Discipline Public Health Publisher SAGE Publications | Edited by Finn Kamper-Jørgensen Publication history 1973-present | |
Former names Former titles (until 1999): Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine (Sweden) (0300-8037)
(until 1973): Acta Socio-Medica Scandinavica (Sweden) (0044-6041) Abbreviated title (ISO 4) Scand. J. of Public Health | ||
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of Occupational Health. The journal's Editor is Finn Kamper-Jørgensen. It has been in publication since 1973 and is currently published by SAGE Publications on behalf of Associations of Public Health in the Nordic Countries.
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Scope
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health is an international forum of Nordic as well as international public health research and policy. The journal is primarily aimed at researchers and practitioners in academia, government and health care, working in the fields of social medicine, epidemiology, public health and preventive medicine.
Abstracting and indexing
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health is abstracted and indexed in, among other databases: SCOPUS, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2010 impact factor is 1.487, ranking it 45 out of 144 journals in the category ‘Public, Environmental & Occupational Health’.