Journal of Technology in Human Services

Journal of Technology in Human Services is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 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, Digital Mental Health Interventions and Impact of Technology on Adolescents, together about 36.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Technology in Human Services explores the potential of information and communication technologies (ICT) across the social, development, and human services sectors. This journal illuminates the intersections of the evolving infosphere, including how human beings interact with data and devices and the impacts these innovations have on the full range of individual, organizational, and social structures. We publish work that is conceptual in nature in addition to research reports and meta-analyses. The journal welcomes interdisciplinary scholarship as well as papers reporting on computational and statistical methods. The Journal of Technology in Human Services focuses on areas such as: New ICT specific to human services practitioners, community development professionals, community organizers, and those working in public agencies at all levels. Research studies on topics such as factors that influence application uptake, mechanism for identifying and overcoming resistance, ethical challenges, worker displacement, data ownership and transparency, and social justice issues related to ICT implementation and use; as well as theory building and testing. Clinical and experimental designs of innovative ICT applications, including: multimedia, geographic information systems, performance support systems, telehealth, virtual assistants, novel applications of virtual reality, and other allied ICTs. Big data, data science, and predictive analytics as both a modality and mechanisms for conducting research in all sectors related to human services including child welfare, juvenile justice, and public education. Small data and integrated data sharing. Data management, impact assessment, and outcome management for use in agency-based settings. Peer Review Policy: All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double-anonymous.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): SOCIAL WORK

Editor-in-chief Lauri GoldkindPublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
• CiteScore Q1 · 2025

Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website

Database indexing

ESCIScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

PubMedINSPECPsycINFOPublisher website

Other: OCLC, ASSIA (Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts), CSA, Dietrich's Index Philosophicus, EBSCOhost Online Research Databases, International Aerospace Abstracts, LISA: Library & Information Science Abstracts, Materials Business File, OCLC / ArticleFirst, PsycFIRST, Social Work Abstracts, Solid State and Superconductivity Abstracts, Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts, World Ceramics Abstracts (Online)

As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.

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.

Impact

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

1.8Publisher website · 2026-09-30

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

2.1Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CiteScore 2026-06

3.3LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

3.3Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SJR 2026-06

0.39LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.39Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SNIP 2026-06

0.68LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

0.68Publisher website · 2026-09-30

h-index

51OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

356OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.73OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

11.1%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

12.5%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

24LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

60,000Publisher website · 2026-09-30

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.

Other sources

Acceptance rate (publisher)

15%Publisher website · 2026-09-30

Submission to first decision

9 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

First decision after review

110 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

Acceptance to publication

14 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

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.

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.

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.

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

1522-8835

Electronic ISSN

1522-8991

Latest issue on the website

Volume 44, Issue 3 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website