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Ethics and Social Welfare

Routledge · United Kingdom · Est. 2007

ISSN1749-6535eISSN1749-6543

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.492

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.721

Total Worksi

761

Total Citationsi

8,669

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.97

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Ethics and Social Welfare publishes research on the ethical issues surrounding social welfare practice and policy, with a particular focus on social work and social care. The journal aims to foster dialogue and debate across social, intercultural, and international boundaries regarding serious ethical issues related to professional interventions in social life.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2007

Annual Volume~ 38 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications761

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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?

Routledge

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1749-6535 / 1749-6543

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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

543

2019

283

2020

559

2021

158

2022

2023

2024

172

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.

PhilosophyQ1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Work

Scopus Categories

PhilosophySociology and Political Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social Work Education and PracticeEthics in medical practiceHomelessness and Social IssuesMental Health and Patient InvolvementHealthcare innovation and challengesSocial Policy and Reform StudiesPolitical Philosophy and EthicsQualitative Research Methods and EthicsFoucault, Power, and EthicsEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare

Frequently asked questions about Ethics and Social Welfare

Is Ethics and Social Welfare a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Ethics and Social Welfare: 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 Ethics and Social Welfare?

Ethics and Social Welfare 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 1.97.

Is Ethics and Social Welfare indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Ethics and Social Welfare is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.