Journal profile · SOCIAL WORK
Social Work in Health Care
ISSN 0098-1389 · eISSN 1541-034X · Taylor & Francis
Social Work in Health Care: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.44; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 350 days to acceptance (54 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 19% (journal website); 23 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Social Work in Health Care is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 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 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration, together about 28.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Devoted to social work theory, practice, and administration in a wide variety of health care settings, this journal gives you the tools to improve your practice while keeping you up-to-date with the latest crucial information. Social Work in Health Care is edited by Ji Seon Lee, PhD, one of the most respected leaders in health social work. This creative, lively journal brings you the most important articles on research, leadership, clinical practice, management, education, collaborative relationships, social health policy, and ethical issues from the most respected experts in the field. The journal's special issues comprehensively discuss a single pertinent health care theme. Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by two anonymous referees.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): SOCIAL WORK
Editor-in-chief Ji Seon Lee, PhD, MSSW, MPAPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 29, Canada 4, Israel 1, South Africa 1, New Zealand 1 (36 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Social Work Education and PracticeSocial Sciences11.9%
- Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesHealth Professions9%
- Interprofessional Education and CollaborationHealth Professions7.7%
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMedicine7.3%
- Homelessness and Social IssuesHealth Professions4.9%
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthPsychology4.4%
- Family Support in IllnessSocial Sciences4%
- Mental Health and Patient InvolvementHealth Professions3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Work | Zone 3 |
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
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q2 · 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
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPubMedEmbasePsycINFOCINAHLPublisher website
Other: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts, CSA Social Services Abstracts, CSA Sociological Abstracts, EBSCOhost Online Research Databases, SocINDEX, Thomson Scientific (ISI)
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.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.44LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.56Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.64Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 72OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,084OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.29OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 7.5%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 23LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 143,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,391 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 23 | 7 | 20 |
| 2024 | 31 | 6 | 81 |
| 2023 | 30 | 6 | 167 |
| 2022 | 31 | 3 | 262 |
| 2021 | 43 | 6 | 597 |
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 Crossref · to
350 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 268 days – 418 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 9 days (54 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 361 days
- Sample
- 54 articles with submission and acceptance dates (56 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".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 19%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 304 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 315 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 9 daysPublisher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Social Work in Health Care is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review policy: initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by two anonymous referees. Model summary
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by two anonymous referees.
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0098-1389
- Electronic ISSN
- 1541-034X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 65, Issue 8 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Social Work in Health Care
What CAS zone is Social Work in Health Care in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Social Work in Health Care is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 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 Social Work in Health Care?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.44; CiteScore 2.8, h-index 72.
How long does peer review take at Social Work in Health Care?
Based on the dates recorded on 54 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 350 days (interquartile range 268–418 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 19%. 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 JCR quartile is Social Work in Health Care in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Medicine.
Where are the editorial board members of Social Work in Health Care based?
Of the 36 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (29), Canada (4) and Israel (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Social Work in Health Care?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Social Work in Health Care is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO and CINAHL; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Social Work in Health Care open access, and what is the APC?
Social Work in Health Care is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .