Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Aims & Scope

The Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (CASW) features original articles that focus on social work practice with children, adolescents, and their families.

Topics include issues affecting a variety of specific populations in special settings.

CASW welcomes a range of scholarly contributions focused on children and adolescents, including theoretical papers, narrative case studies, historical analyses, traditional reviews of the literature, descriptive studies, single-system research designs, correlational investigations, methodological works, pre-experimental, quasi-experimental and experimental evaluations, meta-analyses and systematic reviews.

Manuscripts involving qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods are welcome to be submitted, as are papers grounded in one or more theoretical orientations, or those that are not based on any formal theory.

CASW values different disciplines and interdisciplinary work that informs social work practice and policy.

Authors from public health, nursing, psychology, sociology, and other disciplines are encouraged to submit manuscripts.

All manuscripts should include specific implications for social work policy and practice with children and adolescents.

Appropriate fields of practice include interpersonal practice, small groups, families, organizations, communities, policy practice, nationally-oriented work, and international studies.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.7
2024	1.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.629

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	53

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9182

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	460

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• On their own: The experiences of youth after foster care

  Citation: 254

  Authors: Richard P.

• Social Support Networks and School Outcomes: The Centrality of the Teacher

  Citation: 207

  Authors: Lawrence B., Jack M., Gary L.

• Teacher Support and the School Engagement of Latino Middle and High School Students at Risk of School Failure

  Citation: 192

  Authors: Ann B., Gary L.

• What Happens to Foster Kids: Educational Experiences of a Random Sample of Foster Care Youth and a Matched Group of Non-Foster Care Youth

  Citation: 161

  Authors: Wendy Whiting

• Effects of a Foster Parent Training Program on Young Children’s Attachment Behaviors: Preliminary Evidence from a Randomized Clinical Trial

  Citation: 149

  Authors: Mary, Oliver, Erin, Johanna, Kristin, Elizabeth

• The School-to-Prison Pipeline: A Critical Review of the Punitive Paradigm Shift

  Citation: 140

  Authors: Christopher A.

• Physical, sexual and psychological abuse in high school dating relationships: Prevalence rates and self-esteem issues

  Citation: 116

  Authors: David R., Christian E., Tracy L.

• Street Youth: Coping and Interventions

  Citation: 114

  Authors: Sean A.

• Male Adolescents: Sexual Victimization and Subsequent Sexual Abuse

  Citation: 107

  Authors: David L.

• Engagement in Mental Health Treatment Among Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review

  Citation: 106

  Authors: HyunSoo, Michelle R., Mary M.

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