OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of 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
Interaction and collaboration in rural social work: A professional perspective based on social network analysis	20
The moral behaviour of single young women immigrants to Mandatory Palestine: Between nationalism, gender, and professionalism in social work	20
Book Review: Working with conflict in social work practice by Brian Littlechild, Karen Mills and Rose Parkes	19
Social workers as state and citizen-agents. How social workers in a German, Dutch and Flemish public welfare organisation manage this dual responsibility in practice	12
Exploring issues related to disappearing rural areas in the UAE: In search of the critical role of social workers	12
Book Review: Fostering for adoption: Our story and stories of others by Alice Hill	12
A qualitative interpretive meta-synthesis of social workers’ experience in end-of-life care	11
Minding the body: A critical appraisal of three phenomenological accounts of embodiment in social work literature	10
Reconceptualizing protective factors in response to risk with vulnerable children	10
The attitudes of Vietnamese social work practitioners toward sexual minorities	10
Book Review: An A-Z of social work skills by Michaela Rogers and Dan Allen	9
Book Review: Noise: A flaw in human judgement by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony and Cass R Sunstein	9
Beyond medicalized approaches to violence and trauma: Empowering social work practice	8
New understandings in childhood research and their implications for child and family services	8
The educational journey of former foster youth: A dream deferred	8
Securing citizens’ social rights under neoliberal welfare governance: the case of Israeli social services	7
Social work in sport: Playmakers in the athletic arena	7
Book Review: Coercive control in children’s and mothers’ lives by E. Katz	7
Interrogating settler social work with indigenous persons in Canada	7
Book Review: Mental health in later life: Taking a life course approach by Alisoun Milne	6
Book Review: Ethics and risk management in online and distance social work by Frederic Reamer	6
Differences between adolescents in secure residential care and non-residential educational facilities	6
Looking into backstage discussions in social work: A qualitative synthesis of recent empirical findings	6
Social workers’ perceptions of their peers’ unprofessional behavior	6
Triple powerlessness traps and old age: Implications for social work practice	6

From behaviour-based to ecological: Multi-agency partnership responses to extra-familial harm	6
Book Review: Indian Social work by Bishnu Mohan Dash, Mithilesh Kumar, D.P. Singh and Siddheshwar Shukla	6
Book Review: The uses and abuse of humour in social work by Stephen Jordan	6
Impact of COVID-19 on social work field education: Perspectives of Canadian social work students	5
Social workers’ approaches to ethical dilemmas	5
Retention in statutory social work from fast-track child and family programs	5
Empowering the marginalised: Exploring the potential of Theatre of the Oppressed as an intervention for youth offenders in social work practice	5
Book Review: Safeguarding across the lifespan by June Keeling and David Goosey	5
Public perception of social workers as a source for providing help during the COVID-19 pandemic	5
Living in a segregated community? Interaction between families and service organizations supporting people with intellectual disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic	5
Experiences of social workers who witness mistreatment as captured in drawing and narrative	4
Foster care breakdown in adolescence: A retrospective view of young individuals on their experiences	4
Book Review: Working with families by Patricia Spindel	4
The impact of COVID-19 quarantine measures on the mental health of families	4
Outreach to farmworkers before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Social workers in schools: A feasibility study of three local authorities	4
Social work scope of practice with Parkinson's disease: A qualitative study	4
Social workers and generative practices for the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities	4
Working conditions and well-being in UK social care and social work during COVID-19	4
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 pandemic	3
Book Review: The dynamics of the social worker–client relationship by Joseph Walsh	3
Book Review: Social work and the COVID-19 pandemic: International insights by M. Lavalette, V. Ioakimidis and I. Ferguson	3
Book Review: Best practices for social work with refugees and immigrants by Miriam Potocky and Mitra Naseh	3
Critical social work in public social services: Poverty-aware organizational practices	3
Social work practice in complex emergencies: A study of Northwest Syria	3
An observation checklist for use by residential social workers in juvenile justice institutions	3
Book Review: Social Work: Past, Present and Future by Terry Bamford and Keith Bilton	3
Social Workers’ Impact on Policy Through Regulations: A Case Study of the U.S. Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program	3
Book Review: No more police: a case for abolition by M. Kaba and A. Richie	3
Facilitating well-being with female social workers in northern Canada: A participatory narrative inquiry	3
Meeting the nutrition and physical activity needs of young people in residential out-of-home care	2
Book Review: Disability practice: Safeguarding quality service delivery by Christine Bigby and Alan Hough	2
When support seekers encounter unsettling responses: A dual-factor approach	2
Book Review: Cultural diversity in child protection: Cultural competence in practice by Siobhan E. Laird and Prospera Tedam	2
Brief review of the 2022 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act: Gaps and way forward	2
Vulnerability among older people ageing with deafblindness	2
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 Burgess	2
Integrating an innovative social work practice into a pediatric dental residency program	2
Skills to enhance the efficacy of anti-racist supervision	2
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 Lebanon	2
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 Rank	2
The reality of transitioning from orphanages to family homes: Life in extended families in Zimbabwe	2
The family as a source of social support for older adults: Implications for gerontological social work	2
A systematic review of Spanish academic production in the field of social work	2
Early work experiences, social inclusion and transition to adulthood: The voice of care-experienced young adults	2
Indigenous mothers’ experiences of power and control in child welfare: Families being heard	2
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 pandemic	2
Understanding youth circumstances in workforce development programs: Opportunities for social work	2
Book Review: Safeguarding adults together under the Care Act 2014. A multi-agency practice guide by Barbara Starns	2
U.S. social work students’ attitudes on social media as treatment modality: A prepandemic national survey	2
A Review of participant, agency, and community outcomes of non-familial intergenerational programs	2
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 Brown	2
Book Review: The medicalisation of everyday life: A critical perspective by Barbara Fawcett, Zita Weber, and Helen Bannister	2
Book Review: The end of social work: A defense of the social worker in times of transformatin by Steve Burghardt	2
Social service providers under COVID-19 duress: adaptation, burnout, and resilience	2
Book review: Human growth and development in children and young people: Theoretical and practice perspectives by Jonathan Parker and Sara Ashencaen Crabtree	2
Book Review: Too young to parent by Carey Patterson PattersonCarey, Too young to parent, Social Work Books, 2023, 130 pp., £5.99, ISBN: 1739280504	2
Book Review: Social work in child care by Elisabeth Pugh	2
Book Review: Decision making in child and family social work. Perspectives on children’s participation by Clive Diaz	2