Social Work

4.4k papers and 66.5k indexed citations i.

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The 4.4k papers published in Social Work in the last decades have received a total of 66.5k indexed citations. Papers published in Social Work usually cover Public Administration (1.3k papers), General Health Professions (1.1k papers) and Clinical Psychology (908 papers) specifically the topics of Social Work Education and Practice (1.3k papers), Homelessness and Social Issues (520 papers) and Child Welfare and Adoption (260 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, Lorraine Gutiérrez, Laura R. Bronstein, Ada C. Mui and Valli Kalei Kanuha.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published in Social Work

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries where authors publish in Social Work

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This map shows the geographic impact of research published in Social Work. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers published in Social Work with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Social Work more than expected).

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