The Quality and Integrity of Australian Social Work
Abstract
Three volumes of Australian Social Work have now been published by Taylor & Francis and it is 3 years since the process of reforming the Journal began. During that time, national editorial and international advisory boards have been appointed and the institutional circulation of the journal has increased exponentially as a result of changing technology and new marketing strategies by Taylor & Francis. Through global sales of bundled journals and pro bono arrangements with developing nations, it is estimated that Australian Social Work is now available in over 20,000 libraries world wide. Indications from online usage are that the standing of the journal has risen with an increase of full text downloads to 17,412 in 2007 compared with an average of 8,460 for all Routledge social work journals. Submissions from international authors have increased, particularly with the special issues on “Higher Education and Social Work” and “Social Work around the World”. Two more special issues are planned, the first in June 2009 on “Social Work, Ageing and Diversity”, with guest editors Elizabeth Ozanne and Mark Hughes, and the second on “Social Work's Contribution to Disability Policy and Practice around the World”, with guest editors Tim Stainton from Canada