Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
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| Discipline | Public health |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Terje Andreas Eikemo |
| Publication details | |
Former name(s) | Acta Socio-Medica Scandinavica; Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine |
| History | 1973-present |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing on behalf of the Associations of Public Health in the Nordic Countries |
| Frequency | 8/year |
| 3.4 (2022) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Scand. J. Public Health |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | SJPHAJ |
| ISSN | 1403-4948 (print) 1651-1905 (web) |
| OCLC no. | 644966353 |
| Links | |
The Scandinavian Journal of Public Health is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of public health. The editor-in-chief is Terje Andreas Eikemo (Norwegian University of Science and Technology). The journal was established in 1969 and is published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the Associations of Public Health in the Nordic Countries.
History[edit]
The journal was established in 1969 as the Acta Socio-Medica Scandinavica.[1] It was renamed Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine in 1973,[1] obtaining its current name in 1999.[2]
List of editors[edit]
The following persons are or have been editors-in-chief of the journal:
- 1969: Gunnar Inghe
- 1977: Ragnar Berfenstam
- 1982: Lars Olov Bygren
- 2000: Stig Wall
- 2008: Finn Kamper-Jørgensen
- 2012: Ingvar Karlberg
- 2016-present: Terje Andreas Eikemo
Abstracting and indexing[edit]
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus, the Science Citation Index Expanded, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 3.4.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Inghe, Gunnar (March 1973). "Introduction". Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine. 1 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1177/140349487300100101. ISSN 0300-8037.
- ^ "From Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine to Scandinavian Journal of Public Health: a change of name but not of vision". Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 27 (1): 1–2. March 1999. ISSN 1403-4948. PMID 10847662.
- ^ "Scandinavian Journal of Public Health". 2022 Journal Citation Reports (Science/Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate. 2023 – via Web of Science.