Social Work 77.2k citations
4.3k papers · indexed · active since 1950
Impact in Social Work Education and Practice Child Abuse and Trauma Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Migration, Health and Trauma Papers in i Social Work Education and Practice 1.3k Homelessness and Social Issues 521 Mental Health and Patient Involvement 179 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes 118 show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Social Work
Comparison fields: 5 of 226 Public Administration 17.3k Clinical Psychology 25.2k Health 9.1k General Health Professions 26.5k Safety Research 7.4k Social Psychology 12.2k Gender Studies 4.7k Sociology and Political Science 22.5k Demography 4.4k Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 519 Education 8.2k Applied Psychology 1.2k Issues, ethics and legal aspects 246 Reproductive Medicine 1.5k Speech and Hearing 991 Psychiatry and Mental health 2.1k Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1.6k General Psychology 208 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3.7k General Social Sciences 456 Leadership and Management 159 Occupational Therapy 494 Developmental and Educational Psychology 1.6k Research and Theory 87 Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 521 Conservation 370 Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1.7k Emergency Medical Services 610 Communication 678 Political Science and International Relations 2.3k Finance 875 Pharmacy 350 Infectious Diseases 1.2k Epidemiology 2.2k Management Science and Operations Research 851 Human Factors and Ergonomics 155 Information Systems and Management 440 Philosophy 720 Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 768 Urban Studies 367 Business and International Management 102 Accounting 549 Economics and Econometrics 1.3k Geography, Planning and Development 260 Health Information Management 193 Management of Technology and Innovation 328 Law 439 Cognitive Neuroscience 756 Library and Information Sciences 56 Strategy and Management 578 Marketing 318 Emergency Medicine 261 Family Practice 52 Cultural Studies 267 Management Information Systems 286 Genetics 754 General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 220 History 293 Geriatrics and Gerontology 78 Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 101 Music 78 Literature and Literary Theory 267 Language and Linguistics 246 Linguistics and Language 104 Religious studies 110 Visual Arts and Performing Arts 99 Pharmacology 278 Health Informatics 24 Small Animals 125 Obstetrics and Gynecology 115 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 202 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 26 Computer Science Applications 89 Transportation 102 Information Systems 353 Behavioral Neuroscience 47 Anthropology 144 Rehabilitation 80 Medical Terminology 3 Human-Computer Interaction 79 Life-span and Life-course Studies 11 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 159 Physiology 270 Museology 43 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 153 General Decision Sciences 19 Virology 43 Oncology 205 Statistics and Probability 69 Media Technology 72 Nature and Landscape Conservation 97 Development 30 Plant Science 288 Pathology and Forensic Medicine 122 Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 54 Transplantation 18 History and Philosophy of Science 38 Complementary and alternative medicine 52 Global and Planetary Change 137 Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 26 General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 53 Nutrition and Dietetics 88 Orthopedics and Sports 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Public Administration 17.3k Clinical Psychology 25.2k Health 9.1k General Health Professions 26.5k Safety Research 7.4k The British Journal of Social Work United Kingdom
American Behavioral Scientist United States
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management United States
Social Problems United States
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science United States
Human Relations United States
Qualitative Health Research United States
The Canadian Journal of Sociology Canada
Social Service Review United States
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About Social Work The 4.3k papers published in Social Work in the last decades have received a total of 77.2k indexed citations . Papers published in Social Work usually cover Public Administration (1.3k papers), General Health Professions (1.1k papers), Clinical Psychology (885 papers), Safety Research (300 papers) and Health (222 papers) specifically the topics of Social Work Education and Practice (1.3k papers), Homelessness and Social Issues (521 papers), Child Welfare and Adoption (253 papers), Mental Health and Patient Involvement (179 papers), Child Abuse and Trauma (140 papers), Family and Disability Support Research (134 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (118 papers) and Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (118 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Social Work are David R. Hodge , Dennis Saleebey , Sally L. Pimlott , Ernest Greenwood , Frederic G. Reamer , Brian E. Bride , Laura R. Bronstein , Lorraine Gutiérrez , Valli Kalei Kanuha and Mimi Abramovitz .
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