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Social Work Research Template

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About the Social Work Research format

Social Work Research is a peer-reviewed journal published by Oxford University Press, covering Social Work Education and Practice, Homelessness and Social Issues, Child Abuse and Trauma.

PublisherOxford University Press
Reference styleAuthor–year (OUP)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Social Work Research, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inSocial Work Education and Practice Homelessness and Social Issues Child Abuse and Trauma Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Human auditory perception and evaluation
ISSN1070-5309
Citation impact (2-yr)0.87
h-index77
i10-index509
Total citations27,288
Top institutions publishing hereWashington University in St. Louis
Journal websiteacademic.oup.com
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Papers published in Social Work Research per year

43
2014
43
2015
37
2016
27
2017
36
2018
24
2019
35
2020
32
2021
30
2022
25
2023
29
2024
29
2025

Citation impact of Social Work Research by publication year

579
2014
572
2015
660
2016
597
2017
747
2018
282
2019
397
2020
199
2021
272
2022
106
2023
42
2024
18
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Social Work Research

Objectifying content validity: Conducting a content validity study in social work research

Doris M. Rubio, Marla Berg‐Weger, Susan Tebb et al. · 1 Jun 2003

Social scientists frequently study complex constructs. Despite plethora of measures for these constructs, researchers may need to create their own measure for a particular study. When a measure is created, psychometric testing is required, and first step is to study content validity of measure. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how to conduct…

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An Updated Measure for Assessing Subtle Rape Myths

Sarah McMahon, Ginny Farmer · 1 Jun 2011

Social workers responsible for developing rape prevention programs on college campuses must have valid evaluation instruments. This article presents the challenges encountered by the authors when they attempted to keep rape myth measures relevant to student populations by updating the language to reflect the subtleties involved with rape myths. The development of a modified version…

Risk, protection, and resilience: Toward a conceptual framework for social work practice

Mark W. Fräser, Maeda J. Galinsky, J. M. Richman · 1 Sep 1999

In both the academic and popular press, the related concepts of risk, protection, and resilience have emerged as constructs for conceptualizing social and health problems. The idea of “risk” is ubiquitous in social work. In everyday use, the term conveys the notion that an individual, family, group, school, neighborhood, or organization is likely to experience…

Differential effects of support providers on adolescents' mental health

Lisa G. Colarossi, Jacquelynne S. Eccles · 1 Mar 2003

This prospective study examined the differential effects of parent, teacher, and peer social support on depression and self-esteem of 217 adolescents, ages 15 to 18. Results indicate that female adolescents perceived significantly more support from friends than male adolescents did, whereas male adolescents perceived significantly more support from fathers than female adolescents did. No gender…

Risk and protection: Are both necessary to understand diverse behavioral outcomes in adolescence?

J A Pollard, J. David Hawkins, M. W. Arthur · 1 Sep 1999

Prevention science has suggested that preventive interventions should reduce risk factors and enhance protective factors. Recently, some researchers have proposed that preventive interventions focused on enhancing protective factors and promoting resilience will produce more positive outcomes than interventions that focus attention on risk factors. Others have argued that focus solely on the resilience of young…

Social Work Research template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Social Work Research format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Social Work Research template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Oxford University Press format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Social Work Research use?
Social Work Research uses Author–year (OUP) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Social Work Research, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Social Work Research?
No. DocuGuru generates the oup-authoring-template LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Oxford University Press-ready Social Work Research document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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Who publishes Social Work Research?
Social Work Research is a multidisciplinary journal published by Oxford University Press. DocuGuru's Social Work Research template matches Oxford University Press's official submission format.
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