Journal of Social Work Practice

This journal promotes the use of psychodynamic and systemic perspectives to explore and explain social work practice and relationship-based practice. It publishes papers based on empirical research, theory and practice experience from the UK and around the world, all of which are anonymously reviewed by two peer reviewers. The journal aims to support and enliven practitioners and academics alike through deep and thoughtful exploration of matters relevant to contemporary practice. As the title suggests, social work is a prime focus. However, papers discussing allied fields of interpersonal help and the organisational and policy contexts that influence practice are also welcome, as are articles offering critical analysis of psychodynamic and systemic theory in the light of other explanatory frameworks. Contributions from practitioners are especially welcome, either in the form of full-length articles or as shorter pieces in the Voices from Practice section. The journal embraces social work values and seeks to represent diverse and intercultural perspectives. The journal aims to provide a forum in which: • practice, institutional and policy matters are examined through psychodynamic and systemic lenses; • the lived experience of practitioners, educators and researchers in contemporary helping professions in the UK and in other cultures and countries is reflected and made visible; • psychodynamic and systemic perspectives are linked to and evaluated in the light of other theoretical orientations.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Drug Guides	1999	Q2
Drug Guides	2000	Q3
Drug Guides	2001	Q3
Drug Guides	2002	Q2
Drug Guides	2003	Q2
Drug Guides	2004	Q3
Drug Guides	2005	Q3
Drug Guides	2006	Q2
Drug Guides	2007	Q2
Drug Guides	2008	Q3
Drug Guides	2009	Q2
Drug Guides	2010	Q3
Drug Guides	2011	Q3
Drug Guides	2012	Q1
Drug Guides	2013	Q2
Drug Guides	2014	Q1
Drug Guides	2015	Q1
Drug Guides	2016	Q1
Drug Guides	2017	Q3
Drug Guides	2018	Q1
Drug Guides	2019	Q1
Drug Guides	2020	Q1
Drug Guides	2021	Q1
Drug Guides	2022	Q1
Drug Guides	2023	Q1
Health (social science)	1999	Q3
Health (social science)	2000	Q3
Health (social science)	2001	Q4
Health (social science)	2002	Q3
Health (social science)	2003	Q3
Health (social science)	2004	Q3
Health (social science)	2005	Q3
Health (social science)	2006	Q3
Health (social science)	2007	Q3
Health (social science)	2008	Q3
Health (social science)	2009	Q2
Health (social science)	2010	Q3
Health (social science)	2011	Q3
Health (social science)	2012	Q2
Health (social science)	2013	Q3
Health (social science)	2014	Q2
Health (social science)	2015	Q2
Health (social science)	2016	Q2
Health (social science)	2017	Q3
Health (social science)	2018	Q2
Health (social science)	2019	Q2
Health (social science)	2020	Q2
Health (social science)	2021	Q2
Health (social science)	2022	Q2
Health (social science)	2023	Q3
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	1999	Q3
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2000	Q3
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2001	Q3
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2002	Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2003	Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2004	Q3
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2005	Q3
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2006	Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2007	Q3
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2008	Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2009	Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2010	Q3
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2011	Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2012	Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2013	Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2014	Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2015	Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2016	Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2017	Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2018	Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2019	Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2020	Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2021	Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2022	Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2023	Q2
Social Work	1999	Q4
Social Work	2000	Q4
Social Work	2001	Q4
Social Work	2002	Q3
Social Work	2003	Q3
Social Work	2004	Q4
Social Work	2005	Q4
Social Work	2006	Q3
Social Work	2007	Q4
Social Work	2008	Q3
Social Work	2009	Q3
Social Work	2010	Q3
Social Work	2011	Q3
Social Work	2012	Q2
Social Work	2013	Q3
Social Work	2014	Q3
Social Work	2015	Q3
Social Work	2016	Q2
Social Work	2017	Q3
Social Work	2018	Q3
Social Work	2019	Q2
Social Work	2020	Q3
Social Work	2021	Q3
Social Work	2022	Q3
Social Work	2023	Q3

