| Children speak: Children, trauma and social work I Butler, H Williamson (No Title), 1994 | 351 | 1994 |
| Scandal, social policy and social welfare I Butler, M Drakeford Policy Press, 2005 | 315* | 2005 |
| A code of ethics for social work and social care research I Butler British Journal of Social Work 32 (2), 239-248, 2002 | 287 | 2002 |
| The incidence of severe physical child abuse in Wales JR Sibert, EH Payne, AM Kemp, M Barber, K Rolfe, RJH Morgan, ... Child abuse & neglect 26 (3), 267-276, 2002 | 166 | 2002 |
| Divorcing children: Children's experience of their parents' divorce MG Douglas, MG Robinson, I Butler, M Murch Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2003 | 161 | 2003 |
| ‘If you don't want to tell anyone else you can tell her’: young people's views on school counselling CL Fox, I Butler British Journal of Guidance & Counselling 35 (1), 97-114, 2007 | 149 | 2007 |
| Children's involvement in their parents' divorce: Implications for practice I Butler, L Scanlan, M Robinson, G Douglas, M Murch Children & Society 16 (2), 89-102, 2002 | 148 | 2002 |
| Which Blair project? Communitarianism, social authoritarianism and social work I Butler, M Drakeford Journal of Social Work 1 (1), 7-19, 2001 | 128 | 2001 |
| Understanding young people and prostitution: A foundation for practice? I Shaw, I Butler The British Journal of Social Work 28 (2), 177-196, 1998 | 97 | 1998 |
| Social work on trial: The Colwell inquiry and the state of welfare I Butler, M Drakeford Policy Press, 2011 | 83 | 2011 |
| Social Work with children and families: getting into practice I Butler, C Hickman Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2011 | 78 | 2011 |
| The health of children looked after by the local authority I Butler, H Payne Adoption & Fostering 21 (2), 28-35, 1997 | 76 | 1997 |
| Evaluating the effectiveness of a school-based counselling service in the UK CL Fox, I Butler British Journal of Guidance & Counselling 37 (2), 95-106, 2009 | 68 | 2009 |
| Young teenagers' experiences of domestic abuse CL Fox, ML Corr, D Gadd, I Butler Journal of Youth Studies 17 (4), 510-526, 2014 | 66 | 2014 |
| The politics of social work research I Butler, R Pugh Reflecting on social work discipline and profession, 55-71, 2004 | 59 | 2004 |
| A Case of Neglect?(1996): Children's Experiences and the Sociology of Childhood I Butler, IF Shaw Routledge, 2018 | 48 | 2018 |
| Parental responses to child experiences of trauma following presentation at emergency departments: A qualitative study V Williamson, C Creswell, I Butler, H Christie, SL Halligan BMJ open 6 (11), e012944, 2016 | 47 | 2016 |
| Trusting in social work I Butler, M Drakeford British Journal of Social Work 35 (5), 639-653, 2005 | 46 | 2005 |
| Doing good research and doing it well: Ethical awareness and the production of social work research I Butler Social work education 22 (1), 19-30, 2003 | 43 | 2003 |
| Are abused babies protected from further abuse? BA Ellaway, EH Payne, K Rolfe, FD Dunstan, AM Kemp, I Butler, JR Sibert Archives of disease in childhood 89 (9), 845-846, 2004 | 42 | 2004 |
