| Discipline | Social work |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Tricia Bent-Goodley |
| Publication details | |
Former name(s) | The Compass, Social Work Journal |
| History | 1920-present |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press on behalf of the National Association of Social Workers |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| 1.145 (2015) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Soc. Work |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0037-8046 (print) 1545-6846 (web) |
| LCCN | a56001876 |
| OCLC no. | 1605893 |
| Links | |
Social Work is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of social work. It was established in 1920 as The Compass and was renamed Social Work Journal in 1948. It obtained its current name in 1956.[1][2] It is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the National Association of Social Workers, of which it is the official journal. The editor-in-chief is Tricia Bent-Goodley (Howard University). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 1.145.[3]
- ^ "National Association of Social Workers: History (1917 – 1955)". Social Welfare History Project. Virginia Commonwealth University. 18 October 2013.
- ^ "Social Work". JSTOR.
- ^ "Social Work". 2015 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2016.