The Journal of Health and Social Behavior is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the American Sociological Association. It covers the application of sociological concepts and methods to the understanding of health and illness and the organization of medicine and health care. The editor-in-chief is Amy Burdette (Florida State University). Previous editors-in-chief include Richard M. Carpiano (University of California, Riverside), Brian C. Kelly (Purdue University), Gilbert Gee (University of California, Los Angeles), Debra Umberson (University of Texas at Austin), Eliza Pavalko (Indiana University) and Michael Hughes.
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| Discipline | Medical sociology |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Amy Burdette |
| Publication details | |
Former name(s) | Journal of Health and Human Behavior |
| History | 1960-present |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications on behalf of the American Sociological Association (United States) |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| 2.419 (2018) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | J. Health Soc. Behav. |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | JHSBA5 |
| ISSN | 0022-1465 (print) 2150-6000 (web) |
| LCCN | 65003408 |
| JSTOR | 00221465 |
| OCLC no. | 1695738 |
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Abstracting and indexing
editThe journal is abstracted and indexed in AgeLine, Applied Social Science Index and Abstracts, Education Resources Information Center, MEDLINE/PubMed, PsycINFO, Science Citation Index, Scopus, and Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 2.419, ranking it 20th out of 63 journals in the category "Psychology, Social"[1] and 39th out of 164 journals in "Public, Environmental & Occupational Health".[2]
References
edit- ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Psychology, Social". 2018 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2018.
- ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health". 2018 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2018.
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