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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
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Book Review: Participatory Artificial Intelligence in Public Social Services: From Bias to Fairness in Assessing Beneficiaries by Petra Ahrweiler Ahrweil42
Conceptualizing Sustainable Practice in Trauma-Related Work: Reflections From the Field40
The Impact of Aggression on Acute Stress Responses, Skills Use, and Training Evaluation in Social Work: A Survey Study37
The moral behaviour of single young women immigrants to Mandatory Palestine: Between nationalism, gender, and professionalism in social work22
Interaction and collaboration in rural social work: A professional perspective based on social network analysis21
Exploring issues related to disappearing rural areas in the UAE: In search of the critical role of social workers18
Reconceptualizing protective factors in response to risk with vulnerable children13
Book Review: Fostering for adoption: Our story and stories of others by Alice Hill11
A qualitative interpretive meta-synthesis of social workers’ experience in end-of-life care11
The Influence of Mongolian Social Workers’ Backgrounds on the Acceptance of Protective Factors for Young Children10
Social workers’ encounters with loneliness and social isolation10
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 Sunstein10
Book Review: An A-Z of social work skills by Michaela Rogers and Dan Allen10
Social work in Israel with children and mothers who returned from Hamas captivity9
Architectures of knowledge: Grounding social work theory within philosophy of science9
The Lived Experiences and Perspectives of Families Receiving Integrated Social Care: A CAIMeR-Informed Inquiry9
Book Review: Anticipatory Social Work: Foresight Approaches and Tools for Social Imagining and Collective Praxis by Nissen, Laura Burney NissenLaura Burn8
An Examination of Reproductive Health-care Barriers in a Sample of Appalachian Women With a History of Drug Use8
Book Review: Coercive control in children’s and mothers’ lives by E. Katz8
Book Review: Mental health in later life: Taking a life course approach by Alisoun Milne8
How might we improve the mental health and well-being of care-experienced children and young people? Review and map of intervention theories8
Beyond medicalized approaches to violence and trauma: Empowering social work practice8
Looking into backstage discussions in social work: A qualitative synthesis of recent empirical findings8
Navigating the “crossroads”: Critical realism as the middle path in critical social work research8
Empowering the marginalised: Exploring the potential of Theatre of the Oppressed as an intervention for youth offenders in social work practice7
Impact of COVID-19 on social work field education: Perspectives of Canadian social work students7
What are they saying? Approaches for social workers to address anxiety and self-esteem among female Mexican American adolescents7
From behaviour-based to ecological: Multi-agency partnership responses to extra-familial harm7
Living in a segregated community? Interaction between families and service organizations supporting people with intellectual disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic7
The (self)worth of money: Conflicting logics between young adults with mild intellectual disabilities and their social workers7
Retention in statutory social work from fast-track child and family programs6
Critical social work in public social services: Poverty-aware organizational practices6
Social work scope of practice with Parkinson's disease: A qualitative study6
Social workers in schools: A feasibility study of three local authorities6
Book Review: Black men and racial trauma: impact, disparities, and interventions by Yamonte Cooper CooperYamonte, Black men and racial trauma: impact, di6
Book Review: Utopian thinking and social work by Chris Horsell Chris Horsell, Utopian thinking and social work 5
Outreach to farmworkers before and during the COVID-19 pandemic5
Sexuality and Intimacy Among Young Adults With Intellectual Disabilities in Sweden: Support Networks5
Experiences of social workers who witness mistreatment as captured in drawing and narrative5
Social workers and generative practices for the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities5
Ethical and legal dilemmas experienced by Israeli social workers during the COVID-19 pandemic5
Early work experiences, social inclusion and transition to adulthood: The voice of care-experienced young adults4
Foster care breakdown in adolescence: A retrospective view of young individuals on their experiences4
Job Satisfaction Among Social Educators in Spain4
Minoritized Arab social workers’ attitudes and strategies concerning welfare services for Palestinians working with Israeli security services4
Book Review: Rethinking social work practice with multicultural communities by Yolanda Padilla, Ruth McRoy and Rocio Calvo (eds)4
Skills to enhance the efficacy of anti-racist supervision4
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 Mo4
An observation checklist for use by residential social workers in juvenile justice institutions4
Buraalgamayi: Positioning Koori Approaches to Social Work4
