Social Work (journal)

Social Work is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of social work. It was established in 1920 as The Compass and was renamed Social Work Journal in 1948. It obtained its current name in 1956.^[1][2] It is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the National Association of Social Workers, of which it is the official journal. The editor-in-chief is Tricia Bent-Goodley (Howard University). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 1.145.^[3]

Social Work

Discipline	Social work
Language	English
Edited by	Tricia Bent-Goodley
Publication details
Former name(s)	The Compass, Social Work Journal
History	1920-present
Publisher	Oxford University Press on behalf of the National Association of Social Workers
Frequency	Quarterly
Impact factor	1.145 (2015)
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ISO 4	Soc. Work
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ISSN	0037-8046 (print) 1545-6846 (web)
LCCN	a56001876
OCLC no.	1605893
Links
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