Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk
Last updated ISSN 0037-8054
Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk is published by Stellenbosch University in social sciences. It is open access. The article processing charge is $185.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk 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
- Legal Issues in South Africa
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Healthcare innovation and challenges
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Resilience and Mental Health
Key facts
| Publisher | Stellenbosch University |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0037-8054, 2312-7198 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $185 |
| Indexed in | Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 900 |
| Publishing since | 2000 |
| Journal website | socialwork.journals.ac.za/pub/index |
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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