Social Science & Medicine
Overview
Social Science & Medicine is a renowned interdisciplinary journal that publishes cutting-edge research in the field of social sciences and medicine. It explores the complex relationship between society and health, covering topics such as healthcare systems, health policy, social determinants of health, and the impact of social factors on individual and population health outcomes. The journal provides valuable insights into the intersection of social sciences and medicine, fostering a deeper understanding of health disparities and promoting evidence-based approaches to improve public health.
Details
Details
Abbr.
Soc Sci Med
Start
1982
End
Continuing
Frequency
Twenty four no. a year
p-ISSN
0277-9536
e-ISSN
1873-5347
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Metrics
Metrics
h-index / Ranks: 253
283
SJR / Ranks: 1235
1954
CiteScore / Ranks: 2299
7.90
JIF / Ranks: 1377
5.4
Recent Articles
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Fleming T, Boyd J, McNeil R
Soc Sci Med
. 2025 Mar;
372:117930.
PMID: 40088666
Canada's overdose crisis has prompted the implementation of a range of safer supply programs, which provide prescription alternatives to illicit drugs to reduce overdose deaths and related harms. However, the...
2.
Sutton M, Hugh-Jones S, Wilding A
Soc Sci Med
. 2025 Mar;
372:117952.
PMID: 40088665
Evaluations of natural experiments in population health studies typically construct and compare exposed and unnexposed populations classified by area or individual exposure. Populations are often dichotomised on one of these...
3.
Mari K
Soc Sci Med
. 2025 Mar;
372:117929.
PMID: 40088664
Postpartum parents with infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) disproportionately lack access to adequate postpartum care, particularly in pediatric hospital settings. Building upon Liese's (2021) framework of obstetric iatrogenesis...
4.
Sinyor M, Shin S, Lee J, Stack S, Men V, Niederkrotenthaler T
Soc Sci Med
. 2025 Mar;
371:117934.
PMID: 40086207
Objective: Widely disseminated media depictions of suicide can result in increased suicides, the so-called Werther effect. Season one of the Netflix series Squid Game (SG) was released in September 2021...
5.
Yan T, Yang M
Soc Sci Med
. 2025 Mar;
372:117908.
PMID: 40086201
Family participation is regarded as crucial for promoting patient well-being, particularly in geriatric care, where patients often face greater challenges and require additional support in making medical decisions. The importance...
6.
Dembo R, Hong J, DaWalt L, Mailick M
Soc Sci Med
. 2025 Mar;
372:117912.
PMID: 40086200
Developmental disabilities are a heterogenous group of disorders characterized by impairments in physical functioning, learning, language, behavior, and self-care (Zablotsky et al., 2019). Parenting a child with a developmental disability...
7.
Nguyen L, McCabe H, Howick S, Megiddo I, Sengupta S, Morton A
Soc Sci Med
. 2025 Mar;
371:117913.
PMID: 40081170
Health and social care systems face immense pressures that emerge from complex interdependencies between system components, transcending conventional explanations of demand-capacity mismatches. Although multiple theoretic perspectives (e.g., "complex adaptive systems",...
8.
Darville J, Campbell K, Stanhope K, Kendall A, Carter S, Kramer M, et al.
Soc Sci Med
. 2025 Mar;
371:117932.
PMID: 40081169
Introduction: The United States maternal health crisis is especially profound in Georgia, disproportionately affecting Black birthing people. In Georgia, 35% of all births are to Black-identifying people, with rates of...
9.
Hajiheydari N, Delgosha M, Saheb T
Soc Sci Med
. 2025 Mar;
371:117850.
PMID: 40081168
Patients' reactions to the implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare range from adverse to favourable. While AI holds the promise of revolutionising healthcare by enhancing, accelerating, and improving the...
10.
Fierlbeck K, Gautier L, Usher S, Allin S, Sriram V, Berman P
Soc Sci Med
. 2025 Mar;
371:117880.
PMID: 40081167
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, scholarship has focused on the intersection of politics and scientific evidence in the development, distribution and uptake of vaccines; border closures; and interventions such as public...