OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Australian Social Work is 2. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Grief and Loss: Supporting Foster Carer Families Through Placement Terminations	22
Applying Human-Centred Design Tools in Social Work Research: A Desire-Centred Approach	15
Social Work and Cancer: The Unique Contribution of Social Workers	13
Social Work and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Student Placement Model	12
The Impact of Community Work: How to Gather Evidence	10
The S.E.L.F. Framework for Keeping Children Connected to Their Culture in Out-of-Home Care	9
Voices from the Frontline: Insights on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Advocacy	9
Exploring Fathers’ Experiences in Caring for Their Child on a Paediatric Oncology Ward	9
Service Users in Social Work Student Supervision: A Scoping Review	9
Resistance to Assimilation: Expanding Understandings of First Nations Cultural Connection in Child Protection and Out-of-home Care	9
Improving Service Responses for Children and Young People Who Experience Domestic and Family Violence: A Way Forward	8
The Non-Indigenous Educator Teaching Australian Aboriginal Content in Social Work Education	8
Artificial Intelligence and Implications for the Australian Social Work Journal	8
Response to Crisp (2022) “Response to Papadopoulos (2022): Social Work After Tehan: Reframing the Scope of Practice”	8
Australian Social Work: Looking Back and Looking Ahead	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
The Continuous Improvement Cultural Responsiveness Tools (CICRT): Creating More Culturally Responsive Social Workers	6
Using Social Research for Social Justice: An Introduction for Social Work and Human Services Using Social Research for Social Justice: An Introduction for Social Work and Human Services	6
A Modern History of Child Protection in Australia: Queensland 1965–1980	5
Enduring Familial Relationships and Identity Preservation Make Simple Adoption the Preferred Permanency Option for Children in Out-of-Home Care	5
Announcement of Journal Awards 2023	5
Australian Mental Health Social Workers’ Experiences of Burnout	5
Decolonising and Reframing Critical Social Work: Research and Stories from Practice	5
The Consideration of Animals Within Australian Social Work Curriculum	5

First Contact Social Work: Responding to Domestic and Family Violence	5
Editorial	5
Telehealth in Mental Health Social Work: Benefits and Limitations within Practice	5
Service Users’ Descriptions of Recovery-Oriented Elements of a Rural Mental Health Service	4
Gender in Psycho-oncology	4
Kinship and Cultural Strengths—Learning from an Aboriginal Perspective	4
Culturally Informed, Codesigned, Supportive Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People With Cancer and Their Families	4
Jilya: How One Indigenous Woman from the Remote Pilbara Transformed Psychology	4
Barriers to Studying Social Work in Australia for Unvaccinated People	4
Living with Experience in the Academy: Pressures to Disclose in Routine Research Activities	4
Social Work Students’ Reflections on Self-care While Completing Field Education During the Covid-19 Pandemic	4
Transformational Mentoring Experiences for First Nations Young People: A Scoping Review	4
Simulation and Skills Development: Preparing Australian Social Work Education for a Post-COVID Reality	4
Starting the Conversation about Barriers for Endometriosis Care in Regional Areas: An Autoethnographic Perspective	4
Trauma-Informed Primary Healthcare for Parents: Multidisciplinary Experiences in Rural Service Implementation	4
Perceptions of Social Work in Australia: What Do Social Workers Think?	4
Developing a Prioritisation Framework for Social Work Referrals in Australian Hospitals: A Modified Delphi Study	4
Care Support Experiences of Older Ethiopian Refugees Resettled in Australia	4
Anger Following the Victorian Black Saturday Bushfires: Implications for Postdisaster Service Provision	4
Social Spaces for Older Queer Adults: A Guide for Social Work Educators, Students and Practitioners	3
Call for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander/First Nations ReviewersAustralian Social Work	3
Contemporary Practitioner Experiences of Relational Social Work: The Case of Child Welfare	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
Aboriginal Social Work Academics: Failure to Thrive due to Having to Fight to Survive?	3
Enhancing Access to Income Support for Vulnerable Hospital Patients	3
Community Service Perspectives on Climate Change and Social Justice in Western Australia	3
Mental Health Service Staff on Sharing Lived Experience in the Workplace	3
Associate Professor Fiona McDermott: in appreciation	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
Special Issue: Safety and Innovation in Out-of-home Care	3
The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Parents and Young People With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)	3
Call for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Reviewers	3
Homelessness	3
Discussion of the Knowns and Unknowns of Child Protection During Pregnancy in Australia	2
Indigenisation, (De)Colonisation, and Whiteness: Dismantling Social Work Education	2
Journal Publication Awards	2
Interprofessional Collaboration to Develop and Deliver Domestic Violence Curriculum to Dental Students	2
Supporting Pregnant Women Experiencing Homelessness	2
Individual Responsibility and Disconnection: Practitioner Experiences of the First Wave COVID19 Lockdown	2
Post-Pandemic Welfare and Social Work: Re-Imagining the New Normal	2
Practice Skills in Social Work and Welfare: More Than Just Common Sense	2
Therapeutic Gardening Groups with Children and Young People Who Have Experienced Maltreatment	2
The Challenges of Using Available Practice Classification Systems in Researching Social Work	2
Children, Care and Crime: Trauma and Transformation	2
Call for Reviewers- Australian Social Work	2
Responding to the Needs of Internally Displaced Persons: A Social Work Perspective	2
Reflections from a Community Capacity Building Forum to Support People Bereaved by Suicide	2
Developing an Intake Assessment for Domestic and Family Violence Supported Accommodation	2
Using Photography to Capture Young People’s Views About Community and Local Service Delivery	2
Social Work Education: Developing Professional Identity and Readiness for Practice	2

Safe and Unsafe Housing for Domestic and Family Violence Survivors: Practitioner Perspectives	2
Challenges Underlying the Involvement of Social Workers From Minority Groups in Policy Practice	2
Clinician Perspectives of the Evidence Underpinning Suicide Risk Assessment: A Mixed Methods Study	2
A Grounded Theory of Living in Two Worlds: Torres Strait Islanders’ Experience of Contemporary Migration	2