New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Social Work

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Children and Youth Services Review2163
2 Child Abuse & Neglect1776
3 British Journal of Social Work1017
4 Family Relations733
5 Health & Social Care in the Community707
6 Trauma Violence & Abuse681
7 Child & Family Social Work626
8 Children & Society507
9 Research on Social Work Practice485
10 Social Policy & Administration459
11 European Journal of Social Work457
12 Journal of Community Psychology435
13 American Journal of Orthopsychiatry339
14 Families in Society-The Journal of Contemporary Social Services338
15 International Social Work330
16 Journal of Gerontological Social Work325
17 Journal of Social Service Research319
18 American Journal of Community Psychology317
19 Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research309
20 Child Abuse Review299
21 Journal of Social Work292
22 International Journal of Social Welfare277
23 Social Policy and Society267
24 Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal266
25 Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work264
26 Child Maltreatment255
27 Journal of Social Policy252
28 Qualitative Social Work238
29 Australian Social Work232
30 Journal of Public Child Welfare221
31 Social Work216
32 Journal of Social Work Education201
33 Social Work in Public Health194
34 Health & Social Work188
- Clinical Social Work Journal188
36 Journal of Social Work Practice177
37 Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance154
38 Social Service Review153
39 Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools150
40 Social Work Research111
41 Social Work in Health Care108
42 Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development26
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