Social Work & Social Sciences Review is published three times a year. It contains original articles, commissioned review articles and book reviews. . Contributions must be directly or indirectly relevant to practice, research and education in social work.
Major articles and reviews should be between 4,000 and 6,000 words in length. Longer papers will be considered where the quality and theme of the paper justify its size and where the key messages are considered to be relevant and important by the Editor.
Shorter discussion papers should be between 2500 and 3500 words in length. Word limits do not include references.
Articles are accepted from all countries, and articles translated from another language into English are welcome. They should be sent to the Editor, as a Word document attachment via e-mail.
Articles submitted will be assessed by two of the assessors or advisors, and decisions as to publication made by the Editor in consultation, where necessary, with the Editorial Board. The Editor’s decision in these matters is final.
As articles are assessed anonymously, name(s) of the author(s) should not appear in the text, in article metadata, or in running headers or footers. Instead, a cover sheet should be sent with the title, the name of the author(s), and a correspondence address (when possible, email address is preferred). A separate summary of no more than 200 words should also be provided.
We use a Harvard system of referencing. More details are available elsewhere on this website.
All contributions and correspondence should be sent as email attachments to: editorial@whitingbirch.net.
More details about writing for the Review are available here.
