Journal of Public Child Welfare

Psychology · Social Sciences

Impact Factor
1.791
2023
H-Index
28.000
2023
SJR
0.568
2023

I. Journal Information

ISSN15548732, 15548740
CountryUnited Kingdom
PublisherTaylor and Francis Ltd.
Subject AreasPsychology · Social Sciences
Publication TypeJournals
Active Years2006-2021
WebsiteVisit journal
JIF 2022–20231.200
2020-2021 SCR Rank10451

II. Scope & Description

Decisions made in the practice of child welfare have lifelong effects on children and their entire families which in turn affects every facet of society. To effectively practice in this vital field social workers psychologists counselors juvenile court judges attorneys and other child welfare professionals need to stay informed about the latest findings and important issues in public child welfare. To answer this crucial need the Journal of Public Child Welfare provides a broad forum for theorybased and applied research in child welfare. Rather than limit itself to primarily private agencies this essential journal provides the quality research and comprehensive information that child welfare professionals and public agencies need most. The legal mandate of vital public child welfare programs is safety permanence and child and family wellbeing. With this in mind the Journal of Public Child Welfare presents quantitative qualitative and mixed methods theorybased or applied research cogent reviews of the literature policy analyses and program evaluation articles about child welfare.

III. Impact Factor History

Year2-Year IF3-Year IF4-Year IF
20231.7912.4202.271
20222.0771.9681.815
20211.7101.7501.777
20200.8311.1481.250
20190.9491.0001.042
20181.1151.0671.157
20170.8170.8260.992
20160.7220.7780.835
20150.7580.7470.738
20140.781
20130.441
20120.604
20110.255
20100.259
20090.273
20080.100
20070.158

Note: impact factor data for reference only.

IV. SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)

SJR measures scientific influence, weighting citations by the prestige of the citing journal.

YearSJR Score
20230.568
20220.450
20210.575
20200.437
20190.569
20180.543
20170.416
20160.389
20150.378

V. H-Index

The H-Index measures both the productivity and citation impact of a journal's publications.

YearH-Index
202328.000
202227.000
202124.000

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