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Journal List with Impact Factors Journals in Social Work and Related Disciplines Manuscript Submission Information With Impact Factors, Five-Year Impact Factors, and h-index Compiled by Patrick Leung, PhD Monit Cheung, PhD, LCSW Gerson & Sabina David Endowed Professor for Global Aging Mary R. Lewis Endowed Professor in Children and Youth Director, Office for International Social Work Education Principal Investigator, Child Welfare Education Project & Director, Child & Family Center for Innovative Research Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-4013, USA First Published: September 1, 2004 Latest Edition: July 30, 2020 Red* (journal title followed by an asterisk) indicates that this journal is listed in the 2020 InCitiesTM Journal Citation Reports® (JCR Published by Clarivate Analytics) within the category of “Social Work.” JCR Impact Factor is listed in alphabetical order with Five-Year Impact Factor. Current and past annual Impact Factors are also listed under each of these journals. Additionally, Google search impact factor is also included but some of the journals were not JCR indexed. Blue represents the Five-Year Impact Factor of the journal. The Five-Year Impact Factor is calculated by the following formula: [Citations in current year to articles/items published in the last five years] divided by [Total number of articles/items published in the last five years] Green represents the h-index (Hirsch index) 1. For journal ranking use, the h-index is defined as the h number of articles in the journal received at least h citations in the coverage years 2. “Online Submission” indicates that manuscripts may be (or must be) electronically submitted. This journal list is updated periodically. Please check original sources for accuracy. For the most updated version, please go to http://www.uh.edu/socialwork/academics/cwep/http://www.uh.edu/socialwork/New_research/cwep/title-iv-e/ (click at Title IV-E Website and “Journals in Child Welfare and Related Fields”). Footnotes with impact factor, h-index web links are listed on the last page of this document. Send suggestions, corrections, or additional journal information to [email protected] or [email protected]. 2 Journals in Alphabetical Order (with hyperlinks) Addiction, 9 Child Welfare*, 14 Addictive Behaviors, 9 Children & Schools (previously titled Social Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Work in Education), 14 Mental Health Services Research, 9 Children & Society*, 14 Administration in Social Work, 9 Children and Youth Services Review*, 14 Adoption Quarterly, 9 China Journal of Social Work, 14 Advances in Social Work, 9 Clinical Gerontologist, 15 Affilia – Journal of Women and Social Work*,10 Clinical Rehabilitation, 15 Aging & Mental Health, 10 Clinical Social Work Journal*, 15 Ageing & Society, 10 Clinical Supervisor, 15 Aggression and Violent Behavior, 10 Community Mental Health Journal, 15 Alcohol and Alcoholism, 10 Computers in Human Behavior, 15 American Journal of Community Psychology* Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood (E- ,10 Journal), 15 American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Contemporary Rural Social Work, 15 10 Critical Social Work, 16 American Journal of Family Therapy, 11 Disability and Rehabilitation, 16 American Journal of Orthopsychiatry*, 11 Disability and Society, 16 American Journal on Addictions, 11 Educational Gerontology: An International American Psychologist, 11 Journal, 16 Annual of Social Work (Ljetopis Socijalnog European Journal of Social Work*, 16 Rada)*,11 Families in Society – The Journal of APSAC Advisor (American Professional Society Contemporary Social Services*, 16 on the Abuse of Children), 11 Family Court Review, 16 Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Development* (previously titled Asia Pacific Couples and Families, 16 Journal of Social Work), 11 Family Process, 17 Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 12 Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Australian Social Work*, 12 Applied Family Studies*, 17 Behavior Modification, 12 Field Educator, 17 Best Practices in Mental Health: An International Gerontologist, 17 Journal, 12 Gerontology and Geriatrics Education 17 British Journal of Social Work*, 12 Global Social Policy, 17 Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science, 12 Hawaii Pacific Journal of Social Work Practice, Canadian Social Work Review, 12 17 Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Health & Social Care in the Community* , 17 Journal *, 13 Health & Social Work*, 17 Child Abuse Review*, 13 Health Affairs, 18 Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal*, 13 Hong Kong Journal of Social Work, 18 Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 13 Human Service Organizations: Management, Child & Family Social Work*, 13 Leadership, & Governance*, 18 Child & Youth Services, 13 Indian Journal of Social Work, 18 Child Development, 13 International Journal of Aging and Human Child Maltreatment*, 14 Development, 18 This journal list is updated periodically at http://www.uh.edu/socialwork/academics/cwep/ (click at Title IV-E Website). Please check original sources for information accuracy. Updated by the Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston (p. 2 of 38) 3 International Journal of Social Welfare*, 18 (JEBD), 24 International Social Work*, 18 Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 19 Work (previously titled Multicultural Social Journal of Adolescence, 19 Work), 24 Journal of Adolescent Research, 19 Journal of European Social Policy, 24 Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 24 (previously titled Journal of Emotional Abuse Journal of Family Issues, 24 and Journal of Psychological Trauma), 19 Journal of Family Social Work (previously titled Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 19 Journal of Social Work & Human Sexuality), Journal of Aging and Health, 19 24 Journal of Aging Studies, 20 Journal of Family Strengths (previously titled Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 20 Family Preservation Journal), 25 Journal of Applied Gerontology, 20 Journal of Family Violence, 25 Journal of Applied School Psychology, 20 Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 25 Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 20 Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services, 25 Journal of Applied Social Science, 20 Journal of Gerontological Social Work*, 25 Journal of Applied Social Science Studies Journals of Gerontology: Series B Psychological (Schmollers Jahrbuch), 21 Sciences and Social Sciences, 25 Journal of Asian Studies, 21 Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 25 Journal of Baccalaureate Social Work, 21 Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery, 26 Journal of Black Studies, 21 Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, 26 Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 21 Journal of Homosexuality, 26 Journal of Brief Therapy, 21 Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, Environment, 26 21 Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies (Combined with Journal of Immigrant and Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, 21 Refugee Services), 26 Journal of Child and Family Studies, 22 Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 26 Journal of Child Custody, 22 Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26 Journal of Child Psychotherapy, 22 Journal of LGBT Youth (previously titled Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 22 Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Journal of Children & Poverty, 22 Education), 27 Journal of Clinical Psychology, 22 Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 27 Journal of Community Practice, 22 Journal of Marriage and Family, 27 Journal of Community Psychology*, 22 Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 27 Journal of Comparative Social Welfare Journal of Policy Practice (previously titled (previously titled New Global Development), Social Policy Journal), 27 22 Journal of Poverty, 27 Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning, 27 (JCCP), 23 Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Journal of Counseling Psychology, 23 Community (previously titled Prevention in Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy, 23 Human Services), 28 Journal of Developing Societies, 23 Journal of Progressive Human Services, 28 Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 23 The Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Journal of Drug Issues, 23 Schools* (previously titled Australian Journal Journal of Early Adolescence, 23 of Guidance and Counselling), 28 Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 24 Journal of Public Child Welfare*, 28 Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social This journal list is updated periodically at http://www.uh.edu/socialwork/academics/cwep/ (click at Title IV-E Website). Please check original sources for information accuracy. Updated by the Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston (p. 3 of 38) 4 Work: Social Thought, 28 Care), 33 Journal of Rural Mental Health, 28 Research in Developmental Disabilities, 33 Journal of School Violence, 28 Research on Aging, 33 Journal of Social Development in Africa, 29 Research on Social Work Practice*, 33 Journal of Social Policy*, 29 Residential Treatment for Children and Youth, Journal of Social Service Research*, 29 33 Journal of Social Work*, 29 Revista de Cercetare si Interventie Sociala Journal of Social Work Education*, 29 (Review of Research and Social Intervention), Journal of Social Work in Disability & 33 Rehabilitation, 29 Rural Social Work Journal, 34 Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Rural Society Journal, 34 Palliative Care, 29 School Social Work Journal, 34 Journal of
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