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Nordic Social Work Research

UBM Exhibition Singapore PTE LTD · United Kingdom · Est. 2011

ISSN2156-8588

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.699

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.161

Total Worksi

595

Total Citationsi

4,815

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.91

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Social Work; Social Sciences (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 56 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications595

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

OA Since2024

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

UBM Exhibition Singapore PTE LTD

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2156-8588

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

LOCKSS, Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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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

205

2019

386

2020

850

2021

327

2022

260

2023

124

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.

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Work

Scopus Categories

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social Work Education and PracticeMental Health and Patient InvolvementHomelessness and Social IssuesHealthcare innovation and challengesChild Abuse and TraumaChild Welfare and AdoptionResearch in Social SciencesSocial Policy and Reform StudiesMigration, Health and TraumaInterprofessional Education and Collaboration

Frequently asked questions about Nordic Social Work Research

Is Nordic Social Work Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Nordic Social Work Research: 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 Nordic Social Work Research?

Nordic Social Work Research 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 0.91.

Is Nordic Social Work Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Nordic Social Work Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Nordic Social Work Research?