Social Science & Medicine

*Social Science & Medicine*
Discipline	Social sciences, health science
Language	English
Edited by	Ichiro Kawachi; S.V. Subramanian;
Publication details
History	1967–present
Publisher	Elsevier
Frequency	Biweekly
Impact factor	5.379 (2021)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	Soc. Sci. Med.
Indexing;
CODEN	SSMDEP
ISSN	0277-9536;
LCCN	82643975
OCLC no.	609900358
Links
	Journal homepage; Online access;

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.

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]

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 5.379.[6]

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