Journal of Social Work
Last updated ISSN 1468-0173
Journal of Social Work is published by SAGE Publishing in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,650.
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What it publishes
Recent work in 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
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Healthcare innovation and challenges
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Research in Social Sciences
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Ideological and Political Education
Key facts
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1468-0173, 1741-296X |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,650 |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 2,921 |
| Publishing since | 2001 |
| Journal website | jsw.sagepub.com/ |
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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