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The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work Template

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About the The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work format

The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work is a peer-reviewed journal published by World Scientific, covering Social Work Education and Practice, Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies.

PublisherWorld Scientific
Reference styleSuperscript numbered (World Scientific)
Superscript — small raised numerals in the text
1. Smith, A., Jones, B. & Lee, C. A representative article title. The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work 12, 45–58 (2023).

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Publishes research inSocial Work Education and Practice Legal and Regulatory Analysis Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Military Technology and Strategies Social Policy and Reform Studies
ISSN0219-2462
h-index11
i10-index15
Total citations569
Top institutions publishing hereHong Kong Polytechnic University
Journal websitewww.worldscinet.com
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Papers published in The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work per year

9
2014
9
2015
8
2016
8
2017
7
2018
9
2019
9
2020
9
2021
11
2022
9
2023
8
2024
8
2025

Citation impact of The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work by publication year

2
2014
22
2015
7
2016
46
2017
35
2018
8
2019
6
2020
6
2021
17
2022
1
2023
0
2024
0
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work

THE ADVENT OF MANAGERIALISM IN SOCIAL WELFARE: THE CASE OF HONG KONG

Joe C. B. Leung · 1 Jan 2002

Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have been the major provider of social welfare services in Hong Kong. Facing an economic downturn, the Hong Kong government decides to enhance cost-effectiveness and accountability in social service through the introduction of market values and business management practices. Market-oriented practices include contracting out, competitive bidding, performance monitoring and lump-sum grant. The…

SOCIAL WITHDRAWAL OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG: A SOCIAL EXCLUSION PERSPECTIVE

Victor Wong, Winnie Ying · 1 Jan 2006

In the light of the social exclusion perspective, this paper discusses the indicators and different forms of social withdrawal experienced by young people in Hong Kong. The study examined the case records of 88 service users aged 13–24, and conducted 4 focus group interviews with a team of social workers involved in outreaching and reengaging…

SOCIAL RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR COMMUNITY-BASED ENTERPRISE IN SURABAYA CITY

Aluisius Hery Pratono, Suyanto Suyanto, Deddy Marciano et al. · 1 Jan 2017

This study aims to examine the social impact of a community-based enterprise model in Surabaya City. The analysis focuses on grass-root communities and highlights some technical challenges in order to develop a meta-theory with the intention of examining the underlying assumptions of the social return on investment. The social impact analysis is based on a…

SOCIAL INCLUSION, SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND SOCIAL COHESION: TENSIONS IN A POST-INDUSTRIAL WORLD

David Phillips · 1 Jan 2008

This paper intends to discuss several major theses on social inclusion, social exclusion and social cohesion. The first thesis is that there is a strong but complex relationship between social inclusion (mostly as an outcome but also as a process), social exclusion (mostly as a process but also as an outcome) and the social cohesiveness…

NGO INTERVENTIONS AND WOMEN DEVELOPMENT IN BANGLADESH: DO FEMINIST THEORIES WORK?

Ismail Hossain, Al-Amin Al-Amin, Jahangir Alam · 1 Jan 2012

This paper reviews the extent to which feminist viewpoints are incorporated in NGO interventions aimed at women's development in Bangladesh by examining major feminist perspectives alongside NGO intervention strategies. Based on fieldwork experiences in four NGOs, it determines that NGOs are not following any specific feminist theory, but rather interventions are influenced by development paradigms…

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