Journal of Health and Social Behavior
Last updated ISSN 0022-1465
Journal of Health and Social Behavior is published by SAGE Publishing in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,900.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Health and Social Behavior concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Global Health Care Issues
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Key facts
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0022-1465, 2150-6000 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,900 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Social Sciences Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 2,239 |
| Publishing since | 1967 |
| Journal website | www.sagepub.com/journals/Journal201971/title |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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