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.196
2000	0.198
2001	0.134
2002	0.224
2003	0.236
2004	0.140
2005	0.158
2006	0.258
2007	0.174
2008	0.258
2009	0.298
2010	0.229
2011	0.342
2012	0.545
2013	0.322
2014	0.383
2015	0.384
2016	0.470
2017	0.327
2018	0.463
2019	0.499
2020	0.520
2021	0.465
2022	0.503
2023	0.401

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	18
2000	13
2001	13
2002	23
2003	17
2004	30
2005	22
2006	25
2007	34
2008	28
2009	36
2010	35
2011	32
2012	33
2013	33
2014	33
2015	35
2016	32
2017	46
2018	35
2019	37
2020	41
2021	34
2022	37
2023	37

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.186
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.328
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.295
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.323
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.433
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.303
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.373
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	0.446
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	0.500
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	0.514
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.706
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.593
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.639
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.817
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.706
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.902
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	0.924
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	0.784
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	0.805
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	0.890
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	0.858
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	0.980
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	1.101
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	1.503
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	1.362
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.186
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.271
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.327
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.364
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.388
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.302
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.329
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	0.449
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	0.506
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.481
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.598
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.439
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.626
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.728
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.640
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.827
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	0.697
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	0.802
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	0.850
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	0.770
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	0.743
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	0.847
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	1.168
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	1.464
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	1.446
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.233
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.282
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.226
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.385
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.333
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.300
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.319
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	0.481
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	0.511
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.373
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.500
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.297
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.423
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.552
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.508
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.576
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	0.742
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.750
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	0.672
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	0.564
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	0.605
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	0.847
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	0.962
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	1.453
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	1.338

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	5
Self Cites	2000	3
Self Cites	2001	2
Self Cites	2002	7
Self Cites	2003	5
Self Cites	2004	1
Self Cites	2005	3
Self Cites	2006	13
Self Cites	2007	3
Self Cites	2008	7
Self Cites	2009	7
Self Cites	2010	3
Self Cites	2011	11
Self Cites	2012	7
Self Cites	2013	3
Self Cites	2014	11
Self Cites	2015	6
Self Cites	2016	9
Self Cites	2017	11
Self Cites	2018	10
Self Cites	2019	13
Self Cites	2020	7
Self Cites	2021	16
Self Cites	2022	18
Self Cites	2023	5
Total Cites	1999	8
Total Cites	2000	13
Total Cites	2001	17
Total Cites	2002	16
Total Cites	2003	19
Total Cites	2004	16
Total Cites	2005	23
Total Cites	2006	31
Total Cites	2007	39
Total Cites	2008	39
Total Cites	2009	52
Total Cites	2010	43
Total Cites	2011	62
Total Cites	2012	75
Total Cites	2013	64
Total Cites	2014	81
Total Cites	2015	69
Total Cites	2016	81
Total Cites	2017	85
Total Cites	2018	87
Total Cites	2019	84
Total Cites	2020	100
Total Cites	2021	132
Total Cites	2022	164
Total Cites	2023	162

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.070
External Cites per document	2000	0.208
External Cites per document	2001	0.288
External Cites per document	2002	0.205
External Cites per document	2003	0.286
External Cites per document	2004	0.283
External Cites per document	2005	0.286
External Cites per document	2006	0.261
External Cites per document	2007	0.468
External Cites per document	2008	0.395
External Cites per document	2009	0.517
External Cites per document	2010	0.408
External Cites per document	2011	0.515
External Cites per document	2012	0.660
External Cites per document	2013	0.610
External Cites per document	2014	0.714
External Cites per document	2015	0.636
External Cites per document	2016	0.713
External Cites per document	2017	0.740
External Cites per document	2018	0.681
External Cites per document	2019	0.628
External Cites per document	2020	0.788
External Cites per document	2021	1.027
External Cites per document	2022	1.304
External Cites per document	2023	1.402
Cites per document	1999	0.186
Cites per document	2000	0.271
Cites per document	2001	0.327
Cites per document	2002	0.364
Cites per document	2003	0.388
Cites per document	2004	0.302
Cites per document	2005	0.329
Cites per document	2006	0.449
Cites per document	2007	0.506
Cites per document	2008	0.481
Cites per document	2009	0.598
Cites per document	2010	0.439
Cites per document	2011	0.626
Cites per document	2012	0.728
Cites per document	2013	0.640
Cites per document	2014	0.827
Cites per document	2015	0.697
Cites per document	2016	0.802
Cites per document	2017	0.850
Cites per document	2018	0.770
Cites per document	2019	0.743
Cites per document	2020	0.847
Cites per document	2021	1.168
Cites per document	2022	1.464
Cites per document	2023	1.446

