Women and Health

Aims & Scope

Widely accepted as the standard reference source for specialists in the field, Women & Health contains information that is eminently useful to researchers, policy planners, and all providers of health care for women.

The journal covers findings from studies concerning health and illness and physical and psychological well-being of women, as well as the environmental, lifestyle, and sociocultural factors that are associated with health and disease, which have implications for prevention, early detection and treatment, limitation of disability, and rehabilitation.

Features include: -original research articles -ontributed critical, systematic research reviews -women's health policy research -critical, systematic historical research on women's health -book reviews.

Contributors provide the technical and scientific backdrop that women's health issues require.

From time to time, special symposium issues on a single theme are published.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.4
2024	1.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.533

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	71

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10909

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	426

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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
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in 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.

• Women's Health Australia: Recruitment for a National Longitudinal Cohort Study

  Citation: 483

  Authors: Wendy J., Lois, Julie E., Annette J., Christina, Gita, Margot

• Communicating Breast Cancer On-Line: Support and Empowerment on the Internet

  Citation: 271

  Authors: Barbara F.

• Barriers to Screening for Intimate Partner Violence

  Citation: 240

  Authors: Sheila, Kim, Nicole, Katelyn, Ngan K., Mohit, J. C.

• Prostitution, Violence, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

  Citation: 239

  Authors: Melissa, Howard

• Sex Differentials in Health and Mortality

  Citation: 235

  Authors: Lois M., Deborah L., Haworth Continuing

• Barriers to Physical Activity Among African American Women: An Integrative Review of the Literature

  Citation: 211

  Authors: Rodney P., Barbara E., Colleen, Joan E.

• Racial/Ethnic Disparities in History of Incarceration, Experiences of Victimization, and Associated Health Indicators Among Transgender Women in the U.S.

  Citation: 169

  Authors: Sari L., Zinzi, Jae

• Food Insufficiency and the Physical and Mental Health of Low-Income Women

  Citation: 156

  Authors: Kristine, Colleen M., Mary E., David R.

• Women's Disclosure of HIV Status: Experiences of Mistreatment and Violence in an Urban Setting

  Citation: 152

  Authors: Andrea Carlson, Patricia, Ruth R., Agatha

• Relation Between Perceived Stress, Social Support, and Coping Strategies and Maternal Well-Being: A Review of the Literature

  Citation: 142

  Authors: Chantal, Barbara, Catherine, Manuela

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