Social Work: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Child Abuse & Neglect	36
2	Trauma Violence & Abuse	32
3	Children and Youth Services Review	25
4	Health & Social Care in the Community	23
5	Journal of Community Psychology	20
6	Family Relations	17
7	British Journal of Social Work	16
8	American Journal of Orthopsychiatry	15
-	Children & Society	15
-	Social Policy & Administration	15
-	American Journal of Community Psychology	15
12	Child Maltreatment	14
-	Journal of Social Policy	14
14	Child & Family Social Work	13
-	Research on Social Work Practice	13
-	Social Policy and Society	13
-	Social Work	13
18	Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work	12
-	European Journal of Social Work	12
-	Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research	12
21	Qualitative Social Work	11
-	Clinical Social Work Journal	11
23	Australian Social Work	10
-	Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal	10
-	International Journal of Social Welfare	10
-	Journal of Social Work	10
-	International Social Work	10
-	Journal of Gerontological Social Work	10
-	Journal of Social Work Education	10
30	Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools	9
-	Child Abuse Review	9
-	Social Work in Public Health	9
33	Health & Social Work	8
-	Social Service Review	8
-	Social Work in Health Care	8
-	Social Work Research	8
-	Families in Society-The Journal of Contemporary Social Services	8
-	Journal of Social Service Research	8
39	Journal of Social Work Practice	7
-	Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance	7
-	Journal of Public Child Welfare	7
42	Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development	5