Social Work: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor 2025
1	Trauma Violence & Abuse	ca. 6.7
2	Child Abuse & Neglect	ca. 3.7
3	Child Maltreatment	ca. 3.1
4	Social Service Review	ca. 2.8
-	American Journal of Community Psychology	ca. 2.8
6	Journal of Social Policy	ca. 2.5
-	Social Work	ca. 2.5
8	Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work	ca. 2.4
9	Australian Social Work	ca. 2.3
10	British Journal of Social Work	ca. 2.2
-	Qualitative Social Work	ca. 2.2
-	Social Policy & Administration	ca. 2.2
-	Journal of Community Psychology	ca. 2.2
-	Journal of Social Work	ca. 2.2
15	Children and Youth Services Review	ca. 2.1
-	Research on Social Work Practice	ca. 2.1
17	Family Relations	ca. 2
18	American Journal of Orthopsychiatry	ca. 1.9
-	International Journal of Social Welfare	ca. 1.9
20	Health & Social Care in the Community	ca. 1.8
-	Journal of Social Work Education	ca. 1.8
-	Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools	ca. 1.8
-	Social Policy and Society	ca. 1.8
24	Journal of Gerontological Social Work	ca. 1.7
-	Social Work Research	ca. 1.7
-	Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal	ca. 1.7
-	Children & Society	ca. 1.7
28	Child & Family Social Work	ca. 1.5
-	Journal of Public Child Welfare	ca. 1.5
-	Social Work in Health Care	ca. 1.5
-	European Journal of Social Work	ca. 1.5
-	Health & Social Work	ca. 1.5
33	Child Abuse Review	ca. 1.4
-	Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance	ca. 1.4
35	Families in Society-The Journal of Contemporary Social Services	ca. 1.3
-	International Social Work	ca. 1.3
37	Journal of Social Service Research	ca. 1.2
-	Journal of Social Work Practice	ca. 1.2
39	Clinical Social Work Journal	ca. 1.1
40	Social Work in Public Health	ca. 1