Social Work & Sociology Subject Guide: Journals

The official journal of NASW

Dedicated to improving practice and advancing knowledge in social work and social welfare.

A highly respected, peer-reviewed journal providing timely, relevant information to human services administrators, managers, and educators .

Social Work Research publishes exemplary research to advance the development of knowledge and inform social work practice.

Focuses on clinical social work practice with children, adolescents, and their families.

Official publication of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). A refereed professional journal concerned with education in social work and social welfare. Its purpose is to serve as a forum for creative exchange on trends, innovations, and problems relevant to social work education at the undergraduate, master's, and postgraduate levels.

A refereed journal emphasizing contributions of the baccalaureate community in promoting the continuing development and excellence of baccalaureate social work education and practice.

Presents pathbreaking work from all areas of sociology, with an emphasis on theory building and innovative methods.

The ASA's flagship journal with the mission to publish original works of interest to the discipline of sociology in general, new theoretical developments, results of research that advance understanding of fundamental social processes, and important methodological innovations.

Publishes new approaches to emerging issues, recurring questions and material, and policy relevant discussions of changes in local and global systems affecting rural people and places. It is the journal of the Rural Sociological Society.

Designed to reach a wide audience of scholars and policymakers, Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs provides accessible research on urban areas and issues, including studies on urban sprawl, crime, taxes, education, poverty, and related subjects.

The Annual Review of Sociology, in publication since 1975, covers the significant developments in the field of Sociology. Topics covered in the journal include major theoretical and methodological developments as well as current research in the major subfields.