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Indian Journal of Social Work

Tata Institute of Social Sciences · India · Est. 1941

ISSN2456-7809

SJR Q4✓ 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. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.11

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.029

Total Worksi

313

Total Citationsi

493

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Social Work; Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1941

Annual Volume~ 29 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2021)

Total Publications313

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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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Tata Institute of Social Sciences

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2456-7809

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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

157

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2024

2025

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)Q4

Social WorkQ4

Sociology and Political ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Social Work

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social Work Education and PracticeSouth Asian Studies and ConflictsCOVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsPoverty, Education, and Child WelfareSocial and Economic Development in IndiaHomelessness and Social IssuesCOVID-19 and Mental HealthConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementAgricultural risk and resilienceCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Indian Journal of Social Work

Is Indian Journal of Social Work a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Indian Journal of Social Work: 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 Indian Journal of Social Work?

Indian Journal of Social Work is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.11.

Is Indian Journal of Social Work indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Indian Journal of Social Work is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Indian Journal of Social Work?