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Social Work and Society

University of Duisburg · Germany · Est. 2003

ISSN1613-8953

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.162

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.204

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Social Work & Society is an international online journal for social work and social policy. It publishes contributions of various kinds, including Special Issues and SW&S Forum, on topics concerning social work and society from all fields of social work, social welfare and social policy.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2003

Annual Volume~ 1 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2021)

Total Publications8

Publisher OrgSocial Work & Society

OA Since2002

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicensePublisher's own license

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Duisburg

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1613-8953

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

2003

2006

2007

2008

2011

2012

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.

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social Work Education and PracticeResearch in Social SciencesChild Abuse and TraumaSocial Policy and Reform StudiesPsychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual OffendingPolitical Philosophy and EthicsJewish and Middle Eastern StudiesInterprofessional Education and CollaborationCommunity Health and DevelopmentFamily Caregiving in Mental Illness

Frequently asked questions about Social Work and Society

Is Social Work and Society a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Social Work and Society: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, 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 and Society?

Social Work and Society is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.162.

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

Social Work and Society is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.