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Reflections on the Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research

am pleased to offer a few reflections on the evolution, progress, and current status of the Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research ( JSSWR) as I end my tenure as editor-in-chief. My involvement in efforts led by the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) to publish high-quality scientific articles began in 2005 when I co-chaired the SSWR Presidential Task Force on Publications with President Anne E. (Ricky) Fortune. Our task force found that manuscript submission and review processes of many social work journals were hindered by lengthy manuscript review periods, inconsistent quality in manuscript reviews, and extensive publication backlogs ( Jenson et al., 2008). The vison of a new SSWR-sponsored journal was seen as an opportunity to create a publication outlet that was not plagued by the inadequacies identified in the task force report. JSSWRwas launched in 2009 to fill a void in both rigor and process in social work journals at the time (Fong, Gehlert, Marsh, Uehara, & Williams, 2019). Founding Editor-in-Chief Mark Fraser noted in the inaugural issue that “JSSWR is a scholarly journal that is committed to the rapid dissemination of research that informs practice, evaluates social and health programs, assesses public policies, and encourages further research (Fraser & Wyant, 2010, p. i).” Begun in a self-published, open-access format, the journal enjoyed early success that quickly outstripped the capacity of its publication platform and infrastructure. As chairperson of SSWR’s Committee on Publications (COP) at the time, I led an effort to select a new publisher for JSSWR in 2012. This was a collaborative effort involving COP members, SSWR staff and board members, and the JSSWR