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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Child Abuse & Neglect	36
2	Trauma Violence & Abuse	29
3	Children and Youth Services Review	25
4	Health & Social Care in the Community	23
5	Journal of Community Psychology	21
6	British Journal of Social Work	17
-	Family Relations	17
8	American Journal of Community Psychology	16
9	Research on Social Work Practice	15
-	Social Policy and Society	15
-	Child Maltreatment	15
12	Journal of Social Policy	13
13	Social Work	12
-	Social Policy & Administration	12
-	American Journal of Orthopsychiatry	12
-	Children & Society	12
17	Journal of Social Work Education	11
-	Social Work in Public Health	11
-	Child & Family Social Work	11
-	Clinical Social Work Journal	11
-	European Journal of Social Work	11
22	International Social Work	10
-	Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work	10
24	Journal of Gerontological Social Work	9
-	Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research	9
-	Child Abuse Review	9
-	Qualitative Social Work	9
-	Australian Social Work	9
-	Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal	9
-	International Journal of Social Welfare	9
31	Journal of Social Service Research	8
-	Families in Society-The Journal of Contemporary Social Services	8
-	Journal of Social Work	8
-	Health & Social Work	8
35	Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance	7
-	Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools	7
-	Social Service Review	7
-	Social Work in Health Care	7
39	Journal of Public Child Welfare	6
-	Journal of Social Work Practice	6
-	Social Work Research	6
42	Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development	5