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SSM - Qualitative Research in Health

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SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q3
Impact factor
1.8
SJR
0.645
CiteScore
1.6
Categories
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Health (social science)
Areas
Social Sciences
Years of issue
2021-2025
journal names
SSM - Qualitative Research in Health
SSM-QUAL RES HEALTH
Publications
566
Citations
2 246
h-index
18
Publications
566
Citations
2 212
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 countries
USA (185 publications)
United Kingdom (111 publications)
Canada (84 publications)

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SSM - Qualitative Research in Health
95 citations, 4.23%
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62 citations, 2.76%
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Sociology of Health and Illness
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BMC Health Services Research
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Harm Reduction Journal
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Journal of Advanced Nursing
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Frontiers in Psychology
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Journal of General Internal Medicine
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American Journal of Men's Health
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Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Patient Education and Counseling
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Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics
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Journal of Homosexuality
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SSM - Population Health
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Critical Public Health
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Appetite
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Journal of Affective Disorders
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Contraception
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BMJ Public Health
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Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy
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Health Sociology Review
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Medical Humanities
5 citations, 0.22%
Sustainability
5 citations, 0.22%
AIDS and Behavior
5 citations, 0.22%
Addiction science & clinical practice
5 citations, 0.22%
Health and Place
5 citations, 0.22%
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
5 citations, 0.22%
Nursing Reports
5 citations, 0.22%
BMC Primary Care
5 citations, 0.22%
Women s Reproductive Health
5 citations, 0.22%
International Journal of Transgender Health
5 citations, 0.22%
Emerging Infectious Diseases
4 citations, 0.18%
Sexuality Research and Social Policy
4 citations, 0.18%
The International Journal of Qualitative Methods
4 citations, 0.18%
Journal of the American Heart Association
4 citations, 0.18%
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4 citations, 0.18%
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4 citations, 0.18%
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4 citations, 0.18%
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JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association
4 citations, 0.18%
BMC Medical Education
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Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
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4 citations, 0.18%
Studies in Family Planning
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BMC Nursing
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Drug and Alcohol Dependence
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JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
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Environment and Planning E Nature and Space
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Contraception and Reproductive Medicine
4 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment
4 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Family Violence
3 citations, 0.13%
Archives of Sexual Behavior
3 citations, 0.13%
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3 citations, 0.13%
Nutrients
3 citations, 0.13%
BMC Psychiatry
3 citations, 0.13%
Health Education Journal
3 citations, 0.13%
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Elsevier
437 citations, 19.46%
Springer Nature
368 citations, 16.38%
Taylor & Francis
235 citations, 10.46%
Wiley
222 citations, 9.88%
SAGE
194 citations, 8.64%
MDPI
142 citations, 6.32%
Frontiers Media S.A.
87 citations, 3.87%
BMJ
69 citations, 3.07%
Oxford University Press
54 citations, 2.4%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
54 citations, 2.4%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
34 citations, 1.51%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
27 citations, 1.2%
JMIR Publications
21 citations, 0.93%
American Medical Association (AMA)
20 citations, 0.89%
Emerald
19 citations, 0.85%
Cambridge University Press
15 citations, 0.67%
Duke University Press
13 citations, 0.58%
Mary Ann Liebert
10 citations, 0.45%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
9 citations, 0.4%
Research Square Platform LLC
9 citations, 0.4%
IGI Global
8 citations, 0.36%
Walter de Gruyter
7 citations, 0.31%
EDP Sciences
7 citations, 0.31%
Mark Allen Group
7 citations, 0.31%
F1000 Research
6 citations, 0.27%
AOSIS
5 citations, 0.22%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
4 citations, 0.18%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
4 citations, 0.18%
American Academy of Pediatrics
4 citations, 0.18%
American Speech Language Hearing Association
4 citations, 0.18%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
4 citations, 0.18%
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
3 citations, 0.13%
American Public Health Association
3 citations, 0.13%
Hindawi Limited
3 citations, 0.13%
Annual Reviews
3 citations, 0.13%
Bristol University Press
3 citations, 0.13%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
2 citations, 0.09%
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
2 citations, 0.09%
Springer Publishing Company
2 citations, 0.09%
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2 citations, 0.09%
Health Affairs (Project Hope)
2 citations, 0.09%
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
2 citations, 0.09%
Unisa Press
2 citations, 0.09%
Royal College of Psychiatrists
2 citations, 0.09%
Medknow
2 citations, 0.09%
CSIRO Publishing
2 citations, 0.09%
CAIRN
2 citations, 0.09%
Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS
2 citations, 0.09%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
2 citations, 0.09%
Berghahn Books
2 citations, 0.09%
Scientific Scholar
2 citations, 0.09%
John Benjamins Publishing Company
1 citation, 0.04%
1 citation, 0.04%
Brill
1 citation, 0.04%
King Saud University
1 citation, 0.04%
The Royal Society
1 citation, 0.04%
University of Chicago Press
1 citation, 0.04%
ifmbe proceedings
1 citation, 0.04%
IWA Publishing
1 citation, 0.04%
IOP Publishing
1 citation, 0.04%
The Endocrine Society
1 citation, 0.04%
Technosdar Ltd
1 citation, 0.04%
Lviv Polytechnic National University
1 citation, 0.04%
Ethnologia Europaea
1 citation, 0.04%
Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
1 citation, 0.04%
American Dental Education Association
1 citation, 0.04%
Moffitt Cancer Center
1 citation, 0.04%
Florida Gulf Coast University
1 citation, 0.04%
Voronezh State University
1 citation, 0.04%
American Psychological Association (APA)
1 citation, 0.04%
S. Karger AG
1 citation, 0.04%
SciELO
1 citation, 0.04%
PAGEPress Publications
1 citation, 0.04%
CMA Impact Inc.
