''Sociology of Health & Illness'' (SHI) is a
peer-reviewed
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academic journal which covers the
sociological aspects of
health,
illness,
medicine, and
health care
Health care or healthcare is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health profe ...
. 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 Karen Lowton (University of Sussex) and Flis Henwood (University of Brighton) as joint Editors in Chief. Other members of the team are: Dr Catherine Will, Dr Ben Fincham, Dr Catherine Theodosius, Professor Gillian Bendelow and Dr Sasha Scambler.
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, 1.89 in 2016, and currently stands at 2.122 in 2018. The journal was ranked in 2017 as follows:
ISI Journal Citation Reports @ Ranking: 2017:46/156 (Public, Environmental & Occupational Health (Social Science))
ISI Journal Citation Reports @ Ranking: 2017:10/42 (Social Sciences, Biomedical)
ISI Journal Citation Reports @ Ranking: 2017:29/146 (Sociology)
See also
*
Sociology of health and illness
The sociology of health and illness, sociology of health and wellness, or health sociology examines the interaction between society and health. As a field of study it is interested in all aspects of life, including contemporary as well as histor ...
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-9566
Foundation for the Sociology of Health & Illness
Wiley-Blackwell academic journals
English-language journals
Publications established in 1979
Sociology journals