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Ljetopis Socijalnog Rada

University of Zagreb · Croatia · Est. 1994

ISSN1846-5412eISSN1848-7971
SJR Q4WOS SSCIScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q4
SJR · Scopus
Bottom 25%
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.116
H-Indexi
8
SNIPi
0.267
Total Worksi
312
Total Citationsi
486
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.16
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Annual of Social Work problematizes current trends in social work theory, methods and education. The journal also publishes articles from all the fields where social work is applied and from related disciplines important for a better understanding of social interventions and their more effective application. Besides original papers, the journal also publishes translations of selected texts especially important for the understanding of modern social work, notices as well as reviews of conferences, books and journals related to social work activities and other social and humanistic sciences important for social work

General Information

Country / RegionCroatia
Primary LanguageEnglish, Croatian
1st Year Published1994
Frequency3 times a year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications312
Publisher OrgCroatian Dairy Union
OA Since2013
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind
OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

8/11 · 73%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
University of Zagreb
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1846-5412 / 1848-7971
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
No
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
Primary language documented?
English, Croatian

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
22
44
2019
19
52
2020
28
33
2021
14
13
2022
23
12
2023
19
6
2024
12
2
2025
1
0
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.

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ4
EducationQ4
Social WorkQ4
Sociology and Political ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Work

Scopus Categories

Developmental and Educational PsychologySociology and Political ScienceSocial WorkEducation

Frequently asked questions about Ljetopis Socijalnog Rada

Is Ljetopis Socijalnog Rada a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Ljetopis Socijalnog Rada: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Ljetopis Socijalnog Rada?

Ljetopis Socijalnog Rada 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 0.16.

Is Ljetopis Socijalnog Rada indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Ljetopis Socijalnog Rada is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Ljetopis Socijalnog Rada?

The Annual of Social Work problematizes current trends in social work theory, methods and education. The journal also publishes articles from all the fields where social work is applied and from related disciplines important for a better understanding of social interventions and their more effective application. Besides original papers, the journal also publishes translations of selected texts especially important for the understanding of modern social work, notices as well as reviews of conferences, books and journals related to social work activities and other social and humanistic sciences

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