Health (United Kingdom)
Published by SAGE
ISSN : 1363-4593 eISSN : 1461-7196
Abbreviation : Health (united Kingd.
Aims & Scope
Health: is published six times per year and each number offers a mix of articles that inform or provoke debate.
The readership of the journal is wide and drawn from different social science disciplines and the humanities, particularly sociology, social psychology, social and cultural theory, and critical policy studies.
The journal prioritises papers taking an explicit and nuanced theoretical position within the social science and humanities literature.
Widely abstracted, Health: ensures authors an extensive and informed readership for their work.
It also seeks to offer authors as short a delay as possible between submission and publication.
Most articles are reviewed within 4-6 weeks of submission and those accepted are published within a year of that decision.
The journal features an international group of co-editors.
The journal operates a system of blind peer review for all submitted papers, including those invited by the editors, and those appearing in Special Numbers which may be guest edited.
The journal only publishes papers where the proposed contents have been selected by a general call for papers.
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Impact Factor
Year | Value |
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2025 | 2.3 |
2024 | 1.90 |
Journal Rank
Year | Value |
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2024 | 7901 |
Journal Citation Indicator
Year | Value |
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2024 | 350 |
SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
Year | Value |
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2024 | 0.715 |
Quartile
Year | Value |
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2024 | Q2 |
h-index
Year | Value |
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2024 | 65 |
Impact Factor Trend
Abstracting & Indexing
Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.
Subjects & Keywords
Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.
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.
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Chronic illness and health-seeking information on the Internet
Citation: 203
Authors: Stephanie L., Jennie Jacobs
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Disturbing Notions of Chronic Illness and Individual Responsibility: Towards a Genealogy of Morals
Citation: 169
Authors: Rose
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Theoretical directions for an emancipatory concept of patient and public involvement
Citation: 161
Authors: Andy, Nicky, James
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Resisting Evidence: The Study of Evidence-Based Medicine as a Contemporary Social Movement
Citation: 158
Authors: Catherine
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Illness and Internet Empowerment: Writing and Reading Breast Cancer in Cyberspace
Citation: 155
Authors: Victoria
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Communities of clinical practice: the social organization of clinical learning
Citation: 141
Authors: Tony, Chrystal