Social Science and Medicine is the 20th out of 4,377 Arts and Humanities journals. This means the journal is among the top 1% in the science branch of Arts and Humanities. This Journal is the 63rd out of 805 Public Health journals. This means the journal is among the top 8% in the discipline of Public Health. This Journal is the 333rd out of 18,687 Social Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 2% in the science branch of Social Sciences. This Journal is the 842nd out of 14,350 Health Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 6% in the science branch of Health Sciences.
How are inpact factors calculated?
The impact factor (IF) is calculated by counting citations from peer-reviewed journals only.
extended IF also counts citations from books and conference papers. However, no patent, abstract, working papers, online documents, etc., are covered.