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Qualitative Social Work

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 2002

ISSN1473-3250eISSN1741-3117

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.893

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.064

Total Worksi

1,493

Total Citationsi

32,944

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Social Work; Health (social science); Social Sciences (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

FrequencySix Issues A Year, 2012-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,493

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1473-3250 / 1741-3117

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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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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

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

886

2019

104

1.1k

2020

143

1.5k

2021

596

2022

500

2023

122

2024

2025

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.

Health (social science)Q1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Social WorkQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Work

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Social WorkHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social Work Education and PracticeHomelessness and Social IssuesMental Health and Patient InvolvementQualitative Research Methods and EthicsParticipatory Visual Research MethodsChild Abuse and TraumaChild Welfare and AdoptionMigration, Health and TraumaChildren's Rights and ParticipationCounseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about Qualitative Social Work

Is Qualitative Social Work a predatory journal?

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

What is the impact factor of Qualitative Social Work?

Qualitative 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 1.00.

Is Qualitative Social Work indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Qualitative Social Work is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Qualitative Social Work?