Stigma and Health

Aims & Scope

The lives of people with disease and disability are worsened by stigma, thus leading to public prejudice, loss of self-worth, and negative implications for health and well-being.

Stigma and Health serves as a venue for articles examining research representing stigma in its various guises as it impacts people living with mental and physical illness.

Stigma and Health publishes peer-reviewed, original research articles that may include tests of hypotheses about the form and impact of stigma, examination of strategies to decrease stigma's effects, and survey research capturing stigma in populations.

Stigma and Health especially welcomes research studies on methods meant to erase the stigma of mental and physical illnesses.

Theoretical reviews and pioneering reports on innovations are also welcome.

The journal publishes regular articles as well as brief reports.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.2
2024	2.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.947

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	24

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5291

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	703

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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 Psychology, 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.

• Asians and Asian Americans’ experiences of racial discrimination during the COVID-19 pandemic: Impacts on health outcomes and the buffering role of social support.

  Citation: 278

  Authors: Suyeon, Sara F.

• Conceptualizing and measuring mental illness stigma: The mental illness stigma framework and critical review of measures.

  Citation: 273

  Authors: Annie B., Valerie A., Emily C., Dawne

• A minority stress perspective on transgender individuals’ experiences with misgendering.

  Citation: 165

  Authors: Kevin A.

• Health and health care of rural sexual and gender minorities: A systematic review.

  Citation: 113

  Authors: Dani E., Whitney W., Roberto L., Mollie E., Keisa

• The effects of peer support on empowerment, self-efficacy, and internalized stigma: A narrative synthesis and meta-analysis.

  Citation: 95

  Authors: Eilish, Melissa, Karen, Filippo, Anthony P.

• Internalized stigma among sexual minority adults: Insights from a social psychological perspective.

  Citation: 86

  Authors: Gregory M., J. Roy, Jeanine C.

• “Every time I get gendered male, I feel a pain in my chest”: Understanding the social context for gender dysphoria.

  Citation: 81

  Authors: M. Paz, Lex, Louis

• Stigma and nonsuicidal self-injury: Application of a conceptual framework.

  Citation: 72

  Authors: Lexy, Penelope, Mark, Stephen

• Age and sex differences in self-stigma and public stigma concerning depression and suicide in men.

  Citation: 70

  Authors: Corey S., Anna, John S., John L., Mary Anne

• Anticipated stigma, stereotypes, and COVID-19 testing.

  Citation: 68

  Authors: Valerie A., Natalie M., E. Carly, Seth C., Lisa A., Annie B.

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