Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

*Scandinavian Journal of Public Health*
Discipline	Public Health
Language	English
Edited by	Terje Andreas Eikemo
Publication details
Former name(s)	Former titles (until 1999): Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine (Sweden) (0300-8037) (until 1973): Acta Socio-Medica Scandinavica (Sweden) (0044-6041)
History	1973-present
Publisher	SAGE Publications
Frequency	8/year
Impact factor	3.021 (2020)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	Scand. J. Public Health
Indexing;
CODEN	SJPHAJ
ISSN	1403-4948 (print); 1651-1905 (web);
OCLC no.	644966353
Links
	Journal homepage; Online access; Online archive;

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of Public Health. The journal's editor-in-chief is Terje Andreas Eikemo, professor of sociology at NTNU. The journal has been in publication since 1973 and is currently published by SAGE Publications on behalf of Associations of Public Health in the Nordic Countries.

Scope

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health is an international forum of Nordic as well as international public health research and policy. The journal is primarily aimed at researchers and practitioners in academia, government and health care, working in the fields of social medicine, epidemiology, public health and preventive medicine. In 2017, the editor-in-chief announced the new scope of the journal, marking an increased focus on social inequalities in health.[1]

History

In November 2017, the journal published a special issue in honor of sir Michael Marmot.

Abstracting and indexing

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health is abstracted and indexed in, among other databases: SCOPUS, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2018 impact factor was 1.761, ranking it 72 out of 162 journals in the category 'Public, Environmental & Occupational Health' (SSCI).[2] Its 2020 impact factor is 3.021.

References

Eikemo, Terje Andreas (2017). "Introducing the new scope and editorial board of the Scandinavian Journal of Public Health". Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 45 (2): 85–89. doi:10.1177/1403494816685497. PMID 28212597.
"Journals Ranked by Impact: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health". 2010 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2011.

External links

Official website

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[1] Eikemo, Terje Andreas (2017). "Introducing the new scope and editorial board of the Scandinavian Journal of Public Health". Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 45 (2): 85–89. doi:10.1177/1403494816685497. PMID 28212597.

[WoS-2] "Journals Ranked by Impact: Public, Environmental & Occupational Health". 2010 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2011.