The Indian Journal of Social Work
The Indian Journal of Social Work (IJSW) is a pioneering publication of social work profession in India, by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. It is a quarterly journal published in January, April, July and October. Its first issue was published in 1940 and has a record of uninterrupted publishing for 76 years.
The main aim of the IJSW is to provide a platform for academicians, researchers, practitioners to share and disseminate their theoretical and empirical knowledge in all aspects of social work. The IJSW is masked peer-reviewed with the aim to strengthen the quality and validity of the research articles that it receives from across the globe.
The IJSW archive contains all research articles published since 1940 to 2013. The journal has published 62 Special Issues that focus on various themes such as Social Work, Rural Problems, Tribals, Social Welfare and Planning, Fieldwork Supervision, Child Welfare, Medical and Psychiatric Social Work, The Family, Women, Research Methodology, Drug Abuse, Social Policy, Sexism, Human Resource Management, Social Research Methods, Self Help Groups, Outcome Budget and HIV Counselling among other related areas.
0019 - 5634 (Print)