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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Child Abuse & Neglect	38
2	Trauma Violence & Abuse	37
3	Children and Youth Services Review	26
4	Health & Social Care in the Community	22
5	Family Relations	17
6	Journal of Community Psychology	16
-	Social Policy & Administration	16
-	British Journal of Social Work	16
9	American Journal of Community Psychology	15
10	Children & Society	14
-	Child & Family Social Work	14
12	Child Maltreatment	13
13	Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal	12
-	European Journal of Social Work	12
-	Journal of Social Policy	12
-	Journal of Gerontological Social Work	12
-	Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research	12
-	Research on Social Work Practice	12
-	Social Work	12
20	Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work	11
-	American Journal of Orthopsychiatry	11
-	Australian Social Work	11
-	Journal of Social Work	11
-	Social Policy and Society	11
25	International Journal of Social Welfare	10
-	Qualitative Social Work	10
-	Social Service Review	10
-	Child Abuse Review	10
-	International Social Work	10
-	Journal of Social Work Education	10
31	Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools	9
-	Clinical Social Work Journal	9
-	Families in Society-The Journal of Contemporary Social Services	9
-	Journal of Social Service Research	9
35	Social Work in Health Care	8
-	Social Work Research	8
-	Journal of Public Child Welfare	8
-	Social Work in Public Health	8
39	Health & Social Work	7
-	Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance	7
41	Journal of Social Work Practice	6
-	Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development	6