Trends in Domestic and International Social Work Research: A 10-Year Review of American Research Journals

摘要

This article presents a typology of international social work research and analyzes trends over a 10-year period (1995-2004) based on reviews of 707 articles from three major American social work research journals: Social Work Research, Journal of Social Service Research, and Research on Social Work Practice. The analysis revealed there was a considerable increase (3.5%) in the total amount of research articles, particularly a higher increase in international social work research (2.8%) than national social work research (0.8%). A small decline was detected in transnational comparative research (-0.4%).