1 citation, 0.04%
Federal Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology
1 citation, 0.04%
Institute of Research and Community Services Diponegoro University (LPPM UNDIP)
1 citation, 0.04%
Consortium Erudit
1 citation, 0.04%
South Florida Publishing LLC
1 citation, 0.04%
Hogrefe Publishing Group
1 citation, 0.04%
SLACK
1 citation, 0.04%
AACN Publishing
1 citation, 0.04%
SMW Supporting Association
1 citation, 0.04%
Kostroma State University
1 citation, 0.04%
National Research Mordovia State University MRSU
1 citation, 0.04%
Hacettepe Universitesi Hemsirelik Fakultesi Dergisi
1 citation, 0.04%
Japanese Association for Management Systems
1 citation, 0.04%
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University of British Columbia
25 publications, 4.42%
University of Oxford
24 publications, 4.24%
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
23 publications, 4.06%
University of Toronto
19 publications, 3.36%
Johns Hopkins University
14 publications, 2.47%
Harvard University
14 publications, 2.47%
King's College London
12 publications, 2.12%
Yale University
12 publications, 2.12%
University of Sydney
12 publications, 2.12%
Simon Fraser University
12 publications, 2.12%
University College London
11 publications, 1.94%
University of Melbourne
11 publications, 1.94%
Columbia University
11 publications, 1.94%
University of California, San Francisco
11 publications, 1.94%
University of New South Wales
10 publications, 1.77%
Dalhousie University
10 publications, 1.77%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
10 publications, 1.77%
Western University
10 publications, 1.77%
Université de Montréal
10 publications, 1.77%
University of California, Los Angeles
9 publications, 1.59%
University of Edinburgh
8 publications, 1.41%
University of Copenhagen
7 publications, 1.24%
Flinders University
7 publications, 1.24%
University of Washington
7 publications, 1.24%
Newcastle University
7 publications, 1.24%
University of Michigan
7 publications, 1.24%
McMaster University
7 publications, 1.24%
University of Victoria
7 publications, 1.24%
University of Leicester
7 publications, 1.24%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
7 publications, 1.24%
University of Southern Denmark
6 publications, 1.06%
University of Queensland
6 publications, 1.06%
University of California, Berkeley
6 publications, 1.06%
New York University
6 publications, 1.06%
Brown University
6 publications, 1.06%
Medical College of Wisconsin
6 publications, 1.06%
Emory University
6 publications, 1.06%
University of Pennsylvania
6 publications, 1.06%
University of Alberta
6 publications, 1.06%
University of Ottawa
6 publications, 1.06%
University of Westminster
6 publications, 1.06%
Australian National University
5 publications, 0.88%
University of Basel
5 publications, 0.88%
University of Nottingham
5 publications, 0.88%
University of Auckland
5 publications, 0.88%
University of Adelaide
5 publications, 0.88%
Deakin University
5 publications, 0.88%
University of Wollongong
5 publications, 0.88%
University of Illinois at Chicago
5 publications, 0.88%
University of Vienna
5 publications, 0.88%
University of Cincinnati
5 publications, 0.88%
University of York
5 publications, 0.88%
Technical University of Munich
4 publications, 0.71%
Durham University
4 publications, 0.71%
University of Glasgow
4 publications, 0.71%
University of Otago
4 publications, 0.71%
Monash University
4 publications, 0.71%
Boston University
4 publications, 0.71%
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
4 publications, 0.71%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
4 publications, 0.71%
University of Waterloo
4 publications, 0.71%
University of Groningen
4 publications, 0.71%
University of Sheffield
4 publications, 0.71%
University of Exeter
4 publications, 0.71%
University of Utah
4 publications, 0.71%
University of Connecticut
4 publications, 0.71%
University of South Carolina
4 publications, 0.71%
University of Pittsburgh
4 publications, 0.71%
Ghent University
3 publications, 0.53%
University Hospital Heidelberg
3 publications, 0.53%
Heidelberg University
