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Social Work and Social Sciences Review

Whiting and Birch · United Kingdom · Est. 1990

ISSN1746-6105

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 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

0.215

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.421

Total Worksi

488

Total Citationsi

2,345

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.24

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1990

Annual Volume~ 22 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications488

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Whiting and Birch

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1746-6105

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

2019

179

2020

2021

117

2022

2023

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.

Sociology and Political ScienceQ3

Health (social science)Q4

Social WorkQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceSocial WorkHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social Work Education and PracticeMental Health and Patient InvolvementHealthcare innovation and challengesHomelessness and Social IssuesChild Abuse and TraumaInterprofessional Education and CollaborationResearch in Social SciencesChild Welfare and AdoptionSocial Policy and Reform StudiesIntergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving

Frequently asked questions about Social Work and Social Sciences Review

Is Social Work and Social Sciences Review a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Social Work and Social Sciences Review: it is indexed in 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 and Social Sciences Review?

Social Work and Social Sciences Review is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.215.

Is Social Work and Social Sciences Review indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Social Work and Social Sciences Review is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Social Work and Social Sciences Review?