12 Schools and Institutions of Higher Education	1
Aboriginal Women Sharing Their Work: Conversations Inside a Women’s Domestic and Family Violence Shelter	1
Practicing Critical Reflection in Social Care 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
Professional Registration of Social Work: A Blunt Instrument for Creating Professional Identity?	1
Reconstructing the Bicultural Worker within Health and Human Service Organisations	1
Reflecting on Social Work Practice in the Northern Territory, Australia	1
Early Intervention Program for High-Risk Youth: Preliminary Evidence on Costs Avoided	1
Advancing Social Work Research in Australia: Experienced Researcher Perspectives	1
Love, Attachment and Intellectual Disability: Meeting Emotional Needs and Developmental Trauma	1
First Nations Children and Families and Permanency Planning Reform: The Evidence Counts	1
An Expressive Arts Approach to Healing Loss and Grief: Working Across the Spectrum of Loss With Individuals and Communities	1