Social Science & Medicine
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Abbreviated title (ISO 4)
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Soc. Sci. Med. |
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| Discipline | Social sciences, health science |
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Ichiro Kawachi, S.V. Subramanian |
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Publication history
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1967-present |
| Frequency | Biweekly |
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| ISSN | 0277-9536 |
| LCCN | 82643975 |
| CODEN | SSMDEP |
| 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, 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 1967-1977 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.
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
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2012 impact factor of 2.733.[3]
See also
References
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