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Critical and Radical Social Work

Policy Press · United Kingdom · Est. 2013

ISSN2049-8675

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.486

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.603

Total Worksi

540

Total Citationsi

4,192

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.86

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Social Work; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

Annual Volume~ 45 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications540

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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?

Policy Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2049-8675

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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

812

2019

600

2020

217

2021

290

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 ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Work

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social Work Education and PracticeHomelessness and Social IssuesMental Health and Patient InvolvementSocial Policy and Reform StudiesHealthcare innovation and challengesMigration, Health and TraumaResearch in Social SciencesChild Abuse and TraumaSocial and Political IssuesSocial Sciences and Policies

Frequently asked questions about Critical and Radical Social Work

Is Critical and Radical Social Work a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Critical and Radical 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 Critical and Radical Social Work?

Critical and Radical 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 0.86.

Is Critical and Radical Social Work indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Critical and Radical Social Work is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Critical and Radical Social Work?