Book Review: 8 ways to hope: Charting a path through uncertain times by Miller, W. R. MillerW. R. (2024). 8 ways to hope: Charting a path through uncerta4
Social work practice in complex emergencies: A study of Northwest Syria4
Social workers’ experiences of working with older adults affected by abuse and violence: A scoping review of the literature4
Welcoming atmospheres and interdictory spaces: The loud and silent politics of social work architecture4
Book Review: No more police: a case for abolition by M. Kaba and A. Richie4
Facilitating well-being with female social workers in northern Canada: A participatory narrative inquiry4
Book Review: Social work in child care by Elisabeth Pugh Elisabeth Pugh, Social work in child care . New Y4
Digitalization, stress, and social worker–client relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic4
Integrating an innovative social work practice into a pediatric dental residency program3
Book Review: Social Work in Asia: Education, Practice, and Service by M. Rezaul Islam, A. Fahrudin, and K. Matsuo Rezaul IslamM.FahrudinA.MatsuoK. (Eds.)3
Meeting the nutrition and physical activity needs of young people in residential out-of-home care3
The family as a source of social support for older adults: Implications for gerontological social work3
Why ‘Common-Sense’ is Complicated: Unearthing the Cultural Facilitators of Contextual Safeguarding Structures3
Family support workforce skills: A conceptualization through a Delphi study3
Responding to Gender-Based Violence among Disabled Women: A Global Qualitative Meta-Synthesis3
Book Review: Social work in health emergencies: Global perspectives by Patricia Fronek and Karen Smith Rotabi-Casares (Eds)3
Evaluating the Impact of Gender-Sensitive Group Supervision: A Randomized Controlled Trial with Social Workers3
Feminist community social work during COVID-193
A systematic review of Spanish academic production in the field of social work3
Book Review: Too young to parent by Carey Patterson PattersonCarey, Too young to parent, Social Work Books, 2023, 130 pp., £5.99, ISBN: 17392805043
Understanding youth circumstances in workforce development programs: Opportunities for social work3
Brief review of the 2022 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act: Gaps and way forward3
Early Police Social Workers and Implications for Today3
Support Resources in the Lives of Parents of Children with Duchenne–Becker Muscular Dystrophy: An Ecological Approach Perspective3
When support seekers encounter unsettling responses: A dual-factor approach2
Social workers’ views on neglect of people with disabilities: From perspectives to practices2
Social workers’ support of the status quo: Results from a national survey2
Book Review: Asian social work by Ian Shaw and Rosaleen Ow (Eds.)2
Impact of COVID-19 on home care provision: A qualitative study2
U.S. social work students’ attitudes on social media as treatment modality: A prepandemic national survey2
Book Review: My journey to becoming a Black male social worker: Challenges, reflections and lived experiences by Debonico Aleski, Brandy-Williams2
Media Review Earth Mama , Directed by Savannah Leaf, 101 min, 2023; Produced by Cody Ryder, Shirley O’Connor, Medb Riordan, Sam Bisbee, and Savannah Leaf2
International Exchange of Social Work Knowledge: A Participatory Qualitative Study in a Non-Western Context2
Book Review: Disability practice: Safeguarding quality service delivery by Christine Bigby and Alan Hough (eds.) BigbyChristine and HoughAlan (eds.), Dis2
Uncertainty and (Moral) Decision-Making of Czech Social Workers2
The Untold Story of Black Social Reformers in Early Social Work History2
Ubuntu philosophy, values, and principles: An opportunity to do social work differently2
Book Review: Families affected by addiction: A handbook by Gallus Bischof, Richard Velleman, Jim Orford, Abhijit Nadkarni and Marcela Tiburcio BischofGal2
Gerontological social workers’ perspectives about the future at the start of a COVID-19 vaccination program: A photovoice study2
Book Review: Education and equity in times of crisis: Learning, engagement and support by Emily S. Rudling, Sherridan Emery, Becky Shelley, Kitty te Riel2
Physical abuse by staff and co-residents of older people and people with intellectual disabilities2
Social Work Assistance and Stipends for Housing (SASH): A pilot feasibility study for homeless patients receiving methadone for opioid use disorder2
Book Review: Post-pandemic welfare and social work: Re-imagining the new normal by Goetz Ottmann and Carolyn Noble (eds.) OttmannGoetz and NobleCarolyn (2
The reality of transitioning from orphanages to family homes: Life in extended families in Zimbabwe2
Realizing Rights in the Shadow of the Welfare State: An Urban Ethnography of Outreach Social Work with Precaritized Migrants Experiencing Homelessness2
In search of a distinct identity for rural social work: A review of empirical literature2
Feminization and burnout among female social workers2
Social Workers’ Concerns About Artificial Intelligence: The Mediating Role of Ethics and Innovation2
Post-Soviet transition beyond liminality in an Estonian town: Opportunities for social work2
Book Review: The end of social work: A defense of the social worker in times of transformatin by Steve Burghardt2
