International Journal of School Social Work

Focus and Scope

Purpose Statement

The School Social Work Association of America (SSWAA), with initial funding from the National Education Association, is developing and publishing a free online international school social work journal. The initial purpose of this journal is to expand the quantitative and qualitative research base supporting school social work services throughout the world.  The importance of evidence-based practice has been magnified by the increasing demand to demonstrate student outcomes.  This journal will allow school social workers from around the world wider access to current research.

Criteria for Acceptance

The International Journal of School Social Work (IJSSW) accepts and reviews electronic manuscript submissions in English for bi-annual publication.  Manuscripts submitted could include original research (qualitative and quantitative), systematic literature reviews, and analyses of country specific descriptions of school social work practices.  The review process is estimated to take three months, but may occasionally take longer. Copyright of published articles will be outlined in an agreement with the author to assign rights for the first publication to the IJSSW.

Once accepted, articles will be published in English. The Journal website will provide access to free translation software. The Journal is in the process of appointing advisory board members and consulting editors that are international peers in academics and school social work that will review all submissions, and approve, recommend revisions or reject manuscripts for publication.  The goal is to achieve published papers that:

• relate to the field of School Social Work,
• represent a variety of international work,
• represent previously unpublished work,
• add to the knowledge base of the School Social Work profession,
• comply to a high standard of international academic scholarship,
• contain appropriate supporting documentation,
• include logical formatting and organization,
• and, follow American Psychological Association (APA) format (assistance with formatting available).

Research Submissions: In the event human subjects were used in original research, a copy of the approval statement from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) or another governing ethics/human rights review body must accompany the manuscript to be considered for review and or publication.

The International Journal of School Social Work editorial staff reserves the right to reject any manuscript submission.  This includes manuscripts with text, tables, figures or art copied from other sources in whole or part without written permission from the original author. Manuscripts that have been previously published may NOT be sumitted.

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Evidence-Based

Editors

• Martell Teasley

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Evidence-Informed Practices

Editors

• Joseph Gianesin

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Practice Wisdom

Editors

• Pat Pricher

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

International Practice

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Student Perspectives

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

Manuscripts will be reviewed by up to 3 peer reviewers.  Manuscripts that are submitted and accepted for review may take up to 90 days to be returned to the author with peer review comments. Returned manuscripts will fall under one of four catgories which includes:

• Accept
• Accept manuscript content, needs editing to comply with APA style
• Revise and resubmit-encourage resubmission after minor revisions completed
• Reject-manuscript appears to be unpublishable

The International Journal of School Social Work editorial staff reserves the right to reject any manuscript submission.  This includes manuscripts with text, tables, figures or art copied from other sources in whole or part without written permission from the original author. Manuscripts that have been previously published may not be submitted.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

CLOCKSS system has permission to ingest, preserve, and serve this Archival Unit.

Manuscript Publication Agreement

This Agreement is made between the International Journal of School Social Work (IJSSW) ("Journal") and Submitting Authors of this journal.

Acknowledgements

Submission of this manuscript, including all text, attachments, tables, charts, pictures or other material to the International Journal of School Social Work will be the original work of the author(s) and if applicable the author has obtained written permission to reproduce all previously published work.

The International Journal of School Social Work is not responsible for obtaining copyright permission for work submitted that is not from the original author submitting the manuscript nor can it be held liable for copyright infringement.  The Author will retain copyright of all manuscripts and attachments published, subject to the International Journal of School Social Work to include its structure and organization and remains protected by such copyright.

1. Journal electronically publishes and distributes materials related to the field of school social work
2. Author has submitted an original manuscript, (never previously published) or other material to the Journal for publication

Henceforth, the parties agree to the following:

1. Author will submit original manuscript in accordance with the Journal call for paper guidelines, submission guidelines, and will be reviewed according to the reviewer checklist guidelines for all manuscripts deemed appropriate publication material for the field of international school social work.
2. Author will retain copyright for the manuscript, subject to Creative Commons Attribution License to:
   
   • reproduce, distribute, publish and transmit the manuscript, through whatever medium Journal determines is best to accomplish Journal’s purposes.
   • incorporate the manuscript into a multimedia, hypertext environment, including appropriate hyperlinks.
   • allow others to share the work with acknowledgement of the author and initial publication in this journal.
3. Author affirms to the Journal that the manuscript has not been nor is it being considered for publication elsewhere.
4. The Author certifies to the Journal that the manuscript is original material, except for material from copyrighted sources and reproduced with the written permission of the copyright holder, and is in no way a violation of, or an infringement upon, any copyright belonging to any third party; that the materials contained in the manuscript are accurate and the manuscript contains no defamatory or otherwise illegal materials. The Author shall indemnify and hold the Journal safe from any claims that the manuscript infringes a third party’s copyright or contains inaccurate, libelous or unlawful material.
5. This Agreement, along with its attachments, constitutes the entire agreement between the Journal and the Author and supersedes any other understandings or terms. If the foregoing terms are satisfactory, please sign and date this Agreement; make one copy for your files and return the original to the Journal at ([name and address of contact person]). This Agreement may be submitted electronically if accompanied by a verified electronic signature.

I agree to the terms and conditions in this publication agreement contract for the submission of my original, previously unpublished manuscript submitted to the online International Journal of School Social Work. I am aware that by providing an electronic signature I am validating that I agree to the terms and conditions listed herein, and have the authority to sign electronically.