Journal of Social Work

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Social Work is 0. 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.)
ArticleCitations
The moral behaviour of single young women immigrants to Mandatory Palestine: Between nationalism, gender, and professionalism in social work20
Interaction and collaboration in rural social work: A professional perspective based on social network analysis20
Book Review: Working with conflict in social work practice by Brian Littlechild, Karen Mills and Rose Parkes19
Book Review: Fostering for adoption: Our story and stories of others by Alice Hill12
Social workers as state and citizen-agents. How social workers in a German, Dutch and Flemish public welfare organisation manage this dual responsibility in practice12
Exploring issues related to disappearing rural areas in the UAE: In search of the critical role of social workers12
A qualitative interpretive meta-synthesis of social workers’ experience in end-of-life care11
Reconceptualizing protective factors in response to risk with vulnerable children10
The attitudes of Vietnamese social work practitioners toward sexual minorities10
Minding the body: A critical appraisal of three phenomenological accounts of embodiment in social work literature10
Book Review: Noise: A flaw in human judgement by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony and Cass R Sunstein9
Book Review: An A-Z of social work skills by Michaela Rogers and Dan Allen9
New understandings in childhood research and their implications for child and family services8
The educational journey of former foster youth: A dream deferred8
Beyond medicalized approaches to violence and trauma: Empowering social work practice8
Social work in sport: Playmakers in the athletic arena7
Book Review: Coercive control in children’s and mothers’ lives by E. Katz7
Interrogating settler social work with indigenous persons in Canada7
Securing citizens’ social rights under neoliberal welfare governance: the case of Israeli social services7
Social workers’ perceptions of their peers’ unprofessional behavior6
Triple powerlessness traps and old age: Implications for social work practice6
From behaviour-based to ecological: Multi-agency partnership responses to extra-familial harm6
Book Review: Indian Social work by Bishnu Mohan Dash, Mithilesh Kumar, D.P. Singh and Siddheshwar Shukla6
Book Review: The uses and abuse of humour in social work by Stephen Jordan6
Book Review: Mental health in later life: Taking a life course approach by Alisoun Milne6
Book Review: Ethics and risk management in online and distance social work by Frederic Reamer6
Differences between adolescents in secure residential care and non-residential educational facilities6
Looking into backstage discussions in social work: A qualitative synthesis of recent empirical findings6
Public perception of social workers as a source for providing help during the COVID-19 pandemic5
Living in a segregated community? Interaction between families and service organizations supporting people with intellectual disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic5
Impact of COVID-19 on social work field education: Perspectives of Canadian social work students5
Social workers’ approaches to ethical dilemmas5
Retention in statutory social work from fast-track child and family programs5
Empowering the marginalised: Exploring the potential of Theatre of the Oppressed as an intervention for youth offenders in social work practice5
Book Review: Safeguarding across the lifespan by June Keeling and David Goosey5
Social workers in schools: A feasibility study of three local authorities4
Social work scope of practice with Parkinson's disease: A qualitative study4
Social workers and generative practices for the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities4
Working conditions and well-being in UK social care and social work during COVID-194
Experiences of social workers who witness mistreatment as captured in drawing and narrative4
Foster care breakdown in adolescence: A retrospective view of young individuals on their experiences4
Book Review: Working with families by Patricia Spindel4
The impact of COVID-19 quarantine measures on the mental health of families4
Outreach to farmworkers before and during the COVID-19 pandemic4
Book Review: Best practices for social work with refugees and immigrants by Miriam Potocky and Mitra Naseh3
Critical social work in public social services: Poverty-aware organizational practices3
Social work practice in complex emergencies: A study of Northwest Syria3
An observation checklist for use by residential social workers in juvenile justice institutions3
Book Review: Social Work: Past, Present and Future by Terry Bamford and Keith Bilton3
Social Workers’ Impact on Policy Through Regulations: A Case Study of the U.S. Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program3
Book Review: No more police: a case for abolition by M. Kaba and A. Richie3
