TY - JOUR
T1 - Geographical inequity in social work research
T2 - A snapshot of research publications from the global South
AU - Roche, Steven
AU - Flynn, Catherine
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2018.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/5/1
Y1 - 2020/5/1
N2 - Social work is observing an increasing awareness of geographical inequity in knowledge creation and dissemination, an interest in research by scholars from the global South, and debates about the extent to which the multiple contexts of social work are recognised. This article extends understandings of these research dynamics through reviewing recent articles authored in the global South and published in the 10 largest social work journals, subjecting them to analysis across institutional affiliation, author order and research type. Findings highlight an absence of knowledge from the global South, identifying major gaps in social work theorising, research and knowledge.
AB - Social work is observing an increasing awareness of geographical inequity in knowledge creation and dissemination, an interest in research by scholars from the global South, and debates about the extent to which the multiple contexts of social work are recognised. This article extends understandings of these research dynamics through reviewing recent articles authored in the global South and published in the 10 largest social work journals, subjecting them to analysis across institutional affiliation, author order and research type. Findings highlight an absence of knowledge from the global South, identifying major gaps in social work theorising, research and knowledge.
KW - International social work
KW - knowledge creation
KW - publishing
KW - social work journals
KW - social work knowledge
KW - social work theory
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U2 - 10.1177/0020872818797999
DO - 10.1177/0020872818797999
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85053427857
VL - 63
SP - 306
EP - 322
JO - International Social Work
JF - International Social Work
SN - 0020-8728
IS - 3
ER -