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 are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor
1	Trauma Violence & Abuse	ca. 6.4
2	Child Maltreatment	ca. 5.1
3	Child Abuse & Neglect	ca. 4.8
4	Children and Youth Services Review	ca. 3.3
-	American Journal of Orthopsychiatry	ca. 3.3
6	Social Policy & Administration	ca. 3.2
-	Journal of Gerontological Social Work	ca. 3.2
8	American Journal of Community Psychology	ca. 3.1
9	Social Work	ca. 2.9
10	Clinical Social Work Journal	ca. 2.8
11	Social Work in Public Health	ca. 2.5
12	Health & Social Care in the Community	ca. 2.4
13	Journal of Community Psychology	ca. 2.3
14	Social Work in Health Care	ca. 2.2
-	Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work	ca. 2.2
-	Family Relations	ca. 2.2
-	International Social Work	ca. 2.2
18	Journal of Social Policy	ca. 2
-	Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development	ca. 2
-	Social Service Review	ca. 2
21	International Journal of Social Welfare	ca. 1.9
22	British Journal of Social Work	ca. 1.8
-	Australian Social Work	ca. 1.8
-	Research on Social Work Practice	ca. 1.8
-	Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research	ca. 1.8
26	Child & Family Social Work	ca. 1.7
-	Qualitative Social Work	ca. 1.7
-	Social Work Research	ca. 1.7
-	Children & Society	ca. 1.7
-	Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal	ca. 1.7
31	Journal of Social Service Research	ca. 1.6
-	Child Abuse Review	ca. 1.6
-	Journal of Social Work	ca. 1.6
-	Journal of Public Child Welfare	ca. 1.6
35	Social Policy and Society	ca. 1.5
-	European Journal of Social Work	ca. 1.5
-	Health & Social Work	ca. 1.5
38	Journal of Social Work Practice	ca. 1.4
39	Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools	ca. 1.3
-	Journal of Social Work Education	ca. 1.3
41	Human Service Organizations Management Leadership & Governance	ca. 1.2
42	Families in Society-The Journal of Contemporary Social Services	ca. 0.9