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Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Social Work Education 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Economic Literacy as a Tool for Advocacy	71
Introduction to the Issue	34
How Early Social Work Faculty Experienced Support in Their Doctoral Programs	17
Teaching Note—Insights From a Computer-Assisted Simulation: MSW Training on Motivational Interviewing for Substance Use Disorders	16
Interprofessional Social Work Practice: A Call for a New Specialization	13
A “Totally, Acceptably Racist Environment”: Examining Anti-Black Racism in a School of Social Work	10
A National Survey of Pregnancy Options Counselors: Post- Roe Considerations for Social Work Education	10
AI Creates the Message: Integrating AI Language Learning Models into Social Work Education and Practice	10
Social Work Students’ Perceptions of Sex Offender Management Policies	10
Teaching Note—Practice Behaviors for the 2022 EPAS’ Practicum Education Using an ADEI Framework	10
Teaching Social Work Competencies Through the Lens of Sport	10
Development and Application of an Objective Structured Clinical Examination for Practicing Integrated Behavioral Health Skills	10
From Gaslighting to Enlightening: Reproductive Justice as an Interdisciplinary Solution to Close the Health Gap	9
Teaching Note—Navigating Tomorrow: Transforming Social Work Education Through Futures Thinking and Strategic Foresight	9
Preparing Social Workers for Emerging Roles in Police Social Work	8
Toward a Critical Approach to Simulation-Based Social Work Education: Guidelines for Designing Simulated Client Case Scenarios	8
Defending Discomfort: A Critical Social Work Case Against Trigger Warnings	7
Teaching Note—Self-Care in Social Work Education: An Experiential Learning Exercise	7
“Finding Your People”: Testimonios of First-Generation Latina Social Work Doctoral Students in the MFP	7
Disabled Social Work Students’ Experiences of Stigma in Higher Education	7
The Duties We Owe to One Another	7
Virtual Simulations to Educate Social Work Students About Domestic and Family Violence: A Scoping Review	6
A Tale of Two Mentees: Conceptualizing Academic Mentorship through Critical Systems Thinking	6
Educated to Lead: A Proposed Model to Conceptualize and Address the Leadership Crisis in Social Work	6
Examining Transitions in Risk for Depression Among African Americans	6

Teaching Note—The Point–Counterpoint Teaching Methodology: A Framework for Promoting Intellectual Diversity in Social Work Education	5
“Ignoring It Is a Problem”: Social Work Student Perspectives on the Opportunities and Threats of Artificial Intelligence for Practice and Education	5
“The 1619 Project” and Social Work Curriculum: Preparing Students for Anti-Racist Micro- and Macro-Practice	5
Not the Heart Stuff: Early-Career Child Protection Social Workers and Preparation for Difficult Work	5
Digitalization and ICT in Social Work Education: A Scoping Review	4
Political Social Work’s Role in Competency-Based Social Work Education	4
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Simulated Learning’s Effects in Social Work Education	4
“It’s Checking Off a Required Diversity Course Box”: Reflections From Social Work Students of Color	4
Long-Term Effect on Cultural Competency: University Study Abroad Service Learning Course in Belize	4
An Evaluation of the University of Pennsylvania DSW Program	4
From the Editor—Social Work Education Post-2024 Election: Considerations and Opportunities	4
The Critical Iceberg Model: A Teaching Tool to Support and Anchor Student Critical Thinking	4
Centering Racial Equity in a BSW Program: What We’ve Learned in Five Years	4
Social Justice Integration in Clinical Social Work: Teaching with Current Events from the Media	3
From the Editor—Emerging Issues and Possibilities in Social Work Education	3
Strengthening Social Work Skills and Competency Through Exposure to Diversity	3
Renaming “Field” in Social Work Education: Necessary but Not Sufficient for Promoting Antiracist Education	3
Increasing Competence to Address Spiritual Diversity in Social Work Practice	3
Black Male Bodies in White Female Spaces: Power, Dominance, and Myth in Social Work Education	3
Teaching Note—A Survey of Suicide Content in Social Work Programs	3
The Client in Intrinsic Agency-Based Evaluation: Implications for Social Work Pedagogy	3
Preparing to Intervene in Intimate Partner Violence: An Interprofessional Safety Planning and Assessment Simulation	3
From the Editor	3
Social Work Education Anti-Racism (SWEAR) Scale	3
Prohibiting Harmful Practices Against LGBTQIA+ Individuals and Students in Field Placement: Recommendations	2
Revisiting the Advanced Generalist: Adapting to Current Environment of MSW Education	2
Teaching Note—Substance Use Education to Improve Harm Reduction Attitudes: Preparing Social Workers to Advance Public Health	2
Field Note—The Practicum Learning Portal: Building Resilience in Social Work Field Education During and Post-COVID-19	2
Correction	2
Advancing the Human Rights Content of the Social Work Curriculum	2
Integrating Trauma Content Into BSW Curricula: A Content Analysis	2
Considerations for Marginalized Fathers in Human Behavior and the Social Environment (HBSE) Courses: Insights for Social Work Educators and Students	2
Teaching Note—Integrating Documentary Work Into the BSW Classroom	2
Social Work Practice Data Support Advanced Generalist Graduate Education	2
