- Social Science & Medicine
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title = Social Science & Medicine
editor = E. Annandale
discipline =social sciences
language = English
abbreviation = Soc sci med
publisher =Elsevier , through imprintPergamon Press
country = USA
frequency = biweekly
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impact = 2.453
impact-year = 2007
website = http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/315/description#description
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ISSN = 0277-9536
eISSN ="Social Science & Medicine" is a peer-reviewed
medical journal . According to its website, it "provides an international and interdisciplinary forum for the dissemination of research findings, reviews and theory in all areas of common interest to social scientists, health practitioners and policy makers. The journal publishes material relevant to any aspect of health from a wide range of social science disciplines (eg.anthropology ,economics ,geography ,psychology ,social epidemiology ,social policy andsociology ), and material relevant to the social sciences from any of the professions concerned with physical and mental health, and withhealth care practice, policy and organization."Publication history
"Social science & medicine" issn|0037-7856 was published quarterly from 1967-1977 by
Pergamon Press out ofElmsford, New York , and was then split, according to theNational Library of Medicine [ [http://locatorplus.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&ti=1,1&Search_Arg=0121744&Search_Code=0359&CNT=20&SID=1 NLM record,] as confirmed by theLibrary of Congress , [ [http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v3=1&ti=1,1&SEQ=20080710215952&Search%5FArg=Social%20science%20%26%20medicine&Search%5FCode=TALL&CNT=100&PID=ESi5m4gZ3e0pRyZ62CD7RkzqObj9X&SID=1 LC record] ] into:* "Social science & medicine. Medical psychology & medical sociology", ISSN 0037-7856, which was then changed to:
**& "Social science & medicine. Part A, Medical sociology" ISSN 0271-7123 and
** "Social science & medicine. Part E, Medical psychology" ISSN 0271-5384
** "Social science & medicine. Medical anthropology", also called "Part B" ISSN 0160-7987
** "Social science & medicine. Medical economics", also called, "Part C" ISSN 0160-7995
** "Social science & medicine. Medical geography", also called "Part D" ISSN 0160-8002
** "Social science & medicine. Part F, Medical & social ethics" ISSN 0271-5392In 1982, Parts A-F were merged back into one journal, at the current (2008) issn|0277-9536. It was published by Pergamon Press, which was acquired by Elsevier in 1992.
Note: According to the Elsevier website, the journal commenced publication in 1978.
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External links
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=journals&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=7517 NIH listing]
* [http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/315/description#description Official website]
* [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/02779536 Archives at sciencedirect.com]
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