Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Goals:

The Indian Journal of Social Work (IJSW) was started by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (then known as the Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work) with the following goals in mind:

  • To serve as a medium of expression for the Students, Alumni and Faculty of The Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work.
  • To encourage original research on the part of Indian Social Workers.
  • To report significant advances in the social field, both in India and abroad.
  • To serve as a bond of unity for social workers scattered throughout the various parts of India.
  • To assist in raising the standards of professional social work in India .
Scope:

The focus of the IJSW, over the years, has shifted from ''social work literature'' to ''literature for social work''. While ''social work literature'' is literature specific to social work profession, ''literature for social work'' means literature needed for different social work functions. These functions are broadly conceptualised as practice, administration, research, education and training. The users are, thus, practitioners, administrators, researchers, educators/trainers and students. And therefore, ''literature for social work'' has to go beyond ''social work literature''.

The IJSW focuses on multidisciplinary knowledge development relevant to the changing perspectives of the social work profession.

 

Section Policies

EDITORIAL

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ARTICLES

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RESEARCH REPORTS

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DISCUSSION NOTE

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NOTES & NEWS

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NOTES FROM THE FIELD

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NOTES AND COMMENTS

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TISS CONVOCATION

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BOOK REVIEWS

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BOOK REVIEW

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Peer Review Process

Review System:

If an article meets the preliminary requirements, the article will be processed for review, which could take up to 6 months. All articles are peer reviewed.

The criteria used for reviewing articles are:

  • contemporary relevance
  • contribution to knowledge
  • originality
  • clarity and logic in analysis
  • methodology (for research articles)
  • implications for intervention
  • appropriateness of references
  • Language.

 

Publication Frequency

Scheduling:

The accepted articles are scheduled for publication in the chronological order in which they are accepted. The publication lag of an accepted article is generally a year. Each author gets a complimentary copy of the journal issue in which his/her article is printed. The first author gets six original reprints of the article as well.

 

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