Origins of Opportunity, Part 1: The Formation of CSWE’s Minority Research Fellowship Program, 1954–1978	2
Effects of the WHO QualityRights Training on Stigma Attitudes Among Social Work Students in Germany	2
Teaching Note—Innovating the Curriculum: Bringing History Back Into Social Work Education	2
We Are Still Here: Intersectional Collaborations in Research, Practice, and Resistance Among MFP Scholars	2
Evaluation of a Suicide Counseling Skills Course for Social Work Students	2
Free From Sexual Harassment: Creating Safe Spaces in Academic Environments	2
Using Critical Race Theory in Social Work Education to Prepare Antiracist Practitioners: A Systematized Review	2
Perceptions of Inclusion Among Underrepresented Minority Students in Allied Health Sciences Through the Lens of Photovoice	2
Charting a Path for Disaster-Informed Social Work: Developing a Free Online CPD Course in England	2
Preparing Social Workers to Promote Environmental Justice: An Exploratory Study	2
Applying Complex Adaptive Systems to Build Interdisciplinary Collaborations and Aid in Understanding Complicated Social Phenomena	2
To What Extent Is Criminal Justice Content Specifically Addressed in MSW Programs? A 10 Year Review and Update	2
How Field Liaisons Perceive the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Matters in Students’ Field Practicum	1
Addressing the Spanish-Language Workforce Gap Through Education: A Review of Graduate Programs with Spanish-Language Components	1
Reflective Writing in Course Design for Active Learning in Social Work Education	1
A Missing Link in Suicide Prevention and Intervention: Preparing the Bachelor of Social Work Workforce to Respond to Suicide in Practice	1

Teaching Note—Training MSW Students in Sector-Specific Macro Content: An Innovative Behavioral Health Leadership Initiative	1
From the Editor	1
Co-creating and Co-teaching a Social Work Course on Disabilities With Clients and Their Families	1
Teaching Note—Proposing a School Social Work Practice Course for Master of Social Work Students: Call for a Canadian Perspective	1
AI-Enhanced Social Work: Developing and Evaluating Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Support Systems	1
From the Editor—Teaching and Modeling Social Work Activism: A Nod to Dr. Bernice A. King	1
Academic Engagement and Disaffection in Social Work Undergraduates From Spain: The Role of Teaching Styles and Student Motivation	1
Addressing Spirituality in Social Work Education from an Anti-oppressive Perspective: Strategies for Facilitating Inclusive and Equitable Learning Environments	1
Using Audit Trail Assignments to Develop DSW Students’ Skills as Practitioner-Scholars	1
The Peer Review Crisis Continues: What Comes Next?	1
Experiential Learning Labs in Practicum Education: Tackling the Grand Challenges Through Interdisciplinary Collaboration	1
Solution-Focused Telemental Health: A New Approach for Social Work Field Education	1
The Effectiveness of Simulation for Teaching Disaster Mental Health	1
Structural Competence in Social Work	1
Educating Students for Political Participation: Bringing “Voting is Social Work” to Life	1
My Perspective Matters: Teaching Diversity Content in Social Work Education	1
Practice Makes Perfect: MSW Students Reflect on Skill-Based Teaching Methods in Clinical Social Work Education	1
Commentary—Empathy for Jewish Students in the Aftermath of Israel’s Response to the Hamas Massacre	1
Reimagining Social Work Education: A Systems-Thinking Approach to a BSW/MSW Program for Community College Students	1
Preparing Social Workers for Anti-Oppressive Practice: Evaluating the Role of Critical Social Work Education	1
Teaching Note—Preparing Social Work Students to Address Food Insecurity Through Microlevel Practice	1
Dismantling White Supremacy in Social Work Education: A Scoping Review of Interventions in Schools of Social Work	1
Teaching Note—Beyond #Freebritney: Teaching Social Workers About Surrogate Decision Making Through the Spears Case	1
Commentary—Voices of Solidarity: Challenging Censorship in Social Work Discourse on Palestine During an Ongoing Genocide	1
Using Collaborative Field Education to Provide Better Outcomes for Students at Risk of Leaving Higher Education	1
Interprofessional Education for Domestic Violence Safety Planning in Nursing and Social Work: A Scoping Review	1
Introducing Generative Artificial Intelligence Into the MSW Curriculum: A Proposal for the 2029 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards	1
“Tone It Down”: The Whitewashing of Black Women Doctoral Students’ Research and Scholarship at Predominately White Institutions—Implications for Social Work Doctoral Education	1
Back to the Future: How Master of Social Work Students Adjusted to Returning to In-Person Instruction During the COVID-19 Pandemic	1
From the Editor—In This Issue	1
Mentoring International Students in Social Work Doctoral Programs	1
“I Am Worth More Than My Grades”: Student Reflections on Ungrading in Social Work Courses	1
Imposter Syndrome Among First-Generation HBCU Social Work and Health Science Students	1
Developing Virtual Gaming Simulations to Promote Interdisciplinary Learning in Addressing Intimate Partner and Gender-Based Violence	1
Social Work Educators Innovating With Generative AI: An Exploratory Study	1
Field Education in the Shadow of COVID-19: A Scoping Review in Memory of Marion Bogo	1
Commentary—Innovating the MSW Curriculum Through the Use of Horror Films	1
Teaching Note—Critical Perspectives on HyFlex Teaching	1