Social Science & Medicine

*Social Science & Medicine*
Publication details

Abbreviated title (ISO 4)	Soc. Sci. Med.
Discipline	Social sciences, health science
Language	English
Edited by	Ichiro Kawachi, S.V. Subramanian
Publisher	Elsevier
Publication history	1967-present
Frequency	Biweekly
Impact factor (2012)	2.733
Indexing
ISSN	0277-9536
LCCN	82643975
CODEN	SSMDEP
OCLC no.	609900358
Links
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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.

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2012 impact factor of 2.733.^[3]

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