''Social Work'' is a quarterly

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in the field of

social work Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole to enhance their individual and collective well-being. Social wo ...

. It was established in 1920 as ''The Compass'' and was renamed ''Social Work Journal'' in 1948. It obtained its current name in 1956. It is published by

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on behalf of the National Association of Social Workers, of which it is the official journal. The

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is Tricia Bent-Goodley ( Howard University). According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2015

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of 1.145.

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*{{Official website, http://sw.oxfordjournals.org/ Social work journals Oxford University Press academic journals Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies of the United States Quarterly journals Academic journals established in 1920 English-language journals