''Social Service Review'' is an

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published by the

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that publishes original research on social issues, social welfare policy, and social work practice. The Journal was established in 1927, making it the oldest continually published social welfare journal in the United States. Since its founding, it has been housed at the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice at the

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. The current

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is Jennifer Mosley. The faculty of the Crown Family School serves as the journal's

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, and it also has an External Review Board of scholars at other institutions from multiple academic disciplines. Social Service Review publishes four times each year. Most issues include between four and six original research articles, reflecting a multi-disciplinary range of research methodologies and analytical frameworks. Most issues also contain at least one book review, as well as a Brief Notices section listing new books "of interest to social work and social welfare scholars."

Past editors

Past editors-in-chief of the journal have been: * Edith Abbott and Sophonisba Breckinridge (1927-1934) * Grace Abbott (1934-1939) * Edith Abbott (1939-1952) * Helen R. Wright (1953-1956) * Rachel B. Marks (1956-1973) * Frank R. Bruel (1974-1986) * John R. Schuerman (1987-1999) * Michael R. Sosin (1999-2013) * Susan J. Lambert (2013-2016) * Mark E. Courtney (2016-2021) * Jennifer E. Mosley (2021-present)

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2021

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of 2.0.

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