Aims & Scope

Social and Health Sciences (formerly the African Safety Promotion: A Journal of Injury and Violence Prevention) is a multidisciplinary forum for critical discussion and debate among scholars, practitioners, activists, students and policy-makers whose interests and work intersect with the social and health sciences.

The journal welcomes theoretical, empirical, applied and policy submissions on such topics as: violence in its multiple forms, injury, health and safety promotion, community engagement, epidemiology, health economics, health systems research, structural and social determinants of health, and knowledge production in the social and health sciences.

While based in Africa, Social and Health Sciences invites submissions from the broader Global South, as well as the Global North.

Social and Health Sciences is published by the University of South Africa Press (Unisa Press).

The journal is owned and housed in the Unisa Institute for Social and Health Sciences.

It is accredited by the South African Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET).

Social and Health Sciences is published biannually and features original full-length articles, theoretical papers, reviews, commentaries, reflections, and short communications.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year Value
2024 0.116

Quartile

Year Value
2024 Q4

h-index

Year Value
2024 3

Journal Rank

Year Value
2024 27811

Journal Citation Indicator

Year Value
2024 13

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 Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.


SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

SJR
0.116
First Published: 2024

Quartile

Current Quartile
Q4
First Published: 2024

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