International Journal of Social Work and Human Services Practice  

This journal will resonate the themes of resilience and hope. Practitioners and academia will take the opportunity to present reflective thinking, innovations and advance a community of practice that features strengths based practices and narratives and research that informs, educates and celebrates the infinitesimal capacity of human coping, resilience and hope. Writings that are refreshingly new that celebrate ethical conduct, practice of human values, eco-social justice international security and peace and those that advance non violent development alternatives in governance of our societies will be welcomed.

The International Journal of Social Work and Human Services Practice is published six times a year both in print and on line forms. For Print form please enquire the costs for single copy as well as annual subscriptions. Academic institutions, libraries, researchers and non Government and government agencies may indicate the number of printed copies required to save on their postage and handling costs.

AFTER CONSIDERATION, WE HAVE DECIDED TO CEASE PUBLICATION OF THIS JOURNAL AT THE END OF 2023. THIS JOURNAL WILL NO LONGER ACCEPT SUBMISSIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS FROM 2024. ALL PUBLISHED ARTICLES WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVE AT https://www.hrpub.org/journals/jour_archive.php?id=92

ISSN: 2332-6832 (Print)

ISSN: 2332-6840 (Online)

Contact Us: ijrh.editor@hrpub.org or editor@hrpub.org

Website: https://www.hrpub.org/journals/jour_info.php?id=92

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

By submitting a manuscript to International Journal of Social Work and Human Services Practice(IJSWHSP), as an author you agree to comply with the following Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement.
Duties / Responsibilities of Authors
1. All manuscripts must be the original work of authors and not plagiarism.
2. Authorship of a manuscript should be limited to authors who have made significant contributions.
3. Authors must properly and accurately acknowledge the work of others.
4. Authors should disclose any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might influence the results or interpretation of their manuscripts and acknowledge individuals or organizations that have provided financial support for research.
5. Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with manuscripts for editorial review, and should prepare to provide public access to such data if possible.
6. All manuscripts must be previously unpublished, and not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
Duties / Responsibilities of Editor in Chief and Editorial Board Members
1. Editor in Chief or the assigned editorial board members from time to time are responsible for making decisions on size and content of the manuscripts submitted to the journal.
2. The journal utilizes a double blind peer review process and the decisions made by the Editor in Chief are final.
3. The Editor in Chief and members of the Editorial board ensure the integrity of the publication review process by not revealing either the identity of authors of manuscripts to the reviewers, or the identity of reviewers to authors.
4. The members of the Editorial Board receive all manuscripts for review in confidence and do not disclose any information about submitted manuscripts to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, other external referees sought from time to time and the publisher.
5. Any of the editorial board members must not use materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript (published or unpublished) for their own research without the author's written authorization.
6. Editors shall conduct proper and fair investigation into ethical complaints.
7. The IJSWHSP is an academic journal mainly representing the professions of social work and human services. The editors subscribe to their respective professional ethics and currently the Editor in Chief is an accredited Member of the Australian Association of Social Workers.
Responsibility of Reviewers
1. Reviewers keep all information regarding papers confidential and treat them as privileged information.
2. Reviewers conduct their business of review objectively, with no personal criticism of the author.
3. Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments that will constructively guide the editorial decision by the Editor in Chief or his or her nominee.
4. Reviewers should complete their reviews within the Journal stipulated timeframe.
5. Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.
6. Reviewers should point out relevant published work which is not yet cited.
Plagiarism Policy
All manuscripts submitted to our journals are now screened by a plagiarism detection software.
To avoid plagiarism, authors confirm that:
1. I/We understand plagiarism is against the profession ethics;
2. No copyrighted materials have been used in the manuscript without permission;
3. The manuscript is free from plagiarism and has not been published previously;
4. I/We will take the full responsibility for the opinion expressed in the paper and for settling in all disputes arising from using any copyrighted materials in the manuscript without proper permission.
The author will be required to clarify regarding the plagiarized manuscript within one week if it is found to be suspected of plagiarism during any stages even after publication. Without a reasonable and timely explanation, the manuscript will be automatically rejected and removed from the system. Any manuscripts submitted by the same author will not be accepted.