Book Review: Social work for poverty alleviation by Deping Xiang XiangDeping, Social work for poverty alleviation. Springer Singapore, 2023; 253 pp., ISB2
Improving the Experience of Care Home Admission for Family Carers: The Value and Impact of Care-Embedded Social Work2
A review of empathy in social work: A relational and situated practice with directions for further research2
Doing Qualitative Interviews with Men of Colour Who Use Family Violence: A Reflexive Narrative Analysis for Social Work Research1
Social workers’ voluntary political participation: Testing a civic engagement model1
Social workers and xenophobia: The case of Türkiye1
Book Review: Social work practice with people with dementia by Alisoun Milne1
Book Review: The ethical foundations of social work by Sansfaçon, Annie Pullen, and Cowden, Stephen SansfaçonAnnie PullenCowdenStephen, The ethical found1
Book Review: What do social workers do all day? by J. Corcoran CorcoranJ. (Ed.), What do social workers do all day?New York, NY: Oxford University Press,1
‘You have to let them do it themselves’: Analyzing professional support in a befriending project1
Deinstitutionalization as a Child Protection Strategy for Residential Institutions in Zimbabwe1
Social work in the era of WEB 3.01
Book Review: Social Work Theory and Ethics: Ideas in Practice by Richard Hugman Dorothee Hölscher & Donna McAuliffe1
Dialogue about violence with victims with cognitive disabilities: Challenges faced by professionals1
Building aspiration when working with homeless young people in the UK: A case study1
Book Review: Wild houses by Barrett, Colin BarrettColin, Wild houses. New York: Grove Press/Atlantic Monthly Press, 2024; London, UK: Penguin,2025; 320 p1
Young adults’ protest participation and mental health1
Book Review: Photography in social work and social change: Theory and applications for practice and research by Matthias J Naleppa, Kristina M Hash and A1
Depictions of social workers and other caring professionals on television1
Book Review: Microaggressions and social work research, practice and education by Michael Spencer1
Book Review: Birmingham's children: A tale of two cities by Eddie O'Hara Eddie O'Hara, Birmingham's children: A tale of two cities. Matador, Leicestershi1
Book Review: Complexity theory for social work practice by McDermott Fiona, Alex Haynes Kerry Brydon and Moon Felicity FionaMcDermottKerry BrydonAlex Hay1
Reflections on the implications of proposed legal reform in Israel on ethical dilemmas in social work1
Book Review: Transforming social work field education: New insights from practice, research and scholarship by J.L. Drolet, G. Charles, S.M. McConnell an1
A systematic review of technology-mediated social work practice: Benefits, uncertainties, and future directions1
Mental health professionals' (AMHPs) perspectives on interpreter-mediated mental health act assessments1
Book Review: Take care of Maya by Henry Roosevelt1
Are we advancing the quality of social work research?: An assessment of quantitative research published in social work journals1
Book Review: Communication strategies for people with severe disabilities by Sigafoos, Jeff, Lancioni, Giulio E. and O'Reilly, Mark F. SigafoosJeffLancio1
Book Review: A new history of social work: Values and practice in the struggle for social justice by John H. Pierson1
Book Review: Can You See Us? by Kenny Mumba1
Language and technological inclusion among immigrant low-income Latina mothers: A feminist action research intervention1
Book Review: Hybrid social work: Contested knowledge, fragile collaboration and social citizenship by HarslØf, I., InnvÆr, S., Jenssen, D., Bekken, W., &1
Canadian social workers’ attitudes toward immigrants with different legal statuses in Canada1
Paradoxes, contradictions, and dilemmas: Reflections on the contours of a pandemic and its implications for social work education1
Social work's role in implementing de-escalation alternatives to law enforcement responses0
Supporting the Needs of Social Workers: An Evaluation of A Peer-Based Coaching Service in Northern Ireland0
Book Review: Violence against women during coronavirus: When staying home isn’t safe by Naomi Pfitzner, Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Sandra Walklate, Silke Meyer an0
Puppetry to educate social work practitioners: Telling the refugee story0
The roles and ethics of psychosocial support workers in integrated health services for sexual and gender-based violence survivors0
Social workers’ perceptions of intimate relationships of people with intellectual disabilities in residential settings0
Book Review: Organizational, Motivational, and Cultural Contexts of Volunteering: The European View by Stefan T. Güntert, Theo Wehner and Harald A. Mieg0
Book Review: Moral injury within the US child welfare system: A call for epistemic justice by Haight, Wendy, and Kingery, Linda HaightWendyKingeryLinda, 0
Mindfulness and cognitive training interventions that address intersecting cognitive and aging needs of older adults0
Connecting evidence with decision-making in adult social care: A cross-sectional staff survey0
Book Review: Politics for social workers: A practical guide to effecting change by Stephen Pimpare0
How “helping” can sustain the stigmatization of homeless people0
Reporting client-initiated threats and violence in home care services0
Tracing, Stabilizing, Storytelling: How Social Workers Assemble Recovery for People Who Have Mental Health Disorders0
Book Review: An A-Z of Social Work Theory by Malcom Payne0
Bridging the Digital Divide in Social Work: A Social Justice Framework for Inclusive Hybrid Practice0
Perspectives of social workers and supervisors about the supervision of protective services0
Social Workers’ Experiences of Forensic Practice With Victims of Child Sexual Abuse in Cape Town, South Africa0
An applied model of cultural competence in child protection practice0
The 2018 James Lind alliance adult social work priority setting partnership report: Its use and engagement0
Book Review: Women and the criminal justice system: Gender, race and class (5th ed). by Katherine Stuart van Wormer and Clemens Bartollas van WormerKathe0
Social workers’ perspectives on anti-Black racism and parenting outcomes for incarcerated pregnant women with substance use histories0
Book Review: The anti-racist social worker by Tanya Moore and Glory Simango(eds)0
Responding to Alt-Right and Oppressive Politics: A Call to Action for Social Work0
Narratives of experts by experience: A journey from criminal to expert0
Does mentoring improve the health of people in the community? A realist evaluation0
Book Review: Social Work in the Face of Intersectional Racism: “Still I Will Arise” by Hilda Chehore0
Family violence content in baccalaureate and master's level social work programs0
Book Review: Men, families, and poverty: Tracing the intergenerational trajectories of place-based hardship by Kahryn, Hughes, & Anna0
Book Review: Non-Profit program evaluation made simple: Get your data, show your impact and improve your programs by Chari Smith0
Emotional dissonance and burnout among child welfare workers: The moderating role of social support from colleagues, supervisors, and organization0
“I wasn’t prepared for that”: UK Social worker Experiences of Training in and Knowledge of Acquired Brain Injury0
Book Review: Social work practice during times of disaster: A transformative green social work model for theory, education and practice in disaster interventions 0
Book Review: The curious case of Natalia Grace, documentary series by Christian and Jackson Conway (Directors) Christian and Jackson Conway (Directors), 0
Book Review: Social work education and the grand challenges: Approaches to curricula and field education by R. Paul Maiden and Eugenia L. Weiss0
Convergence of community social work practice, collective impact, and design thinking: What, why, and how?0
Artificial Intelligence and Empathy in Social Work Practice0
Care recipients’ management of and approaches to receiving personal and intimate care0
Engaging parents during the COVID-19 pandemic: Transitioning to a virtual world for infant-toddler court teams0
A phenomenological understanding of the intersectionality of ageism and racism among older adults: Interpersonal experiences0
Social workers’ work effort, engagement, and reward: Evidence from Beijing0
Work-life balance, social support, and burnout: A quantitative study of social workers0
Book Review: Assessing culturally informed parenting in social work by Davis Kiima0
Coping and self-care: Mediating the association of job stressors with vicarious trauma and vicarious resilience0
Legislating and adjudicating the rights of LGBTQ youth in child welfare0
Implementing Schwartz Rounds in children's social care: Enablers and barriers0
Book Review: Social work practice in health: An Introduction to contexts, theories, and skills by Melissa Petrakis0
Technology use among Israeli social workers: A brief report on patterns, sense of safety, and training0
Book Review: The future of social work: What next for social policy? by Bill Jordan0
Unraveling the complexities of social work research in China: A bibliometric analysis0
Examining the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on social work in health care0
Mobility equity and transportation in pursuit of social work's Grand Challenges0
Understanding the pains experienced by evacuees during war0
Why do Chinese students lack identification with social work? An explanatory sequential design study0
Asserting the right to care – Birth parents’ arguments in newborn care orders0
Conceptualizing Psychosocial Care at Israeli Sexual Assault Referral Centers0
Book Review: Disrupting whiteness in social work by Sonia Tascón and Jim Ife (eds)0
Book Review: Research on community-centered poverty-alleviation social work by Jun Wen and Yuefei Wu Jun Wen and Yuefei Wu, Research on community-centere0
The Idea of Research-Based Social Work as a Basis for Professional Autonomy0
Ethical Frameworks to Support Parents With a Learning Disability in Social Care and Social Work0
Contested places: A typology for responding to place-based harms0
Emerging social workers during COVID-19: Exploring perceived readiness and training needs0
Social work and social inclusion in sports-based programs: A qualitative study0
A strengths-based model for evidencing the impact of second wave prevention programs in social care0
Book Review: Exploring Islamic social work: Between community and the common good by Hansjörg Schmid and Amir Sheikhzadegan (Eds.) SchmidHansjörgSheikhza0
