Scandinavian Journal of Public Health explained

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Cover:Scandinavian Journal of Public Health.jpg
Editor:Terje Andreas Eikemo
Discipline:Public health
Former Names:Acta Socio-Medica Scandinavica; Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine
Abbreviation:Scand. J. Public Health
Frequency:8/year
History:1973-present
Impact:3.4
Impact-Year:2022
Website:http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal201871
Link1:http://sjp.sagepub.com/content/current
Link1-Name:Online access
Link2:http://sjp.sagepub.com/content/by/year
Link2-Name:Online archive
Oclc:644966353
Coden:SJPHAJ
Issn:1403-4948
Eissn:1651-1905

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, 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]

Notes and References

  1. Inghe . Gunnar . March 1973 . Introduction . Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine . 1 . 1 . 1–2 . 10.1177/140349487300100101 . 0300-8037.
  2. March 1999 . 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 . 1403-4948 . 10847662.
  3. Book: 2023 . Scandinavian Journal of Public Health . 2022 Journal Citation Reports . . Science/Social Sciences . . Journal Citation Reports.