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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Child Abuse & Neglect	37
2	Trauma Violence & Abuse	31
3	Children and Youth Services Review	25
4	Health & Social Care in the Community	23
5	Journal of Community Psychology	21
6	Family Relations	17
7	American Journal of Community Psychology	15
-	British Journal of Social Work	15
-	Children & Society	15
-	Social Policy & Administration	15
11	Social Policy and Society	14
-	American Journal of Orthopsychiatry	14
-	Child Maltreatment	14
-	Journal of Social Policy	14
15	Child & Family Social Work	13
-	Research on Social Work Practice	13
17	Clinical Social Work Journal	12
-	Social Work	12
-	Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work	12
-	European Journal of Social Work	12
21	Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research	11
-	Social Work in Public Health	11
23	International Social Work	10
-	Journal of Gerontological Social Work	10
-	Journal of Social Work Education	10
-	Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal	10
-	International Journal of Social Welfare	10
-	Journal of Social Work	10
-	Qualitative Social Work	10
30	Child Abuse Review	9
-	Families in Society-The Journal of Contemporary Social Services	9
-	Journal of Social Service Research	9
-	Australian Social Work	9
-	Health & Social Work	9
-	Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools	9
36	Social Service Review	8
-	Social Work in Health Care	8
-	Social Work Research	8
39	Journal of Public Child Welfare	7
40	Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance	6
-	Journal of Social Work Practice	6
42	Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development	4