3 publications, 0.53%
Karolinska Institute
3 publications, 0.53%
University of Dundee
3 publications, 0.53%
Queen Mary University of London
3 publications, 0.53%
University of Warwick
3 publications, 0.53%
University of Cambridge
3 publications, 0.53%
City, University of London
3 publications, 0.53%
Manchester Metropolitan University
3 publications, 0.53%
University of Manchester
3 publications, 0.53%
National University of Singapore
3 publications, 0.53%
Drexel University
3 publications, 0.53%
Loughborough University
3 publications, 0.53%
University of Birmingham
3 publications, 0.53%
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
3 publications, 0.53%
University of Western Australia
3 publications, 0.53%
Macquarie University
3 publications, 0.53%
La Trobe University
3 publications, 0.53%
University of Cape Town
3 publications, 0.53%
University of the Witwatersrand
3 publications, 0.53%
Stanford University
3 publications, 0.53%
University of KwaZulu-Natal
3 publications, 0.53%
University of the Western Cape
3 publications, 0.53%
Northwestern University
3 publications, 0.53%
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
3 publications, 0.53%
Duke University
3 publications, 0.53%
Ohio State University
3 publications, 0.53%
University of California, San Diego
3 publications, 0.53%
San Diego State University
3 publications, 0.53%
University of Aberdeen
3 publications, 0.53%
University of the Philippines Manila
3 publications, 0.53%
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USA, 185, 32.69%
USA
185 publications, 32.69%
United Kingdom, 111, 19.61%
United Kingdom
111 publications, 19.61%
Canada, 84, 14.84%
Canada
84 publications, 14.84%
Australia, 45, 7.95%
Australia
45 publications, 7.95%
Netherlands, 22, 3.89%
Netherlands
22 publications, 3.89%
Germany, 19, 3.36%
Germany
19 publications, 3.36%
South Africa, 13, 2.3%
South Africa
13 publications, 2.3%
Denmark, 12, 2.12%
Denmark
12 publications, 2.12%
New Zealand, 10, 1.77%
New Zealand
10 publications, 1.77%
Switzerland, 10, 1.77%
Switzerland
10 publications, 1.77%
France, 8, 1.41%
France
8 publications, 1.41%
Belgium, 7, 1.24%
Belgium
7 publications, 1.24%
India, 7, 1.24%
India
7 publications, 1.24%
Austria, 6, 1.06%
Austria
6 publications, 1.06%
Kenya, 6, 1.06%
Kenya
6 publications, 1.06%
China, 5, 0.88%
China
5 publications, 0.88%
Brazil, 5, 0.88%
Brazil
5 publications, 0.88%
Ireland, 5, 0.88%
Ireland
5 publications, 0.88%
Japan, 5, 0.88%
Japan
5 publications, 0.88%
Spain, 4, 0.71%
Spain
4 publications, 0.71%
Italy, 4, 0.71%
Italy
4 publications, 0.71%
Singapore, 4, 0.71%
Singapore
4 publications, 0.71%
Sweden, 4, 0.71%
Sweden
4 publications, 0.71%
Bangladesh, 3, 0.53%
Bangladesh
3 publications, 0.53%
Ghana, 3, 0.53%
Ghana
3 publications, 0.53%
Nigeria, 3, 0.53%
Nigeria
3 publications, 0.53%
Uganda, 3, 0.53%
Uganda
3 publications, 0.53%
Philippines, 3, 0.53%
Philippines
3 publications, 0.53%
Israel, 2, 0.35%
Israel
2 publications, 0.35%
Nepal, 2, 0.35%
Nepal
2 publications, 0.35%
Norway, 2, 0.35%
Norway
2 publications, 0.35%
Sierra Leone, 2, 0.35%
Sierra Leone
2 publications, 0.35%
Tanzania, 2, 0.35%
Tanzania
2 publications, 0.35%
Finland, 2, 0.35%
Finland
2 publications, 0.35%
Russia, 1, 0.18%
Russia
1 publication, 0.18%
Portugal, 1, 0.18%
Portugal
1 publication, 0.18%
Argentina, 1, 0.18%
Argentina
1 publication, 0.18%
Botswana, 1, 0.18%
Botswana
1 publication, 0.18%
Timor-Leste, 1, 0.18%
Timor-Leste
1 publication, 0.18%
Vietnam, 1, 0.18%
Vietnam
1 publication, 0.18%
Zambia, 1, 0.18%
Zambia
1 publication, 0.18%
Zimbabwe, 1, 0.18%
Zimbabwe
1 publication, 0.18%
Indonesia, 1, 0.18%
Indonesia
1 publication, 0.18%
Colombia, 1, 0.18%
Colombia
1 publication, 0.18%
Côte d'Ivoire, 1, 0.18%
Côte d'Ivoire
1 publication, 0.18%
Latvia, 1, 0.18%
Latvia
1 publication, 0.18%
Liberia, 1, 0.18%
Liberia
1 publication, 0.18%
Malawi, 1, 0.18%
Malawi
1 publication, 0.18%
Papua New Guinea, 1, 0.18%
Papua New Guinea
1 publication, 0.18%
Trinidad and Tobago, 1, 0.18%
Trinidad and Tobago
1 publication, 0.18%
Ethiopia, 1, 0.18%
Ethiopia
1 publication, 0.18%
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