Spirituality in social work practice: Myth or essential component of ethical and effective service provision?0
Migrants’ resilience during the upheaval towards the postponed ending of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) in South Africa0
Support for older people living with chronic life-limiting illnesses in rural Ghana0
“There's a lot missing”: Treating survivors of sex trafficking with trauma bonds0
Book Review: Using advocacy in social work practice by Peter Scourfield0
Social workers’ perspectives on adapting methods during the COVID-19 pandemic0
Book Review: Women's drug use in everyday life by Emma Eleonorasdotter Emma Eleonorasdotter, Women's drug use in everyday life0
Book Review: Foundations of art therapy supervision: Creating common ground for supervisees and supervisors by Yasmine J. Awais and Daniel Blause0
Book Review: Family and gendered violence and conflict: Pan continent reach by Ruchi Sinha and Pekham Basu Ruchi Sinha and Pekham Basu, 0
The impact of community resilience, well-being, and community attachment on human service workers’ burnout0
A critical perspective on social services’ organizational boundaries: Learning from transgender women0
Medical social worker support for elderly patients in a tertiary care hospital in Japan0
Book Review: Shared mass trauma in social work: Implications and strategies for resilient practice by Ann Goelitz (eds)0
Social work with Irish Travellers: Findings from a national evaluation0
Complexities facing social work: Honor-based violence as lived reality and stereotype0
Colonial constructions: Systemic racism in child welfare practice0
Critical Theory and Radical Romanticism: Hans Thiersch's Lifeworld Orientation and German Social Work Theory0
Environmental factors’ influence on criminal legal involvement for people with serious mental illness0
How COVID-19 pandemic-related work and organizational changes affected social workers’ turnover intention: The mediating role of job satisfaction and burnout0
Tension management and support when leaving a gang0
Orienting social work to incorporate place-based principles: A practical guide to the use of place in social work practice0
The Social Work Sport Coach: New Possibilities for a Contemporary Coaching Pedagogy0
Social work research culture in Australian university settings0
Mitigating burnout and distress among Chinese social workers during the COVID-19 pandemic through online mindfulness-based interventions0
The benefit, harm, and complication of humor in social work: A qualitative inquiry0
Trapped: Experiences of unpaid carers of clinically vulnerable people “shielding” during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic0
Profiles of professional resistance in street-level bureaucracy programs. A quantitative-multidimensional typology0
Is Digital Social Work a Cohesive Body of Knowledge? A Bibliometric Review0
Changing children's public perception of social work: A narrative evaluation of an educational intervention about social services0
Patterns of Service for Disabled Children in English Social Care0
Social Services Directors' Transformational Leadership Influence on Social Workers' Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intention: Organizational Commitment as a Mediating Mechanism0
A pilot study: Exploring suicidal ideation among non-offending adults with sexual attraction to minors, through their online forum posts0
Exploring participatory approach to community development projects in Africa: Toward an empowerment-participatory approach for sustainable development0
Postpandemic social work in education and community with children and young people in Catalonia (Spain)0
Book Review: Social work and common sense by Paul Michael Garrett GarrettPaul Michael, Social work and common sense. New York and London: Routledge, 20240
Power-informed practice in social work0
A bicultural model of social work with immigrants: Professional interventions, acculturation orientations, and burnout of social workers0
Parents with a learning disability in contact with social care and the courts: Falling between the two stools of social care0
Vulnerabilities and Missed Chances: The Dynamics in the Relationship Between Parents of Disabled Children and Professionals in the Context of Chronic Sorrow0
Book Review: The theory and practice of group psychotherapy by Irvin D. Yalom and Molyn Leszcz Irvin D. Yalom and Molyn Leszcz, Th0
Social work practitioners’ views of ecosocial work0
Online learning experiences of social work students in India0
Core competencies in disaster management for social workers in China: A modified e-Delphi study0
The knowledge and skills needed for forensic social work in Australia: A Delphi study0
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
Australian perspectives on environmental practice: A national survey with human service professionals0
Asian American social workers’ experiences and perspectives on anti-Asian hate0
Experiences of End-of-Life Care among Incarcerated Individuals: A Qualitative Interpretative Meta-Analysis0
Book Review: Social work practice with fathers: Engagement, assessment, and intervention by Jennifer L Bellamy, Brianna P Lemmons, Qiana R Cryer-Coupet a0
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