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Social History of Medicine

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1988

ISSN1477-4666

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI · AHCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.249

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.304

Total Worksi

4,293

Total Citationsi

26,821

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.11

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: History; History & Philosophy Of Science; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1988

FrequencyThree Times A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,293

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1477-4666

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

133

388

2019

128

136

2020

135

100

2021

2022

112

2023

2024

128

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

HistoryQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

HistoryHistory & Philosophy Of Science

Scopus Categories

HistoryMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Historical Psychiatry and Medical PracticesHistorical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal ChangesHistory of Science and MedicineMedical History and InnovationsHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisDiverse Historical and Scientific StudiesMedical History and ResearchHistorical Economic and Social StudiesHistory of Medicine StudiesMedicine and Dermatology Studies History

Frequently asked questions about Social History of Medicine

Is Social History of Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Social History of Medicine: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Social History of Medicine?

Social History of Medicine is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.11.

Is Social History of Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Social History of Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Social History of Medicine?