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 () was published quarterly from 1967 to 1977 by Pergamon Press and, according to the National Library of Medicine and the Library of Congress, was then split into:
Social Science & Medicine. Part A: Medical Psychology & Medical Sociology () Social Science & Medicine. Part B: Medical Anthropology () Social Science & Medicine. Part C: Medical Economics () Social Science & Medicine. Part D: Medical Geography () Social Science & Medicine. Part E: Medical Psychology () Social Science & Medicine. Part F: Medical & Social Ethics ()
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 Present – Ichiro Kawachi and S.V. Subramanian, both at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
2004 to 2012 – Ellen Annandale, currently Department of Sociology, University of York, UK.
1995 to 2004 - Sally Macintyre, MRC / CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, UK.
1967 to 1995 - Peter J. M. McEwan (Founding Editor).
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 5.379.