What is the impact factor of Social Work?

1.4. The 2022 impact factor of Social Work is 1.4. By the impact factor, Social Work falls within the top 11% of scholarly journals.

Social Work Top Articles: scientometric analysis

1.4(top 11%)

Impact Factor

1.5(top 11%)

extended IF

82(top 5%)

H-Index

153

authors

2.8K

papers

45.8K

citations

4.1K

citing journals

10.4K

citing authors

Most Cited Articles of Social Work

Title	Year	Citations
Prevalence of secondary traumatic stress among social workers	2007	426
A model for interdisciplinary collaboration	2003	382
The strengths perspective in social work practice: extensions and cautions	1996	357
Improving pregnancy outcome during imprisonment: a model residential care program	2001	295
"Being" native versus "going native": conducting social work research as an insider	2000	260
Acculturation stress and depression among Asian immigrant elders	2006	255
A Strengths Perspective for Social Work Practice	1989	234
Mental health services in faith communities: the role of clergy in black churches	2000	230
Job satisfaction, burnout, and turnover: a national study	1984	216
Homophobia and heterosexism in social workers	1997	176
Factors associated with early sexual activity among urban adolescents	1997	172
The Role of Empathy in Burnout, Compassion Satisfaction, and Secondary Traumatic Stress among Social Workers	2015	156
Impact of trauma work on social work clinicians: empirical findings	2003	155
Spiritual assessment: a review of major qualitative methods and a new framework for assessing spirituality	2001	154
How clinical diagnosis might exacerbate the stigma of mental illness	2007	152
Choice and empowerment for battered women who stay: toward a constructivist model	2000	151
Private casework practice in a medical clinic	1973	147
Maltreatment and the school-age child: major academic, socioemotional, and adaptive outcomes	1990	142
Burnout and physical health among social workers: A three-year longitudinal study	2011	140
Hospice access and use by African Americans: addressing cultural and institutional barriers through participatory action research	1999	138
Teen Dating Violence	1986	138
Social work in a digital age: ethical and risk management challenges	2013	131
Gender differences in drug addiction and treatment: implications for social work intervention with substance-abusing women	1995	127
Better for it: how people benefit from adversity	1999	126
Domestic minor sex trafficking in the United States	2010	124

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How are inpact factors calculated?

The impact factor (IF) is calculated by counting citations from peer-reviewed journals only.

extended IF also counts citations from books and conference papers. However, no patent, abstract, working papers, online documents, etc., are covered.

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Most Cited Articles of Social Work