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Social Theory and Health is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.9), WoS SSCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Palgrave Macmillan Ltd..
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ISSN 1477-8211Verify ISSN ↗1477-822XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
Cost to publish: About US$3,090 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | 434 / 1530 | 71st | Q2 |
| Health (social science) | 157 / 387 | 59th | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2003–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.9.
Social Theory and Health is Q2 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 434 of 1530) and Q2 in Health (social science) (rank 157 of 387), by CiteScore 2025.
Social Theory and Health is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 2.9, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 71st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.587, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 45.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,090 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Social Theory and Health is published by Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1477-8211 and its online ISSN is 1477-822X.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Social Theory and Health has an h-index of 52 and a 2-year mean of 2.86 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.9, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #131 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.
Social Theory and Health published 30 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 40. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 96 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (24.8%), United States (11.3%) and Australia (8.9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (1.8 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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