Instructions for authors The online-only

Social Work Forum

Instructions for authors

The online-only biannual journal published by the Faculty of Arts Press, Charles University, focuses on the theory and practice of social work, social policy and related disciplines. The editorial team accepts only contributions which correspond to the journal’s principles and core values. Articles submitted must be intended for exclusive publication in the Social Work Forum. Authors are asked not to submit more than two articles/contributions per year. Peer-reviewed academic papers form the core of the journal. A further section presents examples of good practice or work methods that could serve as an inspiration or model. In addition, the journal contains a section dedicated to abbreviated versions of final student theses.

Since 2015 the Social Work Forum has been an open access journal whose online content is freely available to readers under the CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 licence.

The SWF is indexed in SocIndex EBSCO.


No fees are charged for the submission, processing and publication of manuscripts.


However, we request that authors writing in English submit a Certificate of English Language Correctness together with the manuscript. The certificate must be issued by a professional translator and include the name of the translator/company as well as contact information (website, e-mail address, telephone number).
Manuscripts and review proceedings
Academic articles
The author should explain the relevance of his/her findings and clarify the results within the context of social work. This is examined and assessed during publication proceedings to assess the appropriateness of an article. The author is expected to work using systematically relevant resources, clarify his/her research methodology and present the results with respect to his/her research objectives. These are checked and assessed by two independent peer reviewers during the publication proceedings.
Review proceedings are bilaterally anonymous. Articles are assessed in terms of both content and form. If necessary, the article may be returned to the author(s) for re-writing or amendment. Based on the reviews, the article will either be accepted or rejected. Two versions of the manuscript should be submitted to the editor’s office, sent via e-mail. One of these versions should be free of any information which would lead to the identification of the author. The other should be a complete version of the article.