Health Sociology Review

Aims & Scope

Health Sociology Review is an international peer-reviewed journal, which publishes high quality conceptual and empirical research in the sociology of health, illness and medicine.

Published three times per year, the journal prioritises original research papers, papers that advance theory and methodology in the field of health sociology and special issues on matters of central importance to health sociology and related fields.

Review articles are published upon occasion, but must extend conceptual understanding in health sociology, not just review what is known about a particular topic.

Submissions must make a clear contribution to sociological inquiry relevant to health, but may be informed by conceptual and empirical debates from a broader range of health and social sciences.

All submissions must demonstrate methodological rigour, adherence to ethical research principles, and potential for contribution to knowledge in health, health care and wellbeing.

All manuscript submissions must be less than 7,500 words in length (including all text, footnotes and references).

Suggestions for occasional themed special issues are welcomed.

All submissions to Health Sociology Review are subject to double-blind peer review by at least two reviewers.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.1
2024	2.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.897

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	41

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5719

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	241

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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
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in 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.

• Suicide by mass murder: Masculinity, aggrieved entitlement, and rampage school shootings

  Citation: 156

  Authors: Rachel, Michael

• Disability, communication, and life itself in the COVID-19 pandemic

  Citation: 149

  Authors: Gerard, Katie

• Trust in the health system: An analysis and extension of the social theories of Giddens and Luhmann

  Citation: 146

  Authors: Samantha, Paul, John, Wendy

• Theorising masculinities and men’s health: A brief history with a view to practice

  Citation: 136

  Authors: Genevieve, John L

• Exploring gender identity and community among three groups of transgender individuals in the United States: MTFs, FTMs, and genderqueers

  Citation: 134

  Authors: Rhonda, Esther

• Training to self-care: fitness tracking, biopedagogy and the healthy consumer

  Citation: 121

  Authors: Aristea, Kate

• Interprofessional practice and professional identity threat

  Citation: 120

  Authors: Karen Anne, Rebecca J, Vicki

• Frailty, abjection and the ‘othering’ of the fourth age

  Citation: 101

  Authors: Paul, Chris

• Introduction: taking stock of medical dominance

  Citation: 98

  Authors: Evan

• Mobile, wearable and ingestible health technologies: towards a critical research agenda

  Citation: 93

  Authors: Emma, Andy

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