Journal profile · Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Social Work with Groups
ISSN 0160-9513 · eISSN 1540-9481 · Taylor & Francis
Social Work with Groups: CAS Zone 3 · Sociology (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 1.5 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 149 days to acceptance (44 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 69% (journal website); 34 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Social Work with Groups is published by Taylor & Francis and is classed under Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Social Work Education and Practice, Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics and Child Therapy and Development, together about 34.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology and General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Social Work with Groups is a one-of-a-kind resource for social work educators, students, field instructors, supervisors and practitioners, and allied professionals, who are actively engaged in community and clinical practice. The journal offers readers fresh examples of evidence-guided group work with diverse populations in multiple settings through a combination of vivid practice illustrations and sound theoretical concepts. In addition, Social Work with Groups presents innovative approaches for classroom and field instruction. Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone editorial screening and anoymized peer review, most often by at least two or three reviewers.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Editor-in-chief Andrew MalekoffPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Canada 4, United Kingdom 1, France 1 (6 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Social Work Education and PracticeSocial Sciences18%
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family DynamicsPsychology11.5%
- Child Therapy and DevelopmentPsychology4.7%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.7%
- Psychotherapy Techniques and ApplicationsPsychology4.5%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.4%
- Homelessness and Social IssuesHealth Professions4.2%
- Interprofessional Education and CollaborationHealth Professions4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Behavioral Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Work | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedPsycINFOCINAHLPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, De Gruyter Saur, Dietrich's Index Philosophicus, EBSCOhost Academic Search Alumni Edition, 6/1/1996-, Academic Search Complete, 6/1/1996-, Academic Search Elite, 6/1/1996-, Academic Search Premier, 6/1/1996-, Associates Program Source Plus, 1/1/1991-, Book Review Digest Plus (H.W. Wilson), Jan.1994-, Child Development & Adolescent Studies, 3/1/1979-, Current Abstracts, 1/1/2000-, Family & Society Studies Worldwide, 9/1/1978-, OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson), 1/1/1994-, Poetry & Short Story Reference Center, 1/1/1991-, Social Sciences Abstracts (H.W. Wilson), 1/1/1994-, Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson), 1/1/1994-, Social Work Abstracts (Online), SocINDEX, 1/1/1991-, SocINDEX with Full Text, 1/1/1991-, TOC Premier (Table of Contents), 6/1/1996-, Vocational Studies Complete, 1/1/1991-, Women's Studies International, 6/1/1979-, E-psyche, Gale Academic ASAP, 01/1994-04/2015
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 (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.49LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.49Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 45OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 410OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.59OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 40%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 6.33%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 25LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 130,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,851 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 6 | 0 |
| 2025 | 34 | 7 | 21 |
| 2024 | 14 | 5 | 20 |
| 2023 | 36 | 8 | 87 |
| 2022 | 28 | 5 | 150 |
| 2021 | 46 | 2 | 414 |
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
149 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 104 days – 285 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 19 days (44 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 172 days
- Sample
- 44 articles with submission and acceptance dates (57 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)
- 69%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 47 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 46 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 17 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 With Groups 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 and…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All research articles in this journal have undergone editorial screening and anoymized peer review, most often by at least two or three reviewers. Model summary
Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone editorial screening and anoymized peer review, most often by at least two or three reviewers.
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
- 0160-9513
- Electronic ISSN
- 1540-9481
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 49, Issue 4 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Social Work with Groups
What CAS zone is Social Work with Groups in?
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 Social Work with Groups?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.5 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3, h-index 45.
How long does peer review take at Social Work with Groups?
Based on the dates recorded on 44 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 149 days (interquartile range 104–285 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 69%. 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 with Groups 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Social Work with Groups based?
Of the 6 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Canada (4), United Kingdom (1) and France (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Social Work with Groups?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Social Work with Groups is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PubMed, PsycINFO and CINAHL; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Social Work with Groups open access, and what is the APC?
Social Work with Groups 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .