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Urban Social Work

Springer Publishing Company · United States · Est. 2017

ISSN2474-8684

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

0.145

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.075

Total Worksi

122

Total Citationsi

273

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.21

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health (social science); Sociology and Political Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2017

Annual Volume~ 15 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications122

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

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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?

Springer Publishing Company

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2474-8684

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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

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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.

Health (social science)Q4

Sociology and Political ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Homelessness and Social IssuesSocial Work Education and PracticeCriminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisUrban, Neighborhood, and Segregation StudiesRacial and Ethnic Identity ResearchMigration, Health and TraumaEmployment and Welfare StudiesPlace Attachment and Urban StudiesChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentHealth disparities and outcomes

Frequently asked questions about Urban Social Work

Is Urban Social Work a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Urban 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 Urban Social Work?

Urban 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 0.145.

Is Urban Social Work indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Urban Social Work is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Urban Social Work?