| Child abuse and neglect: Attachment, development and intervention D Howe Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017 | 867 | 2017 |
| Attachment theory D Howe Social work theories and methods 75, 2012 | 733 | 2012 |
| Relationship-based social work: Getting to the heart of practice D Howe, R Kohli, M Smith, C Parkinson, L McMahon, R Solomon, ... Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2018 | 571 | 2018 |
| An introduction to social work theory D Howe Routledge, 2017 | 551 | 2017 |
| Modernity, postmodernity and social work D Howe The British Journal of Social Work 24 (5), 513-532, 1994 | 510 | 1994 |
| Attachment theory for social work practice D Howe Bloomsbury Publishing, 1995 | 503 | 1995 |
| The emotionally intelligent social worker D Howe Bloomsbury Publishing, 2008 | 449 | 2008 |
| Attachment across the lifecourse: A brief introduction D Howe, L Betts Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023 | 416 | 2023 |
| Surface and depth in social-work practice D Howe Social theory, social change and social work, 77-97, 2002 | 399 | 2002 |
| A brief introduction to social work theory D Howe, D Hill Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024 | 394 | 2024 |
| Analysing child deaths and serious injury through abuse and neglect: what can we learn?. M Brandon, P Belderson, C Warren, D Howe, R Gardner, J Dodsworth, ... Department for Children, Schools and Families, 2008 | 331 | 2008 |
| Child abuse and the bureaucratisation of social work D Howe The Sociological Review 40 (3), 491-508, 1992 | 324 | 1992 |
| Adoption, search & reunion: The long term experience of adopted adults D Howe, J Feast, D Coster Virago Press, 2000 | 308 | 2000 |
| Disabled children, parent–child interaction and attachment D Howe Child & family social work 11 (2), 95-106, 2006 | 295 | 2006 |
| Empathy: What it is and why it matters D Howe Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012 | 284 | 2012 |
| Relationship-based thinking and practice in social work D Howe Journal of Social Work Practice 12 (1), 45-56, 1998 | 273 | 1998 |
| On being a client: Understanding the process of counselling and psychotherapy D Howe On Being a Client, 1-224, 1993 | 252 | 1993 |
| Patterns of adoption: Nature, nurture and psychosocial development D Howe Blackwell Science, 1998 | 209 | 1998 |
| Knowledge, power, and the shape of social work practice D Howe The sociology of social work, 202-220, 1991 | 209 | 1991 |
| Parent‐reported problems in 211 adopted children: Some risk and protective factors D Howe Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 38 (4), 401-411, 1997 | 205 | 1997 |
