Research Journal on Social Work (RJSW) is an open-access, double-blind, peer-reviewed journal published by Allameh Tabataba’i University, the leading university in Humanities and Social Sciences in Iran. RJSW has been established to provide an intellectual platform for national and international researchers working on issues related to social work. The Journal was founded as a response to quick advancements in social work and was dedicated to the publication of highest-quality research studies that report findings on issues of great concern to the profession of social work.
To allow for easy and worldwide access to the most updated research findings, the journal is set to be an open-access journal.
Copyright and Permissions
Research Journal on Social Work © 2014 by Allameh Tabataba'i University Press is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International 
The journal and the Allameh Tabataba'i University holds the legal and intellectual rights related to the publication of the articles and the aforementioned rights are transfered to the journal and Allameh Tabataba'i University by submitting the articles in the journal. In addition, the journal will be fully in charge of publication of the article in print, online, as a CD, in international indexes and domestic indexes. This right will be revoked only if the article is rejected or the author(s) withdraw from publication. For the more information regarding the matter, please check the commitment of compliance form.
The journal charges two million Rials to compensate a part of the arbitration fee, and if the article is accepted, additonally four million Rials will be charged from the authors for a part of the costs of processing the articles, the rest of the costs will be financially supported by Allameh Tabatabai University.
Non-Iranian authors are free of mentioned charges.
The journal is published in both a print version and an online version.
About Social Work Research:
- Country of Publication: Iran
- Publisher: Allameh Tabataba’i University Press
- Format: Print and Online
- Start Publishing: Autumn 2014
- Print ISSN: 2476-6399
- E-ISSN: 2476-6380
- Available from: magiran.com, noormags.ir, sid.ir, civilica.com academia.edu
- Impact Factor (ISC): -
- Frequency: Quarterly
- Publication Dates: March, June, September, December
- Advance Access: Yes
- Language: Persian with English Abstracts
- Scope: Social Work
- Article Processing Charges: 6000000 Rials for Iranian Authors (Free of charge for Non-Iranian Authors)
- Type of Journal: Academic / Scholarly
- Open Access: Yes
- Indexed & Abstracted: Yes
- Policy: Peer Review
- Initial Review Time: up to ten days
- Review Time: Nine Weeks, Approximately
- Contact E-mail: rjsw@atu.ac.ir
- Alternate E-mail: atupress@atu.ac.ir
Archive policies and retention of articles
The Social Work Research Journal, understand the concerns of authors, readers, librarians, and others about the need for long-term preservation and access to scholarly research as the world of publishing continues to digitalization. Our policy directly and honestly addresses the archival issue of long-term retention with access.
The The Social Work Research Journal is committed to archiving, meaning long-term preservation and providing access to scientific research material published electronically in the journal of The The Social Work Research Journal. This policy statement specifies the extent of the journal’s archival commitment and the relevant procedures for fulfilling this commitment. The The Social Work Research Journal will serve as an archive for all electronic content published by the journal. The content of the archive will include all the editions of this magazine with the ability to access online and publish relevant supplementary materials. The original content of published material will never change but may be supplemented by annotations or additional information due to the occurrence of errors and the need to correct content, references, and other parts that undergo changes after the original publication.
For the efficient and safe use of the online service, The The Social Work Research Journal undertakes to prepare copies from the electronic archive of publications in order to preserve information and security. Replicas are used to enable rapid delivery of content to consumers, while security replicas are kept as backup copies. The The Social Work Research Journal is committed to the periodic renewal of these reproductions. At least one security duplicate copy is kept in a separate location away from the editorial office of The The Social Work Research Journal in Tehran, Iran.
