European Journal of Social Work

The European Journal of Social Work provides a forum for the social professions in all parts of Europe and beyond. It analyses and promotes European and international developments in social work, social policy, social service institutions, and strategies for social change by publishing refereed papers on contemporary key issues. Contributions include theoretical debates, empirical studies, research notes, country perspectives, and reviews. It maintains an interdisciplinary perspective which recognises positively the diversity of cultural and conceptual traditions in which the social professions of Europe are grounded. In particular it examines emerging European paradigms in methodology and comparative analysis. The European Journal of Social Work is committed to the idea that the social professions have to respond to globalisation and the decline of existing welfare regimes in a critical, informed, and independent manner. It regards itself as a vehicle for their active contribution to the creation of a Social Europe. The specific competence of the social professions promotes practice based on justice and the recognition of human rights and thereby seeks to eliminate discrimination, racism and exclusion. The editorial board welcomes papers of high quality dealing with local, national, European, or international issues which advance this discourse.

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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
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2009	Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2010	Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2011	Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2012	Q1
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	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2020	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2021	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2022	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2023	Q1
Social Work	2009	Q3
Social Work	2010	Q2
Social Work	2011	Q3
Social Work	2012	Q2
Social Work	2013	Q3
Social Work	2014	Q3
Social Work	2015	Q2
Social Work	2016	Q2
Social Work	2017	Q3
Social Work	2018	Q2
Social Work	2019	Q2
Social Work	2020	Q2
Social Work	2021	Q2
Social Work	2022	Q2
Social Work	2023	Q3
Sociology and Political Science	2009	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2010	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2011	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2012	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2013	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2014	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2015	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2016	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2017	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2018	Q2
Sociology and Political Science	2019	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2020	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2021	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2022	Q1
Sociology and Political Science	2023	Q1

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
2009	0.269
2010	0.452
2011	0.340
2012	0.603
2013	0.288
2014	0.305
2015	0.509
2016	0.499
2017	0.471
2018	0.496
2019	0.721
2020	0.724
2021	0.609
2022	0.664
2023	0.569

Total Documents

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

Year	Documents
2008	34
2009	39
2010	35
2011	36
2012	47
2013	48
2014	53
2015	52
2016	67
2017	82
2018	73
2019	89
2020	89
2021	82
2022	85
2023	131

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)	2008	0.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.500
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	0.479
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	0.667
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	0.917
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	0.745
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	0.717
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	1.158
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	1.045
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	1.109
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	1.063
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	1.259
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	1.486
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	1.628
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	2.138
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	2.206
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.500
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	0.479
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	0.667
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	0.918
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	0.593
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	0.664
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	1.304
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	0.941
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	0.983
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	0.905
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	1.329
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	1.389
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	1.697
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	2.123
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	2.164
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	0.500
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.479
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	0.730
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	0.676
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.566
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	0.558
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	1.099
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	0.867
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	0.866
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	0.846
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	1.271
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	1.340
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	1.478
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	1.947
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	1.916

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	2008	0
Self Cites	2009	3
Self Cites	2010	4
Self Cites	2011	8
Self Cites	2012	9
Self Cites	2013	5
Self Cites	2014	9
Self Cites	2015	17
Self Cites	2016	26
Self Cites	2017	18
Self Cites	2018	18
Self Cites	2019	54
Self Cites	2020	66
Self Cites	2021	43
Self Cites	2022	60
Self Cites	2023	85
Total Cites	2008	0
Total Cites	2009	17
Total Cites	2010	35
Total Cites	2011	72
Total Cites	2012	101
Total Cites	2013	70
Total Cites	2014	87
Total Cites	2015	193
Total Cites	2016	144
Total Cites	2017	169
Total Cites	2018	182
Total Cites	2019	295
Total Cites	2020	339
Total Cites	2021	426
Total Cites	2022	552
Total Cites	2023	554

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	2008	0
External Cites per document	2009	0.412
External Cites per document	2010	0.425
External Cites per document	2011	0.593
External Cites per document	2012	0.836
External Cites per document	2013	0.551
External Cites per document	2014	0.595
External Cites per document	2015	1.189
External Cites per document	2016	0.771
External Cites per document	2017	0.878
External Cites per document	2018	0.816
External Cites per document	2019	1.086
External Cites per document	2020	1.119
External Cites per document	2021	1.526
External Cites per document	2022	1.892
External Cites per document	2023	1.832
Cites per document	2008	0.000
Cites per document	2009	0.500
Cites per document	2010	0.479
Cites per document	2011	0.667
Cites per document	2012	0.918
Cites per document	2013	0.593
Cites per document	2014	0.664
Cites per document	2015	1.304
Cites per document	2016	0.941
Cites per document	2017	0.983
Cites per document	2018	0.905
Cites per document	2019	1.329
Cites per document	2020	1.389
Cites per document	2021	1.697
Cites per document	2022	2.123
Cites per document	2023	2.164

% 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
2008	11.76
2009	17.95
2010	8.57
2011	5.56
2012	6.38
2013	6.25
2014	18.87
2015	21.15
2016	7.46
2017	13.41
2018	27.40
2019	14.61
2020	16.85
2021	21.95
2022	11.76
2023	14.50

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	2008	0
Non-citable documents	2009	4
Non-citable documents	2010	9
Non-citable documents	2011	15
Non-citable documents	2012	15
Non-citable documents	2013	15
Non-citable documents	2014	15
Non-citable documents	2015	16
Non-citable documents	2016	16
Non-citable documents	2017	15
Non-citable documents	2018	16
Non-citable documents	2019	17
Non-citable documents	2020	18
Non-citable documents	2021	17
Non-citable documents	2022	17
Non-citable documents	2023	17
Citable documents	2008	0
Citable documents	2009	30
Citable documents	2010	64
Citable documents	2011	93
Citable documents	2012	95
Citable documents	2013	103
Citable documents	2014	116
Citable documents	2015	132
Citable documents	2016	137
Citable documents	2017	157
Citable documents	2018	185
Citable documents	2019	205
Citable documents	2020	226
Citable documents	2021	234
Citable documents	2022	243
Citable documents	2023	239

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	2008	0
Uncited documents	2009	26
Uncited documents	2010	50
Uncited documents	2011	63
Uncited documents	2012	62
Uncited documents	2013	75
Uncited documents	2014	79
Uncited documents	2015	69
Uncited documents	2016	80
Uncited documents	2017	85
Uncited documents	2018	113
Uncited documents	2019	102
Uncited documents	2020	85
Uncited documents	2021	97
Uncited documents	2022	72
Uncited documents	2023	71
Cited documents	2008	0
Cited documents	2009	8
Cited documents	2010	23
Cited documents	2011	45
Cited documents	2012	48
Cited documents	2013	43
Cited documents	2014	52
Cited documents	2015	79
Cited documents	2016	73
Cited documents	2017	87
Cited documents	2018	88
Cited documents	2019	120
Cited documents	2020	159
Cited documents	2021	154
Cited documents	2022	188
Cited documents	2023	185