Health & Social Work
Last updated ISSN 0360-7283
Health & Social Work is published by Oxford University Press in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Health & Social Work concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Social Work Education and Practice
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
Key facts
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0360-7283, 1545-6854 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 2,626 |
| Publishing since | 1957 |
| Journal website | academic.oup.com/hsw |
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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