About this journal
Aims and scope
The Journal of Social Service Research is exclusively devoted to empirical research and its application to the design, delivery, and management of the new social services. The Journal focuses on outcomes-based research and practice, and clearly presents the different types of funded and non-funded state-of-the-art research being carried out in the field. Each issue effectively highlights both the quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Contributors from the national and international social service arenas provide an important and critical basis for management and policy decisions in a wide variety of social service settings.
Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone editorial screening and double-anonymous peer review by at least two reviewers.
Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 112K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.4 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 1.5 (2023) 5 year IF
- 2.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.832 (2023) SNIP
- 0.510 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 3 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 61 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 13 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 29% acceptance rate
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
Jennifer Anderson, PhD, MSW, LCSW - Professor, University of Wisconsin at Whitewater, Whitewater, WI, USA
Associate Editors
Kenan Sualp, PhD, MSW - Assistant Professor and Assessment Coordinator, School of Social Work, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Sarah R. Young, PhD, MSW - Associate Professor of Social Work Research in Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Editorial Board
Williams Agyemang-Duah - Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Jieru Bai, PhD, MSW - Associate Professor, California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Yu Bai PhD - Duke University, NC, USA
Venera Bekteshi, PhD, MSW - Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Christina Bernhardt, MSW - Research Associate, Georgia State University, Georgia Health Policy Center, Atlanta, GA, USA
Saeed Awadh Bin-Nashwan - University Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
Sarah Buchanan, PhD, LCSW - Knox County Public Defender's Community Law Office, USA
Antoinette Cardenas, DSW, MSW, LSW, ACSW - Chief Operating Officer, Aliveness Project of NWI, Inc, Hammond, IN, USA
Haiping Chen - Peking University, China
Johnson Chun-Sing Cheung, PhD - Senior Lecturer, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Songul Cinaroglu - Hacettepe University, Turkey
Josefina De Lira, ABD, MS - Adjunct Professor, Aurora University, Aurora, IL, USA
Tamara Dimitrijevska-Markoski, PhD - Assistant Professor, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Özge Enez, PhD - Associate Professor, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Instabul, Turkey
Joan Fedota, PhD, MSW, LCSW - Professor Emerita, Aurora University, Aurora, IL, USA
Shaakira Ford, PhD, MSW, LCSW - Assistant Professor, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
Shayna Forgetta, PhD, LCSW - Social Worker, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Paul P. Freddolino, PhD - Michigan State University, USA
Trevor G. Gates, PhD - University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
José Granero-Molina - University of Almería, Spain
Virgil Gregory, Jr., PhD, MSCR, MSW, LCSW, LCAC - Associate Professor, Indiana University School of Social Work, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Shannon Hart, PhD, MSW, LCSW - Behavioral Health Manager, Independence Health & Therapy, Woodstock, IL, USA
Diane C. Holliman, PhD, LCSW - Valdosta State University, GA, USA
George Jacinto, PhD, LCSW - Retired, FL, USA
Nicole Jackson, PhD - Assistant Professor, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
Nyles Jackson, PhD, MSW, LCSW - Psychotherapist, Oakwood Clinical Associates, Ltd., Kenosha, WI, USA
Willie Jackson, PhD, MSW, LCSW - Assistant Professor, Aurora University, Aurora, IL, USA
Eun Young Jang, PhD, MSW - Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin at Whitewater, Whitewater, WI, USA
Aruna Jha, PhD, MSW, LCSW - Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin at Whitewater, Whitewater, WI, USA
Maya Kagan - Ariel University, Israel
Ali Nawaz Khan, PhD - Professor, Hubei Engineering University, Xiaogan, China
Jeehoon Kim, PhD, MSW - Associate Professor, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, USA
Soobin Kim, MSW - PhD Candidate, University of Pitssburgh School of Social Work, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Yeonwoo Kim, PhD - Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA
I-Hsuan Lin, PhD, MSW, MBA - Assistant Professor, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY, USA
Cara Logan, LCSW - Senior Social Worker, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Mesa, AZ, USA
Kristi Lohmeier, PhD, MSSW - Professor, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA, USA
