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Social Science and Medicine

ISSN 0277-9536 · 1873-5347

Publisher: Elsevier ScienceDirect

Scopus · Q1ABDC AWoS · SCIE, SSCIONOS

Is Social Science and Medicine indexed in Scopus? Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1982–2026; 1967-1980, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.2.

Is Social Science and Medicine in Web of Science? Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index.

What is the ABDC rating of Social Science and Medicine? It is rated A in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Other economics.

Is Social Science and Medicine open access? No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.

8.2
CiteScore 2025
Scopus
Q1
Best quartile
98th percentile
A
ABDC rating
JQL 2025
3
Indexed in
major indexes
Web of ScienceClarivate (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI/ESCI)
Collections
SCIESSCI
Categories
Public, Environmental & Occupational HealthSocial Sciences, Biomedical
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ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Rating
A
Year of inception
3899
Field of research
Other economics (3899)
Publisher (per ABDC)
Elsevier ScienceDirect
A = next 15–25% — among the highest citation metrics in its field.
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DOAJDirectory of Open Access Journals (live)
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FT50Financial Times research list
Not listed in FT50.
UT DallasUTD top-100 business research
Not listed in UT Dallas.
ONOS · SubscriptionOne Nation One Subscription — full-text access
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ONOS · APC coveredOne Nation One Subscription (Govt of India)
Not in the ONOS APC-supported list.
Publishing in this journal is not centrally APC-funded under One Nation One Subscription.

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