Facilitating well-being with female social workers in northern Canada: A participatory narrative inquiry3
Book Review: Utopian thinking and social work by Chris Horsell HorsellChris, Utopian thinking and social work. New York, AS: Routledge, 2025, 165 pp., £116.00 (hardback)3
Ethical and legal dilemmas experienced by Israeli social workers during the COVID-19 pandemic3
Book Review: The dynamics of the social worker–client relationship by Joseph Walsh3
Book Review: Social work and the COVID-19 pandemic: International insights by M. Lavalette, V. Ioakimidis and I. Ferguson3
Early work experiences, social inclusion and transition to adulthood: The voice of care-experienced young adults2
Indigenous mothers’ experiences of power and control in child welfare: Families being heard2
Book Review: Social work in health emergencies: Global perspectives by Patricia Fronek and Karen Smith Rotabi-Casares (Eds)2
Digitalization, stress, and social worker–client relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic2
Understanding youth circumstances in workforce development programs: Opportunities for social work2
Book Review: Safeguarding adults together under the Care Act 2014. A multi-agency practice guide by Barbara Starns2
U.S. social work students’ attitudes on social media as treatment modality: A prepandemic national survey2
A Review of participant, agency, and community outcomes of non-familial intergenerational programs2
Book Review: Education and equity in times of crisis: Learning, engagement and support by Emily S. Rudling, Sherridan Emery, Becky Shelley, Kitty te Riele, Jessica Woodroffe, Natalie Brown2
Book Review: The medicalisation of everyday life: A critical perspective by Barbara Fawcett, Zita Weber, and Helen Bannister2
Book Review: The end of social work: A defense of the social worker in times of transformatin by Steve Burghardt2
Social service providers under COVID-19 duress: adaptation, burnout, and resilience2
Book review: Human growth and development in children and young people: Theoretical and practice perspectives by Jonathan Parker and Sara Ashencaen Crabtree2
Book Review: Too young to parent by Carey Patterson PattersonCarey, Too young to parent, Social Work Books, 2023, 130 pp., £5.99, ISBN: 17392805042
Book Review: Social work in child care by Elisabeth Pugh2
Book Review: Decision making in child and family social work. Perspectives on children’s participation by Clive Diaz2
Meeting the nutrition and physical activity needs of young people in residential out-of-home care2
Book Review: Disability practice: Safeguarding quality service delivery by Christine Bigby and Alan Hough2
When support seekers encounter unsettling responses: A dual-factor approach2
Book Review: Cultural diversity in child protection: Cultural competence in practice by Siobhan E. Laird and Prospera Tedam2
Brief review of the 2022 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act: Gaps and way forward2
Vulnerability among older people ageing with deafblindness2
Book Review: Social work, cats and rocket science – stories of making a difference in social work with adults by Elaine James, Rob Mitchell and Hannah Morgan with Mark Harvey and Ian Burgess2
Integrating an innovative social work practice into a pediatric dental residency program2
Skills to enhance the efficacy of anti-racist supervision2
Book Review: Rethinking social work practice with multicultural communities by Yolanda Padilla, Ruth McRoy and Rocio Calvo (eds)2
The lived experiences of social workers working with refugees in Lebanon2
Media Review: Earth Mama by Savannah Leaf Earth Mama, Directed by LeafSavannah, 101 min, 2023; Produced by RyderCodyO’ConnorShirleyRiordanMedbBisbeeSamLeafSavannah.2
Book Review: Toward a livable life: A 21st century agenda for social work by Mark Robert Rank2
The reality of transitioning from orphanages to family homes: Life in extended families in Zimbabwe2
The family as a source of social support for older adults: Implications for gerontological social work2
A systematic review of Spanish academic production in the field of social work2
Gerontological social workers’ perspectives about the future at the start of a COVID-19 vaccination program: A photovoice study1
Canadian social workers’ attitudes toward immigrants with different legal statuses in Canada1
Book Review: Social work and the making of social policy by Ute Klammer, Simone Leiber and Sigrid Leitner1
Parents’ views on improving relationships with their social workers1
Impact of COVID-19 on home care provision: A qualitative study1
Social workers’ support of the status quo: Results from a national survey1
Book Review: Social work and COVID-19: lessons for education and practice by Denise Turner1
Young adults’ protest participation and mental health1
Are we advancing the quality of social work research?: An assessment of quantitative research published in social work journals1
Book Review: Transforming social work field education: New insights from practice, research and scholarship by J.L. Drolet, G. Charles, S.M. McConnell and M. Bogo1
