Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
DisciplinePublic health
LanguageEnglish
Edited byTerje Andreas Eikemo
Publication details
Former name(s)
Acta Socio-Medica Scandinavica; Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine
History1973-present
Publisher
Frequency8/year
3.4 (2022)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Scand. J. Public Health
Indexing
CODENSJPHAJ
ISSN1403-4948 (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

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

The following persons are or have been editors-in-chief of the journal:

Abstracting and indexing

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

  1. ^ a b Inghe, Gunnar (March 1973). "Introduction". Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine. 1 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1177/140349487300100101. ISSN 0300-8037.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Scandinavian Journal of Public Health". 2022 Journal Citation Reports (Science/Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate. 2023 – via Web of Science.