About this journal

Aims and scope

Social Work with Groups is a one-of-a-kind resource for social work educators, students, field instructors, supervisors and practitioners, and allied professionals, who are actively engaged in community and clinical practice. The journal offers readers fresh examples of evidence-guided group work with diverse populations in multiple settings through a combination of vivid practice illustrations and sound theoretical concepts. In addition, Social Work with Groups presents innovative approaches for classroom and field instruction.

Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone editorial screening and anoymized peer review, most often by at least two or three reviewers.

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 137K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 1.3 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 0.690 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.224 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 64% acceptance rate

Editorial board

Editor-in-Chief (2023-)

Diana CoholicPhD, Professor, School of Social Work, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada 

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

Sanam Bamshad AlaviPhD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist- Global Wellness Counselor, New York University (NYU) Paris, Paris, FrancE

Mary Bitel

Thomas CaplanMSW, Private Practice, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Shantih E. ClemansDSW, Associate Professor, Community & Human Services, SUNY Empire State College, Brooklyn, New York

Jennifer A. ClementsPhD, Professor, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, Department of Social Work and Gerontology, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania

Carol S. CohenDSW, Professor Adelphi University School of Social Work, Garden City, NY, USA

Melvin DelgadoPhD, Professor, Boston University School of Social Work, Boston, MA, USA

Alex GittermanEdD, Professor, University of Connecticut School of Social Work, West Hartford, CT, USA

Christian Itin - PhD, Professor, Department of Social Work at Metropoloitan State Univeristy of Denver, Denver, CO, USA

Brian L. KellyPhD, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

Timothy B. KellyPhD, Professor Emeritus. School of Education and Social Work, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland

Dana Grossman LeemanPhD, Senior Associate Director at Tufts University Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching, Boston, MA, USA

Keren LudwigMSW, Faculty, The Ackerman Institute for the Family, New York City, NY , USA

Mark J. MacgowanPhD, Professor, School of Social Work, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA

Katrina McferranPhD, Professor, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Donna McGlaughlin

Dominique Moyse Steinberg - DSW, Social Work Educator-Trainer/Scholar. New York, NY, USA

Barbara MuskatPhD, Adjunct Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto; Child & Family Therapist, ISAND, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Lawrence ShulmanMSW, EdD, Professor Emeritus, University at Buffalo School of Social Work, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA

Founding Editors
Catherine P. Papell, DSW (1916–2013)
Beulah Rothman, DSW (1924–1990), EIC Emerita

Editor-in-Chief Emeritus (2005-2023)
Andrew Malekoff —  MSW, Executive Director/CEO Emeritus, North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center, Roslyn Heights, NY, USA

Co-Editor Emerita (1990-2005 with Andrew Malekoff)
Roselle Kurland, PhD

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Open access

Social Work With Groups 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.

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  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

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