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Social Work

Oxford University Press · United States · Est. 1956

ISSN1545-6846
SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.584
H-Indexi
124
SNIPi
1.146
Total Worksi
9,024
Total Citationsi
109,141
2yr Mean Citednessi
1.02
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Social Work; Medicine (miscellaneous); Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1956
FrequencyQuarterly, <Jan. 2001->
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications9,024
Publisher OrgOxford University Press
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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

6/11 · 55%
✅
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Oxford University Press
✅
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
✅
Is the ISSN verified?
1545-6846
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Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
❌
Peer review process documented?
N/A
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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
✅
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
❌
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
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Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
❌
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
✅
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
49
1k
2019
54
882
2020
54
540
2021
51
508
2022
51
292
2023
54
144
2024
53
44
2025
46
5
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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2
Sociology and Political ScienceQ2
Social WorkQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Work

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceSocial WorkMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social Work Education and PracticeHomelessness and Social IssuesChild Welfare and AdoptionSocial Policy and Reform StudiesGender, Labor, and Family DynamicsMental Health and Patient InvolvementContemporary Sociological Theory and PracticeCounseling, Therapy, and Family DynamicsHuman auditory perception and evaluationHealthcare innovation and challenges

Frequently asked questions about Social Work

Is Social Work a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for 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 Social Work?

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 1.02.

Is Social Work indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Social Work is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Social Work?

Subject areas: Social Work; Medicine (miscellaneous); Sociology and Political Science.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref