Social Science & Medicine
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{{Infobox journal
| title = Social Science & Medicine
| cover = Social Science and Medicine.gif
| former_name =
| abbreviation = Soc. Sci. Med.
| discipline = Social sciences, health science
| editor = Susan J. Elliott
| publisher = Elsevier
| country =
| history = 1967–present
| frequency = Biweekly
| openaccess = Hybrid
| license =
| impact = 5.4
| impact-year = 2022
| ISSN = 0277-9536
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| CODEN =
| JSTOR =
| LCCN = 82643975
| OCLC = 609900358
| website = https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/social-science-and-medicine
| link2 = https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/social-science-and-medicine/issues
| link2-name = Online archive
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Social Science & Medicine is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering social science research that is relevant to health. The disciplines covered by the journal include anthropology, economics, geography, psychology, social epidemiology, social policy, sociology, medicine, and health care practice, policy, and organization. The journal was established in 1967 and is published by Elsevier.
History
Social Science & Medicine ({{issn|0037-7856}}) was published quarterly from 1967 to 1977 by Pergamon Press and was then split into:[http://locatorplus.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&ti=1,1&Search_Arg=0121744&Search_Code=0359&CNT=20&SID=1 NLM record],[http://lccn.loc.gov/80641610 LC record]
- 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
- 2023 to Present – Susan J. Elliott, Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, Canada.{{Cite book|url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/social-science-and-medicine/editorial-board|title=Social Science & Medicine Editorial Board}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_7SwtD7OS4|title=Interview with the new Editor-in-Chief of Social Science & Medicine, Susan J. Elliott|date=9 June 2023 }}
- 2012 to 2023 – Ichiro Kawachi and S.V. Subramanian, both at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.{{cite journal |last1=Timmermans |first1=Stefan |title=Golden anniversary issue editorial |journal=Social Science & Medicine |date=January 2018 |volume=196 |pages=204–205 |doi=10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.11.005|pmid=29128263 }}
- 2004 to 2012 – Ellen Annandale, Department of Sociology, University of York, UK.{{Cite web|url=https://www.york.ac.uk/sociology/our-staff/academic/ellen-annandale/|title=Ellen Annandale – Sociology, The University of York|website=www.york.ac.uk|language=EN|access-date=2018-04-25}}
- 1995 to 2004 – Sally Macintyre, MRC / CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, UK.{{cite web |title=Professor Dame Sally Macintyre |url=https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/healthwellbeing/staff/sallymacintyre/#biography |access-date=27 January 2024}}
- 1967 to 1995 – Peter J. M. McEwan (Founding Editor).{{cite news |last1=Shaw |first1=Alison |title=Obituary: Peter McEwan, academic, author and art dealer |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-peter-mcewan-academic-author-and-art-dealer-1579447 |access-date=27 January 2024 |work=The Scotsman |date=16 April 2013}}
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
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- 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
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According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 5.379.{{cite book |year=2021 |chapter=Social Science & Medicine |title=2021 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Social Sciences |series=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports }}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/social-science-and-medicine}}
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Category:Academic journals established in 1967