New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Social Work

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 2024
1 Trauma Violence & Abuse ca. 6.7
2 Child Abuse & Neglect ca. 3.7
3 Child Maltreatment ca. 3.1
4 American Journal of Community Psychology ca. 2.8
- Social Service Review ca. 2.8
6 Social Work ca. 2.5
- Journal of Social Policy ca. 2.5
8 Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work ca. 2.4
9 Australian Social Work ca. 2.3
10 Journal of Community Psychology ca. 2.2
- Journal of Social Work ca. 2.2
- Qualitative Social Work ca. 2.2
- Social Policy & Administration ca. 2.2
- British Journal of Social Work ca. 2.2
15 Research on Social Work Practice ca. 2.1
- Children and Youth Services Review ca. 2.1
17 Family Relations ca. 2
18 International Journal of Social Welfare ca. 1.9
- American Journal of Orthopsychiatry ca. 1.9
20 Social Policy and Society ca. 1.8
- Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools ca. 1.8
- Health & Social Care in the Community ca. 1.8
- Journal of Social Work Education ca. 1.8
24 Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal ca. 1.7
- Children & Society ca. 1.7
- Social Work Research ca. 1.7
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work ca. 1.7
28 European Journal of Social Work ca. 1.5
- Health & Social Work ca. 1.5
- Social Work in Health Care ca. 1.5
- Child & Family Social Work ca. 1.5
- Journal of Public Child Welfare 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 Work Practice ca. 1.2
- Journal of Social Service Research ca. 1.2
39 Clinical Social Work Journal ca. 1.1
40 Social Work in Public Health ca. 1
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