International Journal of Social Welfare

Aims & Scope

The International Journal of Social Welfare publishes original articles in English on social welfare and social work.

Its interdisciplinary approach and comparative perspective promote examination of the most pressing social welfare issues of the day by researchers from the various branches of the applied social sciences.

The journal seeks to disseminate knowledge and to encourage debate about these issues and their regional and global implications.

The International Journal of Social Welfare will cover and initiate crucial theoretical and methodological debates of importance for the future of social welfare practice and research.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.4
2024	1.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.512

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	61

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	11360

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	259

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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.

• Rural migrant workers in urban China: living a marginalised life

  Citation: 398

  Authors: Daniel Fu, Chang Ying, He Xue

• Active ageing: A strategic policy solution to demographic ageing in the European Union

  Citation: 286

  Authors: Alan, Tony

• Popular support for institutionalised solidarity: a comparison between European welfare states

  Citation: 185

  Authors: J.

• Defamilisation and welfare state regimes: a cluster analysis

  Citation: 176

  Authors: Clare

• The East Asian welfare model

  Citation: 176

  Authors: Christian

• Dilemmas of international social work: paradoxical processes in indigenisation, universalism and imperialism

  Citation: 151

  Authors: Mel

• The professionalisation of social work: a cross‐national exploration

  Citation: 127

  Authors: Idit, Penelope

• Educational attainments of former child welfare clients – a Swedish national cohort study

  Citation: 126

  Authors: Bo, Maria, Thomas

• From the state to the family or to the market? Consequences of reduced residential eldercare in <scp>S</scp>weden

  Citation: 125

  Authors: Petra, Marta

• Social capital and children's wellbeing: a critical synthesis of the international social capital literature

  Citation: 121

  Authors: Kristin M.

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