Social History of Medicine
Last updated ISSN 0951-631X
Social History of Medicine is published by Oxford University Press in psychology. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,864.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Social History of Medicine concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices
- Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes
- History of Science and Medicine
- Medical History and Innovations
- Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis
- Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies
- Medical History and Research
- Historical Economic and Social Studies
- History of Medicine Studies
- Medicine and Dermatology Studies History
Key facts
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0951-631X, 1477-4666 |
| Subject area | Psychology |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,864 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Arts & Humanities Citation Index · Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 4,363 |
| Publishing since | 1988 |
| Journal website | academic.oup.com/shm |
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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