Journal of Medical Humanities

Aims & Scope

Journal of Medical Humanities publishes original papers that reflect its enlarged focus on interdisciplinary inquiry in medicine and medical education.

Such inquiry can emerge in the following ways: (1) from the medical humanities, which includes literature, history, philosophy, and bioethics as well as those areas of the social and behavioral sciences that have strong humanistic traditions; (2) from cultural studies, a multidisciplinary activity involving the humanities; women's, African-American, and other critical studies; media studies and popular culture; and sociology and anthropology, which can be used to examine medical institutions, practice and education with a special focus on relations of power; and (3) from pedagogical perspectives that elucidate what and how knowledge is made and valued in medicine, how that knowledge is expressed and transmitted, and the ideological basis of medical education.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9
2024	1.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.294

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	35

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	16852

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	152

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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.

• Is It Me or My Brain? Depression and Neuroscientific Facts

  Citation: 107

  Authors: Joseph

• Words and Wards: A Model of Reflective Writing and Its Uses in Medical Education

  Citation: 103

  Authors: Johanna, Deborah, Audrey

• Disability, Connectivity and Transgressing the Autonomous Body

  Citation: 78

  Authors: Barbara E.

• Disorders of Desire: Addiction and Problems of Intimacy

  Citation: 66

  Authors: Helen

• Mothers and Models of Disability

  Citation: 63

  Authors: Gail

• Evidence-Based Medicine and Medical Authority

  Citation: 63

  Authors: Keith

• Defining the Medical Humanities: Three Conceptions and Three Narratives

  Citation: 60

  Authors: Howard

• Medical Student Burnout: Interdisciplinary Exploration and Analysis

  Citation: 59

  Authors: M. L.

• Governmentality, Critical Scholarship, and the Medical Humanities

  Citation: 53

  Authors: Alan

• Culture and Context in Mental Health Diagnosing: Scrutinizing the DSM-5 Revision

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Anna

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