Sociology of Health and Illness (journal)
Sociology of Health & Illness (SHI) is a peer-reviewed academic journal which covers the sociological aspects of health, illness, medicine, and health care. It is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness. Established in 1979, the journal was originally published by Routledge and Kegan Paul (up to 2002). The Editorial Team is currently led by a team at Cardiff University and led by Gareth Williams and Ian Rees Jones as joint Editors in Chief. SHI has an active twitter feed at @SHIjournal and regularly commissions author blogs where articles have been picked up in national and international news outlets.
During the years, the annual number of issues has risen from three to four (1986), five (1993), six (1998) and seven (2003) to eight times a year since 2012. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal had an impact factor of 1.735 in 2012, and currently stands at 1.89 in 2016. The journal was ranked in 2016 as 12/39 (Social Sciences Biomedical) and 25/143 (Sociology).
Abbreviated title (ISO 4) | Sociol. Health Illn. |
|---|---|
| Discipline | Sociology of health and illness |
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Gareth Williams |
| Publication details | |
| Publisher |
Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness |
Publication history | 1979-present |
| Frequency | 8/year |
| 1.735 | |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN |
0141-9889 (print) 1467-9566 (web) |
| LCCN | 81646145 |
| OCLC no. | 757396445 |
| Links | |