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Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work
ISSN 0886-1099 · eISSN 1552-3020 · SAGE
Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work: CAS Zone 3 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.33; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,650; review about 9 days (submission to first decision, publisher); acceptance rate 26.5% (journal website); 65 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work is published by SAGE and is in Zone 3 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Social Work Education and Practice, Homelessness and Social Issues and Intimate Partner and Family Violence, together about 30.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Gender Studies. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work, published quarterly, is the only peer-reviewed, scholarly social work journal from feminists' points of view, offering a unique mix of research reports, new theory and other creative approaches. View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 35, Canada 8, Australia 2, Portugal 1, Qatar 1 (48 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Social Work Education and PracticeSocial Sciences13.2%
- Homelessness and Social IssuesHealth Professions8.7%
- Intimate Partner and Family ViolenceSocial Sciences8.7%
- Gender, Labor, and Family DynamicsSocial Sciences7.1%
- Sex work and related issuesSocial Sciences4.9%
- Gender, Feminism, and MediaSocial Sciences4.3%
- Gender Politics and RepresentationSocial Sciences4.2%
- Social Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Sciences3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Work | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Womens Studies | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Work | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Womens Studies | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Work | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Womens Studies | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.33LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.88LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 62OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 655OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.08OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 34.86%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 34LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,654 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 55 | 19 | 4 |
| 2025 | 65 | 24 | 59 |
| 2024 | 66 | 27 | 137 |
| 2023 | 70 | 27 | 364 |
| 2022 | 76 | 13 | 391 |
| 2021 | 69 | 14 | 658 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 26.5%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,650 / GBP 2,676 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare9 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- anonymized
Article types accepted6
- case studyView our Special Collection on the Award for Distinguished Feminist Scholarship and Praxis in Social Work Empirical Articles Affilia invites original empirical …Length not stated
- conceptual articlesAffilia welcomes conceptual (theoretical and/or perspective) articles of relevance to feminist social work.Length not stated
- empirical articlesAffilia invites original empirical manuscripts that are informed by a range of quantitative and qualitative methodological traditionsLength not stated
- literature reviewView our Special Collection on the Award for Distinguished Feminist Scholarship and Praxis in Social Work Empirical Articles Affilia invites original empirical …Length not stated
- perspectiveView our Special Collection on the Award for Distinguished Feminist Scholarship and Praxis in Social Work Empirical Articles Affilia invites original empirical …Length not stated
- reviewView our Special Collection on the Award for Distinguished Feminist Scholarship and Praxis in Social Work Empirical Articles Affilia invites original empirical …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
Figures submitted in color will be published in color in the online version of the journal at no cost. If you wish to have color figures in the printer version, fees will apply. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice program, and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish open access either discounted or free of charge depending on the agreement with Sage…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 0886-1099
- Electronic ISSN
- 1552-3020
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work
What CAS zone is Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work is in Zone 3 of Sociology, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Social Work / Womens Studies. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.33; CiteScore 4.4, h-index 62.
How long does peer review take at Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work?
The publisher reports about 9 days (submission to first decision); first decisions include desk rejections; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 26.5%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work based?
Of the 48 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (35), Canada (8) and Australia (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work open access, and what is the APC?
Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,650.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .