Social Science and Medicine

Elsevier
Elsevier
ISSN: 02779536, 18735347
SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
4.9
SJR
1.954
CiteScore
9.1
Categories
Health (social science)
History and Philosophy of Science
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Areas
Arts and Humanities
Medicine
Social Sciences
Years of issue
1967-2025
journal names
Social Science and Medicine
SOC SCI MED
Publications
21 466
Citations
900 275
h-index
293
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Top-3 organizations
Harvard University
Harvard University (650 publications)
University of Michigan
University of Michigan (342 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (7595 publications)
United Kingdom (4127 publications)
Canada (1793 publications)

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USA, 7595, 35.38%
United Kingdom, 4127, 19.23%
Canada, 1793, 8.35%
Australia, 1231, 5.73%
Netherlands, 843, 3.93%
China, 584, 2.72%
Sweden, 550, 2.56%
Germany, 430, 2%
France, 381, 1.77%
South Africa, 326, 1.52%
Norway, 310, 1.44%
New Zealand, 284, 1.32%
Israel, 278, 1.3%
Finland, 261, 1.22%
Switzerland, 251, 1.17%
Italy, 248, 1.16%
Japan, 248, 1.16%
Denmark, 245, 1.14%
India, 207, 0.96%
Belgium, 199, 0.93%
Spain, 190, 0.89%
Ireland, 150, 0.7%
Brazil, 141, 0.66%
Nigeria, 140, 0.65%
Kenya, 131, 0.61%
Republic of Korea, 116, 0.54%
Singapore, 86, 0.4%
Mexico, 82, 0.38%
Uganda, 82, 0.38%
Tanzania, 81, 0.38%
Thailand, 74, 0.34%
Ghana, 70, 0.33%
Bangladesh, 67, 0.31%
Austria, 65, 0.3%
Ethiopia, 60, 0.28%
Zimbabwe, 57, 0.27%
Poland, 51, 0.24%
Portugal, 45, 0.21%
Pakistan, 43, 0.2%
Chile, 42, 0.2%
Colombia, 40, 0.19%
Malawi, 37, 0.17%
Philippines, 37, 0.17%
Burkina Faso, 36, 0.17%
Indonesia, 36, 0.17%
Vietnam, 33, 0.15%
Lebanon, 32, 0.15%
Turkey, 31, 0.14%
Zambia, 30, 0.14%
Russia, 28, 0.13%
Malaysia, 27, 0.13%
Nepal, 27, 0.13%
Peru, 26, 0.12%
Sri Lanka, 26, 0.12%
Egypt, 25, 0.12%
Greece, 23, 0.11%
Iceland, 20, 0.09%
Argentina, 19, 0.09%
Hungary, 18, 0.08%
Czech Republic, 18, 0.08%
Mozambique, 17, 0.08%
Saudi Arabia, 17, 0.08%
Senegal, 17, 0.08%
Serbia, 15, 0.07%
Iran, 14, 0.07%
Cameroon, 14, 0.07%
Sudan, 14, 0.07%
Gambia, 13, 0.06%
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 13, 0.06%
Croatia, 13, 0.06%
Jamaica, 13, 0.06%
Bolivia, 12, 0.06%
Guatemala, 12, 0.06%
Kuwait, 12, 0.06%
UAE, 12, 0.06%
Estonia, 11, 0.05%
Papua New Guinea, 11, 0.05%
Mali, 10, 0.05%
Botswana, 9, 0.04%
Georgia, 9, 0.04%
