About this journal
Aims and scope
The Journal of Teaching in Social Work is dedicated to exploring and advancing the art and practice of successful teaching and practicum education. We seek experiential and empirical articles that focus on pedagogical strategies and innovations, curriculum development, and practicum education and supervision across all levels of social work education. In addition to full-length articles and book reviews, we also offer the following forums to encourage an ongoing dialogue on how to teach, engage and prepare the next generation of social workers:
Note invites current or recent students to submit manuscripts about their classroom experiences and social work education in general.
Case Reports invite Instructors to submit short papers that describe a specific innovative teaching strategy, technology or course design that has been implemented in the classroom.
Comment offers social work educators a forum for expressing a viewpoint or perspective on a particular issue, topic, or controversy in social work education.
Read the Instructions for Authors , including how to prepare these article types.
Peer Review Policy: All articles in this journal have undergone rigorous double anonymized peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by two to three anonymous referees.
Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 87K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 0.8 (2023) Impact Factor
- 0.9 (2023) 5 year IF
- 1.2 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- 0.709 (2023) SNIP
- 0.350 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 82 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 181 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 34 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 42% 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
Editor-in-Chief
Vicki Lens, MSW, JD, PhD - Professor, Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, New York, NY, USA
Founding Editor
Florence W. Vigilante, DSW - Professor Emerita (deceased), Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, New York, NY, USA
Assistant Editor
Ruth Flaherty
Editorial Board
Ann A. Abbott, PhD, LCSW - Professor Emerita, West Chester University Department of Graduate Social Work, West Chester, PA, USA
Julie Cooper Altman, PhD, LCSW - Professor, California State University at Monterey Bay, Department of Social Work, Seaside, CA, USA
Michael Austin, PhD - Mack Distinguished Professor, University of California, School of Social Welfare, Berkeley, CA, USA
Lisa R. Baker, PhD - Professor and Chair, Department of Social Work, School of Public Health, Sanford University, Birmingham, AL, USA
Cynthia Bisman, PhD - Professor Emerita, Bryn Mawr College, Graduate School of Social Work & Social Research, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA
Katharine J. Bloeser, PhD - Assistant Professor, Hunter College, Silberman School of Social Work, New York, NY, USA
Kevin Borders, PhD, M.Div - Associate Professor, Spalding University, School of Social Work, Louisville, KY, USA
Stan L. Bowie, PhD - Associate Professor, University of Tennessee, College of Social Work, Knoxville, TN, USA
Stephanie Boys, PhD, JD - Associate Professor, Indiana University, School of Social Work, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Amy Cappiccie, PhD - Associate Professor, Western Kentucky University, School of Social Work, College of Health & Human Services, Bowling Green, KY, USA
Robert Constable, DSW - Professor Emeritus, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Rick Csiernik, PhD - Professor, King’s University College, School of Social Work, University of Western Ontario, Ontario, Canada
Ashley Davis, PhD - Clinical Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Sarah-Jane Dodd, PhD - Professor, Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, New York, NY, USA
Janice Berry Edwards, PhD, LICSW - Associate Professor, Howard University, School of Social Work, Washington, DC, USA
Nancy Feldman, PhD - Associate Professor, Touro College, School of Social Work, New York, NY, USA
Nancy Freymond, PhD - Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University, Faculty of Social Work, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
John Gal, PhD - Professor, Hebrew University, Baerwald School of Social Work & Social Welfare, Jerusalem, Israel
Laura Graham Holmes, PhD- Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, New York, NY, USA
Grafton H. Hull, EdD - Professor Emeritus, College of Social Work, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Karen Kirkhart, PhD - Professor, School of Social Work, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA
Caroyln Knight, PhD - Professor, University of Maryland, School of Social Work, Baltimore, MD, USA
Hermeet K. Kohli, PhD - Associate Professor, University of Southern Maine, School of Social Work, Portland, ME, USA
Shiao-Chuan Kung, EdD - Director, Center for Online Learning Hunter College, New York, NY, USA
Kenny Kwong, PhD - Professor, Touro College, School of Social Work, New York, NY, USA
Dana Grossman Leeman, PhD - Associate Professor of Practice, Simmons College, School of Social Work, Boston, MA, USA
Denise Levy, PhD, LCSW, REACE - Associate Dean for Academic Support, Appalachian State University, Beaver College of Health Science, Boone, NC, USA
Beth M. Lewis, DSW, LCSW - Director of Field Education Emerita, Bryn Mawr College, Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA
Dennis D. Long, PhD - Associate Dean and Professor, Xavier University, College of Social Sciences, Health, and Education, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Bob Lonne, PhD - Professor of Social Work & Discipline Leader, School of Health, University of New England, New South Wales, Australia
Ellen P. Lukens, PhD - Firestone Centennial Professor of Clinical Social Work, Columbia University, School of Social Work, New York, NY, USA
Sharon Lyter, PhD - Professor, Kutztown University, Department of Social Work, Kutztown, PA, USA
Gerald P. Mallon, DSW - Julia C. Lathrop Professor and Executive Director, National Center for Child Welfare Excellence, Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, New York, NY, USA
J.Jay Miller, PhD - Dean, University of Kentucky, College of Social Work, Lexington, KY, USA
Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, PhD - Professor Emerita, Sloan Center on Aging and Work, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA
Jonathan Prince, PhD - Associate Professor, Hunter College, Silberman School of Social Work, New York, NY, USA
Laura Quiros, PhD - Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, Montclair State University, NJ, USA
Lawrence S. Root, PhD - Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan, School of Social Work, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Liat Shklarski, PhD - Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, New York, NY, USA
Louise Simmons, PhD - Professor, University of Connecticut, School of Social Work, Hartford, CT, USA
Michael J. Smith, DSW - Professor Emeritus, Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, New York, NY, USA
Barbra Teater, PhD - Executive Officer and Professor, Graduate Center. C.U.N.Y. New York, New York, USA
Carolyn Tice, DSW - Associate Dean, University of Maryland, School of Social Work, Baltimore, MD, USA
Liyun Wu, PhD - Associate Professor, Norfolk State University, Strong School of Social Work, Norfolk, VA, USA
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted and/or indexed in: ASSIA; EBSCOhost Online Research Databases; NASW; OCLC; and Thomson.
Open access
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