Social Theory and Health

Aims & Scope

Social Theory & Health provides an international scholarly forum for theoretical reflection and debate on contemporary health issues, many of which bear directly on the planning and delivery of services.

The journal aims to consolidate, refine and extend theoretically informed work on the role of health in modern societies.

Interest in issues of theory and health now informs many academic and practice-oriented disciplines and crosses discipline boundaries.

The Editors encourage contributions from all relevant disciplines, as well as from those involved directly in front-line treatment and care.

Contributions from the developing world are particularly welcome.

The journal aims to include contributions from all theoretical perspectives.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.4
2024	1.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.565

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	42

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10297

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	154

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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 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.

• The digitally engaged patient: Self-monitoring and self-care in the digital health era

  Citation: 560

  Authors: Deborah

• M-health and health promotion: The digital cyborg and surveillance society

  Citation: 303

  Authors: Deborah

• Different uses of Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory in public mental health research: what is their value for guiding public mental health policy and practice?

  Citation: 238

  Authors: Malin, Mehdi, Anne

• ‘Fat Ethics’ – The Obesity Discourse and Body Politics

  Citation: 192

  Authors: Emma, John

• Re-framing Stigma: Felt and Enacted Stigma and Challenges to the Sociology of Chronic and Disabling Conditions

  Citation: 185

  Authors: Graham

• In BMI we trust: reframing the body mass index as a measure of health

  Citation: 171

  Authors: Iliya

• Government-by-exception: Enrolment and experimentality in mass HIV treatment programmes in Africa

  Citation: 168

  Authors: V K

• An institutional theory of welfare state effects on the distribution of population health

  Citation: 160

  Authors: Jason, Clare, Terje A, Tim, Courtney, Claus

• Molecular Biopolitics, Somatic Ethics and the Spirit of Biocapital

  Citation: 151

  Authors: Nikolas

• Medicalisation: A Multi-dimensional Concept

  Citation: 115

  Authors: Karen, Mary Ann

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