Journal profile · SOCIAL WORK
Health & Social Work
ISSN 0360-7283 · eISSN 1545-6854 · National Association of Social Workers Press
Health & Social Work: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.51; subscription journal; median 101 days to acceptance (57 articles, last 24 months); 57 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Health & Social Work is published by National Association of Social Workers Press and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Social Work Education and Practice, Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes and Homelessness and Social Issues, together about 30.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
For 50 years, human services professionals have relied on Health & Social Work for the latest advances in areas such as aging, clinical work, long-term care, oncology, substance abuse, depression, and maternal health. Articles also cover research, policy, specialized services, quality assurance, in-service training, and other topics that affect the delivery of health care services. Journal metrics Citation metrics Clarivate 2025 Impact Factor 1.5 2025 5 Year Impact Factor 2.1 Social Work (Rank by Impact Factor) 34/99 2025 Cited Half-Life 10.6 years 2025 Immediacy Index 0.3 2025 Eigenfactor Score 0.00048 2025 Article Influence Score 0.504 Scopus 2025 CiteScore 2.4 Health (Social Science) (Rank by CiteScore) 192/387 2025 Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) 0.567 Readership 2025 Full Text Usage 66,001 About metrics Disclaimer Statements of fact and opinion in the articles in Health and Social Work are those of the respective authors and contributors and not of the Journal, National Association of Social Workers, or Oxford University Press, unless otherwise expressly indicated. Neither Oxford University Press, National Association of Social Workers, nor the Journal make any representation, express or implied, in respect of the accuracy of the material in the Journal and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. Readers should make their own evaluation as to the appropriateness or otherwise of the information included.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): SOCIAL WORK
Editor-in-chief Patricia W. SaleebyPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Social Work Education and PracticeSocial Sciences14.4%
- Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesHealth Professions8.5%
- Homelessness and Social IssuesHealth Professions7.3%
- Mental Health and Patient InvolvementHealth Professions6.2%
- Interprofessional Education and CollaborationHealth Professions4.6%
- Food Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsHealth Professions4.3%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions3.9%
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMedicine3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Work | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Work | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Work | Zone 4 |
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
- 1.51LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 34Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.36LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.57LetPub ·
- h-index
- 82OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 939OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.86OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 24LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 66,001Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,633 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 46 | 0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 57 | 4 | 50 |
| 2024 | 45 | 1 | 72 |
| 2023 | 38 | 5 | 150 |
| 2022 | 41 | 5 | 217 |
| 2021 | 42 | 11 | 315 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
101 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 60 days – 165 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 227 days (7 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 401 days
- Sample
- 57 articles with submission and acceptance dates (115 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- National Association of Social Workers Press
- ISSN
- 0360-7283
- Electronic ISSN
- 1545-6854
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 51, Issue 3 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Health & Social Work
What CAS zone is Health & Social Work in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Health & Social Work is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Social Work. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Health & Social Work?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.51; CiteScore 2.4, h-index 82.
How long does peer review take at Health & Social Work?
Based on the dates recorded on 57 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 101 days (interquartile range 60–165 days). 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.
Which databases index Health & Social Work?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Health & Social Work is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Health & Social Work open access, and what is the APC?
Health & Social Work is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .