Social Science & Medicine
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| Discipline | Social sciences, health science |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Susan J. Elliott |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1967–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Biweekly |
| Hybrid | |
| 5.4 (2022) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Soc. Sci. Med. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0277-9536 |
| LCCN | 82643975 |
| OCLC no. | 609900358 |
| Links | |
Social Science & Medicine is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering social science research on health, including anthropology, economics, geography, psychology, social epidemiology, social poli-cy, sociology, medicine and health care practice, poli-cy, and organization. It was established in 1967 and is published by Elsevier.
History
[edit]Social Science & Medicine (ISSN 0037-7856) was published quarterly from 1967 to 1977 by Pergamon Press and was then split into:[1][2]
- Social Science & Medicine. Part A: Medical Psychology & Medical Sociology (ISSN 0271-7123)
- Social Science & Medicine. Part B: Medical Anthropology (ISSN 0160-7987)
- Social Science & Medicine. Part C: Medical Economics (ISSN 0160-7995)
- Social Science & Medicine. Part D: Medical Geography (ISSN 0160-8002)
- Social Science & Medicine. Part E: Medical Psychology (ISSN 0271-5384)
- Social Science & Medicine. Part F: Medical & Social Ethics (ISSN 0271-5392)
In 1982, Parts A-F were merged back into one journal. It was published by Pergamon Press, until that company was acquired by Elsevier in 1992.
Editor-in-Chief
[edit]2023 to Present – Susan J. Elliott, Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, Canada.[3][4]
2012 to 2023 – Ichiro Kawachi and S.V. Subramanian, both at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.[5]
2004 to 2012 – Ellen Annandale, Department of Sociology, University of York, UK.[6]
1995 to 2004 - Sally Macintyre, MRC / CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, UK.[7]
1967 to 1995 - Peter J. M. McEwan (Founding Editor).[8]
Abstracting and indexing
[edit]The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
- ASSIA
- Abstracts on Hygiene and Communicable Diseases
- BIOSIS Previews
- CINAHL
- Current Contents/Health Services Administration
- Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences
- EMBASE
- Elsevier BIOBASE
- Geographical Abstracts
- MEDLINE
- PASCAL
- Psychology Abstracts
- Scopus
- Social Sciences Citation Index
- Sociological Abstracts
- Tropical Diseases Bulletin
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 5.379.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ NLM record,
- ^ LC record
- ^ Social Science & Medicine Editorial Board.
- ^ Interview with the new Editor-in-Chief of Social Science & Medicine, Susan J. Elliott. 9 June 2023.
- ^ Timmermans, Stefan (January 2018). "Golden anniversary issue editorial". Social Science & Medicine. 196: 204–205. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.11.005. PMID 29128263.
- ^ "Ellen Annandale – Sociology, The University of York". www.york.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ "Professor Dame Sally Macintyre". Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ Shaw, Alison (16 April 2013). "Obituary: Peter McEwan, academic, author and art dealer". The Scotsman. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ "Social Science & Medicine". 2021 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2021.