Fastest Review Journals in Social Work

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Quick answerAmong 36 journals in Social Work that publish their review dates, Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work Social Thought has the shortest review time: a median of 135 days from submission to acceptance.
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#JournalMedian daysSpread of review timesImpact factor*Indexed inAccess
1Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work Social Thought135 82–2420.97ESCIHybrid / subscription
2Social Work With Groups147 97–2860.58ESCI, ScopusHybrid / subscription
3Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services154 94–2320.86ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
4Studies in Clinical Social Work Transforming Practice Education and Research178 126–2920.68ESCIHybrid / subscription
5Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions178 135–2561.06ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
6Journal of Technology in Human Services196 145–2611.77ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
7Journal of Gerontological Social Work198 144–2681.64SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
8Australian Social Work199 157–2822.25SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
9Child Abuse Review200 107–3481.16SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
10Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal200 133–2690.85SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
11Asian Social Work and Policy Review200 135–2750.91ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
12Global Social Welfare201 156–2751.07ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
13Ethics and Social Welfare202 128–3122.11ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
14Adoption Quarterly204 142–2580.82ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
15Journal of Public Child Welfare206 157–2951.56SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
16Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma210 154–3101.40ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
17China Journal of Social Work214 132–2840.73ESCI, ScopusHybrid / subscription
18Social Policy and Administration228 161–3032.33SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
19International Journal of Social Welfare231 163–2982.47SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
20Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless237 174–3060.92ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
21Family Relations238 175–2881.59SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
22Journal of Social Work Practice241 186–3520.99SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
23Clinical Social Work Journal247 168–3201.56SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
24Children & Society262 191–3761.60SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
25Child & Family Social Work268 192–3621.38SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
26European Journal of Social Work270 200–3461.29SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
27Poverty & Public Policy285 119–4150.90ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
28Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development288 208–3831.54SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
29Journal of Human Rights and Social Work293 176–4381.56ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
30Nordic Social Work Research328 246–4301.41ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Open access
31American Journal of Community Psychology342 223–4261.82SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
32Social Work in Health Care343 268–4101.27SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
33Child Care in Practice345 189–5210.97ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
34Journal of Community Psychology350 242–4501.74SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
35Health & Social Care in the Community372 233–5091.87SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription
36Journal of Family Social Work377 206–5580.46ESCI, Scopus, JCR 2024Hybrid / subscription

The box shows the middle half of each journal's papers and the dark line its median. *Impact factor: 2-year citedness from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value.

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Source, method and date. Source: the received and accepted dates that publishers deposit with each article in Crossref. Method: for each journal, the days from received to accepted for its research articles of the last 24 months (at least 10 articles), then the median; journals whose publisher does not deposit these dates are not listed. Updated: 29 October 2026, refreshed about every 3 months. Only accepted papers carry these dates, so rejections are not counted, and a journal may count from a different date. ScholarsColab is not affiliated with these journals.

Frequently asked questions

Which Social Work journals have the fastest review?

By median days from submission to acceptance: Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work Social Thought (135 days); Social Work With Groups (147 days); Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services (154 days). Source: dates deposited by the publishers in Crossref, updated 29 October 2026.

Is a fast review journal in Social Work a good choice?

Review time is one factor. Check the journal’s scope, indexing and impact factor too, and confirm it is not predatory: a very short review with no real reviewer comments is a warning sign. Journal pages on ScholarsColab show all of these together.

Where do these review times come from?

From the received and accepted dates that publishers deposit in Crossref, the scholarly publication registry. ScholarsColab takes the median for each journal over its research articles of the last 24 months. Updated 29 October 2026.

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