Social workers’ voluntary political participation: Testing a civic engagement model1
Book Review: Social Work Theory and Ethics: Ideas in Practice by Richard Hugman Dorothee Hölscher & Donna McAuliffe1
Book Review: Social work for poverty alleviation by Deping Xiang1
A systematic review of technology-mediated social work practice: Benefits, uncertainties, and future directions1
Book Review: Post-pandemic welfare and social work: Re-imagining the new normal by Goetz Ottmann and Carolyn Noble1
Book Review: My journey to becoming a Black male social worker: Challenges, reflections and lived experiences by Debonico Aleski, Brandy-Williams1
Ubuntu philosophy, values, and principles: An opportunity to do social work differently1
Social workers’ views on neglect of people with disabilities: From perspectives to practices1
Feminization and burnout among female social workers1
Book Review: Ethics and values in social work by Banks Sarah1
Book Review: Writing skills for social work students by Bella Ross1
Social work in the era of WEB 3.01
Reflections on the implications of proposed legal reform in Israel on ethical dilemmas in social work1
Paradoxes, contradictions, and dilemmas: Reflections on the contours of a pandemic and its implications for social work education1
Mental health professionals' (AMHPs) perspectives on interpreter-mediated mental health act assessments1
Book Review: Community health workers in action: The efforts of “Promotores de Salud” in bringing health care to marginalized communities by Melvin Delgardo1
Physical abuse by staff and co-residents of older people and people with intellectual disabilities1
Book Review: How to thrive in professional practice: A self-care handbook by Stephen J. Mordue, Lisa Watson, and Steph Hunter1
Book Review: Asian social work by Ian Shaw and Rosaleen Ow (Eds.)1
Book Review: Trauma: Contemporary directions in trauma theory, research, and practice by Shoshana Ringel and Jerrold R. Brandell1
Building aspiration when working with homeless young people in the UK: A case study1
Social workers and xenophobia: The case of Türkiye1
Book Review: Critical clinical social work: Counterstorying for social justice by Catrina Brown and Judy E. MacDonald1
Book Review: Case-based learning for group intervention in social work by Jacqueline Corcoran1
Book Review: Take care of Maya by Henry Roosevelt1
A systematic review of parenting interventions used by social workers to support vulnerable children0
Book Review: Assessing culturally informed parenting in social work by Davis Kiima0
Family violence content in baccalaureate and master's level social work programs0
Book Review: Photography in social work and social change: Theory and applications for practice and research by Matthias J Naleppa, Kristina M Hash and Anissa T Rogers0
Core competencies in disaster management for social workers in China: A modified e-Delphi study0
Reaching consensus on outcomes for evaluating strengths-based approaches in adult social care and social work: A Delphi study conducted in England0
Social workers’ use of critical reflection0
Medical social worker support for elderly patients in a tertiary care hospital in Japan0
Perceived stress and secondary traumatization in social workers during coronavirus disease 2019: The moderating effect of psychological capital and social work supervision0
Spirituality in social work practice: Myth or essential component of ethical and effective service provision?0
Convergence of community social work practice, collective impact, and design thinking: What, why, and how?0
Language and technological inclusion among immigrant low-income Latina mothers: A feminist action research intervention0
Critical realism, mimetic theory and social work0
Strategies to engage with involuntary clients0
Australian perspectives on environmental practice: A national survey with human service professionals0
Book Review: Microaggressions and social work research, practice and education by Michael Spencer0
Engaging parents during the COVID-19 pandemic: Transitioning to a virtual world for infant-toddler court teams0
Methodical principles and prevention-focused outcomes in professional youth work: A longitudinal analysis0
Social workers and refugee service users (re)constructing their relationships in a hostile political climate0
Book Review: Transnational social protection: Social welfare across national borders by Peggy Levit T, Erica D Obbs, Ken Chih-Yan Sun and Rux Andra Paul0
Book Review: Politics for social workers: A practical guide to effecting change by Stephen Pimpare0
The roles and ethics of psychosocial support workers in integrated health services for sexual and gender-based violence survivors0
Book Review: The future of social work: What next for social policy? by Bill Jordan0
Book Review: Making their days happen: Paid personal assistance services supporting people with disability living in their homes and communities by Lisa I Iezzoni0
Online learning experiences of social work students in India0
Social work research culture in Australian university settings0
How “helping” can sustain the stigmatization of homeless people0
Knowing poverty: Social workers’ perceptions of poverty knowledge0
Tension management and support when leaving a gang0
Book Review: An A-Z of Social Work Theory by Malcom Payne0
Changing children's public perception of social work: A narrative evaluation of an educational intervention about social services0
Mitigating burnout and distress Among Chinese social workers during the COVID-19 pandemic through online mindfulness-based interventions0
Book Review: Violence against women during coronavirus: When staying home isn’t safe by Naomi Pfitzner, Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Sandra Walklate, Silke Meyer and Marie Segrave0
Emerging social workers during COVID-19: Exploring perceived readiness and training needs0
Power-informed practice in social work0
Book Review: Family and gendered violence and conflict: Pan continent reach by Ruchi Sinha and Pekham Basu SinhaRuchiBasuPekham, Family and gendered violence and conflic0
Book Review: Inequality, Social Protection and Social Justice by James Midgley0
Child-focused practice in social services for adults in Norway0
Emotional dissonance and burnout among child welfare workers: The moderating role of social support from colleagues, supervisors, and organization0
Narratives of experts by experience: A journey from criminal to expert0
Book Review: The coronavirus crisis and challenges to social development: global perspectives by Maria do Carmo dos Santos Gonçalves, Rebecca Gutwald, Tanja Kleibl, Ronald Lutz, Ndangwa Noyoo a0
Book Review: Disrupting whiteness in social work by Sonia Tascón and Jim Ife (eds)0
Book Review: Solved! How other countries have cracked the world's biggest problems and we can too by Andrew Wear0
Social work's role in implementing de-escalation alternatives to law enforcement responses0
A critical perspective on social services’ organizational boundaries: Learning from transgender women0
Social work and social inclusion in sports-based programs: A qualitative study0
Care recipients’ management of and approaches to receiving personal and intimate care0
Book Review: Self-neglect. Learning from life by Shona Britten and Karen Whitby0
The broker role in societal activation of long-term welfare recipients: A jack of all trades?0
The association among neighborhood mutual support, well-being, and social work0
Book Review: Birmingham's children: A tale of two cities by Eddie O'Hara0
Bereaved mothers and widows’ grief and their unfolding relationships: Implications for social work0
Book Review: The curious case of Natalia Grace, documentary series by Christian and Jackson Conway0
Book Review: Complexity theory for social work practice by Fiona McDermott, Kerry Brydon, Alex Haynes, and Felicity Moon0
Factors that contribute to strong working alliances between case managers and clients0
Aspirations of People With Intellectual Disabilities Living in a Care Organization0
Book Review: Social work with autistic people: Essential knowledge, skills and law for working with children and adults by Yo Dunn0
Migrants’ resilience during the upheaval towards the postponed ending of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) in South Africa0
Book Review: A new history of social work: Values and practice in the struggle for social justice by John H. Pierson0
Examining the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on social work in health care0
Colonial constructions: Systemic racism in child welfare practice0
“There's a lot missing”: Treating survivors of sex trafficking with trauma bonds0
Book Review: Non-Profit program evaluation made simple: Get your data, show your impact and improve your programs by Chari Smith0
Nutritional social work: What it is and why it matters0
Book Review: Shared mass trauma in social work: Implications and strategies for resilient practice by Ann Goelitz (eds)0
Parenting in migration: Critical aspects and challenges of “doing family” of refugee families and social workers0
Contested places: A typology for responding to place-based harms0
Validating a model for indicating the professionalisation of social work in China0
Book Review: Writing for social work by Lucy Rai0
An applied model of cultural competence in child protection practice0
Book Review: Social work practice during times of disaster: A transformative green social work model for theory, education and practice in disaster interventions by Dominelli Lena0
The knowledge and skills needed for forensic social work in Australia: A Delphi study0
Asserting the right to care – Birth parents’ arguments in newborn care orders0
Book Review: Cornerstones of attachment research by Duschinsky Robbie0
Book Review: Radical hope: Poverty-aware practice for social work by Michal Krumer-Nevo0
Social work with Irish Travellers: Findings from a national evaluation0
Book Review: Sex-positive social work by S. J. Dodd0
Indigenised approaches to addressing elder abuse in Uganda0
Book Review: Using advocacy in social work practice by Peter Scourfield0
The influence of work-family conflict on social worker job satisfaction0
The impact of community resilience, well-being, and community attachment on human service workers’ burnout0
Book Review: How to use social work theory in practice: An essential guide by Malcolm Payne0
Book review: Women’s drug use in everyday life by Emma Eleonorasdotter0
Mindfulness and cognitive training interventions that address intersecting cognitive and aging needs of older adults0
A bicultural model of social work with immigrants: Professional interventions, acculturation orientations, and burnout of social workers0
A multitheoretical perspective for addressing domestic and family violence: Supporting fathers to parent without harm0
Experiences of adult social work addressing self-neglect during the Covid-19 pandemic0
Book Review: Social work education and the grand challenges: Approaches to curricula and field education by R. Paul Maiden and Eugenia L. Weiss0
Children in domestic violence shelters: Does the feminist perspective collapse?0
Book Review: Research on community-centered poverty-alleviation social work by Jun Wen and Yuefei Wu0
Depictions of social workers and other caring professionals on television0
Book Review: International social work: Professional action in an interdependent world by Lynn Healy and Rebecca Thomas0
An intersectional theoretical framework for exploring racialized older immigrant women’s subjectivities0
Book Review: The anti-racist social worker by Tanya Moore and Glory Simango(eds)0
‘You have to let them do it themselves’: Analyzing professional support in a befriending project0
Book Review: I want to die but I want to eat Tteokbokki by Beek Sehee0
Perspectives of social workers and supervisors about the supervision of protective services0
Book Review: Can You See Us? by Kenny Mumba0
Social workers’ perspectives on anti-Black racism and parenting outcomes for incarcerated pregnant women with substance use histories0
Editorial0
Book Review: The theory and practice of group psychotherapy by Irvin D. Yalom and Molyn Leszcz0
Social workers’ perspectives on adapting methods during the COVID-19 pandemic0
Book Review: Safeguarding children and young people: A guide for professionals working together by Nick Frost0
Involvement of parents of children with ADHD in schools: Implications for social work practice0
Book Review: Foundations of art therapy supervision: Creating common ground for supervisees and supervisors by Yasmine J. Awais and Daniel Blause0
Legislating and adjudicating the rights of LGBTQ youth in child welfare0
Book Review: The quest for a divided welfare state: Sweden in the Era of privatization by John Lapidus0
Book Review: Assessment, risk and decision making in social work by Campbell Killick and Brian J. Taylor0
Supporting social work field instructors: Empowerment as a strategy for preventing burnout0
Work-life balance, social support, and burnout: A quantitative study of social workers0
Book Review: Men, families, and poverty: Tracing the intergenerational trajectories of place-based hardship by Kahryn, Hughes, & Anna0
Social workers’ attitudes toward reparations for African American descendants0
Trapped: Experiences of unpaid carers of clinically vulnerable people “shielding” during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic0
Native American social work – Including family and community0
Exploring participatory approach to community development projects in Africa: Toward an empowerment-participatory approach for sustainable development0
Book Review: The politics of children's services reform: Re-examining two decades of policy change by Carl Purcell0
Book Review: Social work practice with fathers: Engagement, assessment, and intervention by Jennifer L Bellamy, Brianna P Lemmons, Qiana R Cryer-Coupet and Jennifer A Shadik0
Child protection investigations by private consultants or municipally employed social workers: What are the differences for children?0
Challenges faced by informal caregivers of patients in a Nigerian hospital and implications for social work0
Complexities facing social work: Honor-based violence as lived reality and stereotype0
A phenomenological understanding of the intersectionality of ageism and racism among older adults: Interpersonal experiences0
Book Review: Shame and social work: Theory, reflexivity and practice by Liz Frost, Veronika Magyar-Haas, Holger Schoneville and Alessandro Sicora0
Book Review: Social Work in the Face of Intersectional Racism: “Still I Will Arise” by Hilda Chehore0
Does mentoring improve the health of people in the community? A realist evaluation0
Implementing Schwartz Rounds in children's social care: Enablers and barriers0
Establishing core competencies, opportunities, roles and expertise for oncology social work0
Social workers’ challenges in working with deaf bedouin service users0
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