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Child and Family Social Work

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1996

ISSN1365-2206

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

339

days submission → published

measured · last 19 articles · accept 264d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.661

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.14

Total Worksi

2,555

Total Citationsi

55,024

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.99

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Family Studies; Social Work; Sociology and Political Science; Health (social science).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,555

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1365-2206

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

109

1.9k

2019

1.1k

2020

864

2021

104

979

2022

135

653

2023

135

350

2024

191

172

2025

123

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Health (social science)Q2

Social WorkQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Family StudiesSocial Work

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceSocial WorkHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Child Welfare and AdoptionChild Abuse and TraumaSocial Work Education and PracticeHomelessness and Social IssuesFamily and Disability Support ResearchIntergenerational Family Dynamics and CaregivingChildren's Rights and ParticipationFamily Support in IllnessChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentIntimate Partner and Family Violence

Frequently asked questions about Child and Family Social Work

Is Child and Family Social Work a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Child and Family Social Work: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Child and Family Social Work?

Child and Family Social Work is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.99.

Is Child and Family Social Work indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Child and Family Social Work is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Child and Family Social Work?