Social Science & Medicine
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Discipline | Social sciences, health science |
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Language | English |
Edited by | Ichiro Kawachi, S.V. Subramanian |
Publication details | |
History | 1967–present |
Publisher | |
Frequency | Biweekly |
2.733 (2012) | |
Standard abbreviations | |
ISO 4 | Soc. Sci. Med. |
Indexing | |
CODEN | SSMDEP |
ISSN | 0277-9536 |
LCCN | 82643975 |
OCLC no. | 609900358 |
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Social Science & Medicine is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering social science research on health, including anthropology, economics, geography, psychology, social epidemiology, social policy, sociology, medicine and health care practice, policy, and organization. It 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, according to the National Library of Medicine[1] and the Library of Congress,[2] was then split into:
- 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.
Editors-in-Chief
2012 to Current – Ichiro Kawachi and S.V. Subramanian, both at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, US.[3]
2004 to 2012 – Ellen Annandale, currently Department of Sociology, University of York, UK.[4][5]
1995 to 2004 - Sally Macintyre, MRC / CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, UK.[5]
1967 to 1995 - Peter J. M. McEwan (Founding Editor).[5]
Abstracting and indexing
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 2012 impact factor of 2.733.[6]
See also
References
- ^ NLM record,
- ^ LC record
- ^ Social Science & Medicine Editorial Board.
- ^ "Ellen Annandale – Sociology, The University of York". www.york.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ^ a b c "Editorial Board". Social Science & Medicine. 202: ii. 1 April 2018. doi:10.1016/S0277-9536(18)30145-X. ISSN 0277-9536.
- ^ "Social Science & Medicine". 2012 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2013.
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