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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Children and Youth Services Review	36
2	Child Abuse & Neglect	35
3	Trauma Violence & Abuse	28
4	Health & Social Care in the Community	22
5	Journal of Community Psychology	20
6	Social Policy & Administration	18
7	American Journal of Community Psychology	17
8	Family Relations	16
-	Child Maltreatment	16
10	British Journal of Social Work	15
11	American Journal of Orthopsychiatry	14
-	Clinical Social Work Journal	14
-	Research on Social Work Practice	14
-	Social Policy and Society	14
-	Qualitative Social Work	14
16	Social Work in Public Health	13
17	International Social Work	12
-	Children & Society	12
-	Journal of Social Policy	12
20	Journal of Gerontological Social Work	11
-	Journal of Social Work Education	11
22	Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work	10
-	Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal	10
-	Journal of Social Service Research	10
-	Social Work	10
-	Social Work in Health Care	10
27	Australian Social Work	9
-	Health & Social Work	9
-	Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research	9
-	Child Abuse Review	9
-	Journal of Social Work	9
32	Journal of Public Child Welfare	8
-	Families in Society-The Journal of Contemporary Social Services	8
-	Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance	8
-	Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools	8
-	Social Service Review	8
37	Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development	7
38	Journal of Social Work Practice	6
-	Social Work Research	6