Luxembourg, 9, 0.04%
Nicaragua, 9, 0.04%
Rwanda, 9, 0.04%
Sierra Leone, 9, 0.04%
Jordan, 8, 0.04%
Iraq, 8, 0.04%
Cambodia, 8, 0.04%
Costa Rica, 8, 0.04%
Yugoslavia, 8, 0.04%
Afghanistan, 7, 0.03%
Bulgaria, 7, 0.03%
Lithuania, 7, 0.03%
Puerto Rico, 7, 0.03%
Romania, 7, 0.03%
Ecuador, 7, 0.03%
Ukraine, 6, 0.03%
Benin, 6, 0.03%
Cuba, 6, 0.03%
Slovakia, 6, 0.03%
Venezuela, 5, 0.02%
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USA, 1265, 31.51%
United Kingdom, 621, 15.47%
Australia, 242, 6.03%
Canada, 235, 5.85%
China, 218, 5.43%
Netherlands, 153, 3.81%
Germany, 116, 2.89%
France, 85, 2.12%
Sweden, 71, 1.77%
Norway, 67, 1.67%
Italy, 65, 1.62%
Spain, 59, 1.47%
Denmark, 55, 1.37%
South Africa, 52, 1.3%
Japan, 51, 1.27%
Republic of Korea, 50, 1.25%
Switzerland, 47, 1.17%
India, 42, 1.05%
Ireland, 41, 1.02%
Belgium, 38, 0.95%
Singapore, 37, 0.92%
New Zealand, 36, 0.9%
Israel, 35, 0.87%
Austria, 34, 0.85%
Finland, 27, 0.67%
Brazil, 24, 0.6%
Kenya, 20, 0.5%
Poland, 19, 0.47%
Portugal, 18, 0.45%
Uganda, 17, 0.42%
Chile, 17, 0.42%
Ghana, 16, 0.4%
Tanzania, 14, 0.35%
Mexico, 12, 0.3%
Ethiopia, 12, 0.3%
Nigeria, 10, 0.25%
Bangladesh, 9, 0.22%
Zimbabwe, 9, 0.22%
Philippines, 9, 0.22%
Zambia, 8, 0.2%
Colombia, 8, 0.2%
Malaysia, 8, 0.2%
Vietnam, 7, 0.17%
Luxembourg, 6, 0.15%
Malawi, 6, 0.15%
Indonesia, 5, 0.12%
Thailand, 5, 0.12%
Turkey, 5, 0.12%
Czech Republic, 5, 0.12%
Greece, 4, 0.1%
Lebanon, 4, 0.1%
Mali, 4, 0.1%
Nepal, 4, 0.1%
Peru, 4, 0.1%
Romania, 4, 0.1%
Sierra Leone, 4, 0.1%
Ukraine, 3, 0.07%
Argentina, 3, 0.07%
Gambia, 3, 0.07%
Georgia, 3, 0.07%
Jordan, 3, 0.07%
Iran, 3, 0.07%
Iceland, 3, 0.07%
Cameroon, 3, 0.07%
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 3, 0.07%
UAE, 3, 0.07%
Saudi Arabia, 3, 0.07%
Serbia, 3, 0.07%
Croatia, 3, 0.07%
Barbados, 2, 0.05%
Botswana, 2, 0.05%
Burkina Faso, 2, 0.05%
Hungary, 2, 0.05%
Guatemala, 2, 0.05%
Egypt, 2, 0.05%
Iraq, 2, 0.05%
Cambodia, 2, 0.05%
Costa Rica, 2, 0.05%
Lithuania, 2, 0.05%
Mozambique, 2, 0.05%
Rwanda, 2, 0.05%
Slovakia, 2, 0.05%
Sri Lanka, 2, 0.05%
Ecuador, 2, 0.05%
Russia, 1, 0.02%
Estonia, 1, 0.02%
Azerbaijan, 1, 0.02%
Afghanistan, 1, 0.02%
Benin, 1, 0.02%
Bulgaria, 1, 0.02%
Bolivia, 1, 0.02%
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1, 0.02%
Burundi, 1, 0.02%
Bhutan, 1, 0.02%
Timor-Leste, 1, 0.02%
Haiti, 1, 0.02%
Honduras, 1, 0.02%
Yemen, 1, 0.02%
Lesotho, 1, 0.02%
Libya, 1, 0.02%
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