An Author's Guide to Social Work Journals

5th Edition

I have always depended on An Author’s Guide to Social Work Journals, especially in my early days as an academic and a researcher, and later as a mentor. It has been a valuable tool in deciding the best fit for my manuscripts and helping me learn about the breadth of journals available. The fourth edition of the book was published in 1997, and a lot has changed since then. Many journals have moved from requiring authors to send in five hard copies of their manuscripts to requiring electronic submission, either online or through e-mail. Some journals have ceased publication since the last volume was published, and there have been many new journals, both in print and online, that have begun publication.

This volume covers over 200 journals and includes new titles such as Advances in Social Work, Critical Social Work, the Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, and Qualitative Social Work. Authors using this tool should find increased coverage of internationally oriented journals and a new international subject category making them easier to find.

My thanks go to Jeanne C. Marsh, who served as the editor of the last edition, and to Henry Mendelsohn, who served as editor for the three volumes before that. My thanks also go to Lisa O’Hearn from NASW Press, who has been patient with me while overseeing this venture. Also, my thanks go to Stephanie Souza, Michel Coconis, and Deb Gossert, who put countless hours into this project.

Terry Cluse-Tolar
Chair
Social Work Department
University of Toledo