About this journal
Aims and scope
Each issue of the Journal of Family Social Work contains peer reviewed research articles, conceptual and practice articles devoted to innovative family theory and practice subjects.
In celebrating social workers’ tradition of working with couples and families in their life context, the Journal of Family Social Work features articles which advance the capacity of practitioners to integrate research, theory building, and practice wisdom into their services to families. It is a journal of policy, clinical practice, and research directed to the needs of social workers and other mental health and family practitioners who work with couples and families.
The Journal of Family Social Work makes a unique attempt at balancing clinical relevance and academic exactitude. By uniting clinicians and researchers from social work, family enrichment, family therapy, family studies, family psychology and sociology, health and mental health, and child welfare, it stresses a blending of sociocultural contexts, the uniqueness of the family, and the person of the clinician. As an interdisciplinary forum, it provides a creative mixing of clinical innovation, practice wisdom, theory, and academic excellence.
Peer Review Policy: All articles in this journal have undergone rigorous anonymous double anonymized peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by two to four anonymous referees.
Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 64K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 0.9 (2023) Impact Factor
- 1.7 (2023) 5 year IF
- 2.1 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.569 (2023) SNIP
- 0.299 (2023) SJR
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
EDITOR
Aminda Heckman, PhD, LCSW - New York University, USA
EDITORIAL BOARD
Laura Albee, DSW, LCSW, BCBA, LBA - Senior Clinician and Adjunct Professor, CIFC Health and Southern Connecticut State University, CT, USA
Keith Alford, PhD, ACSW, LISW - University at Buffalo, USA
Joan D. Atwood, PhD - Hofstra University, USA
Sharon Bond, PhD, MSW - McGill University, Canada
Jo Brocato, PhD - California State University, Long Beach, USA
Ruth Chambers, PhD - California State University, Long Beach, USA
Marvin W. Clifford, BCSW, DSW - Ochsner Health Systems, USA
Shannon Collier-Tenison, PhD - University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA
Katherine Compitus, DSW, LCSW-R, C-AAIS - Clinical Assistant Professor, New York University, NY, USA
Patricia Cook-Craig, PhD - University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
Rick A. Cruz, PhD - Utah State University, USA
Rachel Dekel, PhD - Bar-Ilan, Israel
Kelly Sullivan Dennis, PhD, LCSW - Assistant Professor, Molloy University, Rockville Centre, NY, USA
Susan Dennison, MSW - University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA
Geetha Gopalan, LCSW, PhD - New York University, USA
Geoffrey L. Greif, PhD - University of Maryland-Baltimore, USA
Shelley Cohen Konrad, PhD - University of New England, USA
Cynthia A. Lietz, PhD, LCSW - Arizona State University, USA
Nicholas Mazza, PhD - Florida State University, USA
Diane B. Mitschke, PhD - University of Texas at Arlington, USA
Veera Mookerjee, PhD, LMSW, SIFI - Educator, NASW-NYS, NY, USA
Michele Munson, PhD - Silver School of Social Work, USA
Helen O'Brien, PhD - Monmouth University, USA
Philip Osteen, PhD, MSW, MA - University of Utah, USA
Julie Piepenbring, PhD, LCSW - Assistant Professor, SUNY Plattsburgh, NY, USA
Christopher Ridgway - New Mexico Highlands University, USA
Elizabeth Rodriguez-Keyes, PhD - Southern Connecticut State University, USA
Todd Rofuth, DSW - Southern Connecticut State University, USA
Janaki Santhiveeran, PhD - California State University, Long Beach, USA
Etty Vandsburger, PhD, LCSW - Radford University, USA
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted and/or indexed in: Abstracts in Anthropology; Academic Search Complete; Academic Search Premier; CINAHL Database with Full Text; Criminal Justice Abstracts; Current Abstracts; Family Services Abstracts; Family Index Database; Health & Psychological Instruments; Index Copernicus; Scopus; Social Care Institute for Excellence; Sociological Abstracts; Social Services Abstracts; Social Work Abstracts; SocIndex with Full Text; Studies on Women & Gender Abstracts; TOCPremier; and Thomson Reuters (Emerging Sources Citation Index).
Open access
Journal of Family Social Work is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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Society information
Members of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counsellors, and Therapists (AASECT) can receive an individual print subscription to Journal of Family Social Work at a special society member rate. Please see the pricing or subscribe page for details.
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