Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-2020
Publication Title
International Social Work
Volume
63
Issue
3
Pages
275-290
Publisher Name
SAGE
Publisher Location
UK
Abstract
Despite increasing acknowledgment that the social work profession must address environmental concerns, relatively little is known about the state of scholarship on environmental social work. This study provides a scientometric summary of peer-reviewed articles (N=497) pertaining to environmental topics in social work journals between 1991 and 2015. We find that theoretical and empirical scholarship on environmental social work is growing, though this growth remains limited to specific geographical regions and topics. We note the need to clarify the relationship between environmental social work as a theoretical paradigm and as a research topic.
Recommended Citation
Krings, Amy; Victor, Bryan G.; Mathias, John; and Perron, Brian E.. Environmental Social Work in the Disciplinary Literature, 1991–2015. International Social Work, 63, 3: 275-290, 2020. Retrieved from Loyola eCommons, Social Work: School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Other Works, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020872818788397
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Author Posting. © The Authors 2020. This article is posted here by permission of SAGE for personal use, not for redistribution. The article was published in International Social Work, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872818788397