African Journal of Social Work
Last updated ISSN 1563-3934
African Journal of Social Work is published by African Journals OnLine in social sciences. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in African Journal of Social Work concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Social Work Education and Practice
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- African cultural and philosophical studies
- African studies and sociopolitical issues
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Legal Issues in South Africa
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
Key facts
| Publisher | African Journals OnLine |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1563-3934, 2409-5605 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 331 |
| Publishing since | 1999 |
| Journal website | www.ajol.info/index.php/ajsw |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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