Social History of Medicine

Aims & Scope

Social History of Medicine , the journal of the Society for the Social History of Medicine, is concerned with all aspects of health, illness, and medical treatment in the past.

It is committed to publishing work on the social history of medicine from a variety of disciplines.

The journal offers its readers substantive and lively articles on a variety of themes, critical assessments of archives and sources, conference reports, up-to-date information on research in progress, a discussion point on topics of current controversy and concern, review articles, and wide-ranging book reviews.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.253

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	40

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2024	0.60

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	18451

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	89

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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 Arts and Humanities and Medicine, 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.

• The Importance of Social Intervention in Britain's Mortality Decline <i>c</i>.1850–1914: a Re-interpretation of the Role of Public Health

  Citation: 359

  Authors: SIMON

• Constructing Mothers: Scientific Motherhood in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

  Citation: 118

  Authors: RIMA D.

• 'They Might As Well Brand Us': Working-Class Resistance to Compulsory Vaccination in Victorian England

  Citation: 97

  Authors: N.

• Public Health, Nutrition, and the Decline of Mortality: The McKeown Thesis Revisited

  Citation: 90

  Authors: B.

• What is Colonial about Colonial Medicine? And What has Happened to Imperialism and Health?

  Citation: 88

  Authors: S.

• The Dutch Famine of 1944-45: Mortality and Morbidity in Past and Present Generations

  Citation: 85

  Authors: L. H., F. W. A.

• Getting Out of the Asylum: Understanding the Confinement of the Insane in the Nineteenth Century

  Citation: 75

  Authors: D.

• Predisposing Causes and Public Health in Early Nineteenth-Century Medical Thought

  Citation: 73

  Authors: CHRISTOPHER

• Reconstructing Clinical Activities: Patient Records in Medical History

  Citation: 71

  Authors: GUENTER B., JOHN HARLEY

• ‘Hitting Highs at Rock Bottom’: LSD Treatment for Alcoholism, 1950–1970

  Citation: 71

  Authors: Erika

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