OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Social Work is 3. 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
Book Review: Participatory Artificial Intelligence in Public Social Services: From Bias to Fairness in Assessing Beneficiaries by Petra Ahrweiler Ahrweil	42
Conceptualizing Sustainable Practice in Trauma-Related Work: Reflections From the Field	40
The Impact of Aggression on Acute Stress Responses, Skills Use, and Training Evaluation in Social Work: A Survey Study	37
The moral behaviour of single young women immigrants to Mandatory Palestine: Between nationalism, gender, and professionalism in social work	22
Interaction and collaboration in rural social work: A professional perspective based on social network analysis	21
Exploring issues related to disappearing rural areas in the UAE: In search of the critical role of social workers	18
Reconceptualizing protective factors in response to risk with vulnerable children	13
A qualitative interpretive meta-synthesis of social workers’ experience in end-of-life care	11
Book Review: Fostering for adoption: Our story and stories of others by Alice Hill	11
Book Review: Noise: A flaw in human judgement by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony and Cass R Sunstein	10
Book Review: An A-Z of social work skills by Michaela Rogers and Dan Allen	10
The Influence of Mongolian Social Workers’ Backgrounds on the Acceptance of Protective Factors for Young Children	10
Social workers’ encounters with loneliness and social isolation	10
Minding the body: A critical appraisal of three phenomenological accounts of embodiment in social work literature	10
Architectures of knowledge: Grounding social work theory within philosophy of science	9
The Lived Experiences and Perspectives of Families Receiving Integrated Social Care: A CAIMeR-Informed Inquiry	9
Social work in Israel with children and mothers who returned from Hamas captivity	9
Book Review: Mental health in later life: Taking a life course approach by Alisoun Milne	8
How might we improve the mental health and well-being of care-experienced children and young people? Review and map of intervention theories	8
Beyond medicalized approaches to violence and trauma: Empowering social work practice	8
Looking into backstage discussions in social work: A qualitative synthesis of recent empirical findings	8
Navigating the “crossroads”: Critical realism as the middle path in critical social work research	8
Book Review: Anticipatory Social Work: Foresight Approaches and Tools for Social Imagining and Collective Praxis by Nissen, Laura Burney NissenLaura Burn	8
An Examination of Reproductive Health-care Barriers in a Sample of Appalachian Women With a History of Drug Use	8
Book Review: Coercive control in children’s and mothers’ lives by E. Katz	8

What are they saying? Approaches for social workers to address anxiety and self-esteem among female Mexican American adolescents	7
From behaviour-based to ecological: Multi-agency partnership responses to extra-familial harm	7
Living in a segregated community? Interaction between families and service organizations supporting people with intellectual disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic	7
The (self)worth of money: Conflicting logics between young adults with mild intellectual disabilities and their social workers	7
Empowering the marginalised: Exploring the potential of Theatre of the Oppressed as an intervention for youth offenders in social work practice	7
Impact of COVID-19 on social work field education: Perspectives of Canadian social work students	7
Social work scope of practice with Parkinson's disease: A qualitative study	6
Social workers in schools: A feasibility study of three local authorities	6
Book Review: Black men and racial trauma: impact, disparities, and interventions by Yamonte Cooper CooperYamonte, Black men and racial trauma: impact, di	6
Retention in statutory social work from fast-track child and family programs	6
Critical social work in public social services: Poverty-aware organizational practices	6
Social workers and generative practices for the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities	5
Ethical and legal dilemmas experienced by Israeli social workers during the COVID-19 pandemic	5
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 pandemic	5
Sexuality and Intimacy Among Young Adults With Intellectual Disabilities in Sweden: Support Networks	5
Experiences of social workers who witness mistreatment as captured in drawing and narrative	5
An observation checklist for use by residential social workers in juvenile justice institutions	4
Buraalgamayi: Positioning Koori Approaches to Social Work	4
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 uncerta	4
Social work practice in complex emergencies: A study of Northwest Syria	4
Social workers’ experiences of working with older adults affected by abuse and violence: A scoping review of the literature	4
Welcoming atmospheres and interdictory spaces: The loud and silent politics of social work architecture	4
Book Review: No more police: a case for abolition by M. Kaba and A. Richie	4
Facilitating well-being with female social workers in northern Canada: A participatory narrative inquiry	4
Book Review: Social work in child care by Elisabeth Pugh Elisabeth Pugh, Social work in child care . New Y	4
Digitalization, stress, and social worker–client relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Early work experiences, social inclusion and transition to adulthood: The voice of care-experienced young adults	4
Foster care breakdown in adolescence: A retrospective view of young individuals on their experiences	4
Job Satisfaction Among Social Educators in Spain	4
Minoritized Arab social workers’ attitudes and strategies concerning welfare services for Palestinians working with Israeli security services	4
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 supervision	4
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 Mo	4
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 Workers	3
Feminist community social work during COVID-19	3
A systematic review of Spanish academic production in the field of social work	3
Book Review: Too young to parent by Carey Patterson PattersonCarey, Too young to parent, Social Work Books, 2023, 130 pp., £5.99, ISBN: 1739280504	3
Understanding youth circumstances in workforce development programs: Opportunities for social work	3
Brief review of the 2022 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act: Gaps and way forward	3
Early Police Social Workers and Implications for Today	3
Support Resources in the Lives of Parents of Children with Duchenne–Becker Muscular Dystrophy: An Ecological Approach Perspective	3
Integrating an innovative social work practice into a pediatric dental residency program	3
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 care	3
The family as a source of social support for older adults: Implications for gerontological social work	3
Why ‘Common-Sense’ is Complicated: Unearthing the Cultural Facilitators of Contextual Safeguarding Structures	3
Family support workforce skills: A conceptualization through a Delphi study	3
Responding to Gender-Based Violence among Disabled Women: A Global Qualitative Meta-Synthesis	3