Health and Social Care in the Community

Aims & Scope

Health and Social Care in the Community is an international peer-reviewed journal with a multidisciplinary audience including social workers, health care professionals with a community or public health focus e.g. public health practitioners, GP’s, Community Nurses and Social Care researchers and educators.

The Journal promotes critical thinking and informed debate about all aspects of health and social care.

Original papers are sought that reflect the broad range of policy, practice and theoretical issues underpinning the provision of care in the community.

Health and Social Care in the Community publishes systematic and narrative reviews, policy analysis and empirical qualitative or quantitative papers including papers that focus on professional or patient education.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.3
2024	2.00

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4489

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	3580

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.045

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	85

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Social isolation, loneliness and health in old age: a scoping review

  Citation: 1078

  Authors: Emilie, Martin

• Interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness among older people: an integrative review

  Citation: 599

  Authors: Clare, Gideon, Merryn

• Why ethnic minority groups are under-represented in clinical trials: a review of the literature

  Citation: 333

  Authors: Mahvash, Karl, Brenda

• Hoarding: a community health problem

  Citation: 291

  Authors: Randy O., Gail, Lauren

• Applying the Delphi technique in a study of GPs’ information requirements

  Citation: 286

  Authors: Barbara, Melanie, David, Anne

• What approaches to social prescribing work, for whom, and in what circumstances? A realist review

  Citation: 264

  Authors: Kerryn, Kelly, Rebecca, Alison, Iain, Richard, Ruth

• Conceptualising successful partnerships

  Citation: 228

  Authors: Bernard, Martin, Caroline

• Homeless persons' experiences of health‐ and social care: A systematic integrative review

  Citation: 199

  Authors: Pernilla, Ã…sa G., Elisabet, Anna

• Cultural competence dimensions and outcomes: a systematic review of the literature

  Citation: 196

  Authors: Somayeh, Meena

• Barriers to accessing generic health and social care services: a qualitative study of injecting drug users

  Citation: 180

  Authors: Joanne, Charlotte, Laura

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