Shelia Ann Long, MSW-TIC - New Liberty, IA, USA
Shiyu Lu, PhD - Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Blaise Lukasiewicz, MSTD - Student, Governors State University, University Park, IL, USA
Minmin Luo, PhD - Assistant Professor, Southwest University, College of State Governance, Chongqing, China
Caitlyn McClure, PhD, MSW, LCSW - Vice President of Clinical Services, Northern Illinois Recovery Center, Crystal Lake, IL, USA
Eunji Nam, PhD, MA - Assistant Professor, Incheon National University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Laura L. Nathans, PhD - The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Debra Nelson-Gardell, PhD, LCSW - The University of Alabama, USA
Aslihan Nisanci, PhD, MSW, MA - Associate Professor, Marmara University, Kadikoy, Istanbul, Turkiye
Hyunjin Noh, PhD, MSW - Associate Professor, University of Alabama School of Social Work, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
Ronjonette O'Bannon, PhD, MSW, LCSW - Dean of Campus Wellness and Strategic Planning, Assistant Professor, University at North Alabama, Florence, AL, USA
Tae Kyung Park, PhD, MSW - Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Amanda Penney, PhD, MSW, LCSW - Researcher, Aurora University, Aurora, IL, USA
Daniel W. Phillips III, PhD - Campbellsville University, KY, USA
Jason Powell, PhD - The University of Chester, England, UK
Martha G. Roditii, PhD - Retired, NM, USA
Pam Saylor, MSW, LCSW - Clinical Assistant Professor, Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, IN, USA
Wendy Seerup, PhD, MSW, LCSW - Assistant Professor, Aurora University, Aurora, IL, USA
Lauren Smith, PhD - Professor, Women's and Gender Studies, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI, USA
Barbra Teater, MSW, PhD - City University of New York, USA
Todd Tedrow, PhD, MSW, LCSW - Assistant Professor, Barry University, Miami Shores, FL, USA
Hadi Tehrani, PhD - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Alexandra Thompson-Norman, MSW - The University of Memphis, TN, USA
Aviad Tur-Sinai, PhD - Professor, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
Arun Vija y Subbarayalu, MBA, PhD - Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, KSA
Jeffrey Waid, PhD, MSW, LISW - University of Minnesota, USA
Yang Wang, PhD, MSW, MA - Assistant Professor, Renmin University of China, School of Social Research, Department of Social Work, Beijing, China
Izzie Weintraub, ABD, MSW, LCSW - Adjunct Instructor/Social Worker, Aurora University, Aurora, IL, USA
James Whitworth, PhD - University of Central Florida, USA
Loren Wilbers, PhD - Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin at Whitewater, Whitewater, WI, USA
Ashley Wilt, PhD - Lecturer, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Michael Wolf-Branigin, MSW, PhD - George Mason University, VA, USA
Jessie Wriedt, PhD, MSW, LCSW - Adjunct Professor and Clinician Psychiatric Social Worker, Aurora University, Aurora, IL, USA
Eun-Hye Yi, PhD, MSW - Assistant Professor, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, USA
Li Zhang - Chinese University of Political Science and Law, China
Ning Jackie Zhang, MD, PhD, MPH - Seton Hall University, NJ, USA
Guest Reviewers
Demorise Barnes, LCSW
Susanny J. Beltran, PhD, MSW
Pilar Bendolph, LMSW
Montavious Bryant, MA, CAC
Frances Carreon, LMSW
Jinger Cathey, LMSW
Maggie Celis, MSW, CSW, LMSW
Shirah Chalker, MSW, AMPH
Sabrina Clark, LAPSW, CSWM
Victoria Clark, MSW
Timothy Clouse, MSW
Margaret L. Conley, LCSW, MDiv
Dora Cook, MSW
Michele Courter
Danica Eilers, MSW, LSW
Susan Eisenhauer, JD, MSW
Mary E. Evans, MSW
Nadine Greene, MSW MA CTP HTS NIMMHP
Michelle Grochocinski, AM
Omar Benn Haman
Carolyn Hilarski, PhD, LCSW-P
Ishmus Hill, MSW
Sarah Holyoak MSW
Carly Jensen, MSW, RCSWI
Colleen Kelly-Teiken LCSW
Nancy Land, MSW
Man Wai Alice Lun, PhD
April C. McCray, MSW, LCSW
Alexandra McManus, MSW, LCSW-Ri
Gotham Menon, PhD
Haley Miller, MSW
Mohamed Saud Mira, PhD
Monica Moore, AM
Marla Morency, LCSW
Theresa Myadze, ACSW, LISW-S, PhD
Lyann Prieto, LCSW
Ameenah Rashid, AM
Deborah A. Reilly LSW, CCM
Marinelle Reynolds, LCSW
Emily Reznicek, MSW
Sharonda Ruffin, LMSW
Kendall Runnebaum, LSCSW, LCAC
Janice Sandefur, MSW, ACSW, LCSW
Mia Stancil, MSW, LMSW
Jennifer Stinson, MSSW, CSW
Alesha Thomas, MSW, EdS
China Tully, MSW
Kristen Ward, MSW, LCSW
Contrell Washington, BA
Gary “Michael” White, MSW, LCSW
Ashley C. Whiteside, MSW
Leslie Zuppardo, MSW
Editor Emerita
Sophia F. Dziegielewski, PhD
Updated 07-03-2024
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted/indexed in: Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Psychology; Child Welfare Information Gateway; CSA Social Services Abstracts; CSA Sociological Abstracts; EBSCOhost Online Research Databases; JournalSeek; Periodical Abstracts Research (PerAbs); ProQuest Research Library; PsycINFO; Sage Criminal Justice Abstracts; Scopus; SWAN (Social Work Access Network); and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI).
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