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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Child Abuse & Neglect	40
2	Trauma Violence & Abuse	38
3	Children and Youth Services Review	27
4	Health & Social Care in the Community	20
5	Family Relations	17
6	Social Policy & Administration	16
-	British Journal of Social Work	16
8	Journal of Community Psychology	15
-	American Journal of Community Psychology	15
10	Child Maltreatment	13
-	Children & Society	13
-	Australian Social Work	13
-	Child & Family Social Work	13
14	European Journal of Social Work	12
-	International Journal of Social Welfare	12
-	Journal of Social Policy	12
-	Journal of Gerontological Social Work	12
-	Research on Social Work Practice	12
-	Social Work	12
-	American Journal of Orthopsychiatry	12
21	Social Service Review	11
-	Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research	11
23	Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal	10
-	Journal of Social Work	10
-	Qualitative Social Work	10
-	Child Abuse Review	10
-	International Social Work	10
-	Journal of Social Service Research	10
-	Journal of Social Work Education	10
-	Social Policy and Society	10
-	Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work	10
32	Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools	9
-	Social Work in Health Care	9
-	Families in Society-The Journal of Contemporary Social Services	9
35	Health & Social Work	8
-	Clinical Social Work Journal	8
-	Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance	8
-	Journal of Public Child Welfare	8
-	Social Work in Public Health	8
40	Social Work Research	7
41	Journal of Social Work Practice	6