Environmental Social Work in the Disciplinary Literature, 1991–2015

Amy Krings; Bryan G Victor; John Mathias; Brian E Perron

doi:10.1177/0020872818788397

Environmental Social Work in the Disciplinary Literature, 1991–2015

Amy Krings, Bryan G Victor, John Mathias, Brian E Perron

School of Social Work

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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.

Original language	American English
Journal	Social Work: School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Other Works
Volume	63
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872818788397
State	Published - May 1 2020

Keywords

Bibliometrics
ecological social work
green social work
publishing
scientometrics

Disciplines

Social and Behavioral Sciences
Social Work

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