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Social Science and Medicine

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1927

ISSN1873-5347

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.851

H-Indexi

390

SNIPi

2.007

Total Worksi

23,207

Total Citationsi

1,423,984

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.90

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Aims & Scope

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1927

FrequencyTwenty Four No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications23,207

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1873-5347

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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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

606

29k

2019

725

30k

2020

839

32k

2021

729

17k

2022

712

9.5k

2023

889

6.5k

2024

2.8k

2025

721

224

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.

Health (social science)Q1

History and Philosophy of ScienceQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Public, Environmental & Occupational HealthSocial Sciences, Biomedical

Scopus Categories

History and Philosophy of ScienceMedicine (miscellaneous)Health (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health disparities and outcomesGlobal Health Care IssuesEmployment and Welfare StudiesGlobal Maternal and Child HealthHealthcare Policy and ManagementMigration, Health and TraumaHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeHealthcare Systems and ReformsFood Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsHomelessness and Social Issues

Frequently asked questions about Social Science and Medicine

Is Social Science and Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Social Science and 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 Science and Medicine?

Social Science and 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 2.90.

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

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

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