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	0.00
2000	0.00
2001	0.00
2002	0.00
2003	0.00
2004	0.00
2005	9.09
2006	8.00
2007	0.00
2008	60.71
2009	8.33
2010	2.86
2011	0.00
2012	0.00
2013	6.06
2014	12.12
2015	17.14
2016	3.13
2017	6.52
2018	5.71
2019	2.70
2020	7.32
2021	17.65
2022	16.22
2023	18.92

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	0
Non-citable documents	2000	0
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	0
Non-citable documents	2003	2
Non-citable documents	2004	4
Non-citable documents	2005	7
Non-citable documents	2006	6
Non-citable documents	2007	7
Non-citable documents	2008	6
Non-citable documents	2009	8
Non-citable documents	2010	9
Non-citable documents	2011	11
Non-citable documents	2012	11
Non-citable documents	2013	11
Non-citable documents	2014	11
Non-citable documents	2015	12
Non-citable documents	2016	11
Non-citable documents	2017	10
Non-citable documents	2018	21
Non-citable documents	2019	21
Non-citable documents	2020	22
Non-citable documents	2021	18
Non-citable documents	2022	19
Non-citable documents	2023	19
Citable documents	1999	43
Citable documents	2000	48
Citable documents	2001	52
Citable documents	2002	44
Citable documents	2003	47
Citable documents	2004	49
Citable documents	2005	63
Citable documents	2006	63
Citable documents	2007	70
Citable documents	2008	75
Citable documents	2009	79
Citable documents	2010	89
Citable documents	2011	88
Citable documents	2012	92
Citable documents	2013	89
Citable documents	2014	87
Citable documents	2015	87
Citable documents	2016	90
Citable documents	2017	90
Citable documents	2018	92
Citable documents	2019	92
Citable documents	2020	96
Citable documents	2021	95
Citable documents	2022	93
Citable documents	2023	93

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	36
Uncited documents	2000	39
Uncited documents	2001	39
Uncited documents	2002	31
Uncited documents	2003	35
Uncited documents	2004	40
Uncited documents	2005	54
Uncited documents	2006	45
Uncited documents	2007	53
Uncited documents	2008	59
Uncited documents	2009	54
Uncited documents	2010	71
Uncited documents	2011	68
Uncited documents	2012	67
Uncited documents	2013	64
Uncited documents	2014	58
Uncited documents	2015	57
Uncited documents	2016	54
Uncited documents	2017	55
Uncited documents	2018	66
Uncited documents	2019	68
Uncited documents	2020	66
Uncited documents	2021	53
Uncited documents	2022	54
Uncited documents	2023	68
Cited documents	1999	7
Cited documents	2000	9
Cited documents	2001	13
Cited documents	2002	13
Cited documents	2003	14
Cited documents	2004	13
Cited documents	2005	16
Cited documents	2006	24
Cited documents	2007	24
Cited documents	2008	22
Cited documents	2009	33
Cited documents	2010	27
Cited documents	2011	31
Cited documents	2012	36
Cited documents	2013	36
Cited documents	2014	40
Cited documents	2015	42
Cited documents	2016	47
Cited documents	2017	45
Cited documents	2018	47
Cited documents	2019	45
Cited documents	2020	52
Cited documents	2021	60
Cited documents	2022	58
Cited documents	2023	44