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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.
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| Discipline | Social sciences, health science |
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| 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 |
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Social Science & Medicine (ISSN 0037-7856) was published quarterly from 1967 to 1977 by Pergamon Press and was then split into:[1][2]
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.
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]
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 5.379.[9]
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