Social Development Issues
Last updated ISSN 0147-1473
Social Development Issues is published by Southern Illinois University Carbondale in social sciences. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Social Development Issues concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Social Work Education and Practice
- Human Rights and Development
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Sex work and related issues
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
- Religion, Society, and Development
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
Key facts
| Publisher | Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0147-1473, 2372-014X |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 180 |
| Publishing since | 1977 |
| Journal website | socialdevelopment.metapress.com/content/122699 |
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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